Courtesy of Nintendo On your mark, get set, go
Pikachu! The lil' yellow dude and all his
Poke-buddies are popping up on the
Nintendo DS with the upcoming
Pokemon Dash video game. It's dropping on
March 14, 2005 but here's the 411 on this high-speed
Pokemon game from Nintendo!
What's the Deal with Pokemon Dash?
Basically it's a
Pokemon racing game where you control
Pikachu and race against other Pokemon like
Meowth and even
Munchlax! When you hit the race track you end up looking down at Pikachu and the other Pokemon at the start line. You use the
Nintendo DS pen and
touch screen to control Pikachu by dragging the pen in the direction you want him to run. To win you need to race to
checkpoints as fast as you can, through forests and over water with
power-ups you can find along the way.
Pokemon Dash Gaming Goodness
There's a bunch of good stuff in this game, here's the list!
25 race courses to start.
Plug in Pokemon Ruby, Pokemon Sapphire, Pokemon Emerald, Pokemon FireRed or Pokemon LeafGreen to unlock 380 more race courses!
Play multiplayer with up to six friends.
Play with 380 different Pokemon.
Munchlax, the pre-evolution of Snorlax, shows up for the first time in a game!
Problems with Pokemon Dash for the Nintendo DS
It has lots of cool stuff, but there are still some things that suck. Here's the list.
You can't unlock any of the extra 380 race courses until you get first place in each of the first 25!
In multiplayer, each player needs a copy of the game.
Unless you have more Pokemon games, Pokemon Dash is really short!
You need to keep rubbing the screen to keep Pikachu moving - hand cramp time!
Pokemon Dash Video Game Feedback!
Ok, those are the facts on the game. It sounds like it'll be cool for hardcore
Pokemon fans, but it's not a great game for peeps just starting out as
Pokemon Trainers. What do you think?
Email Gary and let him know!
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