History YMMV / Telefang

*** Pokémon followed the Trainer[[note]]a hotly-requested feature since[[/note]] in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver]]''.[[note]]They did follow the protagonist in Amity Square in Diamond and Pearl, plus Pikachu followed the player in Pokémon Yellow, though.[[/note]] Your first Denjuu can follow you around in the overworld.

*** Pokémon followed the Trainer[[note]]a hotly-requested feature since[[/note]] in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver]]''.[[note]]They did follow the protagonist in the Amity Park in Diamond and Pearl, plus Pikachu followed the player in Pokémon Yellow, though.[[/note]] Your first Denjuu can follow you around in the overworld.

*** Pokémon followed the trainer[[note]]a hotly-requested feature since[[/note]] in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver]]''.[[note]]They did follow the protagonist in the Amity Park in Diamond and Pearl, plus Pikachu followed the player in Pokémon Yellow, though.[[/note]] Your first Denjuu can follow you around in the overworld.

** The concept of 'monsters using cell phones to talk to the player' would come back in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''.
** According to this game, 4 signal bars are literally out of this world. Now, look at you own cell phone. You most likely get up to '''5''' bars.
* MemeticMutation: Well, have you had curry?[[labelnote:Explanation]]This is a common quote in the games.[[/labelnote]]
* MST3KMantra: You're not supposed to ask how some of these creatures can own/operate/charge a cellphone.

* FridgeLogic: You're not supposed to ask how some of these creatures can own/operate/charge a cellphone.

* MemeticMutation: Well, have you had curry?[[labelnote:Explanation]]This is a common quote in the games.[[/labelnote]]

*** Pokémon followed the trainer[[note]]a hotly-requested feature since[[/note]] in ''VideoGame/PokemonHeartGoldAndSoulSilver''.[[note]]They did follow the protagonist in the Amity Park in Diamond and Pearl, plus Pikachu followed the player in Pokémon Yellow, though.[[/note]] Your first Denjuu can follow you around in the overworld.

*** Pokémon followed the trainer[[note]]a hotly-requested feature since[[/note]] in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.[[note]]They did follow the protagonist in the Amity Park in Diamond and Pearl, plus Pikachu followed the player in Pokémon Yellow, though.[[/note]] Your first Denjuu can follow you around in the overworld.

** Considering that this game was pirated under the guise of a new 'Pokémon' game, there are a few features that appeared in theses games that took time until appearing in the proper series, later:

*** One of the game bootlegs was known as "Pokémon Diamond". Flash forward to 2007, and the actual ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Pokémon Diamond Version]]'' was released under that very name.

* CounterpartComparison: Crypto (The starter in the ''Power'' version) bears some similarities to [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Sandslash]].

* MemeticMutation: Well, have you had curry?[[labelnote:Explanation]]This is a common quote in the games.[[/labelnote]]
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: As researcher Rachel Briggs pointed out in an interview, this game was very much the product of the early years of "keitai culture" in Japan. They started with the premise of the cell phone being as big a fad in-universe as it was in Japan and more or less wrote the story proper around it.

*** The fake legendary Pokémon on the "Pokémon Jade" bootleg cover looks like a giant deer. Flash forward to 2013, and the games ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' feature an actual giant deer legendary Pokémon. Then it turns out that a deer Pokémon was one of the Pokémon cut from ''VideoGame/PokemonRedandBlue''.

** One of the game bootlegs was known as "Pokémon Diamond". Flash forward to 2007, and the actual ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Pokémon Diamond Version]]'' was released under that very name.
** The fake legendary Pokémon on the "Pokémon Jade" bootleg cover looks like a giant deer. Flash forward to 2013, and the games ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' feature an actual giant deer legendary Pokémon. Then it turns out that a deer Pokémon was one of the Pokémon cut from ''VideoGame/PokemonRedandBlue''.
** Triple Battles, which were already possible in the Game Boy Color ''Telefang'' games, did not appear in the ''Pokémon'' series proper until ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''.

** The fake legendary Pokémon on the "Pokémon Jade" bootleg cover looks like a giant deer. Flash forward to 2013, and the games ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' feature an actual giant deer legendary Pokémon.

** Triple Battles, which were already possible in the Game Boy Color ''Telefang'' games, did not appear in the ''Pokémon'' series proper until [[PokemonBlackAndWhite]].

* MemeticMutation: Well, have you had curry?[[labelnote:Explanation]]This is a common quote in the bootleg games.[[/labelnote]]

* MemeticMutation: Well, have you had curry?

** The concept of 'monsters using cell phones to talk to the player' would come back in ''VideoGame/Undertale''.

* CounterpartComparison: Cryto (The starter in the ''Power'' version) bears some similarities to [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Sandslash]].

** One of the game bootlegs was known as "Pokemon Diamond." Flash forward to 2007, and the actual ''Pokemon Diamond'' game was released under that very name.
** The fake legendary Pokemon on the "Pokemon Jade" bootleg cover looks like a giant deer. Flash forward to 2013, and the games PokemonXAndY feature an actual giant deer legendary Pokemon.

** The fake legendary Pokemon on the "Pokemon Jade" bootleg cover looks like a giant deer. Flash forward to 2013, and the games Pokemon X and Y feature an actual giant deer legendary Pokemon.

* HilariousInHindsight: One of the game bootlegs was known as "Pokemon Diamond." Flash forward to 2007, and the actual ''Pokemon Diamond'' game was released under that very name.