Games 
Pokemon Mini Review Review
| Publisher |
| Nintendo |
| Developer |
| Nintendo |
| Platform |
 Pokemon Mini |
| Genre |
| Party |
| Origin |
| Japan |
| Players |
| 1 to 2 |
| Release Date |
December 14, 2001  November 30, 2001  |
Pokemon Mini is a tiny handheld system made by Nintendo exclusively for Pokemon games. It is very similar to the Pocket Pikachu Virtual Pets that were released over the years. The unit comes in three different colours: Chikorita green, Smoochum purple, and Wooper blue. When purchased the unit will include one game, Pokemon Party Mini.
Well under half the size of the Game Boy Advance (74mm x 58mm x 23mm) and weighing just 70g when the battery and cartridge are plugged in, Pokemon Mini is a remarkably small cartridge-based system that includes a black-and-white LCD and an integrated gamepad. With a 96x64 resolution at only black and white pixels, the quality of the graphics barely exceeds that of the original black and white Pocket Pikachu. The game cartridges are about half the size of a Game Boy Advance cartridge. Like Gamecube, Pokemon Mini uses Memory Blocks to store game data; however, it can only store a maximum of 6 blocks at a time.
On the face of the system it has a directional pad, three action buttons (A and B on the face, with a C button on the right side), a power and a reset button. Other features of the Pokemon Mini include an infrared port used to facilitate multiplayer gaming to send data back and forth between other units from a distance of about two and a half feet, an internal timer, a belt clip, a shake sensor that records when the person takes a step, and a built-in rumble pak that will vibrate the system at certain points in games.
There was a special Pokemon Mini Demo in Pokemon Channel for the GameCube that you could get by making Pikachu look under the bed.
Pros:
- Portable
- Inexpensive
- Easy to pickup and play
Cons:
- Black and white graphics
- Limited game library
- Easy games