Google has its own Pokédex now

In its latest little widget that shows up when searching for a specific game-related term, Google has now added… filling out a complete* Pokédex.

*For the first 151 Pokémon, at least.

Any mobile user who searches for one of those original Pokémon will find a Poké Ball button that they can tap to catch that Pokémon, complete with a familiar animation. As long as they’re logged in, their progress toward completing a Google-based Pokédex will be recorded, and they’ll be prompted with a “Who’s that Pokémon?”-style clue pointing to any Pokémon they haven’t caught yet.

That really seems to be it — no wading through tall grass, just searching for the names of all 151 original Pokémon and tapping the Poké Ball. Google’s news release also says that Legendary or Mythical Pokémon will require Master Balls to catch (traditional), which can be earned by catching regular Pokémon. And that “to win, users must catch all 151 original Pokemon characters.” What you get for winning was not revealed, so all we can assume is that it will include satisfying your instinct for completing things.

Google’s news release cited no particular reason for implementing a Pokémon-catching game at this particular point in time, except to say that “searches for ‘pokemon card’ reached an all-time high in the US” this February. The search engine’s new Pokédex widget is only available on mobile, and requires that you be logged into a Google account in order to save your progress.