Silhouette Mode

How to play

Silhouette Mode

1. The Pokémon in solid black, zoomed in on its middle.
2. Guess which Pokémon it is.
3. Each miss pulls the view back; after six you see the whole outline.

Silhouette mode shows a Pokémon's official artwork painted solid black and asks you to name it. It opens zoomed in on the middle of the body, and every wrong guess pulls the view back, until after six misses the whole outline is in frame.

A full silhouette is often enough on its own, which is why the puzzle starts close. The first few guesses are about reading a fragment of an edge; the later ones are the classic "Who's that Pokémon?".

Reading the crop

Up close, look at the edges rather than the black. A spike, a curl, a smooth round back or a ragged fringe tells you more than the mass in the middle, and it rules out whole body plans at once.

As the view widens, look for what sticks out: ears, horns, tails, wings, a crest. Those are the parts designers make distinctive, and they survive being turned to black far better than faces do.

Ways in

• Decide the body plan first: biped, quadruped, serpentine, floating, bird. It halves the pool before you think of a name.
• Evolutions keep a family outline. If a shape feels familiar but wrong, try the stage before or after the one it reminds you of.
• Artwork poses vary. A Pokémon mid-leap or turned sideways can look nothing like how you picture it, so trust the parts, not the pose.
• Guessing early is fine. Each miss costs a point but widens the view, and a plausible wrong answer often confirms the family.

FAQ

How many attempts do I get?

Unlimited. The picture stops zooming out after six misses, but you can keep guessing until you get it.

Is it the same Pokémon as Pixel today?

No. Each variant has its own daily Pokémon, picked from the date.