Character Sheet: The Sewaddle Line

SEWADDLE/SWADLOON/LEAVANNY

And now we come to the regional bug lines, strangely late in the generation comparatively, but whatever. The "nice" line this time is the Sewaddle line, pulling from mantises and grasshoppers and katydids, and other such bugs that camouflage themselves as leaves, with the unique feature of actually using leaves as clothing and coverings for themselves. There's also a whole "baby being swaddled by a nanny" theme going on too.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Bug Bite > Leaf Blade (III)

Side B: Razor Leaf > X-Scissor (III)

Up B: Tackle > Sticky Web (II)

Down B: String Shot > Protect (II)

Final Smash: Leaf Cocoon (sorta based on Burgh's whole web gym) > Leaf Storm (III)

Entrance: Poke Ball

Taunts: Sewing their leaves together, chomping on their leaves a bit, things like that.

Kirby Hat: Their respective leaf coverings

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Sticky Web

Spirit Battle: On Castelia City

Victory Screen: Leavanny bundling up the smaller one and rocking it.

Losing Screen: Fainted.

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors

Thanks for reading! Next up, Venipede rolls into battle!

Character Sheet: Throh and Sawk

THROH/SAWK

Next up, we come to the generation's new Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan, a pair of counterparts that don't evolve into each other (and don't even retroactively become related like the Hitmons did), both Fighting types based on some form of ring-fighting martial arts, Throh being judo and Sawk being karate. They're also muppets, and if I ever played a game where I caught a pair, I'd name them Bert and Ernie.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Storm Throw | Brick Break

Side B: Reversal

Up B: Seismic Toss | Double Kick

Down B: Wide Guard | Low Sweep

Final Smash: Championship Throwdown

Entrance: Poke Ball

Taunts: Flexing and performing showman's taunts, stretching for the match, things like that.

Kirby Hat: Their fishnet faces

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Reversal

Spirit Battle: On Infinite Tower

Victory Screen: Standing tall and holding up the championship belt

Losing Screen: Fainted

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors

Thanks for reading! Next up, Sewaddle leaves you in the dust!

Character Sheet: The Tympole Line

TYMPOLE/PALPITOAD/SEISMITOAD

Next up, we have the generation's new Poliwag line, a set of three, based on tadpoles up to frogs, except that this time, they have a whole musical instrument/boom box thing going on with the sound pad things all over them. They're also Ground type, because . . . something something loud noises causing earthquakes.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Bubble Beam > Drain Punch (III)

Side B: Supersonic

Up B: Flail > Uproar (II)

Down B: Mud Shot > Muddy Water (III)

Final Smash: Seismic Concert

Entrance: Poke Ball

Taunts: Making music from its pads, hopping around, things like that

Kirby Hat: Their respective pads

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Supersonic

Spirit Battle: On Wish Park

Victory Screen: Rocking out as their pads play the victory theme.

Losing Screen: Fainted

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors

Thanks for reading! Next up, Throh braces itself for combat.

Character Sheet: The Timburr Line

TIMBURR/GURDURR/CONKELDURR

Skipping over the new Chansey for now, we then come to the new Machop line, with a three-stage line of Fighting types, known for being muscular and heavy-lifting. These specifically are more based on construction workers, carrying around different building materials, from a two-by-four of lumber, a steel girder, and a pair of large concrete pillars respectively. They also have bulging veins instead of bulging muscles this time.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Pound > Dynamic Punch (II) > Focus Punch (III)

Side B: Rock Throw > Hammer Arm (II)

Up B: Slam > Superpower (III)

Down B: Low Kick > Stone Edge (III)

Final Smash: Ultimate Smackdown

Entrance: Poke Ball

Taunts: Hefting their load to show off, setting it down and resting for a second, things like that.

Kirby Hat: Their weird head things and veins

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Slam

Spirit Battle: On Glacier Palace

Victory Screen: Building a house and then looking proud.

Losing Screen: Fainted (with a bump as if they got beaned by their own load).

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors

Thanks for reading! Next up, Tympole's ready to rumble!

Character Sheet: The Drilbur Line

DRILBUR/EXCADRILL

Next up, we have . . . well, I always called it the new Diglett line, being moles and all, but then I watched a video talking about all the counterparts, and they listed them as the Sandshrew counterparts, given the Ground type and slashy bits. I think both make sense. They're the new Ground slashy moles either way, with claws that form a drill shape.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Metal Claw

Side B: Rapid Spin > Drill Run

Up B: Sandstorm

Down B: Rock Slide > Dig

Final Smash: Earthquake > Mega Excadrill

Entrance: Poke Ball

Taunts: Sticking their claws together and then spinning the drill a bit (like a person might do with their own drill's trigger when picking one up), shifting dirt around, things like that.

Kirby Hat: Their nose and claws

Kart: Just burrowing

Special Move: Drill Run

Spirit Battle: On N's Castle

Victory Screen: Jumping up and then burrowing back into the ground.

Losing Screen: Fainted.

Color Swap: Main, shiny, other general colors

Thanks for reading! Next up, Timburr carries the battle!

Character Sheet: The Woobat Line

WOOBAT/SWOOBAT

Next up, we have the new region's Zubat stand-in, Woobat and Swoobat. They are vampire bat-esque, just like Zubat and Golbat, except that these are Psychic type and feed on emotion rather than blood.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Attract

Side B: Gust > Psychic

Up B: Air Cutter > Air Slash

Down B: Confusion > Future Sight

Final Smash: Burst of Love (like Attract but more powerful and puts all opponents in a temporary daze)

Entrance: Poke Ball

Taunts: Winking and making a heart from its nose, flapping around happily, things like that.

