Game Boy Printer: Difference between revisions

If you were looking for the item receieved after defeating a Frontier Brain in Generation IV, see commemorative print.

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A print (Japanese: プリント) is a feature in Pokémon Yellow, Gold, Silver, and Crystal that requires the Game Boy Printer. The quality of prints is managed in the options and the game uses three messages during the process: CHECKING LINK → TRANSMITTING → PRINTING.

The player can print physical copies of the Pokédex entries of individual Pokémon by using the PRNT option in the Pokédex. The diploma can also be printed by the graphic artist at the Game Freak Development Room in Celadon Condominiums.

Both the feature and its settings were removed in the Korean versions of Pokémon Gold and Silver as the Game Boy Printer was not released in South Korea.

In the Western versions, the dimensions of printed Pokédex entries (160×192 px) exceed those of the Game Boy's resolution (160×144 px) because the print combines the two pages of the entry. The prints in the Japanese versions do not have this quirk because the Pokédex entries only use a single page. On the other hand, the Japanese prints in the Generation II games use a different font from the games themselves.

Gallery

<gallery> Mew Pokedex print Y.png|A print of Mew's Yellow Pokédex entry Mew Pokedex print Y JP.png|A print of Mew's Japanese Yellow Pokédex entry Mew Pokedex print C.png|A print of Mew's Crystal Pokédex entry Mew Pokedex print C JP.png|A print of Mew's Japanese Crystal Pokédex entry

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