History VideoGame / PowerProKunPocket1

''Power Pro-kun Pocket'' is a 1999 Baseball simulator + dating sim developed by Diamond Head and published by Konami for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor. It is also compatible with the original Game Boy, to the point of featuring dedicated art assets for this mode.

The game and its sequel received a compilation remake in the engine of ''Pawapoke 6'' for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance in 2004 and that compilation got remade for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in 2021 as ''Power Pro-kun Pocket R''. This second remake has the modern Baseball gameplay engine from the ''Pawapuro'' series and also features Cyberval, a top-down action game about tank battles.

"Hero 1" is a high schooler who dreams to make it big in Baseball. However, the school he transfers to, Gokuaku High ("極亜久高校", meaning something like [[SpellMyNameWithAnS "Heinous", "Badass" or "Extreme"]] Highschool), is run by nefarious delinquents who sabotage their opposition.

The One Where... a boy slips on a banana peel and gets run over by a truck.

* OffModel: The dialogue portrait for when the protagonist is dumbfounded [[https://twitter.com/220aruk/status/1469573837499297792 looks scribbled]], and is called "bad picture" (ヘタな絵) by Konami.

* StalkerWithACrush: The Arai siblings all display stalker behavior, but Norika takes the cake as she canonically drags [[spoiler:Hero 1]] into an unhappy marriage.

[[JustForFun/TheOneWith The One Where...]] a boy slips on a banana peel and gets run over by a truck.

* IllGirl: Timesu Asuka, who suffers from heart disease. [[spoiler: If Asuka becomes your girlfriend and you managed to reach the Koshien finals, her condition will take a turn for the worse and will face certain death unless certain conditions were met.]]

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: It's a 50-stages top-down view shooting game with no relation to Baseball, seemingly added to the ''R'' remake just to give it actual new content and because ''War Edition'' in the second game isn't as weird as the RPG scenarios the series later became known for.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: It's a top-down view shooting game with no relation to Baseball, seemingly added to the ''R'' remake because ''War Edition'' in the second game isn't weird enough.

* BulletHell: The first boss can fire a long spread of bullets all around itself.

* TacticalSuicideBoss: The Gundar Robo RX fires a triple WaveMotionGun that sweeps the entire arena, but the player can hide behind its disabled arms. The mech is then overheated by its lasers, allowing the player to deal a good amount of damage until the boss' pattern resets.

[[JustForFun/TheOneWith The One Where...]] a kid slips on a banana peel and gets run over by a truck.

* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: The ''R'' remake takes its menu interface from the main ''Pawapuro'' games, meaning that there is no unique illustration of the protagonist in the Stats menu and the various perks and penalties have no icons. Training will also display a static illustration of the protagonist instead of an animation, after nearly all installments in the series had different quirky animations for every training action. On the far upside, everyone finally has their own 3D models during matches now.

* CharacterCustomization: Players can obtain parts to build a Baseball Doll like in the latter entries of the series and turn them into playable characters upon clearing the story.

* ExtendedGameplay: As a visual novel, part of the appeal in the series comes from discovering every possible story outcome, be it good or bad. Through strategy and luck, players can also raise top-grade Power Pros who are free from bad traits and pit them against other players.

* EvilLaugh: When you pick the option to sabotage opponent teams, the game plays a popup with a person dressed like a ghost laughing to themself before walking on menacingly. The ''R'' screws up this animation because popups and backgrounds now have a fade in and out effect -- by the time the popup has fully appeared, the animation is almost over.

** There's a brief exchange between the protagonist and his opponent on the title card before and after any match in the story, exactly like in ''Power Pro 5''. No other game in the series does this and it isn't preserved in the remake.

** Clearing one of the girlfriend sidequests is important for building a strong character, but on this game and the next they are not yet associated with a unique always-active perk. This is preserved in the remake, but ''[[StalkerWithACrush Norika]]'' is made into the wild card girlfriend that lets the player choose between any of the 5 perks.

** When you beat the remake version, the sequel doesn't immediately unlock and there no hint of how to do it. The player is left to presume they'll need to replay ''Extreme High School'' [[FakeLongevity three or more times]] to get that done.

** The remake has the Pennant mode from ''6'' with a different game over screen. It shows the depressed protagonist sitting by a river while somebody tosses a can on his head and a dog pees on him.

** Pennant mode in the remake is mostly unchanged from ''6'', but has an unique game over screen.

* NoticeThis: The ''R'' remake makes it clear on the menu interface that choosing to train, sleep or travel will cost a week with a "➡️Week" icon over said options.