Pokémon

Five entries from the beginning — from the original Red & Green to the games that redefined what portable gaming could carry.

14 games in this room

Mew was added without the director's knowledge, hidden for a future event players discovered first. Pokémon Red & Green (1996 Uncommon

Game Boy

Pokémon Red and Green

ポケットモンスター 赤・緑

Role-playing / Monster collection · 1996

Pokémon Red and Green launched in Japan on February 27, 1996, after six years of development by Game Freak and creator S…

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Masuda composed the whole soundtrack on a home Commodore Amiga and wrote his own porting tool. Pokémon Yellow (1998, Game Boy

Game Boy

Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition

ポケットモンスター ピカチュウ

RPG · 1998

Released in Japan on September 12, 1998, Pokémon Yellow was created directly in response to the explosive success of the…

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Hudson Soft's name appears nowhere on the box. Pokémon Trading Card Game (1998, GBC) — 20 cards exist only in this game, neve

Game Boy Color

Pokémon Trading Card Game

ポケモンカードGB

Card game / Strategy · 1998

Pokémon Trading Card Game (1998) for Game Boy Color is a digital adaptation of the Pokémon TCG developed by Hudson Soft …

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Pokémon Yellow (Game Boy, 1998) introduced the franchise's friendship mechanic with a Pikachu that follows you. The anime cam

Game Boy

Pokémon Yellow

ポケットモンスター ピカチュウ

role-playing video game · 1998

Pokémon Yellow is a 1998 role-playing video game for the game boy, developed by Game Freak, directed by Satoshi Tajiri, …

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Beat the Elite Four and it keeps going — Kanto waits, and Red stands silent at Mt. Silver. Pokémon Gold/Silver (1999, Game Bo

Game Boy Color

Pokémon Gold Version / Silver Version

ポケットモンスター 金・銀

RPG · 1999

Pokémon Gold and Silver are the definitive Game Boy Color games — the titles that proved the platform could sustain the …

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Its sequel took 22 years to arrive. Pokémon Snap (1999, Nintendo 64) — HAL Laboratory's photography game where no Pokémon is

Nintendo 64

Pokémon Snap

ポケモンスナップ

Photography / Rail Shooter · 1999

Released in 1999, Pokémon Snap placed players on a fixed rail through environments teeming with Pokémon, armed with only…

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Japan got a 42-Pokémon Stadium in 1998 that never left. Pokémon Stadium (1999, Nintendo 64) was the world's first look at all

Nintendo 64

Pokémon Stadium

ポケモンスタジアム2

Strategy · 1999

Released in 1999, Pokémon Stadium brought all 151 original Pokémon to Nintendo 64 in fully animated 3D battles for the f…

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Rumble built into the cartridge, not an accessory. Pokémon Pinball (1999, Game Boy Color) needed 2 AA batteries just for the

Game Boy Color

Pokémon Pinball

ポケモンピンボール

Puzzle · 1999

Released in 1999, Pokémon Pinball is one of the most successful genre spinoffs in the Pokémon franchise — a pinball game…

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First Pokémon game to offer a female protagonist. Crystal (2000, Game Boy Color) also will not boot on original Game Boy — GB Uncommon

Game Boy Color

Pokémon Crystal Version

ポケットモンスター クリスタルバージョン

RPG · 2000

Pokémon Crystal is the third and final entry in the second generation of the Pokémon series — an enhanced version of Gol…

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Pokémon Puzzle Challenge for Game Boy Color (2000) — Intelligent Systems' Panel de Pon mechanic wrapped in Pokémon Gold/Silve

Game Boy Color

Pokémon Puzzle Challenge

ポケモンでパネポン

Puzzle · 2000

Developed by Intelligent Systems and released in September 2000, Pokémon Puzzle Challenge brings the Panel de Pon puzzle…

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Battle Tower debuted here and became a staple of every Pokémon generation after. Pokémon Stadium 2 (2000, N64) — 251 Gold & S

Nintendo 64

Pokémon Stadium 2

ポケモンスタジアム金銀

Strategy / Battle · 2000

Released in Japan in December 2000, Pokémon Stadium Gold & Silver — known internationally as Pokémon Stadium 2 — brought…

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Game Boy Color

Pokémon Crystal

ポケットモンスター クリスタルバージョン

role-playing video game · 2000

Pokémon Crystal is a 2000 role-playing video game for the game boy color, developed by Game Freak, with music by Junichi…

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No random wild Pokémon encounters — every Pokémon must be stolen from a trainer. Pokémon Colosseum (2003, GameCube) went dark

Nintendo GameCube

Pokémon Colosseum

ポケモンコロシアム

RPG · 2003

Released in 2003, Pokémon Colosseum was the first full RPG adventure in the mainline Pokémon tradition on home console h…

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Uncommon

Nintendo GameCube

Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

ポケモンXD 闇の旋風ダーク・ルギア

RPG · 2005

Released in 2005, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness is a direct sequel to Pokémon Colosseum set five years later in the same …

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