On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the "Pokémon" series, Game Freak officially announced the new game "Pokémon: Storm/Wave". At present, the official has released three new Royal Sanjia: the grass-type Yemei Bird, the fire-type Boom Geng and the water type Miao Miao'er. With the addition of Generation 10, the number of Pokémon in the National Pokédex will increase significantly. It is reported that the number of registered Pokémon is currently 1,025. If these three new Pokémon are added, the total number of Pokémon so far (unofficial statistics) will reach 1,028.
Some Japanese netizens discovered an interesting coincidence: when the tenth generation is launched, the total number of Pokémon will exceed the number of basic Chinese characters that Japanese primary school students must learn in primary school - 1,026.
To put it simply, these 1,026 are called "educational kanji", which are kanji stipulated by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology that primary school students must master from first grade to sixth grade. They are part of the "Commonly Used Chinese Characters" list, while the total number of commonly used Chinese characters is 2136, with the remaining 1110 commonly learned at the junior high school level.
Since "Pokémon" has always been extremely popular among Japanese teenagers, many netizens joked that this coincidence may be used by parents to "educate" their children. Someone joked: "In the future, parents will have another reason to nag: You can remember so many Pokémon, but you say you can't remember Chinese characters?"
Some people even imaginatively said that if the names of Pokémon were written in Chinese characters, it might actually help children learn Chinese characters. "It's amazing that children can't remember historical years and generals' names, but they can remember Pokémon names and basic attributes." One netizen said with a smile.
"Pokémon: Wind and Wave" is expected to be released in 2027. This game will take players to a new stage composed of many beautiful islands and vast oceans to start an adventure.
