Pokémon for Gameboy
 
for Gameboy was finally released on September 28th in the U.S. It's the top-selling game in Japan and it's finally here!  A bonus--there are two different version available.  One red and one blue, so far.  You mission is to be the greatest Pokémon trainer ever and try to catch all 150 Pokémons.
 
    One problem, not all 150 Pokémons are all gonna be found on one game pak.  The solution??  Link up your Gameboys with a friend and trade!   The trading part was probably what helped contribute the popularity of Pokémon in Japan and now, the U.S.  The only thing different between the red and blue version of the game is the Pokémons.  All the story, bosses, item locations, and game play should be the same.  The main goal of the Pokémon game is to find, capture and train all different kinds of Pokémons.
 
    You'll start of the game with three different choices of tamed Pokémons at the beginning of the game.  There are 150 Pokémons that are divided into 15 categories which are based by a Pokémon's characteristic or element (water, fire, bug, etc.) You are able to customize your own Pokémons by training them and making them evolve.  You can capture your Pokémons in battles but you don't fight in the battles...your Pokémon does it for you.  After wearing down the other Pokémon, you can capture it and store it in a Monster Ball and add it to your collection.  If you give your Pokémons enough training and skill, you can help your Pokémons evolve and grow into bigger Pokémons.  Pokémon for Gameboy is available now in stores.
 
 
Pocket Pikachu

    Pocket Pikachu is a little virtual pet that you can use as a keychain or carry it around with your belt.  It's kinda like Tamagotchi in which you have to take care of Pikachu.
    There's a special little sensor which senses that you're walking so if you're walking, Pikachu would be walking to.  Pocket Pikachu also allows you to tell the time.  There's a little clock which will help determine what Pikachu would do like eat or play.  The Pocket Pikachu is available in the US and Canada now. The price for it in the US is about $15 and $25 in Canada.

 
Pokémon Stadium
 
Stadium is one of the three Pokémon games for Nintendo 64.  (There's Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Snap and Pikachu Genki Dechu) It's kinda like a battle game between Pokémons.  We can only hope that it lands on American soil.
 
    The game features 40 built-in monsters that fight against each other.  The Japanese version of Pokémon Stadium is set to come with a 64GB Pak.  A 64GB Pak plugs in right into the memory slot of the N64 controller, something like a Rumble Pak.  With the 64GB Pak, you can connect your N64 to your Gameboy and swap data.  This way, you can see the Pokémons that you've caught on your Gameboy and watch them in 3D on your N64 system.  You can also play your your Gameboy Pokémon Game on your N64 while using the 64GB Pak.  Pretty cool..huh?  In Pokémon Stadium, the Pokémons are fully polygonal with detailed 3D with great animation.  (there's a cool screen shot of Pokémon Stadium which I got from www.ign64.com). There's tons of stuff you can do with the game.  When you are getting ready for battling, you should assign specific moves for the yellow C-buttons.  Then, in battle you can use your offenses and defenses against your opponents with your assigned attacks.
 
     In the game, you can also create a electronic photo album in which to categorize and organize you Pokémon collection.  You can view your Pokémons in 3D.  It also includes a map that shows the location and the habitats of your monsters.  There is also a database which you can check up on and see the attributes and characteristics of your Pokémon.  You can also see which Pokémons it has an advantage over.  It looks like an awesome game.
 
Pokémon Snap
 
Pokémon Snap is another one of the Pokémon games that is scheduled to be released for Nintendo 64.  In Pokémon Snap, you get to take pictures of all different kinds of Pokémons with your camera.  It's a 64DD title with a strange objective--to take pictures of Pokémons--the better the pictures, the more points you get.  Sounds pretty weird to me but it looks like a pretty interesting game.  So far, Nintendo hasn't had any plans to release the game here in the U.S. but if the Gameboy version of Pokémon gets hot, there's a pretty good chance that the Pokémon titles for Nintendo 64 would follow.  Let's just hope for now that they do.
 
 
 
Pikachu Genki Dechu

It's a plane, it's a bird, it's a rubber duck (huh??) no...it's PIKACHU!!  The little yellow furball comes back with this cool N64 game.  Pikachu Genki Dechu (which literally means "Pikachu is feeling fine") is kinda like a Tamagotchi game or one of those Virtual Pets but in colourful, awesome graphics.  (here's another cute picture of Pikachu that I got from www.ign64.com) The game is set to be shipped out with a voice recognition system that includes an earphone and a microphone attached to it.
 
    Filled with puzzles, interesting quirks and hidden items for Pikachu and you to play with, you must tame your Pikachu and get him to be your friend.  If you start getting it mad, he'll probably ignore you and you have to gain back his trust again.  The voice recognition system would help you communicate with Pikachu.  If you say good things about Pikachu, he would be very happy and would most likely listen to you.  But, on the other hand, if you say bad things about Pikachu, you can pretty much guess how he'll react to that.  If all goes well with the sales of Pokémon for Gameboy, this title will mostly likely arrive here.  We'll just see how things go.
 

 
The Colour Game Boy Info
    After ten spinached-colored years, the new color Game Boy is finally coming out soon on November 23rd (date might varied depending where you buy it from).  The suggested retail price from the manufacturer is $79.95.  The new Game Boy Color (as it's called) would still be able to play your old Game Boy Games, however, the original game will show colors in a range of hues, with up to 10 colors available.
    In addition to having 32,000 different colors (up to 56 colors per screen), the CPU would also run twice as fast as the original Game Boy which allows for more sophisticated games with better artificial intelligence, and more complex game play.   Another cool feature, the Game Boy Color games will have the capacity to be eight times the size of the current largest Game Boy title.  Whoa!!  Also, it has a new type of reflective type LCD screens doesn't need to be backlit, which means you can still see the screen even in direct light.  Pretty cool!