The second animated theatrical version of “Pokémon”, “Pokémon the Movie 2000” (“Pokémon” is the old translation of “Pokémon”), also known as “Pokemon the Movie 2000” in Europe and the United States, tells the story of the legend The story of Pokémon Lugia. A recent developer interview video mentioned that there was once a game that was promoted to match the movie, but due to some reasons, the game was soon removed from the shelves by Nintendo.
(Source: Pokemon 2000 Adventure)
The YouTube channel DidYouKnowGaming recently introduced a very special “Pokémon” game. Warner Bros., which is responsible for the distribution of European and American movies, hired Cyberworld to promote the movie “Pokémon Lugia Explosion” A web game was developed to promote the movie, and the final product was Pokémon 2000 Adventure.
“Pokémon 2000 Adventure” is a first-person adventure game. The player plays a trainer, chooses from 3 teams of Pokémon with different abilities, and solves puzzles on the island. The 3D world is full of 2D styles. of Pokémon. Of course, the game was very successful, with more than 1 million downloads on the web in just one month, but in the end, Nintendo asked it to remove the game.
According to DidYouKnowGaming’s interview with Eddie Ruminski, one of the developers of Cyberworld at that time: “Nintendo was a little panicked about this, and they immediately issued a termination order to us.” Because Nintendo originally thought this was just a simple interactive game, in order to avoid the game being incompatible with the official The decision was made after the product caused brand confusion, Ruminski added: “It’s the greatest compliment. From the content of the cease and desist order, they were saying, ‘Sorry, you made it look too much like a great electronic product. game””
Although “Pokémon 2000 Adventure” was removed from the shelves not long after that time, there are still files and information that can be found in the well-known “Internet Archive”.
It is a web game that is not a collaboration between Nintendo and The Pokémon Company. (Source: Pokemon 2000 Adventure)
