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Good question!
Basically, first I counted up how many times each letter of the alphabet appears across all Pokémon names and assigned each letter a score from 1-9 based on that, with a higher score for rarer letters.
To calculate the score for a given Pokémon name, I first add together the scores for each unique letter in the name - that is, for something like "Rattata", I just add the scores for R, A and T together, even though A and T each appear three times. (The reason for this is that every instance of each letter is revealed when you guess it - having several A's and T's doesn't actually make Rattata harder to guess.) Then I divide the result by the length of the name, multiply it by 100, 200 or 300 depending on the difficulty setting, and then round to get the final score. The reason for dividing by the length of the name is that the more letters the name has, the easier it generally is to guess - if all the letters are unique, this'll simply cancel out with the fact we added all the unique letter scores together, while if it has many repeated letters, guessing one of them will reveal more about the name than otherwise, so it makes sense that that lowers the score.
It's not a highly scientific system or anything - it's just something I came up with as a kid when I was putting this version of the game together - but I think the scores end up matching up reasonably with the actual difficulty of guessing the Pokémon. Rattata gives the fewest points (all three letters in the name are very common, and indeed, I always get Rattata right very quickly) and Jynx gives the most (you have to guess four letters, three of which are pretty uncommon; if you start by guessing common letters, you might get the N, but you'll lose before you get to any of the other ones).
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Cool site, helped me know how many balls to purchase.
This calculator is cool!
what a cool website, thank you for hosting it <:) i hope 2027 is kind to you and your family
I've finally got around to using my Pokéwalker in the last month or so, and through trial and error it looks like I had mostly figured out the correct course of action, but it's superb that you've created this guide, and I can check back here if I get a little confused. Thank you very much!
i like this comment for one reason mainly:
you're not JUST saying its good or bad.
you're giving EVIDENCE!
Mines pretty cool, i like venonat and tapu lele
Thank you for giving a way to keep using the shiny Umbreon style! It was always my favorite.
religious fanatics are the worst. my condolences to people who have religious fanatics as their parents…
Trying to catch Shadow Electabuzz in a Luxury Ball, calc says 62.424% with para. wish me luck
Wandered here from your other amazing pages and really loved what I found! I usually prefer when Pokemon don't talk but your story really used it well. The ending is gonna stick with me definitely.
This was very interesting and informative. Thank you for sharing your experiments with us!
Thank you so much for taking the time writing this page and all the other articles you have on this website. This has pretty much become my go-to resource for whenever I'm looking for in-depth information on these games.
Umm, just some world-building stuff. Also, I don’t really know how to write my battles. I’ll link a doc filled with my ideas. Thank you for responding. 🙂 https://docs.google.com/document/d/13_7J2IB1TqomDSWY_VgpGr8e2D_axqkqJoY0pWf_Fhc/edit?usp=drivesdk
Oh so thats how it works
i dont really know what to put here but i suppose i could say that i like bug, ghost, and poison types.
What sort of feedback are you looking for?
You should probably not use the notes app to write HTML - it is not for that. I don't have an iPad so I can't make a personal recommendation, but a brief Google suggests an app called Textastic.
As a Pokémon fan, I am writing some BW fanfiction. Just want some feedback on it. Thank you! https://docs.google.com/document/d/119OCCSt4RXm2cxmluJG7pOzRIunU7xrwaXN9gCtoLnI/edit?usp=drivesdk
Off topic but i realised the verification pokemon shows so dragonfree, i am gonna use mythichal/eeveelution as the verification label
Update: in case you are wondering I am on iPad and I'm using the notes app.
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