Taking A Look At The Nintendo Pokemon mini

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Published on May 25, 2011 10:29:11 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBSHNFMXqCg

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Released in 2001 in North America and Japan, and early 2002 in Europe, the Pokemon mini is a small cartridge-based system from Nintendo. I have previously read that in North America, it was available only at the Pokemon Center store in New York City (which no longer exists), but since releasing this video, unconfirmed anecdotes of finding it other locations have rolled in. It was available in three colors: green, blue and purple, and came with Pokemon Party mini cartridge.

With an 8-bit processor, the system played really simple mobile phone style minigames with Pokemon characters. The visuals are basic black and white pixels, with chirpy music and sound effects. The system comes packed with an IR port, rumble and a shock detector. The library was quite small, consisting of about four or five games in North America, one or two more in Europe, and a few more in Japan, totaling about 10 games, including the pack-in Pokemon Party mini.

None of the games are all that compelling, but could serve as little time killers for children. Today, the system and its games are better served as collector's items. I don't see it too often on eBay, so I can't give an average price, but I paid about $30 for the system and three games, all brand new. The system has been reverse-engineered, due in part to the emulator included with the Gamecube title Pokemon Channel, and a small homebrew scene has since sprouted up if that's your thing.