Pokémon

The English adaptation of this series, Pokémon Chronicles, combines the episodes from this series as well as various other made-for-TV specials (originally unrelated to Housoukyoku) that have not previously been released in English. This platform game used the aforementioned DK Bongos as a controller — tapping one drum repeatedly made Donkey Kong run, tapping the other made him jump. A spin-off series, entitled Shu-kan Pokémon Ho-so-kyoku (also referred to as Pokémon Hoso) is a spinoff of the first, and tells the adventures within the continuity of Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation, starring many of the recurring characters in Pocket Monsters. Donkey Kong fights Dread Kong, Ninja Kong, Karate Kong, and Sumo Kong. This part of the series is loosely based upon Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald. Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat was released in Japan in December 2004 and elsewhere in 2005. Misty meets with them through this part of the journey as they go to the Kanto contests and the Battle Frontier. Its sequel, Donkey Konga 2, was released in 2005, while Japan got Donkey Konga 3.

Afterward, Ash goes back to his home region of Kanto and visits new areas around there with the current team. The tunes included pop songs and themes from some previous Nintendo games. This series is based on the third generation games. Created by Namco, this musical rhythm action game relied upon use of the DK Bongos accessory (purchasable separately or included, depending on the package) to hit a beat in time with the tune. Brock (from the original series) soon catches up with Ash, but Misty has returned to Cerulean City to tend to her duties as a gym leader. Donkey Konga was released for the GameCube in 2004. Her brother Max accompanies them, and though he isn't a trainer, he knows massive amounts of handy information. Likewise, Banjo Pilot was originally titled Diddy Kong Pilot, but altered following the Microsoft acquisition.

The names of Ash and Gary were derived from the characters' Japanese names, Satoshi and Shigeru. This decision is due to the fact that Microsoft does not have its own portable console in direct competition. Gary (whose grandfather was none other than Professor Oak, the man in charge of giving new trainers their first Pokémon) was well known and acompanied by a squad of cheerleaders. Following the sale of Rare to Microsoft in 2002, Rare announced that they were concentrating their efforts on Xbox games, although they have continued to support Nintendo's portable consoles, the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. In the original series Ash's main rival was another trainer from Pallet Town, Gary Oak. that had been introduced in previous Donkey Kong games by Rare. Accompanying Ash on his journeys were Brock, the Pewter City Gym Leader; Misty, the youngest of the Gym Leaders sisters from Cerulean City; and Tracey Sketchit, an artist and “Pokémon watcher”. The game was called Donkey Kong Racing and showed various characters, including Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, and Taj the Genie racing on Ellie, Expresso, Rambi, Enguard, and Zinger, and presumably, Necky, Army, and Chomps Jr.

This series is based on the first and second generation games. A demo for a Donkey Kong game on the GameCube, Nintendo's sixth generation console, was shown at SpaceWorld 2001. The first, and the most familiar, is Pocket Monsters or simply Pokémon (often referred to as Pokémon: Gotta Catch Em All to distinguish it from the later series), which details the adventures of Ash Ketchum as he travels through Kanto, the Orange Islands, and Johto on a quest to become the greatest Pokémon Master of all time. While Diddy Kong Racing was these characters' first appearance in a game, they were already famous for being in development with the first installments of their own highly anticipated franchises (the instruction manual even describes them as taking a break from their own games in order to assist Diddy on his quest), and therefore cannot be said to be part of the Mario/Donkey Kong universe. There are several Pokémon anime series based on the video games. Diddy Kong Racing, released in 1997, guest-starred Banjo of the Banjo-Kazooie games and Conker the Squirrel of Conker's Bad Fur Day and Conker's Pocket Tales. The review of this demo is currently available at GameSpot as well as many other sites. While still under Rare's influence, numerous spin-offs of Donkey Kong were created.

However, Nintendo has produced a demo for the Nintendo Revolution (exclusive only to major game related companies such as GameSpot and IGN) known as the “Big Pokémon Hunter” game where the goal was to zoom with the controller and find different Pokémon. In nearly all of these games, Donkey Kong is usually presented as a powerful and heavy character, but slow and cumbersome. A Pokémon game for the new Nintendo Revolution has currently not been announced by Nintendo. He was also a selectable character in Super Smash Bros.. Whilst the appearence of any Pokémon characters has not been explicitly confirmed, they are highly likely to be featured in the game (considering the abundance of Pokémon references in the first two games in the series). In the Mario Party series, he was a playable character in all three titles released for the N64. Revolution/DX. Since then, he has appeared in every outing featuring Mario's all-star cast.

