History VideoGame / PokemonPinball

* BodyBridge: One of the table elements on the Ruby Field is a loop ramp with a gap in it that the player must nudge a Nuzleaf towards with the ball until it falls over and forms a bridge in order to get the [[ScoreMultiplier Pokéball upgrade]] or OneUp on the other side.

* BattleThemeMusic: The music for Catch 'Em mode, Evolution mode, and Map Move are decidedly more upbeat and hurried. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLQ3zdd47CE One of them]] is an 8-bit remix of ''Mezase Pokémon Master'', [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} the anime]]'s first Japanese theme.

* MissingSecret: You can't actually catch Mew unless you hit it 256 x 4 (1,024) times[[note]]Which is only possbile due to an overflow error. It's supposed to ''actually'' be impossible.[[/note]]. Luckily, just seeing it adds it to your Pokedex.

* BattleThemeMusic: The music for Catch 'Em mode, Evolution mode, and Map Change are decidedly more upbeat and hurried. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLQ3zdd47CE One of them]] is an 8-bit remix of ''Mezase Pokémon Master'', [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} the anime]]'s first Japanese theme.

* DoWellButNotPerfect: The final bonus stage, against Mewtwo, is the most lucrative source of points in the whole game, but beating it cycles you back to the first bonus stage.

* TimedMission: Catch 'Em and Evolution modes have two-minute timers, Map Change has 30 seconds, while the bonus modes have either a minute or a minute-and-a-half (except for Diglett Stage, which instead [[NintendoHard only gives you one ball]]).

* BallBalancingSeal: Sealeo's (a Pokemon based on the earless seal) bonus stage has it bouncing either a Spheal or a Pokeball on its nose and into the baskets in the field to earn points.
* BeTheBall: In the Sealeo bonus stage, if you hit a Spheal while it's waddling up a slide, it will get bounced by Sealeos through a basketball hoop. Also, a commercial actually showed Treecko being launched into a pinball machine.

* MissingSecret: You can't actually catch Mew unless you hit it 256 x 4 (1,024) times. Luckily, just seeing it adds it to your Pokedex.

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Spinners appear in both the Red and Blue tables, and getting enough spins charges up Pikachu so he can save your ball.

* BigBoosHaunt: Dusclops' bonus stage.

* LethalLavaLand: The Groudon bonus stage.

* PinballScoring: Actually downplayed compared to the original, as most actions (especially the bonus stages) will actually net you ''fewer'' points.

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: The Sealeo bonus stage.

It spawned a 2003 sequel on the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, ''Pokémon Pinball: [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Ruby and Sapphire]]''. Although the game was fundamentally the same, the sequel changed the table layouts, added more Pokémon to the Pokédex, featured the ability to hatch eggs and capture the newborn Pokémon, and offered a shop where you could buy additional game-enhancing abilities.

* PinballSpinoff: ''Ruby and Sapphire'' provides the page image.

!! Tropes used in ''Pokémon Pinball: Ruby and Sapphire'':

* TimedMission: Catch 'Em and Evolution modes have two-minute timers, Map Change has 30 seconds, while the bonus modes have either a minute or a minute-and-a-half (except for Diglett Stage, which instead [[NintendoHard only gives you one ball]].

* TimedMission: Catch 'Em and Evolution modes have two-minute timers, Map Change has 30 seconds, while the bonus modes have either a minute or a minute-and-a-half (except for Diglett stage, which instead [[NintendoHard only gives you one ball]].

* TimedMission: Catch 'Em and Evolution modes have two-minute timers, Map Change has 30 seconds, while the bonus modes have either a minute or a minute-and-a-half.

* PinballScoring: Scores in the hundreds of millions are common.
* PinballSpinoff

* BeTheBall: In the Sealeo bonus stage, if you hit a Spheal while it's wadding up a slide, it will get bounced by Sealeos through a basketball hoop. Also, a commercial actually showed Treecko being launched into a pinball machine.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: The event in which Jirachi appears can only happen once per playthough, so you better not let it escape.

* SequelDifficultyDrop: The time limits here are longer than in the original game.

* TheCameo: A few mons from the first two generations appear in the Ruby table. [[spoiler:Though extremely rare, they're catchable.]]

* LastLousyPoint: Latias will probably be the last empty spot to fill in your Pokédex.

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* SpellingBonus: GET and EVO are carried over from the original, but the center saucer is now enabled with H-O-L-E.

* BattleThemeMusic: The music for Catch 'Em mode, Evolution mode, and Map Change are decidedly more upbeat and hurried.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLQ3zdd47CE One of them]] is an 8-bit remix of ''Mezase Pokémon Master'', [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} the anime]]'s first Japanese theme.

''Pokémon Pinball'', released for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor in 1999, is a ''{{Pokemon}}'' PinballSpinoff. Players play on either a Red or Blue-themed table (modeled after ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'') to earn points and [[GottaCatchEmAll catch Pokémon]]. Every time a new species is caught through Catch 'em All mode, or evolved in Evolution mode, it is added to the in-game Pokédex. Players can go to different regions to find different Pokémon to catch, upgrade the pokéball for higher scores, and play various {{Mini Game}}s.

[[caption-width-right:350:It's like pinball, BUT WITH POKEMON!]]

''Pokémon Pinball'', released for the GameBoyColor in 1999, is a ''{{Pokemon}}'' PinballSpinoff. Players play on either a Red or Blue-themed table (modeled after ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'') to earn points and [[GottaCatchEmAll catch Pokémon]]. Every time a new species is caught through Catch 'em All mode, or evolved in Evolution mode, it is added to the in-game Pokédex. Players can go to different regions to find different Pokémon to catch, upgrade the pokéball for higher scores, and play various {{Mini Game}}s.

It spawned a 2003 sequel on the GameBoyAdvance, ''Pokémon Pinball: [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Ruby and Sapphire]]''. Although the game was fundamentally the same, the sequel changed the table layouts, added more Pokémon to the Pokédex, featured the ability to hatch eggs and capture the newborn Pokémon, and offered a shop where you could buy additional game-enhancing abilities.

* LostForever: The event in which Jirachi appears can only happen once per playthough, so you better not let it escape.
* TheCameo: A few mons from the first two generations appear in the Ruby table. [[spoiler:Though extremely rare, they're catchable.]]

It spawned a 2003 UpdatedRerelease on the GameBoyAdvance, ''Pokémon Pinball: [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Ruby and Sapphire]]''. Although the game was fundamentally the same, the sequel changed the table layouts, added more Pokémon to the Pokédex, featured the ability to hatch eggs and capture the newborn Pokémon, and offered a shop where you could buy additional game-enhancing abilities.

* PokemonSpeak: Pikachu and Pichu; everything else uses their regular cries.