Pikachu Genki Dechu

Get ready Pikachuholics because you're about to get an overdose. Yes
it's HEY YOU PIKACHU, the coolest game EVER to hit Nintendo 64.
So what does this all mean?

The setting is that you are are young trainer on
your Pokemon Journey (do you see a trend here?) BUT (and this is
where it becomes revolutionary) this game teaches you how really
hard it is to be Ash, and do I ever mean REALLY!!! How, you ask?
Because this game is fully interactive. Yes, you heard me right,
FULLY INTERACTIVE!

Let me explain. Packaged with the game is a microphone. Why? The
game is based on a special voice recognition system so you can
actually TALK TO PIKACHU! (stop drooling and pay attention)

When you start the game, Pikachu is asleep on a tree trunk. You use
the mike (remember this?) to call his name. Pikachu wakes up and
then you are on your way to a beautiful friendship...erm, maybe.

You remember at the beginning of the anime? The manga? Basically what
I'm saying is, do you remember when Pikachu was an impossible to
train little rat that thundershocked everyone? Uh huh! Well in this
game YOU are the trainer and it's YOUR job to train this everlasting
bundle of joy.

With Pikachu as your buddy, you embark on your Pokemon Journey
(sniff, I just love that little guy) and set off into the wide, wide...
erm...island.

The obvious focus of this story is Pikachu (well duh) and he really
is a delight to train. When you say nice things to him he is happy and does nice
things for you. When you say nasty things he gets angry and starts sulking and
refuses to talk to you (ha,ha, rumour has it that is you mention
the Sony Playstation he throws a tantrum. Ahhh, cross marketing, ain't it brilliant?)

This game is beautifully animated and filled with puzzles and
items for Pikachu and you to play with. The graphics are just
spectacular too. This is definately a game no Pokemon fan can
live without and is, in my opinion, the best Pokemon game yet.