PokéSprite

This is a collection of the box sprites of every Pokémon from the main game series, and the icons for every collectable and bag item. Also included are custom shiny versions of the box sprites that are not available in-game.

Some examples of the custom shiny sprites:

These icons can be used as individual files, or combined into a single image and CSS file for efficiently displaying them on a website.

Icons and metadata

The icons included in this project can be found in the /icons/ directory. They are separated by type (e.g. "berry", "evo-item", "valuable-item", etc.), and the Pokémon sprites can be found in /icons/pokemon/ and /icons/pokemon-gen8/.

The Pokémon sprite files use a simplified version of their English name, e.g. mr-mime.png for Mr. Mime. To programmatically process the files (e.g. to easily link some piece of data, like the dex number, to a sprite file), the data in /data/dex.json can be used.

Up to and including Pokémon Sun/Moon (Generation 7), all Pokémon sprites had a size of 40×30—starting with Pokémon Let's Go (Generation 8), they are 68×56. Items are all 32×32.

Previous generations of games (Generation 1–2 and Generation 3–4) had their own collections of sprites, but these are not included in this database.

Data files

Developers who want to use these sprites programmatically might want to look at the /data/dex.json and /data/item-export.json files; the former contains a list of all Pokémon and their associated icons, and the latter links all icons in the repo to their internal IDs used in-game.

Each item in the dex.json file contains the following data (example):

{
  idx: 658,
  slug: {
    eng: "greninja",
    jpn: "gekkouga"
  },
  icons: {
    _: {
      "has_right": true
    },
    ash: {
      "has_right": true
    },
    "battle-bond": {
      "is_alias_of": "ash"
    }
  },
  name: {
    eng: "Greninja",
    jpn: "ゲッコウガ",
    jpn_ro: "Gekkouga"
  }
}

The icons item contains a list of all icon types that are related to a Pokémon. It always contains at least a value _ (underscore), which means the regular form or default icon. Each form object can contain the following details:

Key	Meaning
is_alias_of	This form uses the icon of another form
is_unofficial_icon	The original (non-shiny) icon has been edited in some way (e.g. Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist)
is_unofficial_legacy_icon	As above, but only for the smaller legacy 40×30 icons
has_right	A unique right-facing icon is available (e.g. Roselia)
has_female	A unique female icon is available (e.g. Unfezant)

The name field also contains jpn_ro, which refers to the official romanization of a Pokémon's name.

License

The source icons are © Nintendo/Creatures Inc./GAME FREAK Inc.

Everything else, and usage of the programming code, is governed by the MIT license.