Pokémon mini

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Pokémon mini

Manufacturer	Nintendo
Type	Handheld game console
Generation	Sixth generation era
First available	December 14, 2001 March 14, 2002 Unknown Unknown
CPU	Nintendo Minx (4 mhz)
Media	Pokémon cartridges

The Pokémon mini is a handheld game console designed and manufactured by Nintendo and based on Satoshi Tajiri's Pokémon media franchise. It is a remarkably small cartridge-based system that includes a black-and-white LCD and an integrated gamepad. Other features of the Pokémon mini include an infrared port used to facilitate multiplayer gaming, an internal timer, an accelerometer (shock detector), and a vibrator used to implement force feedback. Some of the Pokémon Mini games were included in the Gamecube game, Pokémon Channel in a software emulator of the Pokémon Mini itself.

1 List of Pokémon mini games published by Nintendo
2 Homebrew development
3 References
4 External links

[edit] List of Pokémon mini games published by Nintendo

Pokémon Party Mini: A collection of several mini-games, included with Pokémon Mini. The mini games include: Hitmonchan's Boxing, where you shake the system to 'punch'; Pikachu's Rocket Start, a game where you have to launch off of a starting line before another pokémon; Bellossom's Dance, a DDR-like game; Chansey's Dribble, kick the ball to the finish line as quickly as possible; Slowking's Judge, predict if the tennis ball will land in or out of the court; Sneasel's Fakeout, a Rock, Paper, Scissors-like game for two players; Battlefield, where two to six players battle for the highest score; and Celebi's Clock, which is essentially a clock with date, alarm and stopwatch funtion.
Pokémon Pinball Mini: A pinball game with several levels where a Diglett or a Pikachu acts as the 'bumping' mechanism.
Pokémon Puzzle Collection: A collection of different puzzle-games such as: Shadow Puzzle, where different shapes are put together to make an image of a Pokémon; Motion Puzzle, a sliding game where an image of a Pokémon has to be unjumbled; Escape, where one has to move blocks to let a Pokémon out of a maze; and a bonus for completing most of your Minidex is the game Power On, a 'Pipe Dream'-like game where one has to connect a Pikachu to a light bulb, creating a circuit).
Pokémon Zany Cards: A Poker-like card game featuring Pokémon oriented cards.
Pokémon Shock Tetris: Tetris with Pokémon; Released only in Japan and Europe.
Pokémon Race: A platform racing competition where the player controls a Pickachu racing against other Pokémon.
Pokémon Puzzle Collection 2: Similar to the first puzzle collection, but some games are different and there are 80 new puzzles. This was only released in Japan.
Pokémon Breeder: The player cares for a young Pokémon, such as Mudkip. This was only released in Japan.
Togepi's Great Adventure: You have to guide Togepi out of a tower, avoiding traps. Another game only released in Japan.
Pichu Bros. Mini: A collection of several mini-games, similar to Pokémon Party Mini.
Snorlax's Lunchtime: This was a bonus game from the Pokémon Channel Gamecube game. It was ripped off of Pokémon Channel by Team PokéMe (see below). The object is to keep feeding Snorlax until he accidentally tries to eat a Pichu.

Pokémon Party Mini, Pokémon Zany Cards and Pichu Bros. Mini were developed by Denyusha.^[1]

[edit] Homebrew development

Various hackers have reverse-engineered the Pokémon mini in order to create tools used in the development of homebrew games for the console.

Darkfader and Lupin of Team PokéMe were successful in creating reprogrammable flash cartridges for the use of above mentioned homebrew ROM images, as well as dumped commercial ROM images - although the team is against pirating the ROMs - on the Pokémon mini system itself.

Bryon Vandiver was also successful in creating a very good software emulator/debugger for the Pokémon mini on PC. Other Team PokéMe members were able to create accompanying software to aid in software development for the console and many have made games and software for it as well. The team is still somewhat active in development currently attempting Zelda and Pokémon RPG remakes.