Game mascot: Difference between revisions

Early on, the mascot of a game was not necessarily relevant plot-wise, and did not even have to be met to complete the game. [[Generation III]] (with the exception of the [[Generation I]] [[remake]]s) began the trend of the game mascot being mandatory to encounter in order to progress the plot, and more recent games even force the player to catch the mascot to continue. Game mascot Pokémon are often given increased [[catch rate]]s and the ability to respawn if they are defeated in order to account for this. All core series games have [[Legendary Pokémon]] as mascots, except for games where the player starts in [[Kanto]], which feature a [[starter Pokémon]] instead, and [[Pokémon Legends: Arceus]], which lacks a game mascot on its boxart.

In general, only [[core series]] games have mascots, as most [[Spin-off Pokémon games|side series and spin-off games]] display multiple Pokémon on their box covers and so none of them qualify as mascots. The only current exceptions to this are [[Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness]], {{ga|Detective Pikachu}}, and {{g|Sleep}}.

| colspan="3" | Final form of a [[starter Pokémon]]

| Only [[starter Pokémon]]

| style="background:#fff" colspan="2" | Final form of a [[starter Pokémon]]

| style="background:#fff; {{roundybr|5px}}" colspan="2" | Only [[starter Pokémon]]

| style="background:#fff; {{roundybr|5px}}" | Part of the [[Legendary beasts]]

| colspan="6" style="background:#fff; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Final form of a [[starter Pokémon]]

| width="33%" style="background:#{{platinum color light}}" colspan="2" | {{color2|{{platinum color dark}}|Pokémon Platinum Version|Platinum}}<br>[[File:Platinum_Giratina.png|144px]]<br>{{pcolor|Giratina|{{platinum color dark}}}}<br>{{color2|{{platinum color dark}}|List of Pokémon with form differences#Creation trio|(Origin Forme)}}

| colspan="6" style="background:#fff; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | [[Creation trio]]

| style="background:#{{sun color light}}" | {{color2|{{sun color dark}}|Pokémon Sun and Moon|Sun}}<br>[[File:Solgaleo.png|144px]]<br>{{pcolor|Solgaleo|{{sun color dark}}}}

| style="background:#{{moon color light}}" | {{color2|{{moon color dark}}|Pokémon Sun and Moon|Moon}}<br>[[File:Lunala.png|144px]]<br>{{pcolor|Lunala|{{moon color dark}}}}

| style="background:#{{stamina color light}}" | {{color2|{{stamina color dark}}|The Isle of Armor}}<br>[[File:892Urshifu2.png|x144px]]<br>{{pcolor|Urshifu|{{stamina color dark}}}}<br>{{color2|{{stamina color dark}}|List of Pokémon with form differences#Urshifu|(Single Strike Style)}}

| style="background:#{{jump color light}}" | {{color2|{{jump color dark}}|The Crown Tundra}}<br>[[File:Calyrex3.png|x144px]]<br>{{pcolor|Calyrex|{{jump color dark}}}}

| colspan="4" style="background:#fff; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Two members of the [[Creation trio]]

| style="background:#{{Castle color light}}" | {{color2|{{Castle color dark}}|The Teal Mask}}<br>[[File:Ogerpon 2.png|x230px]]<br>{{pcolor|Ogerpon|{{Castle color dark}}}}

| style="background:#{{Factory color light}}" | {{color2|{{Factory color dark}}|The Indigo Disk}}<br>[[File:Terapagos 2.png|x230px]]<br>{{pcolor|Terapagos|{{Factory color dark}}}}

| style="background:#fff" | TBD

| style="background:#fff; {{roundybr|5px}}" | TBD

==={{ga|Detective Pikachu}}===

| style="background:#{{night color light}}; {{roundytop|5px}} padding-top:6px" | [[File:Pokémon Sleep logo.png|192px]]<br>{{pcolor|Snorlax|FFF}}