Play Game Boy Advance Video : Pokemon : Volume 1 Online

You pop this in your GBA and suddenly you're watching blurry Pokémon episodes on a screen smaller than your phone—Team Rocket's antics never looked so pixelated. It shouldn't work, but somehow cramming cartoons onto a game cartridge feels weirdly right.

Genre: Game Boy Advance

Released: 2004

File size: 28.58 MB

Game Overview

I remember getting this in 2004, a little cartridge from Majesco that just played episodes of the Pokémon anime on the Game Boy Advance. It was a strange idea for the time, turning a handheld game system into a pocket television, but it fit right in with that era of trying to do everything portable.

You don't control a character; you just watch. The main objective is simply to enjoy the episodes, navigating through menus to select which one to play. The signature mechanics are the chapter selection and the ability to pause or fast forward, treating the cartoon like any other piece of media on the device. The pacing is exactly that of the broadcast show, and the difficulty is non-existent since it's purely passive viewing. It feels like having a tiny, personal TV that only plays one show, a novelty that’s both limited and charming.