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Old March 20, 2010, 07:11:32 PM
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Default PokeDex Alpha 4: HeartGold/SoulSilver, Sprites, Improved Experience

Crystal Islands has just released the fourth Alpha of its Pokedex. The highlights of this release are HeartGold/SoulSilver information, sprites for nearly all games, a new name suggestion feature, and shorter URLs. You can choose or search for a Pokémon at http:///www.crystal-islands.com/dex/ or go directly to a Pokémon's entry.

New Features
Shorter URLs - Instead of typing http://crystal-islands.com/dex/view.php?id=25 you can now type http://www.crystal-islands.com/dex/Pikachu.
Name Suggestion - If you ever can't figure out what name you are thinking of, the PokeDex should be able to guess. For instance, you will be recommended Pikachu for Pichachu.
Level Up Attacks - Users can now view a Pokémon's level-up attacks for all games, from Red and Blue to HeartGold and SoulSilver.
TM Moves - All four generations of TM moves are now displayed.
Sprites - Sprites for nearly every game are now available. This includes HeartGold/SoulSilver overworld sprites, Emerald animations, and back sprites.
Japanese and Chinese Names - The names in Chinese and Japanese are also now displayed, for those interested. The Romanji is also displayed like it was before.
Evolutions - Evolution chains (like for Eevee and Wurmple) are now listed (there is still some work to be done, though).

Bug Fixes
Gender Bug Display: Gender splits now properly display.

Regressions
Color: The Pokémon's color is not displayed properly (minor, though).
Advanced Search: The advanced search is gone, and may not return. It was a bit too complex before.


Alpha 5 of the PokeDex will include Pokémon breeder data, tutored moves, each Pokémon's footprint and cry, further improvements in the evolution trees (really needed), and hopefully a way to show only specific sections (most likely splitting off sprites/flavour text and the useful stuff).