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The '''menu''' (Japanese: '''メニュー''' ''menu'') is the main interface in all of the [[core series]] [[Pokémon games]] that allows the player to access the game's basic features and aspects of their [[Save|save file]], with the entries differing throughout the various games. It is accessed by pressing the '''START''' button of the [[Game Boy]]-line handheld in [[Generation I|Generations I]] to {{gen|III}} and by pressing the '''X''' button of the [[Nintendo DS]]-family or [[Nintendo 3DS]]-family handheld in [[Generation IV]] and later. In {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, the menu is always open on the touchscreen.

Starting in [[Generation VI]], an entry's position may be swapped using the stylus. In [[Generation VII]], the menu is expanded to two pages, with several new accessible functions.

==List of entries==

'''NOTE:''' Other entries appear in addition or in place of the standard entries when using a {{DL|Pokémon Center|Cable Club}}, [[Safari Zone]], [[Bug-Catching Contest]], [[Union Room]], or [[the Underground]].

| [[Party|Pokémon List]] || Used to be the second entry prior to [[Generation V]] aside from {{g|Colosseum}} and {{XD}}. It is simply called "Pokémon" in the menu itself but its full name "Pokémon List" is shown in the [[Feature registration|Ready button]], with it being referred to as such elsewhere since [[Generation I]]. It is not visible in the menu until the [[starter Pokémon]] has been obtained (except in Generation I, where it is always displayed despite not working until the player receives the starter Pokémon).

| [[Pokédex]] || Used to be the first entry prior to [[Generation V]]. This entry is absent until it has been obtained. As the [[Strategy Memo]] replaces the Pokédex in {{g|Colosseum}} and {{XD}}, the Pokédex is not shown on the menu in these games.

| [[Bag]] || Called "Item" in [[Generation I]], "Pack" in [[Generation II]], and "Items" in {{g|Colosseum}} and {{XD}}. This entry is always available.

|- id="App" style="background:#fff"

| (App) || This entry is reserved for the different game-exclusive devices and features that assist the player in his or her {{pkmn|journey}}: [[Pokégear]]{{sup/2|GSC}}{{sup/4|HGSS}}, [[PokéNav]]{{sup/3|RSE}}, and [[P★DA]]{{sup/ss|Colo}}{{sup/ss|XD}}. This entry is absent until the device or feature has been obtained.

| [[Save]] || This entry is always available, except in {{g|Colosseum}}, where [[Save|saving]] is instead done from a [[PC]].

| Quick Link || Introduced in {{pkmn|Sun and Moon}}. This entry is absent until it has been obtained.

| [[Festival Plaza]] || Introduced in {{pkmn|Sun and Moon}}. This entry is absent until it has been obtained.

| {{ga|Trainer Card|Trainer Passport}} || Prior to Generation VII, this option was always shown as the player's name. This entry is always available. As the [[P★DA]] displays Trainer information in {{g|Colosseum}} and {{XD}}, this entry is not shown in these games.

|- id="Poké Pelago" style="background:#fff"

| [[Poké Pelago]] || Introduced in {{pkmn|Sun and Moon}}. This entry is absent until it has been obtained.

| [[Pokémon Refresh]] || Introduced in {{pkmn|Sun and Moon}}. This entry is absent until it has been obtained.

| {{DL|Rotom Pokédex|QR Scanner}} || Introduced in {{pkmn|Sun and Moon}}. This entry is absent until it has been obtained.

| Battle Video || Introduced in {{pkmn|Sun and Moon}}. This entry is absent until it has been obtained.

| [[Options]] || Called "Option" prior to [[Generation IV]]. This entry is always available. In {{g|Colosseum}} and {{XD}}, the options are instead accessed from the title screen and cannot be accessed through the menu.

|- id="Exit"

| style="background:#fff; {{roundybl|5px}}" | Exit

| style="background:#fff; {{roundybr|5px}}" | This was the final entry in the menu up to {{game|Platinum}} and is also present in the menu of {{g|Colosseum}} and {{XD}}. In {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}} and later games, it was replaced by a graphical X button that can be tapped on to close the menu. As all games allow the menu to be closed by pressing the '''START''', '''X''', or '''B''' buttons, this function was somewhat redundant.

==In side series==

===In the [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series]]===

Outside a dungeon the menu displays the current location, the [[team]]'s rank, rank points{{sup/md|RB}}, points to next rank{{sup/md|TDS}}, and [[Poké]].  

Inside a dungeon the menu displays entire team's names and HP, the leader's {{DL|Statistic|Belly}}, Poké, weather, and play time.  

Pressing X in a dungeon at the menu opens up the move list.

====Outside a dungeon====

| Items || Opens up the [[Toolbox]]/[[Treasure Bag]]

| Team || Shows the current [[team]]

| Job List || Opens up list of the accepted jobs

| Others || Allows the player to open up the [[Options#In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series|options]], change window frames{{sup/md|S}}, and check Hints{{sup/md|RB}}{{sup/md|TD}}/Game Hints{{sup/md|S}}

| style="background:#fff; {{roundybr|5px}}" | Closes the menu

====Inside a dungeon====

| Moves || Opens up the moves list

| Items || Opens up the [[Toolbox]]/[[Treasure Bag]]

| Team || Shows the current [[team]]

| Others || Opens up another tablist

| Ground || Checks the tile the leader stands

| Exit{{sup/md|TDS}} || Closes the menu

| colspan="2" | Inside Others

| Game Options{{sup/md|RB}}<br>Options{{sup/md|TDS}} || Opens up the [[Options#In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series|options]]

| Window{{sup/md|S}} || Allows the player to change window frame

| Map{{sup/md|TDS}} || Shows the map

| Message log || Opens up the message log

{{Incomplete|section|Cable Club (RS if different from normal menu), and EFRLG Union Room menus. Any other alternate menus (did the Wi-Fi Plaza have its own menu?)}}

SM Menu.png|Sun and Moon

SM Menu 2.png|Sun and Moon

* In the [[Generation I]] games, the menu is affected by the darkness of [[cave]]s (meaning that {{m|Flash}} has not yet been used). This was corrected in the [[Game Boy Color]] mode of the [[Generation II]] games; in [[Game Boy]] and [[Super Game Boy]] modes, it behaves like in Generation I and Flash will not make it lighter due to the darkness being dependent on the time-based palette defined in the maps of caves, which are set to use the nighttime palette.

* In [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team]] when choosing Moves on the menu a red square appears on the tile the leader stands on. However the red square does not disappear when closing the window but does so when closing the menu or opening and closing the [[Toolbox]].

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