{"id":428167,"date":"2026-02-16T05:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T05:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/428167\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T05:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T05:14:10","slug":"whats-your-favourite-gen-2-pokemon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/428167\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s Your Favourite Gen 2 Pok\u00e9mon?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before we turn things over to you for Gen 2, let’s see if there are any non-immediately-obvious Pocket Monsters Team NL are pondering before choosing just one ‘mon…<\/p>\n

Mantine<\/p>\n

Wait, two Water-types in a row, Alana? Yeah, I know, but manta rays and sting rays are some of my favourite animals, so I have a real soft spot for Mantine, who’s just a cute little guy. I wish it were a stronger ‘mon!<\/p>\n

\"Alana<\/p>\n

Alana Hagues<\/a><\/p>\n

Deputy Editor, Nintendo Life<\/p>\n

Steelix<\/p>\n

Like Onix but more metal. Nothing not to like about Steelix.<\/p>\n

\"Gavin<\/p>\n

Gavin Lane<\/a><\/p>\n

Editor, Nintendo Life<\/p>\n

Wobbuffet<\/p>\n

I say a lot of Pok\u00e9mon names with the exact pronunciation of their cry in the anime, but none summon as much gusto from me as a hearty Wooobbuffet.<\/p>\n

\"Jim<\/p>\n

Jim Norman<\/a><\/p>\n

Staff Writer, Nintendo Life<\/p>\n

Scizor<\/p>\n

I didn’t think you could get anything more intimidating than Scyther, but then Scizor came along. Proof that bug Pok\u00e9mon are cool!<\/p>\n

\"Ollie<\/p>\n

Ollie Reynolds<\/a><\/p>\n

Staff Writer, Nintendo Life<\/p>\n

Okay, let’s crack on with all 100 Pok\u00e9mon that could first be caught in Gen 2. As before, they’re listed in National Dex order, but use the search bar to quickly find a particular Pok\u00e9mon. And remember, you can only choose one!<\/p>\n

Which is your favourite Johto Pok\u00e9mon (Gen 2)? (2,078 votes)
\nChikorita2%Bayleef\u00a0 0.6%Meganium\u00a0 0.8%Cyndaquil4%Quilava\u00a0 0.6%Typhlosion4%Totodile5%Croconaw\u00a0 0.1%Feraligatr3%Sentret\u00a0 0.2%Furret\u00a0 0.8%Hoothoot\u00a0 0.3%Noctowl\u00a0 0.7%Ledyba\u00a0 0.1%Ledian\u00a0 0.2%Spinarak\u00a0 0.4%Ariados\u00a0 0.1%Crobat2%Chinchou\u00a0 0.1%Lanturn\u00a0 0.4%Pichu4%Cleffa\u00a0 0.2%Igglybuff\u00a0 0.2%Togepi2%Togetic\u00a0 0.6%Natu\u00a0 0.2%Xatu\u00a0 0.8%Mareep1%Flaaffy\u00a0 0.2%Ampharos5%Bellossom\u00a0 0.3%Marill1%Azumarill\u00a0 0.8%Sudowoodo1%Politoed\u00a0 0.5%Hoppip\u00a0 0.1%Skiploom\u00a0 0%Jumpluff\u00a0 0.2%Aipom\u00a0 0.2%Sunkern\u00a0 0.1%Sunflora\u00a0 0.1%Yanma\u00a0 0%Wooper2%Quagsire\u00a0 0.9%Espeon3%Umbreon7%Murkrow\u00a0 0.3%Slowking\u00a0 0.4%Misdreavus\u00a0 0.7%Unown\u00a0 0.3%Wobbuffet\u00a0 0.7%Girafarig\u00a0 0.3%Pineco\u00a0 0%Forretress\u00a0 0.2%Dunsparce\u00a0 0.8%Gligar\u00a0 0.2%Steelix2%Snubbull\u00a0 0.2%Granbull\u00a0 0%Qwilfish\u00a0 0.1%Scizor4%Shuckle\u00a0 0.7%Heracross3%Sneasel\u00a0 0.9%Teddiursa\u00a0 0.2%Ursaring\u00a0 0.2%Slugma\u00a0 0.1%Magcargo\u00a0 0.2%Swinub\u00a0 0.1%Piloswine\u00a0 0.1%Corsola\u00a0 0.2%Remoraid\u00a0 0%Octillery\u00a0 0.4%Delibird\u00a0 0.4%Mantine\u00a0 0.1%Skarmory\u00a0 1%Houndour\u00a0 0.4%Houndoom2%Kingdra1%Phanpy\u00a0 0.3%Donphan\u00a0 0.8%Porygon2\u00a0 0.7%Stantler\u00a0 0.1%Smeargle\u00a0 0.2%Tyrogue\u00a0 0.1%Hitmontop\u00a0 0.2%Smoochum\u00a0 0.1%Elekid\u00a0 0.2%Magby\u00a0 0.1%Miltank\u00a0 0.6%Blissey\u00a0 0.1%Raikou\u00a0 0.5%Entei\u00a0 0.6%Suicune2%Larvitar\u00a0 0.1%Pupitar\u00a0 0%Tyranitar5%Lugia6%Ho-Oh3%Celebi2%<\/p>\n

Thanks for voting! Keep an eye out for further generations in the coming days as we cruise towards Pok\u00e9mon’s 30th anniversary.<\/p>\n

\"Gavin<\/p>\n

Gavin first wrote for Nintendo Life in 2018 before joining the site full-time the following year, rising through the ranks to become Editor. He can currently be found squashed beneath a Switch backlog the size of Normandy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before we turn things over to you for Gen 2, let’s see if there are any non-immediately-obvious Pocket…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[19413,7840,242,59,3235,156271,3631,1914,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-428167","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-anniversaries","9":"tag-community","10":"tag-features","11":"tag-gb","12":"tag-pokemon","13":"tag-pokemon-30th-anniversary","14":"tag-polls","15":"tag-retro","16":"tag-technology","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}