The Pokémon Company has opened its doors - albeit, virtual ones - to a new online exhibition on the history of the franchise from Pokémon Red and Blue all the way up to Scarlet and Violet (thanks, Serebii.net).
The exhibition is not currently available in English, but there is very little reading to do. You take control of a small avatar (yep, this is the real deal) and walk down a Pokémon timeline, past models of the previous games and some of their most distinctive 'mon and locations.
The timeline is divided up into the eight mainline titles that have preceded Scarlet and Violet and clicking on the different 'exhibits' will bring up an in-game screenshot as a reminder of what these places and creatures looked like to us all those years ago.
On top of this (and this is our favourite feature) each section plays music from its respective game as you walk through it! This means that you can strut through the generations to the sweet melodies that we all have ingrained in our heads from the hours spent playing - talk about a trip down memory lane.
According to Serebii.net, this online exhibition will be available for a limited time only, so we definitely recommend having a look while it is still around. The exhibition can be accessed on desktop or mobile by following the link in the above tweet or through the Online Gallery website.
What do you make of this online exhibition? Let us know in the comments below!
[source onlinegallery.pokemon.co.jp, via twitter.com]
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This is very nice! Hearing the RBY and GSC music definitely made me feel nostalgic. Those games were a huge part of my childhood
Gotta say, the history of Pokémon has always been interesting, there was so much that didn’t happen, so many things they wanted to do or didn’t.
It’s one of the many things I love just reading through every now and again.
While I briefly played a friend's copy of Red, my Pkm adventure started in Hoenn (RSE) so hearing the two pieces of music's and seeing the pixel art on the lovely little site took me back to 2004 :'-)
That's pretty neat if I do say so myself.
Am I the only person who thinks this sort of thing would be a cool hidden reward in an actual Pokémon game, like for catching everything in a dex?
This is great. I’d love to see video game companies taking charge of maintaining and opening up their own history.
It would be nice if the games themselves were preserved in something like this, as well. Instead, this will be taken down after some time and forgotten like tons of other gaming history.
If only I could read Japanese
They should keep it if they want people to keep Pokémoning for years to come. This is what brings in new players.
I love little interactive things like this. They could have easily made a generic timeline, but adding in the music and important screenshots/video clips from each game makes it feel much more nostalgic.
It's so interesting seeing something like this, especially since Pokémon's history has been quite a good read.
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