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Hey You, Pikachu!


I'll tell you right now; I regret having purchased this game. I knew full well it was supposed to be for ten-year-olds, but I thought that the novelty of being able to talk to Pikachu would be worth the $80 I spent on it when it first came out. I was horribly mistaken.

Hey You, Pikachu! is not only horribly cute and nauseating, but it is just horrible. Aside from the grossly over-exposed Pikachu, whom the game is about, the game also stars many of the other most-seen Pokémon ever. Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle all make cameos, as well as Togepi, Butterfree, and Poliwag. At least it wasn't Poliwhirl.

Now, I'm sure you're tired of hearing me berate this patronizing kiddie game. So, on to the actual information about Hey You, Pikachu!.


First up-to-bat on the gameplay team is Pikachu's Discovery Days.


  • In Viridian Forest, you'll have to care for Caterpie while Mommy Butterfree's away. When a Caterpie gets hungry, have Pikachu Thunderbolt a rosebud out of a tree and feed it to Caterpie.
  • Next up is a Pokémon picnic in Ochre Woods. Bulbasaur is making soup and needs ingredients, so it's up to your Pika-pal to find them. Have Pikachu move over to an ingredient and tell it that it's "okay" to call Magnemite.
  • Finally, in this tedious little farce of a game, is a field trip to Springleaf Field. Have Pikachu pull an Oddish from the ground. Make five of them evolve into Gloom, and you win!

Now that you've mastered these games... be prepared to play them a few more times. In Pikachu's Play Days, you'll get to relive the excitement of the first time you made a soup for Bulbasaur. Aside from replaying the Pokémon picnic with the soup, and the action-packed field trip to Oddishland, you get to experience new and exciting games.

  • At Olivine Lake, you'll get to run around a foggy bog in search of everyone's favorite ugly blue swirly thing, Poliwag. Find five of the tadpole monstrosities and take them to Squirtle. Have Pikachu grab them by saying "Poliwag".
  • Yeehaw, it's time for the Poké-Picnic 2! Find all the ingredients, just like you've done, and just like you will do. But this time there's a difference. Find a cave and tell Pikachu to "look" into it. It'll come out with a Togepi egg, but Abra will steal it. Oh, darn.
  • In part 2 of the Oddish field trip, send Pikachu up to the top of the hill to Abra's Shop. Make sure to buy a watering jug. If you get the chance, buy a Golden Apple, because Togepi wil hatch and eat it. And you just know how rare it is to see Togepi. Make sure to take pictures.
  • It's a pinata party on the Cobalt Coast! If you can make Pikachu break two pinatas, Venusaur will give it a harmonica as a prize. The harmonica will call Lapras and take you to Cobalt Island. Once there, keep on breakin' those pinatas until Venusaur sends you to the campground.
  • On Cobalt Island, you'll get to go on a treasure hunt. Find all the treasure chests and have Pikachu open them as per the instructions on the signs. Then, you'll get to move on to... well, the same games you just played, but a little different. Ah, who am I kidding? They're not different.

In Pikachu's Daring Days, you get to live life on the edge... baby-sitting Caterpies and making soup once again.
  • First off, it's back to Olivine Lake in search of those doofy little Poliwags again. It's the same as the first time, but now you've got to Thundershock Haunter away, or it'll scare your Poli-sissies.
  • Next is baby-sitting Caterpies in Viridian Forest. Keep feeding the squealing beggars, and maybe they'll evolve into the utterly-useless Metapod. For some reason, you actually get a prize for creating these losers.
  • Just when you thought Elvis was dead... there he is again in Brooklyn. Well, the Pokémon picnic in Ochre is just like that. It doesn't go away. Have Pikachu follow you up the log and over the rock, and if the electric mouse actually listens to you, you'll meet Abra again. He's got a trumpet and a hook for you. Happy birthday.
  • Now you and 'Chu jet-set off to Cobalt Island again for part 2 of the treasure hunt. It's pretty much the same as the first one, but this time, collect all the spineyballs you can. If you can't open a chest, say "open sesame".
  • Like you probably already guessed, you're off to Springleaf Field to play with Oddish. Again. Keep evolving them, but make sure not to trip over Diglett. At last, a bit of a challenge in the field? Nope. Sorry.

Aside from these pointless exercizes in vocal torture, you can also take Pikachu fishing in Pikachu's Fun with Fishing. The only redeemable part of this otherwise useless game. Get the Lucky Hook from Abra and you'll be able to catch water Pokémon upwards of 44 inches!



All in all, I would have to give this sad, sad game a 1 on the scale of 1 to 10, but it gets a 10 on the loser scale. I recommend it for a six-year-old with a severe mental problem, and for anyone who's ever wronged me in the past.