History VideoGame / HeyYouPikachu

** Considering Pikachu is a rodent (a mouse specifically), and rodents are known to chew on all sorts of things, the idea of Pikachu taking a bite out of something inedible isn't surprising. Then again, real life rodents chew on things to wear down their inscisor teeth (which grow constantly throughout their lives) rather than for any nutritional value.

[[caption-width-right:250:Ever wanted a game where you get to talk to Pikachu? No? Okay then.]]

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* VideoGameCrueltyPotential

* ContinuityNod: Ash's outfit from the animé can be found hanging on a coat rack in the bedroom. Pikachu uses the hat to cover his eyes in Pinata Party.

* ImprobableAccessoryEffect: Some of the uses for the megaphone make perfect sense. You can use it to call Pikachu when he steals the Poké Helper, call lost Poliwag over to you, or scare away the Haunter. On the other hand, you can also use its speech bubbles to... knock fruit out of trees?[[note]]You ''are'' supposed to have Pikachu use Thunderbolt or Thunder, but, [[GoodBadBugs well...]][[/note]].

** Releases in already English-speaking countries such as the UK and Australia were probably scrapped because it would be hard to program the voice recognition system to understand those accents.
** There's also the issue of creating versions for other languages, too.

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-->Field Trip

** Considering Pikachu is a rodent (a mouse specifically), and rodents are known to chew on all sorts of things, the idea of Pikachu taking a bite out of something inedible isn't surprising. Then again, real life rodents chew on things to wear down their inscisor teeth (which grow constantly throughout their lives)
rather than for any nutritional value.
* {{Feelies}}: The VRU.

-->Pikachu's Playing Days

** Considering Pikachu is a rodent (a mouse specifically), and rodents are known to chew on all sorts of things, the idea of Pikachu taking a bite out of something inedible isn't surprising. Then again, real life rodents chew on things to wear down their inscisor teeth (which grow constantly throughout their lives) rather than for any nutritional value.

* LightningCanDoAnything: Including turning corn on the cob into popcorn -- complete with a carton.

* OddNameOut: The game's title; it's the only game in the franchise without the prefix "Poké" in its name.

* ContinuityNod: Ash's outfit from the animé can be found hanging on a coat rack in the bedroom.
** Pikachu uses the hat to cover his eyes in Pinata Party.

* DuelingGames: The U.S. version of the game was released around the same time as the Dreamcast's voice controlled pet simulator, ''{{Seaman}}''. That's right folks, this example of DuelingGames includes the sugar coated adventures of a child raising a Pikachu... and a game where the plural form of the title is a naughty word.

* MoralDissonance: Professor Oak's order [[spoiler: to release Pikachu]] in the end seems odd considering his goals involve people building friendships with Pokemon.
* NoExportForYou: This took a ridiculously long time (two years!) to get to the US, so guess what that meant for everywhere else...

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* TakeThat: Pikachu will get angry if the player says "PlayStation"

* OddNameOut: The game's title; it's the only game in the franchise without "Pokémon" or the prefix "Poké" in its name.

* ImprobableAccessoryEffect: Some of the uses for the megaphone make perfect sense. You can use it to call Pikachu when he steals the Poké Helper, call lost Poliwag over to you, or scare away the Haunter. On the other hand, you can also use its speech bubbles to... knock fruit out of trees?[[hottip:*:You ''are'' supposed to have Pikachu use Thunderbolt or Thunder, but, [[GoodBadBugs well...]]

** [[TakeThat He also gets angry if you mention the Playstation.]]

* TakeThat: Pikachu gets angry if you mention the Playstation or Sega.

** You can yell extremely vulgar things at Pikachu... [[RefugeInVulgarity through a megaphone.]]

* ImprobableAccessoryEffect: Some of the uses for the megaphone make perfect sense. You can use it to call Pikachu when he steals the Poké Helper, call lost Poliwag over to you, or scare away the Haunter. On the other hand, you can also use its speech bubbles to... knock fruit out of trees?[[hottip:*:You ''are'' supposed to have Pikachu use Thunderbolt or Thunder, but, [[GoodBadBugs well]]...

* ImprobableAccessoryEffect: Some of the uses for the megaphone make perfect sense. You can use it to call Pikachu when he steals the Poké Helper, call lost Poliwag over to you, or scare away the Haunter. On the other hand, you can also use its speech bubbles to... knock fruit out of trees?[[hottip:*:You ''are'' supposed to have Pikachu use Thunderbolt or Thunder, but, [[GoodBadBugs well]]...]]

A virtual pet {{Pokemon}} game for the {{Nintendo 64}} where you befriend a wild Pikachu. Using Professor Oak's new human-to-Pokémon translation device, the Poké Helper, you guide Pikachu as he goes on adventures and plays with his Pokémon friends. Most of the game play consists of saying short phrases to Pikachu via a microphone.

* DuelingGames: The U.S. version of the game was released around the same time as the Dreamcast's voice controlled pet simulator, Seaman. That's right folks, this example of DuelingGames includes the sugar coated adventures of a child raising a Pikachu... and a game where the plural form of the title is a naughty word.