Kirby Hat: The heart nose and wings

Kart: Just flying

Special Move: Attract

Spirit Battle: On Wish Park

Victory Screen: Planting a heart shape on the camera and flying off.

Losing Screen: Fainted.

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors

Thanks for reading! Next up, Drilbur digs deep!

Character Sheet: The Roggenrola Line

ROGGENROLA/BOLDORE/GIGALITH

And now, we come to the new Geodude line, made up of Roggenrola, Boldore, and Gigalith. Rather than being boulders come to life, these are now the types of structures you might find deep in caves, like stalagmites and geodes. They're also pure Rock type now.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Headbutt > Rock Blast (III)

Side B: Sand Attack > Power Gem (II)

Up B: Smack Down > Rock Slide (II) > Sandstorm (III)

Down B: Iron Defense

Final Smash: Explosion

Entrance: Poke Ball

Taunts: Dancing around while tilting, growling and looking fierce, things like that.

Kirby Hat: Their gemstone growths

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Rock Blast

Spirit Battle: On Infinite Tower

Victory Screen: Stomping and roaring, its gems glistening

Losing Screen: Fainted

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors.

Thanks for reading! Next up, Woobat swoops into battle!

Character Sheet: The Blitzle Line

BLITZLE/ZEBSTRIKA

Next up, we have basically our new Ponyta and Rapidash in Blitzle and Zebstrika. Instead of horses with fire manes and tails, we now have zebras with lightning stripes. Not much else to say on them, really. They're just cool.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Spark

Side B: Quick Attack > Wild Charge

Up B: Thunder Wave

Down B: Charge > Discharge

Final Smash: Storm Stampede

Entrance: Poke Ball

Taunts: Rearing and whinnying, shooting off sparks, things like that.

Kirby Hat: Their lightning stripes

Kart: Just running

Special Move: Wild Charge

Spirit Battle: On Infinite Tower

Victory Screen: Rearing as lightning strikes behind them.

Losing Screen: Fainted

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors.

Thanks for reading! Next up, Roggenrola rocks the competition!

Character Sheet: The Pidove Line

PIDOVE/TRANQUILL/UNFEZANT

Next, we come to the regional bird line of the generation, that start with Pidove, clearly based on a dove or pigeon (columbiform either way), and then inexplicably evolve up into pheasants for some reason, with a notable gender difference as many birds are fairly well known for.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Gust

Side B: Quick Attack > Sky Attack (III)

Up B: Air Cutter > Air Slash (II)

Down B: Roost

Final Smash: Flock Attack

Entrance: Poke Ball

Taunts: Preening their feathers, strutting their stuff, things like that.

Kirby Hat: Their respective facial feathers and beaks.

Kart: Just flying

Special Move: Roost

Spirit Battle: On Castelia City

Victory Screen: Nestling into a nest and cooing

Losing Screen: Fainted

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors. Plus the gender variance for Unfezant.

Thanks for reading! Next up, Blitzle appears in a flash!

Character Sheet: The Munna Line

MUNNA/MUSHARNA

Next, we have a two-line of tapirs based on the dream-eating Baku. I wonder which Gen II line this is a rework of. To be fair, I do think this is the superior of the two designs, as Munna and Musharna work in a lot of whimsical "dreamy" elements to their design, whereas Drowzee and Hypno are just kinda . . . yellow tapirs, with a clown ruff on Hypno.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Psybeam > Moonblast

Side B: Zen Headbutt

Up B: Moonlight

Down B: Hypnosis > Dream Eater

Final Smash: Dream World

Entrance: Poke Ball

Taunts: Snoring a bit in their sleep, various things appearing in the dream cloud, things like that.

Kirby Hat: The flower patterns and dream cloud

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Moonlight

Spirit Battle: On Wish Park

Victory Screen: The Pokemon waking up from its nap in surprise

Losing Screen: Fainted

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors

Thanks for reading! Next up, Pidove flutters into battle!

Character Sheet: The Monkeys

PANSAGE/SIMISAGE//PANSEAR/SIMISEAR//PANPOUR/SIMIPOUR

And now, we come to the elemental monkeys of Gen V, pretty universally derided as the biggest wastes of space in the PokeDex, at least as far as I've ever heard. They are a Grass/Fire/Water combo, just like the starters, and they pull most of their inspiration from the "Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil" monkeys.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Vine Whip > Seed Bomb | Incinerate > Flame Burst | Water Gun > Brine

Side B: Fury Swipes | Fury Swipes | Fury Swipes

Up B: Acrobatics | Acrobatics | Acrobatics

Down B: Leech Seed | Amnesia | Water Sport

Final Smash: Monkey Business

Entrance: Poke Balls

Taunts: Doing their respective facial covering move, holding up their hands like waiters, things like that.

Kirby Hat: Like Donkey Kong, but with their heads.

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Fury Swipes

Spirit Battle: On Castelia City

Victory Screen: Hopping around happily then climbing a tree.

Losing Screen: Fainted

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors

Thanks for reading! Next up, Munna dreams of victory!

