Where does Pokedex information come from?

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The various site that have a Pokedex on them, where do they get the
information from? Is there a database somewhere that has all the
information about the base stats, the descriptions, the bitmaps, the
attacks? Are each of these sites maintianing their own database of
this information?

 

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Eric Hertlein wrote:
> The various site that have a Pokedex on them, where do they get the
> information from? Is there a database somewhere that has all the
> information about the base stats, the descriptions, the bitmaps, the
> attacks? Are each of these sites maintianing their own database of
> this information?

Well, my site (link below) uses a mixture of data that I got from other
sites (primarily pokefor.tk) and stuff I ripped directly from the ROM.
In the case of the other sites, the data came about when *they* ripped
it directly from the ROM.

In other words, the "database somewhere that has all the information" is
the game ROM, and nerds look through it to figure everything out.

-- White Cat
http://pokedex.kary.ca/