The biggest issue is that I wanted a data dump specifically because I wanted information about the encounter slots, which Bulbapedia doesn't have for non-block encounters - it instead just calculates the combined percentage of any mon's appearance rate. PokeBip at least had encounter slots, but other differences made me wary.
Other differences include:
- Forest area's Bronzong is level 46/44 in Bulbapedia and 45/44 in PokemonSlots
- Marshland area's Seviper is level 48 in Bulbapedia and varies on time of day in PokemonSlots (48/47)
- Meadow area's Nuzleaf is lv48 in Bulbapedia and varies on time of day in PokemonSlots (48/47)
- Meadow area's (walking) Wooper is lv42 in Bulbapedia and 40 in PokemonSlots
- Plains area's Manectric has ID 7 in Bulbapedia and 2 in PokemonSlots
- Swamp's Duskull is lv 42 in Bulbapedia and 38 in PokemonSlots
And there's more in the Surfing/Rod encounter lists, mostly level discrepancies, but I'm getting a little drunk and don't want to spend more time on this.
If it seems like I'm quibbling, I am, but at the same time - this is the world's most popular franchise and one of the best-selling video game series of all time (
the best selling?) and the two most well-known sources, Bulbapedia and Serebii, simply aren't 100% reliable. This is
why I wanted a data dump in particular - I'm trying to make a website to address some of this, precisely because the "established" site(s) have issues. My site may be newer and younger but I'm hoping to be able to say it's at least
accurate.