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havocthecat ([personal profile] havocthecat) wrote in [community profile] pokestop2017-01-07 03:52 pm

Pokedex increase?

So once I hatched an igglybuff, my pokedex went from 149 to 159, but I hatched a Magkid and now it's at 240. Anyone know why the massive increase when I'm not seeing any Gen 2 out in the wild?
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[personal profile] brightknightie 2017-01-08 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
Congratulations on the babies!

It looks like we'll each have placeholders all the way up to the highest-numbered species we've currently caught or hatched, and then no numbers after that species.

Niantic is using the same species numbers as the main series games. So we get placeholders for the rest of gen two (not yet released) around the babies (released in eggs only).