Game mascot
The subject of this article has no official name. The name currently in use is a fan designator; see below for more information. |
The mascot of a Pokémon game is the Pokémon that appears on the boxart—and often label—of that game.
Early on, the mascot of a game was not necessarily relevant plot-wise, and did not have to be even met to complete the game. Generation III (with the exception of the Generation I remakes) began the trend of the game mascot being mandatory to encounter in order to progress the plot, and more recent games even force the player to catch the mascot to continue. Game mascot Pokémon are often given increased catch rates and the ability to respawn if they are defeated in order to account for this. All game mascots are Legendary Pokémon except for games where the player starts in Kanto, which feature a starter Pokémon instead.
All game mascots after Generation I have been , barring Generation I's remakes.
In general, only core series games have mascots, as most side series and spin-off games display multiple Pokémon on their box covers and so none of them qualify as mascots. The only current exception to this is the side series game Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness.
Core series
Generation I
First and second game | Third and/or fourth game | |||
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JP | Red Charizard |
Green Venusaur |
Blue File:009Blastoise Blue.png Blastoise |
Pikachu Pikachu |
Final form of a starter Pokémon | Only starter Pokémon | |||
INT | Red Charizard |
Blue Blastoise |
Yellow Pikachu | |
Final form of a starter Pokémon | Only starter Pokémon |
Generation II
First and second game | Third game | |
---|---|---|
Gold Ho-Oh |
Silver Lugia |
Crystal File:245Suicune C 3.png Suicune |
Tower duo | Part of the Legendary beasts |
Generation III
First and second game | Third game | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ruby Groudon |
Sapphire Kyogre |
Emerald Rayquaza | |||
Weather trio | |||||
Remakes | |||||
FireRed Charizard |
LeafGreen Venusaur | ||||
Final form of a starter Pokémon |
Generation IV
First and second game | Third game | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diamond Dialga |
Pearl Palkia |
Platinum Giratina | |||
Creation trio | |||||
Remakes | |||||
HeartGold Ho-Oh |
SoulSilver Lugia | ||||
Tower duo |
Generation V
First and second game | |
---|---|
Black Reshiram |
White Zekrom |
Members of the Tao trio | |
Sequels | |
Black 2 Black Kyurem |
White 2 White Kyurem |
Formes of Kyurem, the third member of the Tao trio |
Generation VI
First and second game | |
---|---|
X Xerneas |
Y Yveltal |
Two members of the aura trio | |
Remakes | |
Omega Ruby Primal Groudon |
Alpha Sapphire Primal Kyogre |
Rival members of the weather trio |
Generation VII
First and second game | |
---|---|
Sun Solgaleo |
Moon Lunala |
Cosmic duo | |
Third and fourth game | |
Ultra Sun Dusk Mane Necrozma |
Ultra Moon Dawn Wings Necrozma |
Forms of Necrozma | |
Fifth and sixth game | |
Let's Go, Pikachu! Pikachu |
Let's Go, Eevee! Eevee |
Starter Pokémon |
- When the boxarts of Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon are put together, a silhouette clearly representing Ultra Necrozma can also be seen.
Side series
Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
Shadow Lugia |
Main Shadow Pokémon opponent |
See also
This game-related article is part of Project Games, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon games. |