Game mascot

A version mascot is a Pokémon that appears on the boxart - and often label - of one of the Pokémon games in the main series.

Early on, the first two version mascots in a generation shared more of a relation with each other than with the third; however, in the Hoenn and Sinnoh trilogies, all three had a significant relationship between them.

Generation I

		First / second game		Third game
K a n t o	JP	Red Charizard	Green Venusaur	Blue Blastoise	Yellow File:Spr 1y 025.gif Pikachu
		Final form of a starter Pokémon			Only starter Pokémon
	US	Red Charizard	Blue Blastoise	Yellow File:Spr 1y 025.gif Pikachu
		Final form of a starter Pokémon		Only starter Pokémon

S t a d i u m	Japanese Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise, and Pikachu
	Version mascots of Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow
	English Charizard and Blastoise
	Version mascots of Red and Blue

Generation II

	First / second game		Third game
J o h t o	Gold Ho-Oh	Silver Lugia	Crystal File:Spr 2c 245.gif Suicune
	Masters of a legendary trio		Part of a legendary trio

W h i t e	Pokémon Stadium 2 Ho-Oh and Lugia
	Version mascots of Gold and Silver

Generation III

	First / second game		Third game
H o e n n	Ruby Groudon	Sapphire Kyogre	Emerald File:Spr 3e 384.gif Rayquaza
	Weather trio
K a n t o	FireRed Charizard	LeafGreen Venusaur
	Final form of a starter Pokémon

O r r e	Colosseum (top of box) Groudon and Kyogre
	Version mascots of Ruby and Sapphire
	Colosseum (bottom of box) Raikou, Entei, and Suicune
	Parts of the legendary trio of the game
	XD File:Custom Shadow Lugia Sprite.png Shadow Lugia
	Main Shadow Pokémon opponent in the game

Generation IV

	First / second game		Third game
S i n n o h	Diamond Dialga	Pearl Palkia	Platinum Giratina
	Dragon trio

P o k é t o p i a	Pokémon Battle Revolution (top of box) Dialga, Palkia, and Pikachu
	Version mascots of Diamond and Pearl Mascot of Pokémon
	Battle Revolution (bottom of box) Torterra, Infernape and Empoleon
	Final forms of the Sinnoh starter trio

A l m i a	Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (top of box) Darkrai
	What Team Yamiyami are trying to capture.
	Ranger: Shadows of Almia (below Darkrai) Lucario, Heatran and Cresselia
	Guardians of the Water Drop, Flame Drop and Crescent Moon Stone.			Ranger: Shadows of Almia (bottom of box)			3 of the 17 Starter Pokémon.