List of Ribbons in the games

The following is a list of Ribbons that appear in the Pokémon games. There are 109 Ribbons total, with 32 originating from Generation III, 48 from Generation IV, nine from Generation V, 16 from Generation VI, and four from Generation VII.

League Ribbons
The League Ribbons are obtained by entering the Hall of Fame in different regions, all of which are retained if a Pokémon is transferred to a later generation.

Hoenn Contest Ribbons
The Hoenn Contest Ribbons are obtained by winning Pokémon Contests in Generation III. These Ribbons are retained if a Pokémon is transferred as far as Generation V, but if a Pokémon with one of these Ribbons is transferred to Generation VI, they will all be replaced by a Contest Memory Ribbon.

Sinnoh Super Contest Ribbons
The Sinnoh Super Contest Ribbons are obtained by winning Pokémon Super Contests in Generation IV. These Ribbons are retained if a Pokémon is transferred as far as Generation V, but if a Pokémon with one of these Ribbons is transferred to Generation VI, they will all be replaced by a Contest Memory Ribbon.

Hoenn Contest Spectacular Ribbons
The Hoenn Contest Spectacular Ribbons are obtained by winning Pokémon Contest Spectaculars in Generation VI.

Contest Memory Ribbons
The Contest Memory Ribbons are obtained by transferring Pokémon with Contest Ribbons from Generation III or IV to Generation VI.

Hoenn Battle Tower Ribbons
The Hoenn Battle Tower Ribbons are obtained by conquering different modes of the in. These Ribbons are retained if a Pokémon is transferred as far as Generation V, but if a Pokémon with one of these Ribbons is transferred to Generation VI, the Ribbons will be replaced by a Battle Memory Ribbon.

Sinnoh/Johto Battle Tower Ribbons
The Sinnoh/Johto Battle Tower Ribbons are obtained by conquering different modes of the in Generation IV. These Ribbons are retained if a Pokémon is transferred as far as Generation V, but if a Pokémon with one of these Ribbons is transferred to Generation VI, they will all be replaced by a Battle Memory Ribbon.

Battle Maison Ribbons
The Battle Maison Ribbons are obtained by conquering different modes of the Battle Maison in Kiloude City in Kalos or in the Battle Resort in Hoenn.

Battle Tree Ribbons
The Battle Tree Ribbons are obtained by conquering different modes of the Battle Tree.

Battle Memory Ribbons
The Battle Memory Ribbons are obtained by transferring Pokémon with Tower Ribbons from Generation III or IV to Generation VI.

Memorial Ribbons
The Memorial Ribbons are awarded for various reasons in-game; some trivial, some requiring effort. All are retained if a Pokémon is transferred to a later generation, but most are also available in multiple generations.

Gift Ribbons
The Gift Ribbons all originate from sources external to the core series Pokémon games. Two, the and the, come from Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD, which have connectivity with the core Generation III games. Otherwise, the most common Gift Ribbons are distributed on event Pokémon. The remaining Ribbons appear to be intended to be awarded to the teams of winners of Video Game Championship events, but it is unclear the extent to which this has actually occurred. These Ribbons are retained if a Pokémon with them is transferred to a later generation.

Gift Ribbon descriptions
Data for the following Gift Ribbon descriptions appear in the Generation III and Generation IV. They were removed in the Generation V games and onwards.

By participating in certain Pokémon activities (such as the Regional, National, and Global tournaments for 2003, 2004, and 2005), Ribbon descriptions would be associated with certain Gift Ribbons distributed, based on the event itself.

In Generation III, all Gift Ribbons by default have an empty description associated with them. Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD make use of the "Ribbon awarded for clearing all difficulties." and "100-straight Win Commemorative Ribbon" descriptions by assigning them to the National and Earth Ribbons respectively. These assignments are then transferred to any Generation III handheld game whenever those games receive a Pokémon with their respective Ribbon attached. The descriptions are hard coded for both Ribbons in Generation IV and onwards.

In Generation IV, certain Gift Ribbons by default have the description "A commemorative Ribbon obtained in a mysterious location." or "A commemorative Ribbon obtained in a Mystery Zone." associated with them. When the player receives a Pokémon holding either a Classic Ribbon or a Premier Ribbon via Mystery Gift, their descriptions are assigned to "A Ribbon that proclaims love for Pokémon" and "Special Holiday Ribbon" respectively. The descriptions are hard coded for both Ribbons in Generation V and onwards.

Generation III
The names of the following Gift Ribbon descriptions appear in a text dump from. Text strings for these Ribbons also appear in the Generation IV. There are 64 total, with only two (for the Earth and National Ribbons) seeing actual use in Generation III and another two (for the Classic and Premier Ribbons) in Generation IV.

Generation IV
The names of the following Gift Ribbon descriptions appear in a text dump of the Generation IV. There are 32 total, none of which were used in Generation IV.

Deprecated Ribbons
The following Ribbons were present in Generation III and Generation IV data, but are no longer in Generation V and onwards, as they were replaced by the Gift Ribbons that were introduced during Generation V. These Ribbons were never used.