As you may have heard, this is the 25th anniversary of Pokémon on February 27th (this weekend). In the run-up to this, The Pokémon Company conducted a poll and asked Japanese trainers to vote for their favorite pocket monster via Twitter. To vote, contestants had to share any pocket monster’s name in Japanese on the social media platform.
Eventually, more than a million votes were cast – with the most voted Pokémon receiving nearly 69,000 entries. Who then was the best choice? In first place was Dedenne, in second place was Cinccino (54,444 votes) and in third place was Sableye with 45,562 votes. The face of the franchise (Pikachu) was in seventh place.
Here’s the full roundup of the top 30, thanks to Nintendo Everything:
This 68 398 votes
2. Cincinno 54,444 votes
3. Sableye 45,562 votes
4. Snivy 41,894 votes
5. Magnemite 35,206 votes
6. Swadloon 34, 204 votes
Pikachu 33,125 votes
Buzzwole 33 077 votes
9. Oshawott 32,191 votes
10. Flygon – 22.08 votes
11. Whismur – 21,529 votes
12. Piplup – 18,190 votes
13. Kandelaar – 18,095 votes
Empoleon – 17,989 votes
15. Luxray – 17,773 votes
16. Greninja – 17,337 votes
17. Jirachi – 17,254 votes
18. Charizard – 16,243 votes
19. Mimikyu – 15,797 votes
20. Inteleon – 15,540 votes
21. Eevee – 15,524 votes
22. Barbaracle – 15,128 votes
23. Glaceon – 14,923 votes
24. Spheal – 14,783 votes
25. Scolipede – 13,806 votes
26. Lilligant – 13,677 votes
27. Bulbasaur – 13,424 votes
28. Sliggoo – 13,417 votes
29. Lucario – 13,286 votes
30. Gardevoir – 12,534 votes
In related news, The Pokémon Company hosted a Nintendo-style Pokémon Presents broadcast later today. We discuss the whole event here on Nintendo Life. You can also take a special Pikachu song Pokémon Sword and Shield. Learn more about this in our previous post.
Would Dedenne be your number one choice? What do you think of the rest of this list? Name the top picks below.