Pokémon

Pokémon are a group of species with at least 493 members in the Pokémon Series that have unique abilities. There are different elemental types of Pokémon, each element affects what the Pokémon's attacks, abilities and weaknesses are. For example, Pikachu being an Electric Pokémon can use electrical attacks and is weak against Ground Pokémon. Another factor that separates Pokémon from traditional animals is that after meeting certain conditions, the Pokémon Evolves into a new Pokémon. For example, Pichu evolves into Pikachu. Pokémon live in the wild, but are caught by Pokémon Trainers to have as pets or battle with other Pokémon for sport.

Some select Pokémon have interacted with characters in the Marioverse, most notably in the Super Smash Bros. competitions. Not only were some competitors, but if a player threw a Poké Ball, then a random Pokémon would come out and attack the other players. These Poké Ball Pokémon would not hurt the player who sent them out, except for Electrode, Wobuffet and Clefairy (when using Electrode's move)

Super Smash Bros. Competitions Competitors

 * Pikachu
 * Jigglypuff
 * Pichu
 * Mewtwo

Poké Ball Pokémon in Super Smash Bros.

 * Mew – Says "Mew!" and drifts into the sky. Nothing else happens, besides that the player who sent out Mew gets points.
 * Meowth – Uses Pay Day after jumping in the air, which sends out coins near Meowth. The closer the target, the more coins hit him and the more damage he receives.
 * Charizard – Breathes fire back and forth from both sides.
 * Clefairy – Does a random move that usually belongs to another Pokémon.
 * Koffing – Makes Poison Gas come out around it.
 * Goldeen – Uses Splash, a move which does...nothing.
 * Starmie – Shoots stars after homing in on a target. Before it attacks, if the target moves, it will keep firing in the original position.
 * Snorlax – Jumps out of screen only to come back down bigger attempting to crush opponents.
 * Hitmonlee – Uses a one-shot homing kick that if it hits, usually KOs target.
 * Onix – Uses Rock Throw, sends boulders down from where it was sent out.
 * Beedrill – A huge swarm of Beedrill come out from the side of the stage.

Saffron City Pokémon in Super Smash Bros.

 * Charmander – Shoots out fire.
 * Electrode – Explodes.
 * Blastoise – Shoots blasts of water.
 * Chansey – Throws eggs that can be broken to reveal a weapon or can heal the player. Walking into Chansey also slightly heals and the player can knock Chansey away with a Smash Attack.
 * Porygon – Damages anyone who comes into contact with it.
 * Venasaur – Damages anyone who comes into contact with it. Sometimes shoots out leaves.

Poké Ball Pokémon in Super Smash Bros. Melee

 * Venusaur – Makes an Earthquake, repeatedly damaging anyone in contact with the ground around it.
 * Charizard – Breathes fire back and forth from both sides.
 * Blastoise – Shoots blasts of water, slowly slides backwards while doing it unlike in the original
 * Clefairy – Does a random move. All moves performed are exclusive to Clefairy.
 * Electrode – Explodes. Can damage player who released it.
 * Weezing – Makes Poison Gas come out around it.
 * Chansey – Throws eggs that can be broken to reveal a weapon or can heal you
 * Goldeen – Uses Splash, a move which does...nothing.
 * Staryu – Shoots stars after homing in on a target. Before it attacks, if the target moves, it will keep firing in the original position.
 * Snorlax – Jumps out of screen only to come back down bigger attempting to crush opponents.
 * Articuno – Freezes anyone close to it. Sometimes sends foes flying off the top of the screen for a KO.
 * Zapdos – Shocks anyone close to it, while holding them in one place.
 * Moltres – Burns anyone that touches it, usually KO-ing them.
 * Mew – Says "Mew!" and drifts into the sky. The player is awarded 10,000 extra points at the end of the match. Has a 1 in 251 chance of appearing.
 * Chikorita – Uses Razor Leaf, an attack that sends out leaves in a shuriken-like fashion.
 * Cyndaquil – Shoots out flames. Similiar to Charizard, but only does it in one direction.
 * Togepi – Uses a random attack, but these attacks are unique to Togepi.
 * Bellossom – Makes opponent close to it fall asleep. Can sometimes cause small damage.
 * Marill – Charges at opponent, pushing them backward. Can hit multiple times.
 * Unown – Leaves screen only to return with many Unown charging in a random direction
 * Wobbuffet – Counters all attacks, wobbling back on forth as it does so. The faster the wobble, the more damage it will do. Can hurt player that released it.
 * Scizor – Runs in one direction after an opponent. After a certain time, it will jump either in the same direction, or the other direction before falling offscreen.
 * Porygon2 – Immediately charges out a few feet before disappearing, if it hits someone immediately as it comes out, they almost always get KOed.
 * Raikou – Makes a big electric circle around Raikou that does a lot of damage to anyone touching the ground inside the circle.
 * Entei – Makes a vertical pillar of flame appear where Entei is. Does a lot of damage.
 * Suicune – Makes a horizontal water hurricane that starts where Suicune is. Does a lot of damage.
 * Lugia – Goes into the background to make a huge moving whirlpool in the air that does massive damage.
 * Ho –oh – Goes into the background to make a huge vertical pillar of fire that appears where it was called from. Like Entei's attack, only does a massive amount of damage and the attack radius is much bigger.
 * Celebi – Floats up to the sky. Player receives 8,000 extra points at the end of the match. Has a 1 in 251 chance of appearing, like Mew.
 * Ditto (using the AR) – Turns into a copy of a random Pokémon and uses attacks on other players.

Trophy Pokémon in Super Smash Bros. Melee

 * Bulbasaur
 * Blastoise
 * Charizard
 * Clefairy
 * Ditto
 * Electrode
 * Heracross
 * Porygon2
 * Sqirtle
 * Staryu
 * Steelix
 * Venusaur
 * Weezing

Trivia

 * The Pokémon series is the second best selling series in the entire world, losing only to the Mario Bros.
 * Pokemon was one of the two series from the original Super Smash Bros., that were not included in Nintendo Monopoly. The other is the Earthbound series.