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An interesting diversion, especially if you're bored.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 16
Date: December 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Having played Pokemon games for the past several years and continuing to do so despite my advanced age of 23, I found this interesting little game when I was bored and frustrated because I could find no other games to try my new Gamecube out on. I have played Hey, You Pikachu in the past (bought it some years back) and while it was childish and charming, it was indeed for younger children.

This, too, while technically geared for younger children, is much more complex and would even keep older people captivated for awhile. It runs in real time, and there's no confusing microphone technology to contend with (you can interact with Pikachu just as much without the darned thing!)

There's much more to do, also. Instead of other pokemon not really interacting with Pikachu, he can do so with them freely. There are many pokemon here, well over a hundred. Have Pikachu talk to them and the first time, they'll give him a "nice card" (a sort of trading card) for answering a quiz question correctly. Talk to them again, and you'll get pika points instead.

The game starts out with a bunch of Magnemite delivering a TV to your house. Your name is taken, and Professor Oak comes on and tells you that you've been selected to be his first test audience for the brand new Pokemon Channel System. A wild Pikachu promptly shows up at your door and wants to join you in watching TV, making the good 'ol Professor exclaim that this is incredibly rare! He wishes you luck, and leaves you to explore your TV and your game world.

There's lots of channels to choose from, and as long as you watch each new program through at least once, more will appear the next day promptly at five am. There's a pokemon news channel run by an often-sleepy Psyduck and his on-the-scene reporter Meowth (this is often amusing), a Wobuffet quiz show where you can earn more pika points to blow, a Squirtle shopping program where you can burn your pika points on cool stuff like TV's, passes, pokemon dolls, and Pokemon Mini games, and more.

Then there's the anime! A whole new Pichu Brothers exclusive to the game alone. Each day a new part of the anime is aired, five parts in all. Day 6 you will even get to see the whole thing in the Japanese version, hosted by Kansumi, the Japanese version of Misty! It's a rare opprotunity to see pokemon in their original Japanese formats.

It's not just the TV thats interesting. There's many places for Pikachu to explore--your yard, the bus stop, Greenleaf Field, Mt. Snowfall, Viridian Forest, and Cobalt Coast, each with bonus sub-areas. Depending on the time of day or night AND the weather, different pokemon will appear, including some incredibly rare legends! And Pikachu can do much more than simply go and talk to the pokemon--fishing, concerts, and lots of other activities.

Oh, yeah, don't forget the Pokemon Mini system included in the game (each obtained by purchase in the Squirtle shopping channel). Finally, you can play the games that previously were only avalible in the Pokemon Center in New York.

There's much more to this game, but I won't give it all away. It makes Hey You Pikachu seem simple and 1-D by compairson.

"Hey You Pikachu", with a Twist

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 11
Date: December 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I honestly can't understand why so many people apparently hate this game, or "Hey You Pikachu". Maybe they just want games where you blow stuff up, or something.
But anyway, this game is, in a word, great. Like in "Hey You Pikachu", a Pikachu comes to live in your room and you become friends with it. However, it's a bit different this time around: the game centers around watching TV with Pikachu.
The game keeps track of time via the GameCube's internal clock, so each day you get a new program (until you've gotten every program in the game).
Here are the pros and cons of this game:

Pros:

1. There is an all-new Pichu Bros. short called "Pichu Bros. in Party Panic", and each day you get five more minutes of it. You also get to see it in Japanese.
One of the best parts of the short is the 3-D "Meowth's Party" sequence. I like the Meowth's Party sequence in Japanese a bit better, though, despite my not understanding a single word they're saying.
Don't get me wrong, the English version of Meowth's Party was really good too. The music was a bit drowned out, though. And any sequence where Team Rocket gets the spotlight is worth seeing in my book.

2. The graphics are great--much better than Hey You Pikachu, which also had quite good graphics (despite Pikachu's occasional walking through something).

3. The music is quite good, too, especially the music for Mount Snowfall, the Japanese "Meowth's Party" song, and the Japanese theme song for "Pichu Bros. in Party Panic". Some of the pieces are variations on Hey You Pikachu music. (They did re-use one piece from Hey You Pikachu--to be exact, the really sad one that plays when Pikachu temporarily leaves. But for some reason, in this game they have it playing when you look up at constellations.)

4. The game has a built-in Pokemon Mini.

5. You get to draw a picture and place it on your wall. Unfortunately, if you want to draw a new one and keep it on your wall, it deletes the previous one. (So I've had the same picture on my wall for over a year.)

6. You get to redecorate your room.

7. You can give a nickname to Pikachu.

8. This is really just a personal thing, but I thought Psyduck as a newscaster was hilarious. Also, occasionally your Pikachu gets to show up on the news.

