"Pokemon Statistics I: Amount of trainer battles"

Hey dear fellow Pokemon fans!I've decided to start a small series of posts that take a closer look at some statistics, some numbers regarding the main line Pokemon games. Although I will express my opinion on the numbers and their possible interpretation, I am trying to not push an own agenda here, but just present the results to you.I will start with listing the amount of trainer battles in every mainline game so far. Because in some cases, it's unclear which battles might count and which won't, I will leave some remarks next to several of the numbers. Also, please take these with a grain of salt and keep in mind that I used the German pokewiki to count the trainers (I used the actual listed trainers, because the trainer numbers listed on the upper part of the side are often not accurate). It is a given that the numbers are not 100% accurate, but they definitely are close, and they certainly show potential trends if there are any.So here are my results:Red/Blue: 338Yellow: 339FireRed/LeafGreen: 449Gold/Silver: 366Crystal: 376Heartgold/Soulsilver: 454Ruby/Sapphire: 341Emerald: 478Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire: 444 (including all the trainers listed on the Mauville City page)Diamond/Pearl: 451 (the trainers in the resort near Sunyshore are counted by the amount of battles you can have on a single day in there)Platinum: 457Black/White: 412 / 445 (Nimbasa sport stadiums are seen as 16 additional trainers, the second number is with the Black City/White Forest includedBlack 2 / White 2: 540 (without the trainers from the Black Tower/White TreehollowX/Y: 377 (including every trainer in Luminöse City listed on its wiki page)Sun/Moon: 258Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: 354 (of course, the RR episode is included here)Sword/Shield: 154 (even the Wild Area trainer is counted thrice, the Baristas are counted each once, and even the Dynamax Battles in the gyms during the postgame story are counted here, although they technically aren't trainer battles)​Of course, with this raw numbers we can't make any major statements about the quality or even the amount of content of the games. I'd say that numbers that differ by about 50 trainers are about on the same level, since all battles are counted, with many non-mandatory ones included. However, when it comes to big outliers, those clearly show when a game is unusually filled with trainers or surprisingly empty. Before Sword and Shield, Sun and Moon has been by far the all time low, but even Sun and Moon had like a hundred more trainer battles than Sword and Shield (of course, only counting the base game).Some fun trivia I found out during the research: The trainers in GSC and HGSS in terms of numbers in Johto are extremely similar, in that regard, HGSS is more of a 1:1 remake than FRLG is of RBY. However, the numbers are more different in Kanto, which is where the relatively small difference compared to Crystal results from. Also, the trainers in Johto are mostly those from GS, not Crystal.Another one: Platinum and DP basically have the same amount of trainers in every location, the small difference comes from a few changes regarding Team Galactic and the PokeCenter trainers.The number for Sword and Shield, together with the one for Black/White 2, are clearly the ones that stand out the most. Make of this information whatever you want. Of course, to properly evaluate the trainer battles, the next step would be to see how many Pokemon on average the trainers have, especially the "normal" trainers, because all trainer battles are counted here. How many are "mandatory" during the story, how many are located in "optional" areas? There is still a lot to unpack before I can make a definitive statement about this topic, but I still wanted to get these numbers out. I hope this small trivia can be useful for you some day ^^.Have a nice day everyone! I will post part II eventually, when it's done of course :P. via /r/pokemon https://ift.tt/3alz6gZ