History VideoGame / HeyYouPikachu

A virtual pet Franchise/{{Pokemon}} game for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 where you [[PetBabyWildAnimal 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.

** Ash's outfit from the anime; can be found hanging on a coat rack in the bedroom. Pikachu uses the hat to cover his eyes in Piñata Party.

** [[spoiler:The ending appears to be a {{homage}} to the anime; episode "[[Recap/PokemonS1E39PikachusGoodbye Pikachu's Goodbye]]"]]

** 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 Piñata Party.

** [[spoiler:The ending appears to be a {{homage}} to the animé episode "[[Recap/PokemonS1E39PikachusGoodbye Pikachu's Goodbye]]"]]

[[SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel It is also made of the cotton candy from your childhood]], and began a small subseries of ''Pokémon'' games geared for small children that involve Pikachu running around acting all cute: it was succeeded by ''VideoGame/PokemonChannel'' and ''VideoGame/PokeParkWii''.

[[SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel It is also made of the cotton candy from your childhood]], and began a small subseries of ''Pokémon'' games geared for small children that involve Pikachu running around acting all cute: it was succeeded by ''VideoGame/PokemonChannel'', ''VideoGame/PokeParkWii''.

%%* ABoyAndHisX

[[SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel It is also made of the cotton candy from your childhood]], and began a small subseries of ''Pokémon'' games geared for small children that involve Pikachu running around acting all cute: it was succeeded by ''VideoGame/PokemonChannel'', ''VideoGame/PokeParkWii'', and eventually ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee''.

[[SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel It is also made of the cotton candy from your childhood]], and began a small subseries of ''Pokémon'' games geared for small children that involve Pikachu running around acting all cute: it was succeeded by ''VideoGame/PokemonChannel'', ''VideoGame/PokeParkWii'', and eventually ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuLetsGoEevee.

[[SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel It is also made of the cotton candy from your childhood]], and began a small subseries of ''Pokémon'' games geared for small children that involve Pikachu running around acting all cute: it was succeeded by ''VideoGame/PokemonChannel'' and ''VideoGame/PokeParkWii''.

A virtual pet Franchise/{{Pokemon}} game for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 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.

* LoyalAnimalCompanion

* 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 Piñata Party.
** The player's mother looks just like Ash's mom, Delia.
** Who's That Pokémon is a MiniGame that can be played in the bedroom.
** [[spoiler:The ending appears to be a {{homage}} to the animé episode "[[Recap/PokemonS1E39PikachusGoodbye Pikachu's Goodbye]]"]]

* DumbBlonde: A non-human example but he is yellow and he does need the user's help to do pretty much anything.

* BananaPeel: Pikachu can slip on these in the pinata game (or anytime he's careless after eating a banana).

* 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.

** Who's That Pokémon, also from the animé, is a MiniGame that can be played in the bedroom.

* CulturalTranslation: The cupcake that Pikachu steals from you was originally an onigiri.
** Also, the piñata game was originally a watermelon-splitting game with similar rules called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suikawari suikawari]].

** Also, some of the Pokémon names are pronounced a bit... oddly.

* NintendoHard: The pinata game is ''extremely'' hard to win, especially the variation that has multiple rounds.

** And Togepi!
** And Caterpie!
** And Charmander!
** And ''[[OverlyLongGag everyone!]]''

** Also, there's a graphics glitch where you can make it look like a sword is going through Pikachu.

[[SweetDreamsFuel It is also made of the cotton candy from your childhood]], and began a small subseries of ''Pokémon'' games geared for small children that involve Pikachu running around acting all cute: it was succeeded by ''VideoGame/PokemonChannel'' and ''VideoGame/PokeParkWii''.

* ABoyAndHisX

* ConsoleCameo: A Nintendo 64 can be found in the bedroom.

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[[caption-width-right:250:Where are we off to today, Pikachu?]]

* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: The game's title; it was the only game in the franchise without the prefix "Poké" in its name until ''VideoGame/PokkenTournament'' in 2015[[note]]technically cheating there because all it does is add another k[[/note]] and ''VideoGame/DetectivePikachu'' in 2016/2018.

* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: The game's title; it's the only game in the franchise without the prefix "Poké" in its name.

* RegionalBonus: Popcorn is only obtainable in the US version. This is because the Japanese version has eggplants instead of corn.

* ExcitedShowTitle

* NoNameGiven: The user is only ever spoken to in second person.

A virtual pet Franchise/{{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.

** In the Japanese version, it seems to be able to use [[SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Famicom]] cartridges.

* UniversalTranslator: The Poké Helper seems to be one, at least in terms of human to Pikachu. And unlike [[Videogame/PokemonColosseum Dr. Kaminko]]'s translator, it actually works.

** [[spoiler:The ending appears to be a homage to the animé episode "[[Recap/PokemonS1E39PikachusGoodbye Pikachu's Goodbye]]"]]

* 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. ** The player's mother looks just like Ash's mom, Delia.

* 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. The player's mother also looks just like Ash's mom, Delia.

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Pikachu -- and if you tell him so, he blushes making himself even ''more'' adorable.