A number of Pokémon games are currently in development. Rareware released an official statement some time ago, stating that Cranky is indeed the DK of the arcades and that the current Donkey Kong is DK Jr. It came out on October 3rd, 2005. Arguments pointing out that Cranky and Donkey seem to be of the same size in Donkey Kong Country have been risen. The most recent game to be released was Pokémon XD for the GameCube. However, in both Super Smash Brothers titles, Kong and Mario are nearly the same height, leading to speculation that Cranky may indeed be larger than Mario, but Donkey was simply a small grandson. A handful of these spinoffs are remade in subsequent “generations”; for example, Pokémon Pinball: Ruby and Sapphire is very similar to Pokémon Pinball but with newer Pokémon, and Pokémon Stadium 2 is largely identical to Pokémon Stadium but for the compatibility with Pokémon Gold and Silver. As well, in the original arcade series, Donkey Kong is clearly far larger than Mario.

The series has also diversified into various spin-offs, such as pinball games, virtual pets, simulated photography, and racing. This is also contradicted by the in-game dialogue from Donkey Kong 64, as Cranky specifically calls DK his son. A third version of Ruby and Sapphire, called Pokémon Emerald, was released on May 1, 2005. Other sources, including the manual of Donkey Kong Country¹ and in-game dialogue from other games in the series, suggest that the Donkey Kong in Donkey Kong Country is Cranky's grandson and the son of Donkey Kong Junior. The most recent full fledged game has been FireRed and LeafGreen which are remakes of Red and Blue. Some sources, such as Nintendo Power, suggest that the Donkey Kong in the Country series was the son of Cranky Kong, the original Donkey Kong from the arcade game, which would equate him with Donkey Kong Junior. The Game Boy Advance first saw the release of Ruby and Sapphire. The game was an action sidescrolling title similar to the Mario games and was enormously popular for its graphics, music and gameplay.

Gold and Silver were followed by the exclusively Game Boy Color version, Crystal. Rool and his Kremling Krew. Pokémon Red and Blue were followed by Pokémon Yellow (in Japan, Red and Green were followed by Blue which was subsequently followed by Yellow). In Donkey Kong Country, DK was the hero and he and his sidekick Diddy Kong had to save his hoard of bananas from the thieving King K. Each generation of Pokémon games so far has followed a pattern of two complementing versions followed later by at least one other version with some extras. Severing DK's ties to the Mario world (until Mario Kart 64), Donkey Kong Country established a whole new world for DK, and became a showcase title to show off then-revolutionary 3D CGI graphics. This was done by collecting eight Gym Badges by beating the eight Gym Leaders and then defeating the Elite Four, plus the current League Champion. Donkey Kong Country was an entirely new DK franchise established by the British company Rareware which took the Donkey Kong premise in an entirely new direction.

Another, perhaps easier, goal was to finish the game's storyline by becoming the Pokémon League Champion. Shortly after that, he appeared in Donkey Kong Country (in Japan, Super Donkey Kong). While battling monsters is nothing new to RPGs, many players found themselves nearly addicted to finding, fighting, and capturing every Pokémon in the game. Donkey Kong's and Pauline's respective character designs were updated for this game (DK now wore a tie and Pauline was made into a brunette to distinguish her from Peach). The ultimate goal of these games was to catch at least one member of all the different species of Pokémon (151, though the 151st could only be caught in-game in the Japanese version), and to do so, players had to trade for Pokémon not available in the version they had. In 1994, Nintendo produced a remake of the original game for the Game Boy (known under the informal title of "Donkey Kong '94" to disambiguate it from the original) which contained 97 new stages (most of which were puzzle-oriented) in addition to the original four from the Arcade game. These games were nearly identical, save for the fact that each version had a select group of Pokémon that the other version did not. Throughout the 1980s, eight Donkey Kong games were released for the Game & Watch platform.

