Pokelingo

Who's That Pokémon? is Pokelingo's daily puzzle, and the instructions say it all: read the Pokédex entry in the chosen language, then name the species in up to five guesses. The day's puzzle is numbered and dated at the top, and the selector at the top of the page shows a language pair, the site presenting itself as a tool to look up Pokémon, abilities, and types in nine languages. This is where the game stands out: the difficulty does not come only from the description, it also comes from the language in which you choose to read it. The rest of the site is a reference section by game, from the national Pokédex to each episode's dex, each with its species count and type filters. Progress is stored by the browser, indexed by date and by language.

1. Set the language pair at the top of the page, the interface language and the language in which the Pokédex entry will be read.
2. Read the day's Pokédex entry, shown in a box above the answer field.
3. Enter a species name and submit; the GUESS x / 5 counter updates with each attempt.
4. Repeat up to five guesses, then find previous days via the "Past puzzles" link in the footer.

Here is a daily Pokémon game that has a second purpose. Under the puzzle is a tool for language learners, and the selector at the top of the page makes the reading language a game parameter: the same Pokédex entry becomes a German or Japanese vocabulary exercise depending on what you set. The material itself is excellent, because Pokédex entries are short, often absurd texts drawn from a library that ranges from Pokémon Crystal to Légendes Z-A, and they are recognizable as much by their tone as by their content. Five guesses, one entry, and behind it a reference database that covers each installment of the series with its own dex.

The "GUESS 1 / 5" counter sits above the answer field, and the day's puzzle is stored by the browser with its state, solved or lost, and the number of guesses already made.

Who's That Pokémon?

The daily puzzle: a Pokédex entry to read in the chosen language, five guesses to name the species.

Past puzzles

Puzzles from previous days, accessible from the footer.

Dex

The reference section: the national Pokédex and each episode's dex, with type filters. This is not a game mode but a reference database.

• The language selector is the game's difficulty slider. Reading the entry in a language you are learning turns the round into a comprehension exercise, whereas reading it in your native language reduces it to a pure Pokédex memory test.
• Progress is recorded by date-and-language pair, which means a game started in one language is tracked separately from the same day's game in another language.
• The entry preserves the original wording of the game it comes from, including capitalization. The phrasing often signals the era, and therefore the generation, even before its content does.