Question

How many different types of Spinda patterns are there approximately?

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Also, hasn't this question been asked already?

The only difference in this answer is if I include Pokémon Go variants.

Answer 1

Two answers:

9 or 4,294,967,296

9 is only in Pokémon Go, so that's the joke answer.

But for the main series games, the pattern variations are calculated by Personality Values, which is a 32bit number, which is why the odds of finding two exactly alike Spinda is 1 in 4,294,967,296.

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https://www.thegamer.com/pokemon-detail-8-5-billion-variations-spinda/

That says >8 billion.

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That one just doubles the existing 4b by including Shiny variants, so idk if it counts or not.

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This answer is technically correct, though there are millions of patterns within that total that are visually identical. More information on Bulbapedia: https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Spinda_(Pok%C3%A9mon)#Trivia