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| Developer(s) | Nintendo |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Release date(s) | December 1, 2003 |
| Genre | Virtual pet |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everybody (E) |
| Platform(s) | GameCube |
Pokémon Channel is a virtual pet video game for the GameCube, developed by Nintendo. Its focus is the adventures the player has with a Pikachu, most of them involving a new television network. The game can be considered the spiritual sequel to Hey You, Pikachu!.
Plot
Professor Oak is developing a network that can be enjoyed by both Pokémon and their Trainers. The player have been chosen as a beta tester for the network, and is given a TV to watch the programs on. A television-loving Pikachu, seeing the TV being delivered, takes an interest in the TV and follows the Magnemite delivering it to the player's in-game house. As the network is to be enjoyed by both Pokémon and humans alike, the Pikachu becomes a beta tester as well. As the game progresses, the Pikachu grows closer to the player, and can eventually be nicknamed.
The game uses the GameCube's internal clock to count real time as game time. As days progress, more channels become available, including the serial Pichu Bros. in Party Panic! show.
List of channels
The network has a large number of channels, consisting of:
- Pichu Bros. In Party Panic!: A half-hour long animé show, broken into five short segments, featuring the Pichu Brothers. Meowth throws a party that the Pichu brothers and their friends are not invited to. After a series of events, they find out they were invited, but their invitations were simply delivered late. They go to Meowth's Party and hear him sing. The series has a total of five episodes, each on its own channel.
- Hosted by Kasumi: The complete Pichu Bros. short with Kasumi (Misty) as the narrator. This is in Japanese.
- Pichu Bros. In Party Panic: Japanese Version: The complete Pichu Bros. short in Japanese. (In the European version, this is replaced by Spanish when the game is set to English, and English when the game is set to a different language.)
- Pichu Bros. In Party Panic: English Version: The complete Pichu Bros. series in English. (In the European version, this is replaced by whatever language the game is set to.)
- Oak Report: Not a TV show, but merely a channel to save the game. It is hosted by Professor Oak.
- PNF (Pokemon News Flash): The local news channel, hosted by Psyduck. It has two random news stories, as well as Meowth interviewing a Pokémon. Sometimes it gives hints on where to find rare Pokémon.
- Shop 'N Squritle: The home-shopping network. It sells a variety of items, both decorative and necissary to game play. The show offers consumer comments with every item, and is hosted by Spencer the Squirtle.
- Smoochum Shape-up: The aerobic exercise channel. Pikachu follows along with Roochu Smoochum's exercises, and sometimes invites the player to join in.
- Quiz Wobbuffet: The first of three gameshows on the network. Wobbuffet asks the Pokémon contestants, as well as the player, various "Guess that Pokémon" questions.
- Slowpoke's Weather Report: On this channel, which is often considered rather tedious, Slowpoke will change the weather to sunny, cloudy, or rainy. The weather determins what Pokémon will appear in the different regions.
- Smeargle's Art Study: After the player has painted something with the Smeargle Paint 2 and displayed it in the player's in-game room, Smeargle will feature it on his show and rate it.<p>
- Eggzamination: The second of three gameshows. The player has to guess what Pokémon will hatch from the Pokéegg. The hatching process can take anywhere from two minutes to twenty-four hours.
- Chansey's Fortune: The player pick a fortune cookie, and Chansey reads the fortune. The player gets to read one a day.<p>
- Odd One Out: The last of the three gameshows. The player must guess if there will be an odd or even number of Oddish or Wynaut on the field.
- Mareep Farm: Watch Mareep jump over fences as the game counts how many have gone by.
- Smoochum's Pokémon Rating: Moochu Smoochum, Roochu's twin, rates various things.