Line #10 YMMV/Telefang


1	* HilariousInHindsight:
2	** 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:
3	*** One of the game bootlegs was known as "Pokémon Diamond". Flash forward to 2006 [[note]]2007 in the West[[/note]], and the actual ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Pokémon Diamond Version]]'' was released under that very name.
4	*** The creature on the "Pokémon Jade" bootleg cover, which is actually based on the forest spirit from ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'', looks like a deer. Flash forward to 2013, and the games ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' would introduce Xerneas, an actual giant deer Legendary Pokémon.
5	*** Pokémon followed the Trainer[[note]]a hotly-requested feature since[[/note]] in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver]]'', ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee'', ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'''s ExpansionPack, and ''VideoGame/PokemonBrilliantDiamondAndShiningPearl''.[[note]]They also followed the protagonist in Amity Square in ''Diamond and Pearl'', plus Pikachu followed the player in ''Pokémon Yellow''.[[/note]] Your first Denjuu can follow you around in the overworld.
6	*** The Game Boy Color ''Telefang'' games had Triple Battles, which ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' eventually introduced to the main series.
7	*** It took until ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'' to be able to run faster than to walk, while ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' introduced diagonal movement; ''Telefang'' enabled both of those beforehand.
8	*** The strange obsession with curry became this when curry became a part of the Pokémon Camp mechanic in ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield''.
9	*** ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' is a prequel to the real ''Diamond and Pearl'' games. Though it's set in the Sinnoh region, in the time period that ''Legends: Arceus'' occurs, the region is instead known as "Hisui". And what does Hisui translate to? Jade, of course. Additionally, it changes up the battle system so you either battle using a "Strong Style" or an "Agile Style". This is amusingly close to ''Telefang'''s Power and Speed versions.
10	*** 22 years after Telefang introduced Easydog, which was part-motorbike and evolved from a Secret Denjuu, VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet featured mascots which resembled (and in the former's case, even moved like) a motorcycle.
11	** The concept of "monsters using cell phones to talk to the player" would come back in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''.
12	** 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.
13	* MemeticMutation: Well, have you had curry? [[labelnote:Explanation]]This is a common quote in the games.[[/labelnote]]
14	* 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 craze in-universe as it was in real life and more or less wrote the story proper around it.

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