Character Sheet: The Purrloin Line

PURRLOIN/LIEPARD

So, Gen V is rather well known for being a soft reboot of sorts for the Pokemon franchise. One of the most visible aspects of this is that there are SO many new Pokemon that are basically a reinvented Gen I Pokemon, that basically fills the role of the original and has more or less the same basic concept. Purrloin and Liepard would be the first of that, being very much the new Meowth and Persian. There's also a whole dog and cat thing going on with their placement next to Lillipup's line, but that's about it.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Scratch > Night Slash

Side B: Fury Swipes

Up B: Sand Attack > Sucker Punch

Down B: Fake Out

Final Smash: Predator in the Night

Entrance: Poke Ball

Taunts: Licking themselves, purring and playing with a ball, being naughty, things like that.

Kirby Hat: Their heads as "Catwoman" masks

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Night Slash

Spirit Battle: On Wish Park

Victory Screen: Looking prissy and licking themselves

Losing Screen: Fainted

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors

Thanks for reading! Next up, Pansage speaks no evil!

Character Sheet: The Lillipup Line

LILLIPUP/HERDIER/STOUTLAND

Next up, we come to the Lillipup line, in a sorta regional critter role, at least, in a similar way to something like Poochyena and Mightyena. The line is based on Scottish terriers, Yorkshire terriers, and other herding dogs common to the British isles. I always wanted to catch one and name it Greyfriar's Bobby myself, but I never owned a game were I had the opportunity to catch one.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Bite > Crunch (III)

Side B: Tackle > Take Down (II)

Up B: Work Up

Down B: Retaliate > Play Rough (II)

Final Smash: Giga Impact

Entrance: Poke Ball

Taunts: Yapping, chasing its tail, other dog things.

Kirby Hat: Their facial fur

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Take Down

Spirit Battle: On Castelia City

Victory Screen: Running around happily, yapping, and sitting for a treat.

Losing Screen: Fainted.

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors

Thanks for reading! Next up, Purrloin makes the purrfect getaway!

Character Sheet: The Patrat Line

PATRAT/WATCHOG

Next up, we have our regional critters for the Generation, Patrat and Watchog. These two are based primarily on groundhogs, or prairie dogs, leaning heavily into their whole sentinel instinct thing by basing them as well on hall monitors/crossing guards/other general officials who keep lookout and wear bright orange vests.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Bite > Hyper Fang

Side B: Hypnosis

Up B: Sand Attack > Slam

Down B: Detect

Final Smash: Maze of Tunnels

Entrance: Poke Ball

Taunts: Standing up straight and looking around, diving for cover, things like that.

Kirby Hat: Their big red eyes

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Detect

Spirit Battle: On N's Castle

Victory Screen: Sounding an all-clear and joining their fellows.

Losing Screen: Fainted.

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors

Thanks for reading! Next up, Lillipup hounds its opponents.

Character Sheet: The Oshawott Line

OSHAWOTT/DEWOTT/SAMUROTT

Next up, we have our Water starters of Gen V, the Oshawott line. They are mostly based on sea otters (river otters in Samurott's case), mixed a bit with samurai warriors, scallop shells acting as their swords. Overall, at least Oshawott seems to be the main standout starter in terms of popularity, though the later evolutions not so much.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Razor Shell > Fury Cutter (II) > Megahorn (III)

Side B: Water Gun > Hydro Pump (III)

Up B: Soak > Aerial Ace (II)

Down B: Focus Energy > Aqua Tail (III)

Final Smash: Samurai of the Water

Entrance: Poke Ball

Taunts: Kneeling and posing like a samurai, doing tricks with the scallop, floating on their backs, things like that.

Kirby Hat: Their heads as hats, then Samurott's head shell thing.

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Razor Shell

Spirit Battle: On Wish Park

Victory Screen: Posing victoriously like a samurai.

Losing Screen: Fainted.

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors.

Thanks for reading! Next up, Patrat watches for a challenger!

Character Sheet: The Tepig Line

TEPIG/PIGNITE/EMBOAR

And now, we come to the Fire starters of Gen IV, and the third that would end up as Fire/Fighting. They are based primarily on pigs, with a little bit of wrestler, and Emboar specifically pulls from Zhu Bajie, the shapeshifting pig demon from Journey to the West and companion of Sun Wukong. Also, they might be the pig from the Chinese Zodiac, but Fuecoco probably officially debunked that whole Fire Starter theory (unless its the snake, and the Pokemon Company made the biggest reach they've ever done. Like, fox for dog and hedgehog for mouse are at least pretty close ballpark. Snake to crocodile is nosebleed section level).

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Ember > Arm Thrust (II)

Side B: Flame Charge > Rollout (III)

Up B: Smog > Heat Crash (II)

Down B: Defense Curl

Final Smash: Flare Blitz > Mega Emboar (it's not "officially" confirmed yet, but . . . come on).

Entrance: Poke Ball

Taunts: Some wrestler poses, rooting around on the ground, hopping around and saying "oink," things like that.

Kirby Hat: Their noses and ears

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Flame Charge

Spirit Battle: On Infinity Tower

Victory Screen: A wrestler's victory pose.

Losing Screen: Fainted.

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors. (Definitely want a Ganondorf one)

Thanks for reading! Next up, Oshawott otter do well in this match.

Character Sheet: The Snivy Line

SNIVY/SERVINE/SERPERIOR

I have decided to save Victini for the standalone Legendaries post, so for now, let's cover the Snivy line. Snivy, Servine, and Serperior are the Grass starters of Gen V, based on snakes with ivy wrapped around their bodies, and a general sense of regal snootiness. Not much else to say about them, really.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Vine Whip > Gastro Acid (III)

Side B: Magical Leaf > Leaf Blade (II)

Up B: Growth > Mega Drain (II) > Giga Drain (III)

Down B: Wrap

Final Smash: Leaf Storm

Entrance: Poke Ball

Taunts: Slithering, sticking their nose in the air and turning away from their opponents, other things like that.

