History Trivia / HeyYouPikachu

** One very persistent rumour is that saying "Creator/{{Sony}}", "UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}}" or "Creator/{{Sega}}" will [[TakeThat make Pikachu angry]]. None of these words are in the game's command list.

* NoExportForYou: The game was never given a European release, most likely due to the difficulty of programming the game to understand accents and extra languages.

** One very persistent rumour is that saying "Creator/{{Sony}", "UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}}" or "Creator/{{Sega}}" will [[TakeThat make Pikachu angry]]. None of these words are in the game's command list.

* NoExportForYou: The game was never given a European release, most likely due to the difficulty of understanding accents.

** One very persistent rumour is that saying "[[Creator/{{Sony}} Sony]]", "[[UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}} PlayStation]]" or "[[Creator/{{Sega}} Sega]]" will [[TakeThat make Pikachu angry]]. None of these words are in the game's command list.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A very interesting case of this trope. Like almost all video games, you can easily find a ROM of ''Hey You, Pikachu!'' online and you can run it in emulators just fine. However, there used to be no way to actually play it in an emulator because no one could figure out a way to emulate the VRU (even if you use an Adaptoid), leaving you stuck on the first screen with Pikachu, unable to do anything. A way to play it on emulator was [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/5ogctn/hey_you_pikachu_finally_playable_with_offical_vru/ eventually figured out]], but besides the complicated setup you'll still need the actual VRU to input any voice commands instead of just being able to use any microphone, so you still can't play it completely independent of the official hardware. And don't expect a rerelease any time soon, as besides Nintendo's or The Pokemon Company's seeming hesitance at rereleasing Pokemon spinoff games (with only ''VideoGame/PokemonSnap'' of the countless spinoffs ever seeing a port on future consoles), the VRU functionality complicates porting the game to other consoles (as the aforementioned difficulty with emulating the game has proven).
* LateExportForYou: The game took nearly two years after its original Japanese release to get released in North America, by which point ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' have already been released a couple weeks prior, even though ''Hey You, Pikachu!'' was a Gen 1 Pokemon game that featured no content from the Gen 2 games aside from having Togepi in it (who was being featured in the anime well before Gen 2's release).

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A very interesting case of this trope. Like almost all video games, you can easily find a ROM of ''Hey You, Pikachu!'' online and you can run it in emulators just fine. However, there used to be no way to actually play it in an emulator because no one could figure out a way to emulate the VRU (even if you use an Adaptoid), leaving you stuck on the first screen with Pikachu. A way to play it on emulator was [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/5ogctn/hey_you_pikachu_finally_playable_with_offical_vru/ eventually figured out]], but besides the complicated setup you'll still need the actual VRU unit to input any voice commands instead of just being able to use any microphone, so you still can't play it without any of the hardware. And don't expect a UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole release any time soon, because those chances are very slim, again, because of the VRU.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A very interesting case of this trope. Like almost all video games, you can easily find a ROM of ''Hey You, Pikachu!'' online. However, there's no way to actually play it in an emulator because of the VRU (even if you use an Adaptoid). This means that actual hardware is the only way to play this game. And don't expect a UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole release any time soon, because those chances are very slim, again, because of the VRU.

** Ways to evolve or otherwise interact with Togepi were speculated on, but there's no way to do so.

** One very persistent rumour is that saying "[[Creator/{{Sony}} Sony]]", "[[UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}} PlayStation]]" or "[[Creator/{{Sega}} Sega]]" will [[TakeThat make Pikachu angry]]. None of these words are in the voice-recognition unit's library.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A very interesting case of this trope. Like almost all video games, you can easily find a ROM of ''Hey You, Pikachu!'' online. However, there's no way to actually play it in an emulator because the of VRU (even if you use an Adaptoid). This means that actual hardware is the only way to play this game. And don't expect a UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole release any time soon, because those chances are very slim, again, because of the VRU.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: One very persistent rumour is that saying "[[Creator/{{Sony}} Sony]]", "[[UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}} PlayStation]]" or "[[Creator/{{Sega}} Sega]]" will [[TakeThat make Pikachu angry]]. None of these words are in the voice-recognition unit's library.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: One very persistent rumour is that saying "[[Creator/{{Sony}} Sony]]", "[[UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}} PlayStation]]" or "[[Creator/{{Sega}} Sega]]" will make Pikachu angry. Neither word is in the voice-recognition unit's library.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: One very persistent rumour is that saying "PlayStation" or "SEGA" will make Pikachu angry. Neither word is in the voice-recognition unit's library.