Pokémon Mini


The is a handheld game console that was designed and manufactured by Nintendo and themed around the Pokémon media franchise. It is the smallest game system with interchangeable cartridges ever produced by Nintendo, weighing just under. It was first released in North America on November 16, 2001, then in Japan on December 14, 2001, and in Europe on March 15, 2002. The systems were released in three colors: Wooper Blue, Chikorita Green, and Smoochum Purple.
Features of the Pokémon mini include an internal real-time clock, an infrared port used to facilitate multiplayer gaming, a reed switch for detecting shakes, and a motor used to implement force feedback. Pokémon Channel features playable emulated demo versions of Pokémon Mini games, including the console exclusive "Snorlax's Lunch Time". Games such as "Togepi's Adventure" were only released in Japan.
Various hackers have reverse engineered the Pokémon mini in order to enable the creation of homebrew games, and to allow official games to be played on other platforms.

Technical details

The games were published in Japan by The Pokémon Company and in other countries by Nintendo.
In all three regions the console was released, the Pokémon mini handheld launched with four games that could be bought separately:
Due to low sales, no further games for the system were released in North America. Developed by Nintendo, Pokémon Tetris was then released in Japan and Europe:
All subsequent games were only released in Japan:
Through reverse engineering the Pokémon Mini was hacked, since then it has been possible to program the Pokémon Mini for homebrew purposes. A demo SHizZLE which was released at Breakpoint in 2005 caused some excitement within the demoscene and media.