Cons:

1. There isn't as much to do as there was in Hey You Pikachu--I guess they had to make room for the TV shows. So you can't travel as much, and the areas you travel to are much smaller than the ones in Hey You Pikachu. (But it's OK.)

2. You can't talk to Pikachu, but it doesn't really detract from the game. (You can, however, pet him with the "C" stick, which I think is a nice touch.)

3. There aren't enough programs, but maybe they took up a lot of memory or something.

Pokemon Channel is most certainly worth owning, despite griping you're likely to see. Of course, it's not for everyone--some people would much rather see Pikachu get creamed by a Mack truck. But these people are well worth ignoring.
So in conclusion, this game would probably be very well-liked by younger Pokémon fans, and probably even older ones, so I'd suggest at least giving it a test drive.
If you like Pokemon, chances are you won't be disappointed.

Get it with the Pokemon mini.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 19
Date: December 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have yet to play this game, but I am really looking foward to it. I orderderd it with the free Pokemon Mini. They have that deal as a seperate item. I suggest ordering that combo instead of just the game by itself.

Best Game Ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 26
Date: November 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

When i first heard about this game i had my doubts. Until i finally rented it, and it rocked!!!!!!!! It has extraordinary replay value, and the new pokemon are sick. Including Frusk and Pikablue, this game has the whole package. I beat it in a grand total of 14 hours. Which i did in one sitting!!!!!! Then i went to my local video store and sold it for a whopping total of $4.50. That night i couldnt sleep, i missed my game!!!!!! So next morning i went back to the store and re-bought it for 26 big ones. All in all a great buy. Jesse from Petaluma over and out.

Pokemon Channel

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: December 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is awesome! I have read lots of reviews on it and it looks really great. You are trying to get more things for your room as you go through 3d worlds and get news about whats happening! This game looks really challenging. You also can go on gameshows as you collect items for your room. You can also travel to different places for new information! This is a must get! It will be worth the money!

Great for little Pikachu fans

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: November 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

My newly turned 6 year old is a big fan of pokemon and especially pikachu. This is a great game for beginners to the gaming world. In the beginning, she was a little impatient as all pikachu wants to do is watch tv, but soon enoungh once you watch enough channels and send your report to professor oak pikachu will be able to go outside and explore and talk to other pokemon, play catch, etc.

Each time you talk to other pokemon and answer the quiz questions correctly you recieve that pokemon's trading card that you collect arrange in an album. Ask the other pokemon another question and you can earn extra pika points to buy items on the squirtle channel (similiar to home shopping network). My daughter loves this part and pikachu and/or your child can play with the items purchased which are delivered by mail. My daugter gets very excited when her package arrives in the mail delivered by a pokemon.

There are also art activities for your child with smeargles paint, pokemon mini's that can be played, etc. This is a great game for little ones and/or beginners to the game cube system.

Interesting.............

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: December 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is definitely something different than the regular pokemon games. You get to adventure into the TV-watching habits of Pikachu, instead of battle-your-brains-out. Should be cool. I'm excited about it.

kids loved it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Its hard to find Pokemon stuff for my son and nephew - so it was good to find this at such a reasonable price. Great product great shipping perfect for x-mas

ok who said that this game is dumb

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

to tell you the truth this is my kind of game to me its the coolest game ever but of course i like the action and adventure games really good its just i think pokemon is to cool!!i give this game 2 thumbs up

on yes baby oh yes this game rocks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 21
Date: December 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Hey it you friendly neighborhood jesse. Oh yes im back to write a second review. This game rocks
oh yes baby. this is the best game in the world. Whats thats you say this game isnt out yet so how do he know its so good. well i have a friend in the vidieo game buisness.and i got it from him for 30 dollar. the vidieo game store bought it from me so they could play it. I have beaten this game a grand total of 9 times! Here are some games you shouldnt waste your money on. Splinter Cell. This game sucks. heh people say im crazy but no
pokemon channel is way better. i would spend 80 bucks on this. The best part of the game is the hidden secrets. like trailers of all pokemon games that are going to be realeased in the next year. Oh yes. and you can also play online. Whats that you say can it get any better.well yes it can.. You can....wait it dosent get any better. Well i am even playing it right now as we speak Its better than Drawing pokemon. What that you say nothing can be funner than drawing pokemon. WELL THIS IS. HAA HA HHHAAAAAAA.Mabey you think im crazy.But o no. if you play this game you will know. Even though ive never eaten pasta, hot dogs, corn dogs, pizza, olives, cheese, burritos, and milk (as long as i can remember) that dosent mean im crazy. Well im going a little off track.sorry. But this game is awsome. Jesse from Petaluma Over and oUt

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