Talk:Pokémon (video game series)

e-Reader - gen 2 or gen 3?

The Pokemon e-Reader cards are briefly mentioned as a spinoff game under gen 2, but I've always thought of them as gen 3. Granted, the first three Pokemon "e" sets were printed back when the cards were still being printed by by Wizards of the Coast, and they were released before Ruby and Sapphire and they featured only gen 1 and gen 2 Pokemon, so I suppose these could arguably be classed as gen 2, BUT this would have been on the tail end of gen 2, after the Pokemon series had already begun to head in a different direction (stylistically) in the mode of gen 3. (I consider "Neo Destiny" and the "Legendary Collection" series to be the last cards of the gen 2 era, while the "e" series I guess would mark the beginning of gen 3.)

Regardless, I see no mention of e-Reader cards under gen 3, even though some of them are uniquivocally gen 3. (Everything from "EX Ruby & Sapphire" onwards is gen 3. And the entire "Battle-e" series was gen 3.) This definitely needs to be added. 2603:8080:C600:288F:0:0:0:1468 (talk) 15:19, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

The rival's gen IX Pokemon pick

Scarlet and Violet are not listed as games where the rival picks the starter weak to the player's choice, when they are. Please change this. 77.98.216.16 (talk) 08:14, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 December 2023

Please remove the "Premake" column in the video game chart as it has no meaning. It's a new story that sees the protagonist be sent back in time from the present day. Pokemon Legends: Arceus follows the events of the Diamond and Pearl remakes, so it is a direct sequel to that while also being a prequel in the context of the timeline. 108.39.76.245 (talk) 15:00, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

 Note: I'm specifically leaving this open to maintain its visibility, but I think it's a good request that should be implemented. I would implement myself, but I do not know where to place Pokemon Legends: Arceus in the chart.

The "premake" (or "pre-make") term seems to only trace to the company's promotional literature (news articles that reference it specifically quote developers when using the term) and I cannot find the term in any other circumstances. See: [1][2][3][4]

In the referenced promotional material "pre-make" appears to be a play on the term that occurs in the sentence before it: "remake". See: [5]

-- Pinchme123 (talk) 03:50, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

 Note: I've taken some time to figure out just what to call Pokemon Legends: Arceus. Best I can tell, it is an "interquel". This is the only online quality source I could find about interquels: [6]. Most of the few RSes used in the WP page for "sequel" about this specific subject are unfortunately physical (see that page's paragraph about midquel, which describes the two types of midquels). Wictionary is a poor source, but wictionary's definition of interquel does support this use. So does this blog: [7]. And finally, there is WP Category:Interquel video games.

If no one objects, then I'll rename the column "Interquel titles", and wikilink to the section of sequel that discusses interquels. I'll also add the interquel video game category to the game's WP page.

--Pinchme123 (talk) 17:14, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Sounds good to me :) Lewcm Talk to me! 18:34, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

 Done Pinchme123 (talk) 16:10, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

@Pinchme123: I've reverted your edit as the category you added does not exist. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{blaze__wolf} 16:15, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Blaze Wolf As you can clearly see above, the category does exist (it's linked above), I merely introduced a typo you could have easily corrected. Thank you for reverting yourself at my Talk. --Pinchme123 (talk) 16:19, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

@Pinchme123: Yes I saw that. I hadn't noticed the typo when I had initially reverted, but checking this talk page showed me that the wrong name had simply been entered. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{blaze__wolf} 16:25, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

I realize that this is now a several month old thread (and I just made an account) but by the very definition of "interquel" that you linked on wiktionary, Pokemon Legends: Arceus is a prequel (included the wiktionary link for reference) to all of the currently released Pokemon games. While the specific time that Pokemon Legends: Z-A is set to take place during is unknown, it is also set to occur prior to the only other games in the same region. I would suggest renaming the section to "prequels" instead. RRCaza (talk) 08:52, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

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Change "Interquel" label in the chart to Legends

There are only 2 games in this column of the table, and they are both in the Legends subseries. It makes sense to label them as Legends games. Besides, the term interquel, as defined in the Wikipedia page it links to, doesn't even apply to these games. Interquel is defined as a story taking place in between two other stories, but the Legends games are both purely before the other games that have come out. Interquel is also a very obscure term, shown by the fact that there is a link explaining what it is when it's mentioned, and Legends is what they are actually known as. It's not like we only have to use official sounding terms, we already have "upper version" on the chart, which isn't considered official terminology by anyone but fits what is being described, just like "Legends" does for the Legends games. Rahcmander (talk) 19:53, 25 September 2024 (UTC)