When Pokémon: Red and Pokémon: Blue was released, it started a phenomenon that is🌊 still felt to this day. From Burger King toys to an entire 🍬show based around the games, Pokémon was everywhere. There were very few who weren’t struck with Poké-fever and because of that, Gamefreak and Nintendo decided to make some games 🌳🍸outside of the RPG style that the series is most known for.
Pokémon was thrown into many unlikely genres but thanks to the imm🍨ense amount of charm that radiat💯es from Pokémon anꦡd the world they inhabit as well as Gamefreak’s aptitude for♏ making great games, they were all fantastic, for the most part. To look back at Pokémon’s more successful experimental games, here are 10 🎶of the best Pokémon games that aren’t mainline titles.
10 Pokémon Dash
Pokémon Dash is a racing game for the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Nintendo DS where you control Pikachu with t𒅌he stylus. You race agai🥀nst other Pokémon to reach the next chec༺kp༒oint and complete the course. There are ground base races and sky based races that are done using balloons.
Pokémon Dash offers different cups based on skill levels, starting with the training cup before progressing to the Grand Prix Mode which has 5 diffe🦩rent cups that all have 5 different courses within them. Pokémon Dash also offers multiplayer and can connect to 6 different DSs at once for 🐟races.
9 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX is a remake of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue/Red Rescue Team which came out on the Gameboy Advance and N🅺intendo DS. The game is part of the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series which are dungeon crawlers in which you take control of Pokémon and go through randomized dungeons. In the games, you take on different missions such as delivering objects, escort or rescue Pokémon, and more to earn Rescue Points which increases your team's rank. You start off as a human t🍎hat has turned into a Pokémon and can pick to be one of sixteen different Pokémon.
8 Pokémon Stadium
Pokémon Stadium was one of the first chances players go to see their favorite Pokémon in the 3rd dimension, something that was very novel at the time of the game’s release. The game came with a transfer pack that allows you to bring the Pokémon y💙ou train in Pokémon: Red & Blue and fight with them in glorious, chunky, p🐷olygonal 3D. The transfer packও also allows you to play Pokémon: Red & Blue on the big screen⭕ in case your Gameboy batter༒ies die. The game also features 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Mario Party-like mini-𓂃games which you can play with your friends.
7 Pokémon Trading Card Game
One of the other massive parts of Pokémon is the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:trading cards. Back in the 90s everyone one had a deck, though very few knew how to actually play and just enjoyed t𒁃he artwork predominantly done by Ken Sugimori. However, the Pokémon Trading Card Game shows you how to play and gives you a fun little story 🦩to playthrough as well.
In Pokémon Trading Card Game, you battle through a variety of typ🐻e-based gyms and earn cards along the way,🌌 helping you build the ultimate deck and prepare for challenges that lie ahead.
6 Pokémon Puzzle League
Pokémon Puzzle League borrows the gameplay found in Tetris Attack but adds in some different modes and🤪 🧔replaces all of the tiles with different type symbols like fire, water, electricity, and grass, and more.
The gameplay is essentially reverse Tetris, all of the pieces are already laid out and slowly scroll to the top of the screen. You must rearrange pieces to form lines of three or more and attempt to build up large combos which will in turn do something to negativeౠly affects the opponent’s board. The game also saw a sequel for the Game🌊boy Color called Pokémon Puzzle Challenge.
5 Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness is a sequel to Pokémon Colosseum, both of🔜 which were released on the Gamecube. This and its predecessor were the first full roleplaying game similar to those found on handhelds to ever come to consoles until the release of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokémon Sun & Moon. Like its predecessor🐻, the main focus of the game is to capture all 83 of the different Shadow Pokémon.
Every Pokémon game for the Game Boy A𝔍dvance ca💫n be linked up with Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness through trading and battle mode, similar to Pokémon Stadium.
4 Pokémon Pinball
Pokémon Pinball takes the fun gameplaꦐy of video pinball and adds 🐲the charm of the Pokémon universe. Th💝ere are two different boards, a red board, and a blue board, each board will have different Pokémon to catch. To catch Pokémon you have to get the ball in a certain area and earn points before finally you can hit a Pokémon and catch it.
Pokémon Pinball was released for the Game Boy and covers the first generation of Pokémon, however, a sequel was released for the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Game Boy Advanced called Pokémon Pinball Advance which covers the first 3 generations of Pokémon.
3 Pokkén Tournament DX
Pokkén Tournament was first released for arcades in 2015 and was developed by Bandai Namco Entertainment. In 2016, it was ported over to the Wii U before being b𓆏rought over to the Nintendo Switch with additional content which was c🏅alled Pokkén Tournament DX.
Pokkén Tournament DX takes elements from Bandai Namco Entertainment’s Tekken series and throws it into the Pokémon universe. Rather than a side view similar to 𓄧most fighting games, Pokkén Tournament DX’s camera 💜sticks behind the player throughout the battle. Similar to 💫Capcom’s cross over games, Pokkén Tournament DX offers assi🔴sts which act as different Pokémon coming in an doing a single attack.
2 Pokémon GO
Pokémon GO was a massive phenomenon one sim▨ilar in scope t꧒o the release of the original two games, Pokémon Red & Blue. Pokémon GO is an augmented reality game in which you must explore the great outdoors to catch Pokémon and 🌳battle trainers.
Upon the initial release, Pokémon GO was driving people out of their homes and forcing them to socialize ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚas they went to try and find rare Pokémon and take over or defend gyms. The game is still played and updated to this day with new generations of Pokémon being added to the game frequently.
1 Pokémon Snap
Pokémon Snap is a rail shooter where you ride on a set track and take pictures of Pokémon as they pass by. There are different items thaꦍt are given to you throughout the game to help lure Pokémon in, cause them to come out hiding, or even evolve.
At the end of each l⛦evel, Professor Oak rates your photos on the framing, action, and number of Pokémon in the shot. When the game was released you could bring your copy of Pokémon Snap to Blockbuster and print out your favor🌱ite photos of Pokémon that you had taken.