Update (Fri 14th Feb, 2020 09:30 GMT): As a reminder, today is your last chance to vote for your Pokémon of the Year. You can find more details below if you missed our original story, and we'll make sure to update you with the winning Pokémon when they're announced.
Original Article (Wed 5th Feb, 2020 13:30 GMT): In the build-up to Pokémon Day, taking place on February 27th, Google has opened a voting system which allows fans to display their love and affection for their favourite Pokémon.
You can access the voting form by clicking here (you simply need to search 'Pokémon of the Year' in Google). It looks just like this image we've taken below; you simply select the region your chosen Pokémon was first discovered in, and then choose the monster itself.
You can actually vote for one Pokémon per region once per day, with voting closing on 14th February. Google notes that "all forms of each species count as the same Pokémon" and that "your votes will be stored until the vote ends and cannot be deleted".
We wonder which Pokémon will reign supreme? We recently held our very own vote for the Nintendo Life community's favourite Starter Pokémon, and the results were pretty predictable.
Let us know who you vote for in the comments below, and if your answer isn't Ampharos, you're doing it wrong...
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I voted for All Legendaries, Water type, Ice type and Fighting type Pokemons.
Sawk and Lucario are already in Sword / Shield so i'm happy to having them in my team. 😉
If it’s Pokémon of the year, does that mean this Pokémon needs to have made some sort of contribution in 2019?
flygon all the way
edit: too bad flygon and blaziken are from the same region, so i cant vote for both
I'll save you the time... charizard won
Funny that you can see Meltan next to Zacian and Zamazenta
@BrintaPap
I believe it's there to represent the "Etc", as Melmetal and Meltan don't actually fall under any region. Although they might technically belong to the Kanto region, there's an argument that Meltan was originally discovered on Earth rather than a Pokémon region.
Charizard...always Charizard
Today is Smeargle’s day to shine.
Well I was going to vote my favorite, Farfetch'd but the layout was so confusing that I accidentally voted Slowpoke instead. Oh well.
Go Swinub! Love that little pig slug dude
...why does Unova have so many different names in what I assume are other regions?
Lanturn. Totally and Forever.
Mightyena for me!
Hugs Sylveon plushie
Shaymin! ...and Primarina, Porygon, Diancie, Liepard...
Don't forget: You can pick one favourite per generation! ^_^
This is the only personal information I don't mind sharing with Google.
no alolan or galarian forms
Who's gonna guess a gen one pokemon wins
@PikaPhantom Because Unova is the only region whose name is different in all translations of the games. The other regions go by their the Japanese names in all languages.
Unova's Japanese name is "Isshu", which was probably an issue for the translators.
Wonder if people will be spam voting Magikarp for the win?
Mewtwo, Ampharos, Tropius, Darkrai, Genesect, Noivern, Xurkitree, and Flapple.
Chespin should walk with this.
Squirtle, Houndoom, Spheal, Shaymin, Joltik, Fennekin, Popplio, Wooloo
EDIT: I'll keep the tab open on my phone and vote for all of the second choices tomorrow. Kanto has far more than 2 Great/Perfect designs, but I just don't feel right nor have the willpower voting multiple days. That just means the winner will be the one that has the diehard fanbases/gets spammed.
Pokemon for stadia confirmed
I only know Pokemon from the original cartoon series, and it’s always Psyduck who gets my vote.
Pretty sad that they didn't bother including Alolan/Galarian forms. I love Alolan Vulpix but the regular one isn't anything special to me.
I voted for Dragonite and you should too... Vote that is 😏
Blastoise for me I think. Wonder if Pikachu will be popular.
I like that they divided it up by region, that allows Pokemon from later gens to shine. Having played since Red and Blue and can honestly say I am very much not a genwunner.
@Heavyarms55 Yea I like that it is separated. Gives my boy Tropius a fighting chance
Slugma is love. Slugma is life. Only the enlightened can understand.
There were quite a few close contenders, but went for Ninetales, Slugma, Exploud and Dusknoir. Haven't played the rest so couldn't vote.
Scrafty all the way
1. Mewtwo & Charizard.
2. Regice.
3. Typhlosion.
4. Lucario
5. Hitmonchan!!!
6. Dusknoir (favorite Ghost-Type)
@Heavyarms55 What are you then? If not a Gen 1'er
@Reigestugatensho The order I rank the generations depends on what aspects I'm judging them by. In terms of the Pokemon themselves, Gens 2, 4, 6 and 8 are all really cool. For single player gameplay I like gens 4, 5 and 8. For competitive multiplayer I liked 4, 7 pre-Pokebank, and 8 the best. For nostalgia, 1 and 2. And for gimmicks, 4 for HG/SS's Pokewalker and 6 for ORAS using streetpass for secret bases.
Aside from nostalgia, there's very little that stands out about gen 1 in hindsight. But the best visit to Kanto would probably be the gen 3 remakes for the added content post game, or revisiting Kanto in HG/SS.
Froakie I guess
I learned that Flapple is my favorite Gen8 pokemon thanks to this poll. Never really thought about it until now
@Heavyarms55 0_0
pretty much what I think too!
Day 2: Lapras, Suicune, Luvdisc, Dialga, Braviary, Hawlucha, Drampa, Yamper
Why do they want to know? The fact they are interested is enough for me not to tell them.
Weezing is my pick. The two headed freak with flem coughs. Tasty!
Gooooooooooooo missingo. The glitch type that ruined so many hours of people's save files. Come on people vote missingo. 🐧
Not expecting too much support for my fave, but if there is one Pokemon I have always counted on - it's Gastrodon!
Sad I can't vote for regional variants, otherwise I would vote for Galarian Rapidash!
Blastoise and maybe Espeon are my two favorite Pokémon of all time. Luxray comes in a close third behind them. But I feel like voting for the best Pokémon of the year, I have to choose a Sword and Shield Pokémon. So in that case, I choose Corviknight. Probably my favorite of the newest Pokémon. Toxtricity a close second
Ugh, I'm late (and have been evading most pokemon news thinking that they are just talking about the Pokedex controversy). Hopefully next time they'll wait until 11:59pm.
I'm hoping Bidoof emerges victorious
Tropius will reign supreme. Why Tropius wasnt in SUMO is a mystery/crime. What's more tropical than a dinosaur that's also a banana tree?
Pikachu i pick you forever and always
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