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 The names of all the Pokémon are stored in a simple list of 256 strings. In international versions, each entry is 10 bytes, while in Japanese versions, they are 5 bytes. If a name takes less than its full allotted length, it is terminated by <code>0x50</code>.
-The first name in the list is {{p|Bulbasaur}} while the last is [[Five question marks|?????]]. The game looks up a Pokémon's name by receiving its [[List of Pokémon by index number (Generation II)|index number]], decrementing it by 1, and then looking for that index in the list. So while Bulbasaur's index number is 1, the game will find Bulbasaur's name at index 0 in the list (the first entry). These names are used for a variety of things, such as naming wild Pokémon and diplaying the species name in the Pokédex and on summary screens.
+The first name in the list is {{p|Bulbasaur}} while the last is [[Five question marks|?????]]. The game looks up a Pokémon's name by receiving its [[List of Pokémon by index number (Generation II)|index number]], decrementing it by 1, and then looking for that index in the list. So while Bulbasaur's index number is 1, the game will find Bulbasaur's name at index 0 in the list (the first entry). These names are used for a variety of things, such as naming wild Pokémon and displaying the species name in the Pokédex and on summary screens.
 The following are ROM offsets for the start of the list in each game: