So far, four Pokémon Game Boy games have been released in Japan: Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow. Red and Green are the same as the American Red and Blue. The Japanese version of Blue contains a mixture of the monsters in Red and Green but also adds the 151st Pokémon, Mew. Pokémon Yellow is a special version centered around Pikachu, the game's most popular Pokémon. Instead of giving you the usual choice between Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle, you are automatically given a Pikachu to start with. Like the series, the Pikachu likes to follow the character around in the overworld and constantly announces his presence with his familiar call, digitized in scratchy Game Boy PCM. The gameplay is identical, just with more Pikachu. Click here for more shots Pokémon Gold and Silver After four incarnations, the first Pokémon adventure is ready to move on.

                 To keep the company's financially straight, however, Nintendo will be releasing Pokémon Gold and Silver in Japan this coming March for the Game Boy Color. Pokémon Gold and Silver will feature a host of new monsters, at least one of which has already appeared in the TV show.

                  The first Pokémon N64 game, Pokémon Stadium lets you perform your multiplayer battles with a tad more graphic flair than the Game Boy can muster. Using the included 64GB Pak, you can plug your Pokémon Game Boy cartridge into your controller, download your Pokémon into the N64, and duke it out with your friends with excellent 3D graphics. In addition to the battle features, Pokémon Stadium lets you play your Pokémon Game Boy game in emulation on the N64 and browse a Pokémon encyclopedia. Unfortunately, American Pokémon carts will not work with Pokémon Stadium, making it an import only for those playing the Japanese version of the game. Click here for more shots Originally supposed to come out on the oft-delayed 64DD unit, Pokémon Stadium was released in a less-than-complete form, as Nintendo decided it wanted its money sooner rather than later.

                          All 150 monsters are represented in the cart's encyclopedia, but only 40 of the strongest Pokémon can actually be accessed in battle, defeating the purpose of the cart for a lot of people. Pokémon Stadium was a great concept that was pushed out too soon in Japan, and Nintendo has quietly said it will release it in the US if the Game Boy games are deemed successful enough. Should this be the case, let's hope Nintendo finishes the game first. Click here for more shots Taking the Pokémon Pikachu pedometer to the next step, Pikachu Genki Dechu is another virtual pet-like experience.

                           You control Pikachu with a Nintendo 64 microphone, vocally giving him simple instructions and telling him where to go in the microcosm he inhabits. In addition to playing with a variety of items, Pikachu can interact with several other Pokémon that inhabit the area and befriend him. Pokémon Snap A bizarre-sounding game for the vaporous 64DD system, Pokémon Snap sends you hunting for Pokémon, armed with nothing more than a camera. You skulk about the Pokémon's habitat and try to take pictures of them in the wild, which you then store in your photo album.

 

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