This is a complete list of Pokémon which appear in the National Pokédex as of Pokémon Black and White. This list is the most complete numbered list appearing in the games, covering all of the 649 Pokémon in roughly the order of their first appearance. Pokémon can be listed according to a number of different attributes. The list provides their English names and several variants of the Japanese. They can also be divided by the “generation” of games in which they were introduced. The first 151 Pokémon, introduced in Pokémon Red and Blue, have Kanto Pokédex numbers, which are the same as the first 151 National Pokédex numbers.
Another 100 appeared in Pokémon Gold and Silver, and were combined with the originals to make a new list of 251 for the Johto regional Pokédex. The Hoenn regional Pokédex included 67 of these, alongside 135 new species that debuted in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, bringing the total to 386.
Finally, the fourth generation combined 81 (for the first time not all) of the 107 new creatures from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl with 70 of the old ones to form the new regional Pokédex (of Sinnoh). Pokémon may also be listed by their numbers in the “Ranger Browser”, a Pokédex-like device used by the Pokémon Rangers of Fiore, or grouped into “families” of the Pokémon they evolve from and into.
In the new Generation V games, a record of 156 new Pokémon were revealed, beating the record of 151 new Pokémon that was introduced in Generation I.