Kirby Hat: The tops of their heads

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Wrap

Spirit Battle: On White Forest/Black City, specifically stuck on the White Forest version.

Victory Screen: Standing and looking around proudly with a sense of superiority.

Losing Screen: Fainted

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors

Thanks for reading! Next up, Tepig brings home the bacon!

Miscellaneous Gen V Games

MISCELLANEOUS GEN V GAMES

And now, let's go over all the little games here and there that came out during Gen V. First, we have a couple of basic educational games, as always. Specifically, they are Pokémon Best Wishes: Intelligence Training Pokémon Big Sports Meet! and Learn with Pokemon: Typing Adventure. Then we have a pretty basic free mobile game with Pokemon Say Tap?, then a little electronic guide for how to play the card game. Then we have the Pokemon Dream Radar, which is a very early progenitor of Pokemon Go! that let you find Pokemon in augmented reality. It also introduced Professor Burnet, so that's neat. I also should have mentioned that there was also a Pokedex app for iOS back in the Pokedex 3D post, but I missed it. And then we have Pokemon TV, a video service for iOS that let you watch episodes of the anime, and still kinda exists as a YouTube channel. It is currently very handy for watching the anime for my research. And that's pretty much it.

Here's what we've got so far:

Characters:

All Unova Pokemon

Bittercold: winds

Trainer System:

Hilbert

Hilda

Cheren

Bianca

Professor Juniper

Cedric Juniper

Emmet

Ingo

Cilan

Chili

Cress

Lenora

Burgh

Elesa

Clay

Skyla

Bricen

Iris

Drayden

Marshal

Shauntal

Grimsley

Caitlin

Alder

N

Ghetsis

Seven Sages

Shadow Triad

Hero

Heroine

Oichi

Aya

Ginchiyo

Gracia

Hanbei

Hanzo

Hideyoshi

Ieyasu

Ina

Kai

Kanbei

Kanetsugu

Keiji

Kenshin

Kiyomasa

Kotaro

Kunoichi

Magoichi

Masamune

Masanori

Mitsuhide

Mitsunari

Motochika

Motonari

Muneshige

Nene

No

Okuni

Ranmaru

Shingen

Tadakatsu

Ujiyasu

Yoshihiro

Yoshimoto

Yukimura

Nobunaga

Nate

Rosa

Hugh

Benga

Colress

Zinzolin

Roxie

Marlon

Stages:

Nuvema

Accumula

Striaton

Nacrene

Castelia

Nimbasa

Driftveil

Mistralton

Icirrus

Opelucid

Lacunosa

Undella

Anville

Black City/White Forest

Dreamyard

Pinwheel Forest

Desert Resort

Relic Castle

Battle Subway

Chargestone Cave

Celestial Tower

Twist Mountain

Dragonspiral Tower

Pokemon League

N's Castle

Abyssal Ruins

Unity Tower

Bridges

Toy Town

Easterly Town

Westerly Town

Northerly Town

Axle Town

Wish Park

Cove Area

Arbor Area

Crag Area

Tech Area

Wish Palace

Aurora

Ignis

Fontaine

Violight

Greenleaf

Nixtorm

Pugilis

Viperia

Terrera

Avia

Illusio

Chrysalia

Cragspur

Spectra

Dragnor

Yaksha

Valora

Infinite Tower

Aspertia

Floccesy

Virbank

Lentimas

Humilau

PokeStar Studios

Pokemon World Tournament

Reversal Mountain

Plasma Frigate

Relic Passage

Gates to Infinity Stages

Thanks for reading! Next, since there's really no non-Dexers to cover this time, I'm a little uncertain on whether to just do Victini now, or to save it to go with the other standalone Legendaries and skip ahead to the Snivy line. Since we have until Monday, let me know in the comments below which one I should do.

Pokemon Rumble U

POKEMON RUMBLE U

And now we come to the last major game I'll be covering on its own for this generation. Pokemon Rumble U was the next in the Rumble series, released for the Wii U's eShop, and still mostly functioned about the same as the other rumble games, with the little chibi pokemon that roll around in little arenas and bump into each other with basic attacks. Not much else to say really.

Here's what we've got so far:

Characters:

All Unova Pokemon

Bittercold: winds

Trainer System:

Hilbert

Hilda

Cheren

Bianca

Professor Juniper

Cedric Juniper

Emmet

Ingo

Cilan

Chili

Cress

Lenora

Burgh

Elesa

Clay

Skyla

Bricen

Iris

Drayden

Marshal

Shauntal

Grimsley

Caitlin

Alder

N

Ghetsis

Seven Sages

Shadow Triad

Hero

Heroine

Oichi

Aya

Ginchiyo

Gracia

Hanbei

Hanzo

Hideyoshi

Ieyasu

Ina

Kai

Kanbei

Kanetsugu

Keiji

Kenshin

Kiyomasa

Kotaro

Kunoichi

Magoichi

Masamune

Masanori

Mitsuhide

Mitsunari

Motochika

Motonari

Muneshige

Nene

No

Okuni

Ranmaru

Shingen

Tadakatsu

Ujiyasu

Yoshihiro

Yoshimoto

Yukimura

Nobunaga

Nate

Rosa

Hugh

Benga

Colress

Zinzolin

Roxie

Marlon

Stages:

