
Basically, it would present you with a random pair of Pokémon, you'd pick the one you liked better, and that would eliminate the other Pokémon from the running and then give you another pair randomly chosen from the remaining Pokémon. Include spoilers If unchecked, Pokémon that might be considered spoilers, either for story reasons or because they're officially unreleased, will be excluded.The idea for the favorite Pokémon picker is not original to me it is inspired by an old, now-defunct original that has been recreated with upgrades here. In forms mode, forms count as the generation where they were introduced, but gender differences as the base Pokémon's generation.įairy Only Pokémon that have at least one of the selected types will appear. Legends: Arceus Only Pokémon from the checked generations will appear. Major forms only If checked, only forms marked as "major" (aesthetically significant, as judged somewhat arbitrarily by me) will be included - for instance, no barely-visible gender differences or partial color variations.įinal evolutions only If checked, only final evolutions will be included. Gender differences In forms mode, Pokémon forms are included as separate entities, split into the above categories. Reducing the maximum batch size may make it easier to pick, but it will also take longer to get through each round. When there are few Pokémon left in a round, you'll see fewer than this. Maximum batch size: The maximum number of Pokémon shown at a time.


Shiny mode If checked, all displayed sprites will be shiny. The "Pass" button is instead equivalent to picking every Pokémon in the batch, which eliminates nothing and simply means all those Pokémon get shuffled into the next round - passing over and over won't get you anywhere, so make sure you do some actual picking. The elimination mechanic is also why you can't pick nothing Pokémon can only ever be eliminated by some other Pokémon, so that the picker can know when to bring them back. If you just want to get your number one favorite or a select few, it's quickest to try to pick just one Pokémon from each batch, while if you want to construct something like a top fifty list, you may want to start by picking every Pokémon that's likely to end up in that top fifty. Similarly, if you had previously had a batch with Charizard, Butterfree and Blastoise in it, and you picked Charizard and Butterfree, then Blastoise will reappear whenever Charizard and Butterfree have both been added under Found Favorites.Īll that picking means is therefore, "I like all of these Pokémon better than any of those." This is intentionally a broad, flexible statement you'll end up with the same result regardless of how many Pokémon you choose to pick from each batch, so it's up to you how many you want to pick at a time. If you eventually go on to eliminate every Pokémon except Charizard, then Charizard will be added to your Found Favorites, and Butterfree (and any other Pokémon that were eliminated by Charizard) will be back in the running for second place. For example, if the picker shows Charizard and Butterfree, and you pick Charizard, it doesn't give Charizard points or mark it as liked somehow it just marks Butterfree as eliminated by Charizard. The basic principle driving this picker is still elimination - it just also keeps track of which Pokémon you picked over each eliminated Pokémon. This recursiveness also means that instead of cutting it off at top ten, you can in theory continue picking until you've ordered literally every single Pokémon into a favorites list.

The main differences are that it will present you with up to 20 Pokémon at a time by default, which speeds up the picking process considerably, and that rather than giving second to tenth place to the last nine Pokémon you eliminated (which leaves them partially up to chance - if the old picker happens to make you pick between your two favorites early on, your real second favorite won't even make the list), it will instead bring back all Pokémon eliminated by your favorite and have you pick between them in the same way as before. This picker was designed to improve on this concept.

Eventually, when you had eliminated every Pokémon but one, the remaining one had to be your very favorite Pokémon, and the last few you eliminated were given second to tenth place. The idea for the favorite Pokémon picker is not original to me it is inspired by an old, now-defunct original that has been recreated with upgrades here.
