Gen 9 Pokémon Quiz: All 120 Paldea Pokémon

What the Gen 9 Paldea quiz covers

Generation 9 spans Pokédex entries #906 through #1025, a total of 120 new species set in the Iberian-inspired Paldea region. That number includes the three starters — Sprigatito, Fuecoco, and Quaxly — the Paradox Pokémon that serve as ancient and futuristic counterparts to existing species, the four Treasures of Ruin legendaries, and the milestone entry Gholdengo at #1000. Every one of those 120 appears in this quiz.

Paldea also pushed the franchise past a historic threshold: 1025 total Pokémon across all nine generations. That milestone falls on Pecharunt, the final entry in the current National Pokédex. The quiz reflects the full generation as released in Scarlet, Violet, and their DLC expansions.

Why Gen 9 names are harder than they look

Paldea's naming conventions break from decades of single-word portmanteaus. The Paradox Pokémon use two-word adjectival phrases — Iron Valiant, Roaring Moon, Walking Wake — that feel closer to cryptid codenames than traditional Pokémon names. Recalling whether it is 'Iron Leaves' or 'Iron Blade' is a genuine memory challenge, and the quiz exploits exactly that confusion.

The Treasures of Ruin quartet — Wo-Chien, Chien-Pao, Ting-Lu, and Chi-Yu — draw from Mandarin vocabulary, giving them a phonetic profile unlike anything in Gens 1 through 8. Meanwhile, names like Fuecoco blend Spanish roots (_fuego_ + _cocodrilo_) in ways that feel natural once you know the region's theme but trip up anyone relying on English word patterns alone. Spelling tolerance of one character means a typo won't cost you a correct answer, but the recall itself still has to come from memory.

The Paldea Pokémon most players forget

Fan community discussion consistently flags several Gen 9 species as candidates for rapid memory decay. Shroodle and its evolution Grafaiai are small, easily skipped in the vast open world. Bramblin and Brambleghast have a walking-based evolution mechanic so tedious that most players never trigger it, leaving both species invisible for large stretches of a typical playthrough. Squawkabilly, a generic parrot with minor color variants, struggles to stand out against a backdrop of more distinctive designs.

Rellor and Tarountula represent the classic early-route bug trap: you see them once on Route 1, swap them out immediately, and never think about them again. Flittle barely registers before better Psychic-types crowd it out. These are the species that will surface most in your mistake notebook after your first run through this quiz.

• Shroodle: Tiny, unappealing, and easily missed in the open 3D environment — widely anticipated to be among the most forgotten Gen 9 species.
• Bramblin / Brambleghast: A literal tumbleweed with a walking-based evolution mechanic so tedious that many players skip it entirely.
• Rellor: A dung beetle burdened by the same tedious walking evolution as Bramblin, encountered early and forgotten immediately.
• Tarountula: The pre-evolution of Spidops — an early-route bug that suffers the classic early obsolescence trope.
• Squawkabilly: Relies on minor color variations rather than a compelling core design, making it forgettable against stronger Paldean species.

The Paldea Pokémon everyone remembers

Tinkaton became an instant fan favorite the moment its design leaked — a small pink fairy wielding a gigantic hammer specifically used to smash Corviknight out of the sky. That specific predator-prey dynamic gave it an immediate narrative hook that lodged in community memory permanently. Gholdengo, the 1000th Pokédex entry, is anchored by its milestone status as much as its 1000 gold coins design. Koraidon and Miraidon serve as the player's ride Pokémon throughout the entire game, making them impossible to forget by sheer repetition.

Ceruledge and Armarouge — the Fire/Ghost and Fire/Psychic knight duo — dominated promotional material and aesthetic discussions from reveal through release. Meowscarada, the Grass starter's final form, won over players who were skeptical of the bipedal trend by being a legitimately threatening magician archetype in competitive formats. Ogerpon, introduced in the DLC, became a competitive staple with a narrative arc that generated genuine community affection.

How the Gen 9 quiz trains your memory

Every Pokémon you miss gets flagged in your mistake notebook and weighted more heavily in future sessions. That means Shroodle will keep appearing until you stop blanking on it. The sprite mode shows the official in-game model — the same visual you would encounter in Paldea — and you type the name. One-character spelling tolerance covers accidental letter transpositions without letting guesswork substitute for actual recall.

You can also drill by type, by evolutionary line, or rotate through the full 120 in a single continuous session. If Paradox Pokémon names are your specific weak point, filtering to just those species gives you a focused 14-Pokémon run on exactly the entries that trip players up most.

Gen 9 in context: where Paldea sits in the full dex

At 120 new species, Generation 9 is the third-largest debut generation after Unova's 156 and Hoenn's 135. Paldea's designs are notable for introducing the Paradox mechanic — ancient and futuristic relatives of existing Pokémon — which blurs the taxonomy in ways that complicate memory mapping. Knowing Roaring Moon is related to Salamence, or that Iron Hands parallels Hariyama, gives you a retrieval hook. Without that contextual knowledge, the Paradox names feel arbitrary.

The generation also introduced the Terastal phenomenon, allowing any Pokémon to change its type mid-battle. That mechanic does not directly affect how you memorize names, but it does explain why community discussion around Paldean species is dense and ongoing — the competitive implications of Tera typing keep Gen 9 Pokémon in active discussion far beyond launch.