With the idea of celebrating its official day, the Pokémon Company has decided to communicate today February 27 what is the Pokémon of the year 2020 . This election comes after a massive vote by all fans that began on February 5 and ended on the 14th of the same month. Now, with all the votes counted, the brand has decided to announce the winner, and the Pokémon of the year is …
An anniversary with prize
It was a February 27, 1996 when Red and Blue Pokémon came to Gameboy. Since then, that date has been special for many fans, so that day became the official day of Pokémon, so many events have occurred since then. And a good way to celebrate it is to name the Pokémon of the year, a decoration that will please many users, who can presume that their favorite Pokémon is the protagonist of the year. Is this your case?
1996 was only the beginning.
Happy #PokemonDay , Trainers! pic.twitter.com/AjcSqFoxXQ
– Pokémon (@Pokemon) February 27, 2020
The 10 most voted Pokémon by fans
After 10 days of voting and a total of 6,608,215 votes collected through the official website created by Google, the list of users’ favorite Pokémon for this 2020 remains as follows:
10 – Gengar (60,214 votes)
Main features
- Height: 1.5 meters
- Weight: 40.5 kg
- Category: Shadow
- Skill: Levitation
Type
- Ghost
- Poison
Weaknesses
- Sinister
- Ghost
- Psychic
9 – Gardevoir (60,596 votes)
Main features
- Height: 1.6 meters
- Weight: 48.4 kg
- Category: Envelope
- Skills: Synchrony, Trace
Type
- Psychic
- Fairy
Weaknesses
- Ghost
- Steel
- Poison
8 – Rayquaza (60,939 votes)
Main features
- Height: 7.0 meters
- Weight: 206.5 kg
- Category: Sky
- Skill: Air Loop
Type
- Dragon
- Flying
Weaknesses
- Ice
- Dragon
- rock
- Fairy
7 – Garchomp (61,877 votes)
Main features
- Height: 1.9 meters
- Weight: 95.0 kg
- Category: Mach
- Skills: Veil Arena
Type
- Dragon
- land
Weaknesses
- Ice
- Dragon
- Fairy
Hundreds of Pokémon entered the competition.
Millions of Coaches voted for their favorites.
And finally we can show you the top 10 of the # PokemonDelAño and the winner of 2020! Just in time for the #DiadePokemon ! https://t.co/DrfB8nsSuV pic.twitter.com/dTGqUt9OQ7– Pokémon Spain (@Pokemon_ES_ESP) February 27, 2020
6 – Sylveon (66,029 votes)
Main features
- Height: 1.0 meters
- Weight: 23.5 kg
- Category: Link
- Skill: Great Charm
Type
- Fairy
Weaknesses
- Steel
- Poison
5 – Umbreon (67,062 votes)
Main features
- Height: 1.0 meters
- Weight: 27.0 kg
- Category: Moonlight
- Skill: Synchrony
Type
- Sinister
Weaknesses
- Fight
- Bug
- Fairy
4 – Charizard (93,968 votes)
Main features
- Height: 1.7 meters
- Weight: 90.5 kg
- Category: Flame
- Skill: Sea Flames
Type
- Fire
- Flying
Weaknesses
- rock
- Electric
- Water
3 – Mimikyu (99,077 votes)
Main features
- Height: 0.2 meters
- Weight: 0.7kg
- Category: Costume
- Skill: Costume
Type
- Ghost
- Fairy
Weaknesses
- Ghost
- Steel
2 – Lucario (102,259 votes)
Main features
- Height: 1.2 meters
- Weight: 54.0 kg
- Category: Aura
- Skills: Internal Focus, Impasible
Type
- Fight
- Steel
Weaknesses
- Fight
- Fire
- land
The Pokémon of the year
This year the prize went to Greninja. A sinister water-type creature that with no less than 140,559 votes has won the first position of Pokemon favorite for the public.
Main features
- Height: 1.5 meters
- Weight: 40.0 kg
- Category: Ninja
- Skill: Torrente
Type
- Water
- Sinister
Weaknesses
- Fairy
- Plant
- Electric
- Fight
- Bug