Pokémon Pinball

Pokémon Pinball
Developer(s)Jupiter
HAL Laboratory
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Producer(s)Tsunekazu Ishihara
Designer(s)
  • Masaru Kuribayashi
  • Hiroyuki Goto
  • Norichika Meguro
Composer(s)Go Ichinose
SeriesPokémon
Platform(s)Game Boy Color
Release
  • JP: April 14, 1999
  • NA: June 28, 1999
  • AU: July 13, 1999
  • EU: October 6, 2000
Genre(s)Pinball
Mode(s)Single player

Pokémon Pinball is a pinball-based Pokémon spin-off video game for the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on April 14, 1999, and in North America on June 29, 1999. In it, the ball is a Poké Ball, and most of the objects on the table are Pokémon-related.

Like any pinball game, the main objective is to get points, using the different modes of advances to score them at a higher rate. Pokémon Pinball has a secondary objective hinted at by the tagline "Gotta Catch 'em All," which is to collect all 151 Pokémon to fill your Pokédex. The Pokédex is saved between individual games, so it can be built up over time.