Nuvema

Accumula

Striaton

Nacrene

Castelia

Nimbasa

Driftveil

Mistralton

Icirrus

Opelucid

Lacunosa

Undella

Anville

Black City/White Forest

Dreamyard

Pinwheel Forest

Desert Resort

Relic Castle

Battle Subway

Chargestone Cave

Celestial Tower

Twist Mountain

Dragonspiral Tower

Pokemon League

N's Castle

Abyssal Ruins

Unity Tower

Bridges

Toy Town

Easterly Town

Westerly Town

Northerly Town

Axle Town

Wish Park

Cove Area

Arbor Area

Crag Area

Tech Area

Wish Palace

Aurora

Ignis

Fontaine

Violight

Greenleaf

Nixtorm

Pugilis

Viperia

Terrera

Avia

Illusio

Chrysalia

Cragspur

Spectra

Dragnor

Yaksha

Valora

Infinite Tower

Aspertia

Floccesy

Virbank

Lentimas

Humilau

PokeStar Studios

Pokemon World Tournament

Reversal Mountain

Plasma Frigate

Relic Passage

Gates to Infinity Stages

Thanks for reading! Next up, let's go over the little games that came out during this time period too.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity

POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON: GATES TO INFINITY

Next up, we have Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, the . . . third story of the Mystery Dungeon series, though it's kinda the fourth/fifth/sixth game to be released. It's also generally considered the worst, which I think is a little unfair. I enjoyed it. That said, I watched it, not played it, so it could be the gameplay was garbage.

Once again, you play as a human transformed into a Pokemon and transported to a world of only Pokemon, with your options being only Pikachu, the three Unova starters, and Axew. You are joined by a Partner Pokemon, from the same five options (okay, maybe I'm starting to see it now). Right off the bat, your Partner purchases a huge swath of barren land that they dream of turning into a paradise.

Along the way, you meet other characters, including your core teammates Virizion, Dunsparce, and Emolga, as well as your landlord Quagsire, a bunch of townsfolk living nearby, Virizion's former partner Keldeo, and Hydreigon, the being who summoned you to this world. Kyurem acts as your main antagonist for most of the game, with Munna being a major ally to Kyurem, though you believe it to be an ally at first. This game also features a unique non-Pokemon final boss in Bittercold, a giant otherworldly ice crystal thing that feeds on negative emotions and attacks the player with icy winds.

As for stages, you have Ragged Mountain, Stony Cave, Hazy Pass, Stompstump Peak, Desolate Canyon, Forest Grotto, Mountain Pass, Inflora Forest, Breezy Meadow, Tempting Path, Crags of Lament, Telluric Path, Great Glacier, Glacial Underpass, Glacier Palace, Redland Reaches, Eastern Savanna, Kilionea Road, Forest of Shadows, Daybreak Ridge, Ochre Quarry, Withered Savanna, Holehills, Scorching Desert, and Tyrian Maze, with a few DLC dungeons added on later.

And that's about it! Here's what we've got so far:

Characters:

All Unova Pokemon

Bittercold: winds

Trainer System:

Hilbert

Hilda

Cheren

Bianca

Professor Juniper

Cedric Juniper

Emmet

Ingo

Cilan

Chili

Cress

Lenora

Burgh

Elesa

Clay

Skyla

Bricen

Iris

Drayden

Marshal

Shauntal

Grimsley

Caitlin

Alder

N

Ghetsis

Seven Sages

Shadow Triad

Hero

Heroine

Oichi

Aya

Ginchiyo

Gracia

Hanbei

Hanzo

Hideyoshi

Ieyasu

Ina

Kai

Kanbei

Kanetsugu

Keiji

Kenshin

Kiyomasa

Kotaro

Kunoichi

Magoichi

Masamune

Masanori

Mitsuhide

Mitsunari

Motochika

Motonari

Muneshige

Nene

No

Okuni

Ranmaru

Shingen

Tadakatsu

Ujiyasu

Yoshihiro

Yoshimoto

Yukimura

Nobunaga

Nate

Rosa

Hugh

Benga

Colress

Zinzolin

Roxie

Marlon

Stages:

Nuvema

Accumula

Striaton

Nacrene

Castelia

Nimbasa

Driftveil

Mistralton

Icirrus

Opelucid

Lacunosa

Undella

Anville

Black City/White Forest

Dreamyard

Pinwheel Forest

Desert Resort

Relic Castle

Battle Subway

Chargestone Cave

Celestial Tower

Twist Mountain

Dragonspiral Tower

Pokemon League

N's Castle

Abyssal Ruins

Unity Tower

Bridges

Toy Town

Easterly Town

Westerly Town

Northerly Town

Axle Town

Wish Park

Cove Area

Arbor Area

Crag Area

Tech Area

Wish Palace

Aurora

Ignis

Fontaine

Violight

Greenleaf

Nixtorm

Pugilis

Viperia

Terrera

Avia

Illusio

Chrysalia

Cragspur

Spectra

Dragnor

Yaksha

Valora

Infinite Tower

Aspertia

Floccesy

Virbank

Lentimas

Humilau

PokeStar Studios

Pokemon World Tournament

Reversal Mountain

Plasma Frigate

Relic Passage

Gates to Infinity Stages (Glacier Palace the probable one I'm going with)

Thanks for reading! Next up, we will, we will Rumble U! Wait, that's not how it goes.

