
Pocket Pikachu
First they came out with Tamagotchis. The world went nuts. Then the people at Nintendo sat down and said, "Hmm, why not combine the two crazes together?" That's maybe not how it happened, but the result was a lovable electronic pet called Pocket Pikachu, where you can raise and nurture the world-famous Pikachu by walking around and generating watts that he can use as food.
Wait, there's more! Pocket Pikachu will be coming out in North America as "Pokémon Pikachu" sometime in November, so people young and old won't have to fight with the Japanese characters to understand whether Pikachu is happy or peeved.

To start with, you're going to want to read the instructions that came with the unit, to get an idea of what not to do with it. Then, take out the tag that's sticking out near the reset hole; you'll see a Poke-ball. Press the "A" button to let Pikachu out!
Pikachu will start off in a "normal" mood (this can be a bad thing if you happen to be Satoshi (Ash) and this is your first encounter with him ^_^;). Pikachu has several degrees of happiness that you should know about:
Happy
Sad
Mad
Here's a description of what each button does:
"A" button: This button lets you select options and confirm them.
"B" button: This button lets you cancel an option or to get out of menus and such.
"Start" button: By pressing this button, you can go into the options screen and choose preferences and such.
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