Gauntlet

Clear one mystery Pokémon after another as your guess budget tightens with every round, until a single miss ends the run.

How Gauntlet works

It is the classic guessing board played as a survival ladder. Round one gives you eight guesses to name the hidden Pokémon, and each attempt returns type and stat feedback that narrows the field. Clear it and you advance, but the next round hands you one fewer guess: eight, then seven, on down to a floor of one guess that holds forever. Your score is simply the number of rounds you clear, your best run is saved between visits, and the generation filter lets you set which eras appear. Fail to name a single round and the whole run is over.

Strategy

Spend your early rounds generously while the budget is fat: eight guesses is room to probe types and stats and triangulate calmly. Bank that comfort, because once the budget reaches two or one you get almost no feedback before a run-ending miss. Narrow the generation filter to eras you know cold so the deep rounds stay winnable, and treat every roomy early answer as rehearsal for the tight ones coming.

What it teaches

Gauntlet rewards efficient deduction under pressure. It trains you to reach the right Pokémon in fewer informed guesses, and to hold your nerve as the margin for error thins round by round down to a single shot.