The first games in the series were Pokémon Red and Blue' (Red and Green in Japan, followed by a Blue, and a special edition Yellow version). In Donkey Kong 3 DK broke into a greenhouse and got chased out by Stanley the Bugman, who carried a spray can to protect his greenhouse from Donkey Kong's insects. [1]. to rescue him. This makes it the second biggest-selling games franchise ever (after Nintendo's Mario series). In Donkey Kong Junior Donkey Kong was kidnapped by Mario and players had to control his son Donkey Kong Jr. Accumulative sold units (including home console versions) reach 143 million copies. Donkey Kong spawned two sequels, neither of which were as popular as the original arcade hit.

These games have sold over 100 million copies to date. The game was quite revolutionary for its time, featuring multiple, distinct levels, large colorful graphics, and a unique form of play control. These role-playing games (and their sequels, remakes and English language translations) are still considered the “main” Pokémon games, and the games which most fans of the series are referring to when they use the term “Pokémon games.”. The game was also sold as a Game & Watch unit in 1982. The original Pokémon games were Japanese RPGs with an element of strategy, and were created by Satoshi Tajiri for the Game Boy. This game was first released in the arcades, but was ported to home video game consoles and home computers. Popular Japanese magazine Coro Coro has stated that their mid-February issue will reveal a new Pokémon, most likely one that will be related to the new movie, Pokémon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea, as there has been debate over whether the “Prince of the Sea” is actually the only Pokémon (other than Pikachu) so far guaranteed to appear in the film, Kyogre. As the player advances through each level, the degree of difficulty increases proportionately.

Mime), and Munchlax (pre-evolution of Snorlax). Each screen is a game stage, with stages grouping to form levels. The known fourth generation Pokémon are: Manyula (evolution of Sneasel), Bonsly (pre-evolution of Sudowoodo), Lucario, Manene (pre-evolution of Mr. In the original Donkey Kong game, the player's character, Mario (originally called Jumpman in Japan), must jump over barrels thrown by Donkey Kong while climbing ladders up a crooked construction site to reach the top of the screen to rescue his girlfriend Pauline (who was originally called Lady in Japan). In addition, the anime has also featured the capture of three out of the five currently known fourth generation Pokémon. Snopes debunked these myths in "Donkey Wrong.". A handful of new Pokémon from this generation have made cameo appearances in the seventh and eighth Pokémon movies (Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys and Mew and the Wave Guiding Hero: Lucario, respectively), as well as Pokémon XD and Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon Blue & Red. According to Snopes, Donkey was chosen because Miyamoto intended it "to convey a sense of stubbornness." Various urban legends have circulated, saying that the actual name was to be "Monkey Kong" but was changed by accident for the American release.

Slated to be introduced in Pokémon Ranger: the Road to Diamond and Pearl for the Nintendo DS. The name was chosen by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto as a combination of the word "Kong", since the movie King Kong had caused it 'to colloquially mean monkey' in Japan. The first Pokémon RPGs for home consoles, these titles introduced the desert country of Orre, as well as corrupted shadow Pokémon, and “Snag”ging, the ability to steal/rescue them from their trainers and eventually “purify” them. Due to the huge success of Donkey Kong, Nintendo of America was able to grow and release many more games in succeeding years, and had the resources necessary to release the Nintendo Entertainment System in the United States. All five GBA games are compatible the storage program Pokémon Box: Ruby & Sapphire for Nintendo GameCube, and also with Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness. This incident was selected as #20 "Universal Goes Ape" in GameSpy's The 25 Dumbest Moments in Gaming. This generation was rounded out on handhelds by Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen for the GBA, enhanced remakes of the first two Pokémon games, including a playable female character (based on concept art for a playable female the original designers considered but were unable to implement), new items and regions, move tutors, and all the features of the 2nd and 3rd generations, excluding the day/night system and (except in Japan) e-reader compatibility. Ironically, it was MCA Universal that previously won a lawsuit declaring King Kong was in the public domain.

