Photodex Puns

Woh, this project has, uh, been a cool thing! It's been forever ago since the best buddy dex started. At this point, we have nearly caught up to all the currently released mons in the game!!! That's wild...... Anyways, we set up a crowd-sourced database of sorts for viewing what Pokemon look like when they have their Best Buddy Ribbon! The post is about to be archived yet again...again...again, so I figured that it's time to post this again...again...again so people can still submit their pics!

You can find the link to it here: http://www.photodex.io/bestbudspkmn

Click/tap each pic to cycle through all the shots we have for that species!

Post a link to your pic on this thread or in a DM to me (bonus swag points for a cool AR shot)! As of posting, we've got a whopping 679 different species on it. Thank you very much to everyone who contributed!!!!! <3

Here's a text list of all of the mons and alt forms we still need! :)

Note: Generally speaking... it's not necessary to get shiny/non-shiny/shadow/etc versions of all the mons we need... it gets way too much to keep track of (and the free flickr plan only supports 1k imgs eheh), so whichever comes first is fine! We also haven't really accepted costume forms in the past, since there usually isn't a difference in the ribbon location...but we are running out of things to add so maybe I could be convinced :)

Note 2: Things that are italicized are not yet currently released in-game.

Kanto

• 065 Mega Alakazam

• 115 Mega Kangaskhan

• 127 Mega Pinsir

• 142 Mega Aerodactyl

• 144 Galarian Articuno

• 145 Galarian Zapdos

• 146 Galarian Moltres

• 150 Mega Mewtwo X

• 150 Mega Mewtwo Y

Johto

• 208 Mega Steelix

• 212 Mega Scizor

• 214 Mega Heracross

• 222 Galarian Corsola

• 248 Mega Tyranitar

Hoenn

• 254 Mega Sceptile

• 257 Mega Blaziken

• 260 Mega Swampert

• 282 Mega Gardevoir

• 302 Mega Sableye

• 303 Mega Mawile

• 306 Mega Aggron

• 308 Mega Medicham

• 319 Mega Sharpedo

• 323 Mega Camerupt

• 352 Kecleon

• 354 Mega Banette

• 359 Mega Absol

• 362 Mega Glalie

• 373 Mega Salamence

• 376 Mega Metagross

• 380 Mega Latias

• 381 Mega Latios

• 382 Primal Kyogre

• 383 Primal Groudon

• 384 Mega Rayquaza

Sinnoh

Also reading requests will help you find Pokémon! Requests are a nice bonus that is very optional. I just thank Bandai for putting it into the game.

I have friends that play Snap but none of them show up when I try to view their scores. Is anyone else having this problem?

There better be a fine prize for that!

UPDATED AFTER TESTING- SEE COMMENTS

Basically I want to know what happens besides the Photodex update. I could test this myself but I figured someone else had probably done this already so I could just ask.

To be clear, as an example, if you have a photo that’s 4200 points and you get one that’s now 4100 (or anything less). If you choose the photo with the less points when you’re given the option to pick your previous photo or current one.

Do points get removed from your research level? Can you then reclaim those points on a different course? Any info you have would be appreciated.

Edit: tested this and updated comments with results. Hope this helps someone that may have been curious.

For all my fellow completionists out there... I can't build apps but I can do Spreadsheets pretty well, so here's my excel PhotoDex, all color coded to share!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PggeukylHLMVcw-aUhV0lJOr48klR49v/view?usp=sharing

TL;DR - track your diamond photos and your research requests, filter by level or pokemon, do zero math yourself, profit. download a copy for yourself and make sure you have macros enabled! also this is baby's first reddit post, so please be kind... Details below!

I'm coming from the OG game and I have adhd, so keeping track of all the pics and requests and courses and research levels was basically impossible... so I set up all the formulas on the cover sheet so it automatically calculates how much you have complete:

[photo ID: screen shot of cover sheet]

(In order) The cover sheet calculates what percentage of diamond photos you have complete overall, what percentage of complete diamond pages you have complete (or, what percentage of pokemon you have all four diamond photos of), what percentage of the research requests you have complete overall, and then what percentage of research requests you have complete by region.

The second sheet has all the pokes in the dex (so, spoilers if you haven't finished the main story line) and also shows what courses and levels each poke appears on-

[photo ID: screen shot of second sheet, showing pokemon list and courses]

I'm marking each pokemon with an x in the column when I get a diamond star, and as you update it, it will automatically change the highlight to show you when you've got all diamonds on that pokemon's page.

[photo ID: close up of diamond star tracker, only bouffalant highlighted]

[photo ID: same close up, scorbunny is now also highlighted]

The last sheet has all the research requests, and generally how to beat them (so again, spoilers, if you have

how tf did people do this on release day

Always bugs me when I take a picture that's a high score but looks worse than what I already have in the Photodex. Is there a downside to keeping pictures in the photodex that aren't diamond stars/highest points? I wish the Photodex score at the top right of the entries reflected only the top scoring photos ever and not the ones saved (since we know the game already has a hidden database that keeps track of that, or at least I heard).

