Lost Pokémon Browser Game Has Been Archived And Is Fully Playable

That quick rundown on the story is hilarious to me because I can imagine (and I know nothing about the game so it might be terrible) the game doing really well because people are actually liking it and Nintendo's just like "we CANNOT let people get used to this level of quality" and they just completely kill it.

Looks pretty neat though and I'm glad obscure stuff like this is continuing to be archived. Gotta read more on it.

Wait… so your telling me that Nintendo asked Warner bros to make merch for their new movie and when they decide to make a game to advertise it Nintendo then said “we changed our minds” or “we said make toys not a game” and C&D’ed them? Nintendo needs to get rid of that before people start boycotting them.

Yup, I remember this game. Damn that was a long ass time ago. But it was a good product for what it was.

I don’t think I ever appreciated what I was playing back then, but I sure as hell expected Pokémon to go down this route and beyond the handhelds after that.

@IceClimbersMain Replace "Nintendo" with "The Pokemon Company" and you'd be onto something

@Fizza

I don't remember ones for upcoming movies, but I used to play a ton of those Nickelodeon / Cartoon Network flash games themed around various shows that were on at the time. Maybe it's just nostalgia, but a lot of them I remember being really fun. Like the multiple "Super Brawl" games, which were basically Nickelodeon's first attempt at recreating the success of Smash Bros. by having an all-star fighting game with all their characters. Except, you couldn't play with other people and the gameplay was more like Street Fighter.

Then there was this SpongeBob level editor that I remember being surprisingly robust. Another one that comes to mind is "Cheese Quest 3D," which was a 2D platformer with around 5 levels where you played as Cheese from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. I think if you had an old, blue-and-red pair of 3D glasses, it would even look 3D. (This was several years before the 3DS, so it was kind of novel at the time.)

Man, I miss that era. I remember Nintendo used to have these really cool, interactive websites that sometimes had flash games. I remember the website for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door had stuff like where you could click on the toilet inside the Glitz Pit to be taken to a different page, but it doesn't just load up, it had this really cool paper transition like when you go in the houses. It was so cool. It's like the internet has gone backwards or something.

"Oh no this is better than what we're making, CEASE AT ONCE!"

Back in 2000, I was JUST starting on N64 and GoldenEye

I remember when I was a child, seeing this pseudo 3D game in magazines in my country (I would never be able to play it). He talked about the film and the great games that the franchise would have. Even though it was short, I didn't know that it was something that Nintendo and TPC hated because it was very innovative for the time. 😅

Actually with Pokemon Silver, Lugia known as Pokemon 'X' was never to be anything but a movie star. The original unused Pokemon was a Chinese guardian dog. Lugia's creator was surprised about the character change. After all many Pokemon were changed or cut in Gen 2, I think they made good on Pokemon Gold & Silver. But I liked some of the cut ones in the hack game with Pokemon Gold 97'!

@Not_Soos I freaking loved the super brawl stuff
There was also one for that Tuff Puppy cartoon that was basically "baby's first Fire Emblem" yet I still enjoy it more than FE standard lol

Awesome. Video game preservation is always an important subject. I have never heard of this one myself.

@MooseTinsel I think I remember playing that.
I also remember another flash game based on a cartoon that had fire emblem like gameplay but it’s based on TTG

I know this wasn't SUPPOSED to be a Cartoon Network/Nickelodeon flash game appreciation thread... but here we are...

These were truly the pinnacle of website gaming at the time, and had more hits than misses. I remember getting enthralled in a Captain Planet strategy game for a good bit there.

This is really neat, glad someone had it archived.

I freaking loved the Pokémon 2000 themed PokéROM discs back in the day. They were the adorablest CD-ROMs ever.

Content-wise, they were a bit sparse though, but the novelty of it... kisses fingertips