Game mascot

A version mascot is a Pokémon that appears on the boxart—and often label—of one of the Pokémon games in the main series.

Early on, the first two version mascots in a generation shared more of a relation with each other than with the third; however, in the Hoenn and Sinnoh trilogies, all three had a significant relationship between them.

Main series

Generation I

RGBY

	First and second game		Third game
JP	Red Charizard	Green Venusaur	Blue Blastoise	Yellow Pikachu
	Final form of a starter Pokémon			Only starter Pokémon
INT	Red Charizard	Blue Blastoise	Yellow Pikachu
	Final form of a starter Pokémon		Only starter Pokémon

Generation II

GSC

First and second game		Third game
Gold Ho-Oh	Silver Lugia	Crystal File:Spr 2c 245.gif Suicune
Masters of legendary trios		Part of a legendary trio

Generation III

RSEFRLG

First and second game				Third game
Ruby Groudon		Sapphire Kyogre		Emerald File:Spr 3e 384.gif Rayquaza
Weather trio
Remakes
FireRed Charizard			LeafGreen Venusaur
Final form of a starter Pokémon

Generation IV

DPPtHGSS

First and second game				Third game
Diamond Dialga		Pearl Palkia		Platinum Giratina
Creation trio
Remakes
HeartGold Ho-Oh			SoulSilver Lugia
Masters of legendary trios

Generation V

BWB2W2

First and second game
Black Reshiram	White Zekrom
Tao Dragons
Sequels
Black 2 Black Kyurem	White 2 White Kyurem
Formes of Kyurem, the third Tao Dragon

Generation VI

XY

First and second game
X Xerneas	Y Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yveltal
The legendary duo

Side series

Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

Shadow Lugia

Main Shadow Pokémon opponent

This game-related article is part of Project Games, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon games.