The Emerald version also shipped with the GBA wireless adapter for wireless battles. Nintendo's lawyer, Howard Lincoln, who would go on to become a Senior Vice President of the company, discovered that Universal didn't own the copyright to King Kong either, and was able to not only win the lawsuit, but got Universal to pay the legal costs. These 3 versions all appeared on the Game Boy Advance. If victorious, this lawsuit would have crushed Nintendo of America, and the history of videogames would have been drastically altered. Emerald version also saw a return of the Pokémon battle dance when encountering an enemy Pokémon. However, MCA Universal sued Nintendo over copyright violations, claiming that Donkey Kong was a copy of King Kong. The third game in this series was Pokémon Emerald, which updated the PokéNAV's Trainers Eyes feature for a return to the mobile phone system of the previous generation (but modified, allowing players to contact Pokémon Gym Leaders for rematches, but no longer allowing them to remove NPC trainers). The gameplay itself was a large improvement over other games of its time, and with the growing base of arcades to sell to, it was able to gain huge distribution.

These versions also introduced the ability to grow berries in certain places, each which had set lengths of time for their flowering, and the ability to make “Secret Bases” in trees or caves in which dolls, tables, chairs, plants, and other objects could be placed. It was likely the first game with a "hero", a "villain", and a "damsel in distress." Sales of the machine were brisk, with the game becoming one of the best-selling arcade machines of the early 1980s. However, this generation saw the loss of the Night and Day system, although the time mechanic did exist to the extent that a clock appeared and that certain Pokémon would only evolve into certain Pokémon at specific times of the day or night. The result was a major breakthrough for Nintendo and for the videogame industry. Starting over by hearkening back to Red and Blue, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire added another 135 Pokémon from the Hoenn region, as well as Pokémon natures (30 distinct Pokémon personality types), Pokémon Abilities (always-on special innate abilities), Pokéblocks and Pokémon Contests , and two-on-two Pokémon battles. Donkey Kong was created when Shigeru Miyamoto was assigned by Nintendo to convert Radar Scope, a poor selling arcade game in the U.S., into a game that would appeal more to Americans. These games were compatible with Pokémon Stadium 2 (with the exception of Crystal). .

However, the other two still had to be found in the normal way. Like many Nintendo franchises, Donkey Kong was created by Shigeru Miyamoto. Crystal version also featured a slight alteration of the encounter with the 3 Legendary Pokémon, in which the player would eventually encounter Suicune and be able to catch it. Donkey Kong (Japanese: ドンキーコング) is a gorilla character from Nintendo that appeared in many video games since 1981. It was also the first to feature Pokémon who would do a battle dance when encountered, and signposts indicating the entering of a route, town and occasionally building or cave. Eddie the Mean Old Yeti. This generation of the games was completed by Pokémon Crystal, which was most notably the only GBC-exclusive Pokémon RPG and the first which allowed the player to choose the protagonist's sex. Inka Dinka Doo.

The game also featured the newly created Pokégear which consisted of. Bluster Kong. The games also introduced two new types of Pokémon, the Steel and Dark types. Wrinkly Kong. Beginning with Pokémon Gold and Silver, this generation introduced an additional one hundred Pokémon, the “Mystery Gift” function with the GBC's IR port, customization of the protagonist's bedroom, the ability to pick Berries with healing properties, and Apricorns which could then be given to a character who would fashion them into custom Poké Balls, as well as the concepts of equipping Pokémon with items, Pokémon genders, breeding Pokémon, baby Pokémon and wild (random placement) one-per-game Pokémon such as Suicune, Entei and Raikou (3 new Legendary Pokémon), which would appear randomly around the newly created land of Johto. Donkey Kong Jr. Remakes of the first two games, called Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen, were released in the 3rd “Advance” generation. Mario Mario.

These games were compatible with the N64 game Pokémon Stadium. Rool. This generation also introduced the idea of a rival trainer whom the player faced a number of times, as well as a team of evil Pokémon trainers; however, Pokémon Red and Blue focus on the entire mostly-faceless organization of Team Rocket, while besides the normal Team Rocket trainers, Jessie, James, and Meowth (also recurring characters from the anime) also appear only in Pokémon Yellow. King K. These versions of the games revolved around the country of Kanto. Swanky Kong. This generation was completed by the game Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition, loosely based upon the anime, in which the player started with a Pikachu who refused to go into its Poké Ball. Cranky Kong.

