Pokédex Toys

Pokedex electronic devices are a line of toys that have been produced to replicate the Pokedexes from the Pokemon video game series/anime. Companies in America such as Hasbro, Bandai, Jakks Pacific and at one time Tiger Electronics market Pokedexes to children by giving them a simple interface, and designing them closely to the specifications given in the Pokemon Metaverse, including the all-important Pokeball logo located somewhere on almost every one of these devices. The color red is also an important part of the design of the Pokedex, with the only notable Pokedex toys not in red being the one Johto replica to make its way to America in a gold coloring, and the Unova Pokedex which features a black body and a red Pokeball pattern with buttons worked in. All of these toys list Pokemon in some way, the differences in listing being based on the ownership of certant cards or earning Pokemon imformation through mini-games. Originally the Tiger Electronics Pokedex releases were just refrence tools with no other features except for password settings, favorites listings and a journal mode in the generation two golden Deluxe Pokedex. Some Pokedexes have theme music that plays while the Pokedex is active and cannot be turned off. Jakks Pacific is the current manufacturer of all American Pokedex models, having bought the rights to their production from Hasbro in 2005.

List of American Pokedex toys, generation of basis, manufacturer and side notes.

Pokedex: Kanto (Gen 1) Tiger Electronics. First American Pokedex Toy.

Ash's Talking Pokedex: Kanto (Gen 1) Hasbro - Talks and connects to Thinkchip Pokemon figures.

Deluxe Pokedex: Johto (Gen 2) Tiger Electronics.- The only American Pokedex designed to replicate a Johto model.

Advanced Pokedex: Hoenn (Gen 3) Hasbro. - Features a camera decal on the inner cover.

Cyber Pokedex: Hoenn (Gen 3) Bandai. - Connects to other Cyber Pokedex units and Cyber Pokeball Gen 1 and Cyber Pokedex Gen 2.

Talking Pokedex Game: Kanto (Gen 3) Hasbro. - Features a gender specific option at the start of gameplay.

Deluxe Talking Pokedex: Kanto (Gen 3) Jakks Pacific. - Has lights, theme music and a voice narration for every Pokemon.

Sinnoh Pokedex: Sinnoh (Gen 4) Jakks Pacific. Has theme music and a folding camera piece located on the bottom of the Pokedex.

National Pokedex (Gen 4) Jakks Pacific.- Features theme music, folding camera piece and is the only Pokedex avalable today with a touch screen.

Black and White Regional Pokedex: (Gen 5) Jakks Pacific. - Has a sliding bottom screen and a decal featuring Reshiram and Zecrom in place of the first screen.