Just capturing a photo of every pokémon, not every star rating. Wondering if it's worth doing or not

Hey all!

I've been on my own personal quest to get all diamond photographs, so I built this tool (based on a simpler version made by a friend of mine) that I thought you might find useful. It has a lot of nice features and stats that you might find useful as well as you attempt to uncover the secrets of the Lental region!

Here is a link to the base spreadsheet. It should be fairly easy to make a copy of this document to make changes. You only need to record a value 1-4 in each cell to indicate that you've snapped a Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Diamond photo, respectively.

Some features:

• Names of Pokemon that you haven't found yet stay hidden, so this document is spoiler-free. Just look for the ID No on the left side to find it, and the name will fill in automatically.
• Names are colored red for Pokemon that are missing poses, and names of Pokemon are crossed out when all four photos are diamond level.
• A handy checklist on the right shows when you've "completed" a Pokemon (four diamond photos), and when you are nearing completion for a given Pokemon, to help you focus on finishing ones that are close to completion.
• Stats on the side show how many photos of each quality you've found. This can be handy to figure out a high-level view of your photodex. If you have too many bronze photos, maybe go clean those up. If you are missing a lot of poses, maybe make that a priority.

I made this for my personal purposes, but I'm hoping it can be helpful for you. If you want to see what one looks like filled out to see if it can be helpful for you, here is mine.

I am looking for a comparable program to ProShow Gold. I have used the software in years past for memorial slideshows for several family members' passing. I went this morning to check for ProShow Gold, a newer version, and much to my dismay the company is offically closed as of the 31st of January, 2020.

I need to create this in the next three days so I really do not have time to shuffle through a bunch of garbage apps that will only waste what little time I do have. I still have to gather photos from relatives and process them so they will be suitable.

Free is great, but I do not mind paying under 80 USD or so for something that will meet my needs.

Thanks, Reddit!!!!!

I have created a website to display AR snaps in a "Phótodex". It pulls in pictures from a Flickr album and displays them in a Pokédex arrangement.

I hope you like it! You can check it out here: https://www.photodex.io/

That has all of the instructions to set one up yourself, but I am also happy to answer any questions. 🙂

My own Photódex is here: https://www.photodex.io/JTAtomico

There better be a damn fine prize for that! I love this game!

EDIT 12/3/2020: Hi people from the future:

If you still have something to submit for the photodex please send me a link in a reddit message, or on the new-new post here :) ty!

Hey y'all! About 6 months ago, we set up a crowd-sourced database of sorts for viewing what Pokemon look like when they have their Best Buddy Ribbon! It's almost time for the post to be archived, so I figured that it's time to post this again so people can still submit their pics!

You can find the link to it here: https://www.photodex.io/bestbudspkmn

Post a link to your pic and I'll throw it up on the site! As of posting, we've got 353 entries on it. Thank you to everyone who contributed!!

EDIT: Well, we just passed 400 pics! Thanks again y'all!!!!

EDIT2: 8/19/2020, we passed 500 pics! ...how many more mons are left? ..aha.... thanks all!

If you're from the future and this thread is archived, come check out the newest thread here!

Hey y'all! It's been almost a year since the best buddy dex started. Wild. Anyways, we set up a crowd-sourced database of sorts for viewing what Pokemon look like when they have their Best Buddy Ribbon! The post is about to be archived yet again...again, so I figured that it's time to post this again...again so people can still submit their pics!

You can find the link to it here: https://www.photodex.io/bestbudspkmn

Post a link to your pic on this thread (bonus swag points for a cool AR shot)! As of posting, we've got a whopping 589 entries on it. Thank you very much to everyone who contributed, and Happy Holidays to y'all as well!!

Also, here's a text list of all of the currently released mons and alt forms we still need! :)

Kanto

• 079 Galarian Slowpoke

• 080 Galarian Slowbro

• 080 Mega Slowbro

• 122 Galarian Mr. Mime

Johto

• 201 Unown C D F H J K M Q U V W X Y (not super important but listed anyways c:)

Hoenn

• 334 Mega Altaria

Sinnoh

All done for now!

Unova

• 619 Mienfoo

• 620 Mienshao

• 641 Tornadus-Therian

• 642 Thundurus-Therian

Kalos

• 674 Pancham

• 693 Clawitzer

Galar

All done for now!

Hi! If you're from the future when this post is archived, you can find a link to the new post here.

Hey y'all! I saw a post around here recently that was interested in compiling a database of sorts that shows off all the Pokemon with their best buddy ribbon!

I'm using the photodex.io website created by JTAtomico, and you can find the link to it here: https://www.photodex.io/bestbudspkmn

Post a link to your best buddy, and I'll compile it onto the site!

EDIT: 100 best buddies snapped, we did it Reddit!

EDIT2: Imagemagick is a great tool, all the pics look a bit nicer now.

EDIT3: 200 pics!!!! Wow! Thank you all, keep 'em coming!

EDIT4: 5/21/2020: 300 pics!!!!! omg what