One of the main goals for some Pokemon fans is to capture them all. It is an arduous task, one that would take years of dedication, hard work, and access to many of the mainline Pokemon games.
One Pokemon player has completed the mission and now owns every pocket monster that can possibly be caught at this point in the series. Capturing all of them took over ten years, using every mainline game from PokemonBlack 2 and White 2 to Pokemon Legends: Arceus.
On Reddit, a gamer known as ZoroeArc posted a clip showing off their collection of Pokemon. The short video shows the player cycle through their Pokemon Home library, showing every pocket monster to grace the games. The Pokemon collection took up 42 boxes in the app, which is a huge chunk of the space available in Pokemon Home.
According to ZoroeArc, they didn't just collect all 905 Pokemon, but also every gender difference, regional variant, and alternate form, bringing the total to 1,244 pocket monsters. In the clip that they uploaded, all of the different forms can be seen, including every Unown and Alcremie variant. If a Pokemon had even a small visual difference that could be stored in Pokemon Home, they were included in the collection.
Every Pokemon that was capable of transforming in battle was also featured in ZoroeArc's collection. Every pocket monster that has a Gigantamax form had the Gigantamax Factor, both Darmanitans had the Zen Mode Ability, the Greninja had Battle Bond, and the Zygardes had Power Construct. The Redditor admitted that they are not the original trainer for every single Pokemon, but that they were all obtained legitimately.
The only pocket monster that ZoroeArc did not get every form of was the Pokemon Spinda. Because of the patterns on its fur, there are over four billion variants of Spinda. ZoroeArc stated that capturing every form of the pocket monster would require over 715,000 Pokemon Home accounts in order to store them all, and they have their mortal limits. And while they are also missing Shiny variants, the collection is quite impressive. There are very few who can claim that they have caught them all, and ZoroeArc is now one of them. The gamer will have more work ahead of them when Pokemon Scarlet and Violet release later this year, but after showing the dedication to obtain the collection that they now have, it should not be too hard to keep their PokeDex complete when the new RPGs release.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet will release in late 2022 for Nintendo Switch.