Summary

  • Trainers need access to both Let's Go, Pikachu and Let's Go, Eevee games for a complete Pokédex due to version-exclusive Pokémon.
  • Obtaining starter Pokémon Pikachu or Eevee is easier in their respective games, but they are not exclusives.
  • Trading with players or purchasing both versions are options for completing the Pokédex.

Any Trainers looking to completely fill out their Pokédex in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! or Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! will be sorely disappointed unless they have access to both games. Like many of the mainline Pokémon video games, not only are there two versions of the game, but each comes with several version-exclusive Pokémon that are not available in the other edition. While most of the pocket monsters remain the same in both versions of the story, there are around a dozen in each title that are unique to that game, as well as their Alolan variants.

Since the beginning, Pokémon video games have been released in multiple editions, each with exclusive creatures to find. This practice is designed to encourage players to trade with other people who have the other edition of the game. The concept is one of the foundational points of the franchise, whether in its video games, the Pokémon TCG, or other shareable items. Of course, completing the Pokédex is not mandatory for finishing either game, or players could alternately purchase both versions if they have the budget for it, to collect 'em all.

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All Version Exclusive Pokémon In Let's Go, Pikachu!

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The basic narrative for the two games remains the same, regardless of which starter Pokémon version is played. The key difference comes down to around a dozen exclusive Pokémon, plus the regional Alolan variants that some of the creatures have. Both games have four unique Alolan variant Pokémon that are specific to that version of the game.

The following is a list of all version-exclusive Pokémon in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! They can be traded to players with the other edition of the game or to anyone with either edition who has not been able to find them.

Pokédex #

Name

Type

#027

Sandshrew

Ground

#027

Alolan Sandshrew

Ice/Steel

#028

Sandslash

Ground

#028

Alolan Sandslash

Ice/Steel

#043

Oddish

Grass/Poison

#044

Gloom

Grass/Poison

#045

Vileplume

Grass/Poison

#056

Mankey

Fighting

#057

Primeape

Fighting

#058

Growlithe

Fire

#088

Grimer

Poison

#088

Alolan Grimer

Poison/Dark

#089

Muk

Poison

#089

Alolan Muk

Poison/Dark

#123

Scyther

Bug/Flying

Additionally, in Let's Go, Pikachu! the starter Pikachu can be dressed up in adorable clothes and will ride on the player's shoulder while traveling in the open-world. Any Eevee caught in this game cannot be dressed up, nor will they be quite as chummy with the player as they would be in the Let's Go, Eevee! version.

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All Version Exclusive Pokémon In Let's Go, Eevee!

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Similarly, Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! also has around a dozen exclusive Pokémon in its version, and four Alolan variants. While Pikachu has the rideable Arcanine that evolves from Growlithe, Eevee has the sleek Persian, which can evolve from Meowth. These larger Pokémon can act as mounts by simply summoning them to their side in the overworld, and the Trainer will automatically ride them.

The following is a list of all version-exclusive Pokémon in Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! As was the case with the Pikachu version, these can all be traded to players with the other edition of the game, or simply to other players who haven't been able to find them.

Pokédex #

Name

Type

#023

Ekans

Poison

#024

Arbok

Poison

#037

Vulpix

Fire

#037

Alolan Vulpix

Ice

#038

Ninetales

Fire

#038

Alolan Nintetales

Ice/Fairy

#052

Meowth

Normal

#052

Alolan Meowth

Dark

#053

Persian

Normal

#053

Alolan Persian

Dark

#069

Bellsprout

Grass/Poison

#070

Weepinbell

Grass/Poison

#071

Victreebel

Grass/Poison

#109

Koffing

Poison

#110

Weezing

Poison

#127

Pinsir

Bug

Additionally, there are many shiny variants of Pokémon in both games, as well as for some of the version exclusives. This can make things even more difficult and time-consuming for completionists, as trying to find all the shiny variants of exclusive Pokémon in addition to all the others in the game can be a daunting task. Of course, that also can add to the fun of a creature-collecting experience and make successful finds even more exciting.

Pokémon Home Functionality With Let's Go, Pikachu and Eevee Games

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Pokémon Home is a convenient way to move Pokémon between games, but while it does work with the Pokémon: Let's Go titles, it is not going to overcome the hurdle of needing someone with the other copy of the game. Currently, Pokémon Home will not move Pokémon from other games into Pokémon: Let's Go unless it is another version of Let's Go. Pokémon can be moved back and forth between Pokémon: Let's Go titles or be moved into a newer game, but that is all.

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Pikachu And Eevee Are Surprisingly Not Version Exclusives In The Games

The logos for Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee, alongside their eponymous Pokémon, in front of a field of grass and a blue sky with large white clouds in the distance.

When deciding which game to get, the most obvious option to look at is that of the starter Pokémon that will be with the Trainer throughout the adventure. In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! that starter is the titular Pikachu, just as Eevee is the starter for Let's Go, Eevee!, although it is possible to get Pikachu in Let's Go, Eevee and to get Eevee in Let's Go, Pikachu. The difference here is that it is very rare and difficult to find an Eevee in Let's Go, Pikachu, and vice versa, and they will not be able to be dressed up the same way that the specified starter Pokémon is for the game.

Non-starter Eevee or Pikachu Pokémon are rare spawns that can be found on Route 17. Unlike the starter versions, these wild Pokémon can evolve.

Pokémon games have long made a point of trying to encourage people to meet up with a friend in real life to exchange recent catches for other characters that are exclusive to the other version. Even if someone does not have anyone to trade with, thankfully, the dozen exclusive Pokémon are only a small percentage of the 153 Pokémon in the Pokédex for those games. Seeing which are exclusive may help players decide whether they would rather buy Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! or the alternate Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! however.

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Created by
Satoshi Taijiri , Ken Sugimori , Junichi Masuda
First Episode Air Date
April 1, 1997