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If you could change Any Pokémon’s national dex number who would you change
I would probably change the eeveelutions dex numbers so they’d all be next to each other in the dex (maybe also make Beheeyems dex number to 1000 because I love Beheeyem and it needs a more rememberable dex number instead of 606)
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I might put Dipplin and Hydrapple next to each other. They're the only case of evolutionary relatives from the same generation that aren't next to each other in the Pokédex. Alternatively, I could put Walking Wake and Iron Leaves with the other Ancient Beasts and Iron Swords. Also, putting Landorus between Thundurus and Zekrom seems neat. That way, it would be Tornadus, Thundurus, Landorus, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, rather than Tornadus, Thundurus, Reshiram, Zekrom, Landorus, Kyurem. Also, for a more memorable national dex number for Beheeyem, why not 51? :P
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Honestly I would rearrange the whole national dex to group every Pokémon together with its later evolutions and baby forms.
I think a lot of the Pokédex as a concept needs re-evaluating. Like the term "National Pokédex".
When the Pokédex was first conceived, the only region that existed was Kanto, literally representing the real world Kanto Region in Japan.
Subsequently, when they added Hoenn as a separate region (in what we may recognise now as essentially the first "Dexit"), though no longer bearing the name of its real world counterpart, it still represented a different region of Japan. Hence the terms "Regional Pokédex" and "National Pokédex". The nation in question is Japan, though it is not explicitly stated.
From gen 5 onwards, when Pokémon began to set the games in "regions" based on other countries, they should have perhaps renamed the National Pokédex to the "International Pokédex". Or perhaps the "Global Pokédex".
Unless they are implying that the Pokémon games all take place within one nation of culturally and geographically distinct regions. Is the Pokémon world a global empire. One global nation?
Of course, the national dex is now largely irrelevant, anyway. You can no longer catch all Pokémon or register them all in one Pokédex in any of the modern games. They are all essentially limited to their own regional dex, each with their own numbering system, grouping and ordering. It is only relevant to Home, and if they could not get people to pay a subscription fee, I wonder how long they would even keep that around.
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