CitronLegacy/paldea-pokedex-art

Paldea Pokédex Official Artwork

Dataset Description

This dataset contains official artwork for all 400 Pokémon in the Paldea Pokédex (the regional Pokédex introduced in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet), collected from Bulbapedia's List of Pokémon by Paldea Pokédex number.

The goal of this dataset is to provide a complete, consistently-numbered collection of official Paldea-region artwork that can be used for:

• Image classification
• Computer vision research
• Character recognition
• Dataset generation
• AI and machine learning experiments
• Reference images for Pokémon-related research

Each image corresponds to exactly one Pokémon species and its Paldea Pokédex entry number.

Dataset Structure

The dataset is a single flat folder of 400 PNG images (390 MB total) — one image per Paldea Pokédex entry, #001 through #400. There are no subfolders and no alternate-form or variant files; this is a strict one-image-per-species collection.

File naming

Files follow the pattern <paldea_dex_number>_<Species_Name>.png:

paldea-pokedex-art/
├── 001_Sprigatito.png
├── 002_Floragato.png
├── 003_Meowscarada.png
├── 004_Fuecoco.png
├── 005_Crocalor.png
├── 006_Skeledirge.png
...
├── 376_Great_Tusk.png
├── 377_Scream_Tail.png
...
├── 393_Wo-Chien.png
├── 394_Chien-Pao.png
...
├── 399_Koraidon.png
└── 400_Miraidon.png

• <paldea_dex_number> is the 3-digit, zero-padded Paldea Pokédex number (001–400), matching the numbering on the Bulbapedia source page.
• <Species_Name> is the species' English name in Title_Case with spaces replaced by underscores (e.g. Iron_Valiant, Sandy_Shocks, Great_Tusk). Species whose in-game name already contains a hyphen keep it as-is (e.g. Wo-Chien, Chien-Pao, Ting-Lu, Chi-Yu). Accented characters are preserved where present (e.g. 145_Flabébé.png).
• Unlike some other Pokémon art scrapes, multi-word names here are handled correctly — Paradox Pokémon, Loyal Three, and other space-containing names are all present and correctly underscored rather than dropped.

Numbering and coverage

Numbers 001–400 map to the base-game Paldea Pokédex as listed on Bulbapedia, covering:

• 001–375: Starters, regional Pokémon, and other species obtainable in base Scarlet/Violet, ending with the Loyal Three's associated Tera-type Pokémon (Veluza, Dondozo, Tatsugiri).
• 376–390: The Gen 9 Paradox Pokémon introduced in the base games (Great Tusk, Iron Treads, Iron Bundle, Iron Hands, Iron Jugulis, Iron Moth, Iron Thorns, Scream Tail, Brute Bonnet, Flutter Mane, Slither Wing, Sandy Shocks) plus the Frigibax evolution line.
• 391–392: Gimmighoul and its evolution Gholdengo.
• 393–396: The Treasures of Ruin ("Loyal Three" + one) — Wo-Chien, Chien-Pao, Ting-Lu, Chi-Yu.
• 397–400: Roaring Moon, Iron Valiant, and the box legendaries Koraidon and Miraidon.

This dataset covers the base-game Paldea Pokédex only. It does not include the Kitakami (Teal Mask) or Blueberry Academy (Indigo Disk) regional Pokédex additions from the Scarlet/Violet DLC — only the 400 species numbered in Bulbapedia's core Paldea Pokédex list.

Image properties

• Format: PNG, mixed RGB (14 files) and RGBA with transparency (386 files).
• Resolution: predominantly 1280×720; 18 images are higher-resolution 1920×1080. Resolution is not uniform across the set, so images should be resized/padded as needed for model training.
• File size: ranges from ~4 KB to ~2 MB per image, averaging roughly 1 MB.
• Each image is official artwork (box art / Pokédex-style character render), not a screenshot or in-game sprite.

Data Collection

Images were collected from Bulbapedia, specifically the List of Pokémon by Paldea Pokédex number page, which itself sources official artwork published for Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet.

The images are official artwork originally published by Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., and The Pokémon Company.

Source

Artwork originates from official Pokémon Scarlet/Violet game assets and promotional materials.

Collection source:

• https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_Pok%C3%A9mon_by_Paldea_Pok%C3%A9dex_number

Intended Uses

This dataset is intended for:

• Machine learning research
• Image classification
• Character recognition
• Educational purposes
• Non-commercial AI research

Limitations

• Only official artwork is included — no sprites, screenshots, or fan art.
• Only the base-game Paldea Pokédex (400 species) is covered; Kitakami and Blueberry Academy DLC Pokédex entries are not included.
• Only one artwork variant per species is included — no shiny, alternate form, or gender-difference artwork (unlike species that have such variants in other Pokémon art datasets).
• Image resolution is not uniform (mostly 1280×720, with a minority at 1920×1080).

Licensing

Important

The images contained in this dataset are NOT owned by the dataset creator.

Pokémon and all associated artwork are the intellectual property of:

• Nintendo
• Game Freak
• Creatures Inc.
• The Pokémon Company

This repository is intended as a research dataset that organizes publicly available official artwork.

Users are responsible for ensuring their use complies with applicable copyright laws and the rights of the original copyright holders.

Citation

If you use this dataset, I'd appreciate if you cite this Hugging Face repository.