In Japan, the first generation included Pokémon Red, Green, and later Blue, while other regions started with Red and Blue, but never got a Green. Funky Kong. The 1st generation introduced the original 151 Pokémon, as well as the basic concepts of trading and battling Pokémon. Kiddy Kong. Started with Pokémon Red and Blue. Chunky Kong. Two-on-two battles appeared in the anime long before appearing in the games, and Pokémon Abilities are similar to Pokémon Powers, introduced long before in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Tiny Kong.

Some of the general concepts were introduced elsewhere, before being introduced in the games. Lanky Kong. These generations are roughly chronological divisions by release; a handful of Pokémon from a subsequent generation appear in the anime, manga, or trading card game before the main Game Boy games which demarcate the generation are released, but the anime, manga, and even (of late) the card game divides itself into sagas or generations by the same scheme as the games. Candy Kong. Each generation introduces a slew of new Pokémon and a handful of new general concepts, usually without replacing any old Pokémon or concepts. Dixie Kong. Each of these generations has been first introduced in a pair of Pokémon video games for the Game Boy or its successors (including the Nintendo DS), beginning with Pokémon Red and Blue. Diddy Kong.

There have been four generations, defined by the Pokémon which appear therein. In "Marge Be Not Proud", he tries to convince Bart to steal a video game. All of the licensed Pokémon properties overseen by the Pokémon Company are divided roughly by generation. (reference to the arcade). Some still use the catchphrase. "Hey! He's still got it!" observes the man. The game's catchphrase in the English versions of the franchise used to be “Gotta catch 'em all!”, although it is now no longer officially used. A man walks by, saying he's "just not a draw anymore." Kong replies by throwing him a barrel.

This was a very touchy subject to Tajiri, as he didn't want to further fill the gaming world with pointlessly violent games. In "The Springfield Files", he appears in a local arcade. The Pokémon creatures never bleed or die, only faint. The Pokémon games allowed players to catch, collect, and train hundreds of cute and monstrous pets, known as Pokémon (short for Pocket Monsters), with various abilities, and battle them against each other to build their strength and evolve them into more powerful Pokémon. First introduced in Japan as a pair of Game Boy games—Pocket Monster Red and Green—in 1996, the franchise arrived in the west in 1998 as Pokémon Red and Blue.

The concept of Pokémon evolved from insect collecting, a simple pastime many Japanese children (including Pokémon's creator, Satoshi Tajiri, as a child) had enjoyed in the past. . As of 2006, Pokémon USA Inc., a subsidiary of Japan's Pokémon Co., will oversee all Pokémon licensing outside of Asia. These figures have grown from the 151 monsters - including #151 Mew - from the original Pokémon Red/Blue games.

The franchise has 386 unique monsters that lie at the heart of the Pokémon series (391 including currently known Pokémon from future games). Pokémon is also the collective name for the fictional creatures within the Pokémon universe. The name Pokémon is a portmanteau of its Japanese name, “Pocket Monsters” (ポケットモンスター Poketto Monsutā). It has been merchandised into anime, manga, trading cards, toys, and much more.

Pokémon (ポケモン Pokemon, pronounced /'poʊ.kɛ.mɑn/, although frequently, and even intentionally mispronounced /poʊ.ki.'mæn/), is a video game franchise, created by Satoshi Tajiri and published by Nintendo for several of their systems, most importantly the Game Boy.
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Pokémon (The Electric Tale of Pikachu a.k.a Dengeki Pikachu), a sho-nen manga created by Toshihiro Ono. Channel Ten's Cheez TV and Cartoon Network/Toonami in Australia. Kids Central in Singapore. TF1 and Jetix in France.

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Pokémon Trozei - Nintendo DS, 2006. Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon Red Rescue Force and Blue Rescue Force, for GBA and DS respectively, 2005. Pokémon Diamond and Pearl - Nintendo DS, 2006. This feature is also related to the appearance and evolution of Pokémon on specific days and times, and is part of a Day and Night system in which the sun shone from 6am to 6pm, but from 6pm to 6am the land became dark.

A watch function including time and day of the week and the ability to change between Summer Time or Mean Time. There is also a station stating where certain Pokémon could be found. A radio, where the radio station chosen would influence the rate at which the player encountered wild Pokémon. A mobile phone to communicate with in-game trainers for conversation or the potential of a rematch.