Pokemon Knowledge Quest

Download game with letter choices instead of numbers HERE

Download game with Korean translations HERE

Download game fonts HERE and HERE

Having trouble downloading the PowerPoint version or editing the Google Slides version? CLICK HERE

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Game Features

Features 85 different animated Pokemon and 32 unique attack animations

Pokemon use attacks they actually use in the video game (I tried to make their animations as close as possible with what I could achieve with PowerPoint)

XP/Point system is based on Pokemon type strengths and weaknesses from the actual Pokemon video games

Tried to use accurate size comparison of Pokemon

Depending on the map location, teams will find certain types of Pokemon. For example: water-type Pokemon will be in water or beach locations, fire-type will be near the volcano, bug-type will be in forest areas, etc. Backgrounds of these wild Pokemon match these locations as well (as best they can)

How to Play

A student/team chooses a location on the map by picking a number.

After answering a question right, they will encounter a wild Pokémon.

They will have a choice of 1 of 3 PokéBalls, each containing a different Pokémon.

Once they choose a PokéBall, a Pokémon will come out and attack the wild Pokémon for XP (experience points).

How many XP they get depends on how effective the attack is. They also have the ability to change points with another team if they are lucky enough to send out a shiny Magikarp.

The student/team with the most XP at the end of the game is the winner!

Further instructions on how to play/how to use the PowerPoint can be found in the notes section of each slide.

Variations

I have no variations for this game at this time. If you played it a different way in your class and would like to share, I would be happy to hear from you in the comments below! :)

Runtime

No runtime information has been submitted yet for this number of students. If you have used it with your students and would like to share how long it took to play, please fill out the form on the last tab. It would be very much appreciated and would be a big help to other teachers like you!

STUDENTS: 20 TIME: 40min FINISHED GAME?: No

I had students in teams and they had to each answer the question by writing the answer on whiteboards (I had students rotate in their teams and students could help each other and use their books). I also rotated in terms of who got the bonus points. e.g. Team 1 picks the question, everyone writes the answers and gets 1 point, Team 1 proceeds to extra point round.

STUDENTS: 20 TIME: 30min FINISHED GAME?: Yes

This game was 100% the most popular game I played all year, especially with 3rd grade. If I played it as a review lesson I could never stretch it to cover the whole 40 mins of class, so you'll need something planned to fill maybe 5 mins before and 5 mins after (e.g. introducing the game for 5 mins before, and reviewing vocab or listening to a song for 5 mins after).

STUDENTS: 24 TIME: 35min FINISHED GAME?: No

played with 2 teams, finished 24 questions, so each student had the chance to choose one question

STUDENTS: 24 TIME: 35min FINISHED GAME?: No

This is by far the best game, high school students love it. we play with 5 teams and practice the phrases we learn with the textbook.

STUDENTS: 24 TIME: 45min FINISHED GAME?: Yes

used with middle school students and used questions they had to think about, so game took longer

STUDENTS: 25 TIME: 20min FINISHED GAME?: No

STUDENTS: 30 TIME: ~20-30min FINISHED GAME?: No

Kids really loved this!!!!

STUDENTS: 30 TIME: 40min FINISHED GAME?: Yes

Middle school kids loved this, took most of class as they would lose their minds over the battle animations. Occasionally would end the game early due to uneven number of teams but overall classes that listened well would finish the whole game with a few minutes left over.

STUDENTS: 35 TIME: 25min FINISHED GAME?: No

My kids loved this! I teach in Japan and obviously pokemon is huge here so my Year 9's were obsessed with it. I broke them off into groups to work together on the questions and the first to answer were the ones who got to battle with their pokemon. I found my students were getting sad when Magikarp had 0 xp so I changed it to 1 xp to make them happy. Such a great game!!!

STUDENTS: 35 TIME: 45min FINISHED GAME?: No

I gave students a 1 minute timer to answer and had 4 questions left over. In one of my classes kids kept pulling Magikarp and it was killing morale. I started to check which number would pull Magikarp and if they picked it, I'd say "are you SURE you want number 3?" and they'd switch their choice. In another class, however, a team really wanted Magikarp so they doubled down when I pressed them, LMAO. Ty for your hard work, my students think I'm the coolest now <3

STUDENTS: 36 TIME: 40min FINISHED GAME?: Yes

played with 9 teams

The runtimes in this chart are based on experiences from me and other teachers. If you had a different experience playing this game and would like to submit your own runtime feedback, please use the form below.