As Pokemon type is a determinant feature in Pokemon capabilities and aesthetics, the below figure will provide the reader quantitative insights on such relationships. Depending on the reader’s interest in abilities or aesthetic outcome upon type decision, he might favor one generation over the other.

Let’s say the reader is interested in poisonous Pokemon and wants to get insights on the related diversity of Pokemon across generations as well as the capabilities and aesthetic possibilities for such Pokemon. First off, the reader might want to focus on generation 1 as 14% of the most present abilities are poison-related while it does not exceed 6% for the other generations. It is confirmed in the aesthetic comparisons as 19% of the most present body shapes and colors are related to poisonous Pokemon. With that being said, the reader might end up with a purple Pokemon as it is present in 51% percent of the poisonous Pokemons cases. Body shapes are petty much uniformly distributed for that category.

For figure clarity sake, only most represented types, colors, body styles and abilities per generation are shown. The diversity in those features explains the sometimes low displayed percentages.

Let’s go deeper. As the reader may have gained insights on flying Pokemon color across generations or the various Pokemon types having the ability to levitate, the above visualization will bridge the gap between types abilities and esthetics all together.

If you are wondering what will be the type and abilities of your Pokemon if you want him to be black and have wings, or how many esthetic - types combinaisons you have left upon choosing a telepathic Pokemon in the first generation, this figure will provide the answer. Moreover, the figure also displays quantitative insights on Pokemon distribution for each pattern or for a specific feature value as the path widths are proportional to Pokemon distribution.

Hover over a given feature value to see the possible left choices for the other feature values. The Pokemon distribution as well as the selected pattern will be displayed at the bottom. The reader can also chose a specific generation as well as a curve shaped display to better apprehend how many Pokemons are left for each pattern. The figure is also made so that the reader can change the order of feature display by shifting them up and down upon dragging, as well as changing feature value upon left and right draggin as well. Moreover, feature value can also be displayed by size or alphabetical order upon clicking on the respective toggle “size” and “alpha” after hovering on the feature.

Let’s get back to our poisonous Pokemons of generation 1. Hovering over the poison type highlights the various combinations of abilities and esthetics among the 33 available Pokemons (representing 18 % of the selected Pokemons of generation 1). Then hovering over the purple color as before reveals the possible body style and abilities combinations for the 14 left Pokemons (representing 8 % of the selected Pokemons of generation 1). Hence the reader will that his left with the abilities - bodyshapes possibilities :

Run-Away -- Bipedal : 1 Pokemon

Poison touch -- Head-arms : 2 Pokemon

Unnerve -- Serpentine : 2 Pokemosn

Poison point -- quadrupled : 2 Pokemon

Poison point -- bipedal-tailed : 1 Pokemon

Hustle -- quandrupled : 2 Pokemon

Inner focus -- two wings : 2 Pokemon

Pokemon explorer

Finally, it is time to put it all together. As abilities and esthetics are important for Pokemon choice, they are not the only features that matters. In fact other categorical ones such as health points (hp), attack points (attack), special defence (sp_defence) and so on exist and provide quantitative informations on Pokemon’s behaviour in combat as well as other general characteristics. Hence, it is important to investigate the different patterns across those features among the Pokemons for the 6 available generations. In fact, some readers might only want to focus on such categories for there Pokemon choice. Highest hp and special attack, with a low likelihood of encounter (low capture rate) have proven to be important features in public choice. For that, the following coordinate visualization will provide answers to the reader in many ways.

First off, its possible to select for more than one feature a given range of values upon clicking and dragging on the corresponding axis range of interest. Such selection will make the figure display the Pokemons name and patterns fitting such range of values. The number of displayed Pokemons is shown on top of the figure. Hence, it is also possible to compare Pokemon distribution for a given subset of values across generations. The order of features can be changed as well upon left and right click and drag on the feature of interest.

On the other hand, the reader can search for a specific Pokemon’s pattern upon name entry. Hovering over it will only display its pattern in the foreground.

Pokemon body styles (from left to right) :

head_only

head_legs

with_fins

insectoid

quadruped

four_wings

multiple_bodies

several_limbs

head_base

bipedal_tailed

bipedal_tailless

two wings

serpentine_body

head_arms

Lastly, this visualization bridges the gap between body styles and categorical features. Such relationship investigation can be of use to better apprehend body style influence on the Pokemon’s behaviour.

With that being said, it is time to find our poisonous Pokemon. To chose between the remaining options, we select the possible body types in the first generation and look for the best pattern in terms of attack (above 90) and rareness (low values, capture_rate less than 50). Quadrupled and bipedal_tailed seem to match such conditions giving respectively Venusaur and both Nidoking and Nidoqueen for the bipedal_tailed.

Venusaur Nidoking Nidoqueen

Welcome to the battle arena!

With this visualization, explore the whole Pokémon population generation-wise. Choose the generation you're interested in with the left drop down menu and then sort out the Pokémons of that generation according to a certain feature chosen with the right drop down menu. Then you can put your mouse over the dots around the Pokéball to display an ID card of the corresponding Pokémon which contains a picture and a spider chart with its stats. When you find a Pokémon to your liking and want more informations on it or if you are curious about how strong a certain Pokémon is, you can click on the dot: a more complete information sheet will appear and the outcome of every battles will be displayed. Upon clicking, the in-game cry of the Pokémon will be played. To turn that sound on and off, click on the sound icon.