Talk:Pokémon video game series

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[edit] Pre-history

This article was split off from the main Pokémon article [1]. For the history before 28 February 2005, see that article. --Henrygb 23:49, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bootlegs?

How about a bootlegs section, covering, lessee...

  • Pokemon Jade/Diamond (Telefang bootlegs, not to be confused with the REAL upcoming Diamond game)
  • Pokemon... Black, was it?, for Jap GB
  • SEGA Genesis (platform?) games
  • I think there was a NES game... or was it a SNES one...? I forget...

...anyway, that could become an interesting section thing! ...also you could talk about how fans clamoured to have Green fan-translated, and several teams competed for months, and only then did the fanboys discovered it was essentially the same ****ing game that they already had all those months ago... hehehe... that was funny... hehehe... if that could be written in a NPOV and notable way of course...

Anyway, I think no article would be complete without the bootlegs. Heck, I could contribute myself if need be seeing as I've actually acquired Telefang Diamond.

So, what do you think, cool idea, or just plain stupid? :) Master Thief Garrett 05:43, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

As long as said bootlegs are reasonably well-known, I don't see why not. ^_^ --Sparky the Seventh Chaos 02:38, May 10, 2005 (UTC)
A section after the official games would be a good addition Sonic Mew 14:59, May 18, 2005 (UTC)
I agree too because in other Wikipedias, there are sections called Fake Pokemon Games. Also, you might want to include the already closed [[Pokemon|Pokemon Crater]. Dar book (talk) 03:57, 13 April 2008 (UTC)


I think the bootleg section has been bootlegged from Babelfish, as it is riddled with errors and does not make sense. 82.38.166.124 20:13, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
These is the complete list of unauthorized Pokemon Games: (I saw this in the Filipino Wikipedia)
  • Pokémon Jade
  • Pokémon Frigo
  • Pokémon Naranja
  • Pokémon Chaos Black
  • Pokémon ShinyGold (an unauthorized remake of Pokémon Gold)
  • Pokémon DarkCry (Mew is obtainble)
  • Pokémon Crater (in the internet)
  • Pokémon Crystal (not to be confused with the Pokémon Crystal on the GBC, this fake remake was released on the GBA)
  • Pokémon SeaBlue (a bootleg remake of Pokémon Blue)


That's all I got. Dar book (talk) 08:21, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Truck and keys

Could anyone post some information on this subject? Remeber back in Red and Blue, you'd walk around and pick up keys? Then there was the truck by the ocean....65.65.210.36 05:32, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Character Names - sources

The default/official character names tidbits are actually pretty cool. Where is it posted/discovered that the original GB games initialized names were Nintendo and Sony? Also, are there corresponding default-in-memory names for the GBC and GBA games?

Asdfff 03:27, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Promotional events

  • "There are no ways to obtain Mew without using a cheating device or obtaining it directly from Nintendo at promotional events (which are no longer ongoing in Japan). These events were Japan-only and were not hosted elsewhere."

This isn't true. I personally went to an event in The Netherlands where I got a Mew. It was pretty small and lame, though, with a distinct lack of people, so I don't really know how to change this.

--Unsigned comment by 81.69.8.182 on 01:22, 8 May 2006 (UTC +8)

[edit] Hiragana

Why are mostly all of the Pokemon games have no Kanji? (207.200.34.177 13:05, 10 May 2006 (UTC))

This is because the screen for the console they are designed for (eg. Gameboy) have small screens and they are aimed at schoolchildren. Placing small Kanji text in the game would make it almost unreadable. (eg. 漢字 as you see here but slightly smaller) --fnfd 15:11, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Are their any game boy games with Kanji?? (WoWheels2006 16:47, 11 May 2006 (UTC))

[edit] Consoles?

This article is entitled "Pokemon Video Games", so theoretically it should also contain information on games such as "Pokemon Stadium" and "Pokemon Colloseum" (albeit separate from handheld section).

I've done the Pokémon Stadium part —M inun Spiderman 15:37, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] PokéPedia?

Is their one? Le Raine 22:52, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Ehm... well, we got Bulbapedia, which is a Wiki, similiar to Wikipedia. It's part of the huge Bulbagarden. - Face 20:00, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History

I'm rewriting completely this article. It just doesn't feels right in any point. Shiggy 01:29, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Major cleanup

I did a major cleanup of this page. There were plenty of threads that belonged in a forum. ~Crowstar~ 23:09, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More Games

what about pokemon ranger and pokemon snap—Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.169.28.51 (talk • contribs)

They're mentioned, if you bothered to read.—Ｌｏｖｅはドコ？ (talk • contribs) 23:20, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Glitches

Would a larger glitch list be ok? Something happended to the main pokemon glitches article. it was there last night.

/172.144.14.178 19:14, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

I wouldn't call how the DS reacts when Diamond/Pearl is removed "fixing" a glitch; for any commercial DS game, removing it fires an interrupt that shuts down the system. --72.196.151.10 00:29, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

I'ma go fix that. thanks above unlogged-in user. NiVoMi 15:10, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

I just added a new section about the cloning glitches, but I don't know too much about them. Some help would be great! --Superpika66 03:24, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

I left you a friendly message about citations Superpika66. Don't take it as a warning, just as a referenced for WP:V and WP:RS. I'm afraid this glitch section may fall under WP:OR unless a reliable source can be found. SpigotMap 03:26, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

I found a glitch in Diamond/Pearl! I went to the shard person west of Pastoria and I had more than 10 shards of every colour except for Blue. But when I tried to trade shards for TMs, blue shards was on the list! I got a rain dance TM when I didn't have 10 blue shards. I did this 22 times until I accidently clicked red shard and the blue shard option disappeared. M4192 (talk) 05:32, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pokémon video game series

Shouldn't this article be titled Pokémon video game series?. That name sounds a bit more logical. The way it is titled now, Pokémon (video games), makes you think that the article is about a number of video games all titled Pokémon. If I hear no objections, I'll move this page soon. - Face 17:58, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Pokemon (Video Games) is used for disambiguation. SpigotMap 02:05, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
Disambiguation? This doesn't look like a disambiguation page to me. More like an undeveloped subarticle of the main Pokémon article. But do you agree with my point? Sorry for my slow reaction by the way, I forgot to look on this page for quiet a while. Cheers, Face 16:42, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
You're right, It isn't, my mistake. Anyways, are you willing to take care of the other tasks involving moving a page? SpigotMap 17:20, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Ehm... what tasks? If you refer to the articles linking to this page, isn't it true that an article becomes a redirect after it is moved to another name? - Face 20:42, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia does its best to fix redirects, but most of the time things still get broken. SpigotMap 21:51, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Could you clarify that please? - Face 10:30, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
Well, I don't want to wait even longer with this, so I'll just do it. - Face 18:46, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Enhanced DP

Is there any news on an enhanced remake of Diamond/Pearl or anything? thx S-m-r-t (talk) 15:43, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

If you mean a third game with a relation to DP like Yellpw to Red and Blue, Crystal to Gold and Silver, and Emerald to Ruby and Saphire, then no. All I can tell you is that Giratina is probably going to be the version mascot.DarkGreen (talk) 22:53, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pokémon generation

I see in some places each generation named: I - Colour(red,blue,yellow,green), II - Metallic(Gold,Silver,Crystal), Should this be put in the article?--MCP9999 (talk) 19:20, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

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