While Pokémon Champions might be thorough when it comes to explaining the competitive mindset, it leaves a lot of visual changes up to players to discover. The methods to get shiny Pokémon are a great example, but another is that the same species Pokémon can have size differences.
If you’ve fought another player with the same Incineroar on the field and thought they looked different, there is a good chance that it wasn’t due to the perspective. Read on below as we explain how to get different-sized Pokémon in Pokémon Champions, as well as how to tell.
How to get Pokémon of Different Sizes in Pokémon Champions
The easiest way to get bigger or smaller-sized Pokémon is by bringing them over from different games through Pokémon Home. Even though many games display unique size classifications, they’re made consistent when transferring through Pokémon Home and into another game.
No matter if you’re bringing them from Pokémon Go or Pokémon Legends: Z-A, you’ll notice a difference between the smallest and largest monsters. It’s especially noticeable if you transfer over an Alpha Pokémon from the Legends series.
The other way to get a different-sized Pokémon is simply by recruiting them. Believe it or not, but each wave of ten possible recruits can have size variations. The only drawbacks here are that it’s entirely left up to chance and you have limited ways to identify a difference.
How to tell if a Pokémon is a different size in Pokémon Champions
When it comes to identifying whether a Pokémon is bigger or smaller than normal, you mainly have to rely on how they look in battle. This can be difficult since a team can’t have two of the same Pokémon. You’ll either notice when your opponent has the same Pokémon out or if you use screenshots to compare in a double battle.
There is also no visual or stated difference between different-sized Pokémon when looking at them inside the Box menu. This means if you have two different-sized Pikachu, they’ll look the same and even display the same standard height and weight.
The other way to gauge if a Pokémon is bigger or smaller is through Titles. Those that you recruit can sometimes come with the same Titles from the recent mainline games. Keep an eye out for any with “the Great“ or “the Teeny“ titles since these are awarded to Pokémon that are the biggest and smallest of their species.
These titles will also be available for anything you transferred over from another game that had the corresponding Jumbo or Mini Mark. Any Alphas you bring over from the Legends series will also have “the Former Alpha” title as well.
That covers everything you need to know about Pokémon with different sizes in Pokémon Champions. Remember that these are purely cosmetic in this turn-based game, so having a humongous team is the same as having a teeny tiny one. That doesn’t make those ideas any less entertaining though.
Pokémon Champions is available now on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2.