Pokemon Tretta

POKEMON TRETTA

I considered just tossing this in the extras post, but since it did have a later add-on called Pokemon Tretta Lab, it deserved at least an extra mention. Pokemon Tretta was an arcade game developed by the same developers as the Battrio arcade game, that distributed small puck-shaped cards that you could use to assemble a Pokemon team, and then compete in 3-on-3 battles. And then the Lab add-on let you train up your collected cards so that you could compete in battles with advantage. Not really much else to say there.

Here's what we've got so far:

Characters:

All Unova Pokemon

Trainer System:

Hilbert

Hilda

Cheren

Bianca

Professor Juniper

Cedric Juniper

Emmet

Ingo

Cilan

Chili

Cress

Lenora

Burgh

Elesa

Clay

Skyla

Bricen

Iris

Drayden

Marshal

Shauntal

Grimsley

Caitlin

Alder

N

Ghetsis

Seven Sages

Shadow Triad

Hero

Heroine

Oichi

Aya

Ginchiyo

Gracia

Hanbei

Hanzo

Hideyoshi

Ieyasu

Ina

Kai

Kanbei

Kanetsugu

Keiji

Kenshin

Kiyomasa

Kotaro

Kunoichi

Magoichi

Masamune

Masanori

Mitsuhide

Mitsunari

Motochika

Motonari

Muneshige

Nene

No

Okuni

Ranmaru

Shingen

Tadakatsu

Ujiyasu

Yoshihiro

Yoshimoto

Yukimura

Nobunaga

Nate

Rosa

Hugh

Benga

Colress

Zinzolin

Roxie

Marlon

Stages:

Nuvema

Accumula

Striaton

Nacrene

Castelia

Nimbasa

Driftveil

Mistralton

Icirrus

Opelucid

Lacunosa

Undella

Anville

Black City/White Forest

Dreamyard

Pinwheel Forest

Desert Resort

Relic Castle

Battle Subway

Chargestone Cave

Celestial Tower

Twist Mountain

Dragonspiral Tower

Pokemon League

N's Castle

Abyssal Ruins

Unity Tower

Bridges

Toy Town

Easterly Town

Westerly Town

Northerly Town

Axle Town

Wish Park

Cove Area

Arbor Area

Crag Area

Tech Area

Wish Palace

Aurora

Ignis

Fontaine

Violight

Greenleaf

Nixtorm

Pugilis

Viperia

Terrera

Avia

Illusio

Chrysalia

Cragspur

Spectra

Dragnor

Yaksha

Valora

Infinite Tower

Aspertia

Floccesy

Virbank

Lentimas

Humilau

PokeStar Studios

Pokemon World Tournament

Reversal Mountain

Plasma Frigate

Relic Passage

Thanks for reading! Next up, open the Gates for another Pokemon Mystery Dungeon!

Pokemon Black 2 and White 2

POKEMON BLACK 2 AND WHITE 2

Next up, we have what would previously be the third main game of the series, an expanded and combined version of the previous pair, but this time it's actually a sequel that takes place a couple of years later.

Most of the returning cast return, save Hilbert and Hilda, including Cheren (now a gym leader), Bianca (now Juniper's assistant), Professor Juniper, all gym leaders, elite four, and champion (Cilan, Chili, Cress, Lenora, and Bricen all having retired from being leaders, and Iris having taken Alder's place as champion), N (now having left Team Plasma), and Ghestsis, the sage Zinzolin, and the Shadow Triad all returning, leading a Team Plasma that has tossed out all pretense of being pro-Pokemon welfare.

You now play as Nate or Rosa, the new protagonist from the Jersey side of Unova's New York instead of Brooklyn, with your childhood friend Hugh acting as your rival as he sets out on a quest to retrieve his little sister's stolen Purrloin. Poison-type rock band member Roxie and Water-type fisherman Marlon join Cheren as the new gym leaders, and Team Plasma is joined by mad scientist Colress as a major member. Another notable new character is Alder's grandson Benga, who basically acts as your post-game rival, but I never see him listed as a rival.

New locations this time around include the cities Aspertia, Floccesy, Virbank, Lentimas, and Humilau, as well as the landmarks PokeStar Studios, the Pokemon World Tournament, Reversal Mountain, the Plasma Frigate, and Relic Passage.

Here's what we've got so far:

Characters:

All Unova Pokemon

Trainer System:

Hilbert

Hilda

Cheren

Bianca

Professor Juniper

Cedric Juniper

Emmet

Ingo

Cilan

Chili

Cress

Lenora

Burgh

Elesa

Clay

Skyla

Bricen

Iris

Drayden

Marshal

Shauntal

Grimsley

Caitlin

Alder

N

Ghetsis

Seven Sages

Shadow Triad

Hero

Heroine

Oichi

Aya

Ginchiyo

Gracia

Hanbei

Hanzo

Hideyoshi

Ieyasu

Ina

Kai

Kanbei

Kanetsugu

Keiji

Kenshin

Kiyomasa

Kotaro

Kunoichi

Magoichi

Masamune

Masanori

Mitsuhide

Mitsunari

Motochika

Motonari

Muneshige

Nene

No

Okuni

Ranmaru

Shingen

Tadakatsu

Ujiyasu

Yoshihiro

Yoshimoto

Yukimura

Nobunaga

Nate

Rosa

Hugh

Benga

Colress

Zinzolin

Roxie

Marlon

Stages:

Nuvema

Accumula

Striaton

Nacrene

Castelia

Nimbasa

Driftveil

Mistralton

Icirrus

Opelucid

Lacunosa

Undella

Anville

Black City/White Forest

Dreamyard

Pinwheel Forest

Desert Resort

Relic Castle

Battle Subway

Chargestone Cave

Celestial Tower

Twist Mountain

Dragonspiral Tower

Pokemon League

N's Castle

Abyssal Ruins

Unity Tower

Bridges

Toy Town

Easterly Town

Westerly Town

Northerly Town

Axle Town

Wish Park

Cove Area

Arbor Area

Crag Area

Tech Area

Wish Palace

Aurora

Ignis

Fontaine

Violight

Greenleaf

Nixtorm

Pugilis

Viperia

Terrera

Avia

Illusio

Chrysalia

Cragspur

Spectra

Dragnor

Yaksha

Valora

Infinite Tower

Aspertia

Floccesy

Virbank

Lentimas

Humilau

PokeStar Studios

Pokemon World Tournament

Reversal Mountain

Plasma Frigate

Relic Passage

Thanks for reading! Next up, we should Tretta carefully with this one!

Pokemon Conquest

POKEMON CONQUEST

Next up, we have a very rare gem of a Pokemon game that asks the question: "Hey, what if the Warring States era of Japan had Pokemon in it?" The game is a crossover between Pokemon and Koei Tecmo's Nobunaga's Ambition series, which has a similar RPG style to, say, the Mario + Rabbids series, with a battlefield dotted with all kinds of cover and such like that, with combatants and enemies scattered around it, and you have to direct them where to go and which enemies to take on.

You start as the Hero or Heroine, your playable protagonist of the game, with your first ally being Oichi, the sister of Nobunaga. From there, you take on various other warlords and recruit allies by beating them in combat. These include: Aya, Ginchiyo, Gracia, Hanbei, Hanzo, Hideyoshi, Ieyasu, Ina, Kai, Kanbei, Kanetsugu, Keiji, Kenshin, Kiyomasa, Kotaro, Kunoichi, Magoichi, Masamune, Masanori, Mitsuhide, Mitsunari, Motochika, Motonari, Muneshige, Nene, No, Okuni, Ranmaru, Shingen, Tadakatsu, Ujiyasu, Yoshihiro, Yoshimoto, and Yukimura, with tons of standard warriors you can recruit, and Nobunaga as the final boss.

The battles you fight take place across seventeen regions of the Ransei region, all based on a specific Type. You have Aurora (Normal), Ignis (Fire), Greenleaf (Grass), Fontaine (Water), Violight (Electric), Chrysalia (Bug), Pugilis (Fighting), Terrera (Ground), Illusio (Psychic), Cragspur (Rock), Avia (Flying), Viperia (Poison), Yaksha (Dark), Spectra (Ghost), Valora (Steel), Nixtorm (Ice), and Dragnor (Dragon), where the final battle is fought in Infinite Tower.

I think that's all the information we need to establish. Here's what we've got so far:

Characters:

All Unova Pokemon

Trainer System:

Hilbert

Hilda

Cheren

Bianca

Professor Juniper

Cedric Juniper

Emmet

Ingo

Cilan

Chili

Cress

Lenora

Burgh

Elesa

Clay

Skyla

Bricen

Iris

Drayden

Marshal

Shauntal

Grimsley

Caitlin

Alder

N

Ghetsis

Seven Sages

Shadow Triad

Hero

Heroine

Oichi

Aya

Ginchiyo

Gracia

Hanbei

Hanzo

Hideyoshi

Ieyasu

Ina

Kai

Kanbei

Kanetsugu

Keiji

Kenshin

Kiyomasa

Kotaro

Kunoichi

Magoichi

Masamune

Masanori

Mitsuhide

Mitsunari

Motochika

Motonari

Muneshige

Nene

No

Okuni

Ranmaru

Shingen

Tadakatsu

Ujiyasu

Yoshihiro

Yoshimoto

Yukimura

Nobunaga

Stages:

Nuvema

Accumula

Striaton

Nacrene

Castelia

Nimbasa

Driftveil

Mistralton

Icirrus

Opelucid

Lacunosa

Undella

Anville

Black City/White Forest

Dreamyard

Pinwheel Forest

Desert Resort

Relic Castle

Battle Subway

Chargestone Cave

Celestial Tower

Twist Mountain

Dragonspiral Tower

Pokemon League

N's Castle

Abyssal Ruins

Unity Tower

Bridges

Toy Town

Easterly Town

Westerly Town

Northerly Town

Axle Town

Wish Park

Cove Area

Arbor Area

Crag Area

Tech Area

Wish Palace

Aurora

Ignis

Fontaine

Violight

Greenleaf

Nixtorm

Pugilis

Viperia

Terrera

Avia

Illusio

Chrysalia

Cragspur

Spectra

Dragnor

Yaksha

Valora

Infinite Tower

Thanks for reading! Next up, it's time for Pokemon Gray--Wait, what? . . . Black 2 and White 2, what kinda . . . but the third one was gray . . . Not anymore? What does that mean?

PokePark 2: Wonders Beyond

POKEPARK 2: WONDERS BEYOND

Next up, we have a sequel to PokePark, with the same basic setup as the first game. You start as a Pikachu visiting a park full of Pokemon and completing various puzzles and minigames while recruiting other Pokemon to help. The game does have a story, centered on the new Wish Park, a mysterious alternate park accessed through posters, where all the Pokemon become bewitched and unable to leave, with Pikachu and his team investigating where it comes from and freeing the Pokemon trapped inside. There's not really much else to say from there. All characters are Pokemon who function as they do in the regular games.

Here's what we've got so far:

Characters:

All Unova Pokemon

Trainer System:

Hilbert

Hilda

Cheren

Bianca

Professor Juniper

Cedric Juniper

Emmet

Ingo

Cilan

Chili

Cress

Lenora

Burgh

Elesa

Clay

Skyla

Bricen

Iris

Drayden

Marshal

Shauntal

Grimsley

Caitlin

Alder

N

Ghetsis

Seven Sages

Shadow Triad

Stages:

Nuvema

Accumula

Striaton

Nacrene

Castelia

Nimbasa

Driftveil

Mistralton

Icirrus

Opelucid

Lacunosa

Undella

Anville

Black City/White Forest

Dreamyard

Pinwheel Forest

Desert Resort

Relic Castle

Battle Subway

Chargestone Cave

Celestial Tower

Twist Mountain

Dragonspiral Tower

Pokemon League

N's Castle

Abyssal Ruins

Unity Tower

Bridges

Toy Town

Easterly Town

Westerly Town

Northerly Town

Axle Town

Wish Park

Cove Area

Arbor Area

Crag Area

Tech Area

Wish Palace

Thanks for reading! Next up, yet another game to join our Conquest of this gigantic series!

Pokémon Rumble Blast

POKÉMON RUMBLE BLAST

Next up, let’s cover Pokémon Rumble Blast, the next game in the Pokémon Rumble series, with the same little toy versions of Pokémon fighting each other in little arenas by bumping into each other. Not too much different here really, just more of the same!

Here's what we've got so far:

Characters:

All Unova Pokemon

Trainer System:

Hilbert

Hilda

Cheren

Bianca

Professor Juniper

Cedric Juniper

Emmet

Ingo

Cilan

Chili

Cress

Lenora

Burgh

Elesa

Clay

Skyla

Bricen

Iris

Drayden

Marshal

Shauntal

Grimsley

Caitlin

Alder

N

Ghetsis

Seven Sages

Shadow Triad

Stages:

Nuvema

Accumula

Striaton

Nacrene

Castelia

Nimbasa

Driftveil

Mistralton

Icirrus

Opelucid

Lacunosa

Undella

Anville

Black City/White Forest

Dreamyard

Pinwheel Forest

Desert Resort

Relic Castle

Battle Subway

Chargestone Cave

Celestial Tower

Twist Mountain

Dragonspiral Tower

Pokemon League

N's Castle

Abyssal Ruins

Unity Tower

Bridges

Toy Town

Easterly Town

Westerly Town

Northerly Town

Axle Town

Thanks for reading! Next, let’s go back to the Park. Though I Wonder what lies Beyond.

Pokedex 3D

POKEDEX 3D

Pokedex 3D was a free app for the Nintendo 3DS that let you look at the full Unova dex in 3D rendering. That was pretty much all there was to it, with a few games and activities you could do with it besides. It did get a slight update with Pokedex 3D Pro this generation, but that's about it.

Here's what we've got so far:

Characters:

All Unova Pokemon

Trainer System:

Hilbert

Hilda

Cheren

Bianca

Professor Juniper

Cedric Juniper

Emmet

Ingo

Cilan

Chili

Cress

Lenora

Burgh

Elesa

Clay

Skyla

Bricen

Iris

Drayden

Marshal

Shauntal

Grimsley

Caitlin

Alder

N

Ghetsis

Seven Sages

Shadow Triad

Stages:

Nuvema

Accumula

Striaton

Nacrene

Castelia

Nimbasa

Driftveil

Mistralton

Icirrus

Opelucid

Lacunosa

Undella

Anville

Black City/White Forest

Dreamyard

Pinwheel Forest

Desert Resort

Relic Castle

Battle Subway

Chargestone Cave

Celestial Tower

Twist Mountain

Dragonspiral Tower

Pokemon League

N's Castle

Abyssal Ruins

Unity Tower

Bridges

Thanks for reading! Next up, are you ready to Rumble again? I'm sure it'll be a Blast!

Pokemon Trading Card Game Online

POKEMON TRADING CARD GAME ONLINE

Next, we have the next step in the Pokemon Trading Card Game series, which was more or less the same as most of the previous TCG games in concept, just expanded upon, with much more in-depth online connectivity and enhanced features from those that came previous. Not really much else to say beyond that.

Here's what we've got so far:

Characters:

All Unova Pokemon

Trainer System:

Hilbert

Hilda

Cheren

Bianca

Professor Juniper

Cedric Juniper

Emmet

Ingo

Cilan

Chili

Cress

Lenora

Burgh

Elesa

Clay

Skyla

Bricen

Iris

Drayden

Marshal

Shauntal

Grimsley

Caitlin

Alder

N

Ghetsis

Seven Sages

Shadow Triad

Stages:

Nuvema

Accumula

Striaton

Nacrene

Castelia

Nimbasa

Driftveil

Mistralton

Icirrus

Opelucid

Lacunosa

Undella

Anville

Black City/White Forest

Dreamyard

Pinwheel Forest

Desert Resort

Relic Castle

Battle Subway

Chargestone Cave

Celestial Tower

Twist Mountain

Dragonspiral Tower

Pokemon League

N's Castle

Abyssal Ruins

Unity Tower

Bridges

Thanks for reading! Next up, an update to the Pokedex-type games comes next!