50 Fun Facts About Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

Which Pokémon did the director of Pokémon: Let's Go pass over as a mascot because it shares Pikachu's colour?

Psyduck is a favourite of the game's director, who said he ruled it out for matching Pikachu and chose Eevee after seeing how much fan art it inspired.

Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! are remakes of which older game, itself modelled on the anime series?

Pokémon Yellow had a Pikachu that walked behind its Trainer, an idea the remakes extend by letting any Pokémon follow along.

How does Team Rocket's Meowth in the Pokémon: Let's Go games differ from the Meowth of the anime?

It cannot talk: the games give the cat an ordinary Pokémon cry instead, and it never joins a battle either.

Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! borrowed their battle-free catching system from which mobile game?

Pokémon Go lent more than its throwing motion: Pokémon caught on a phone can be sent across to roam a special park in either version.

Erika's Celadon Gym in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! only admits challengers who show her what?

A cute Pokémon is the price of admission, and the partner riding along with every challenger is quite cute enough to count.

Which Mythical Pokémon came stored inside the Poké Ball Plus controller sold alongside the Pokémon: Let's Go games?

Mew cannot be caught anywhere in the games themselves, and each ball-shaped controller carried just a single one to hand over.

After the Elite Four fall in Pokémon: Let's Go, which friendly rival is revealed as the Champion to beat?

Trace reaches the Pokémon League first and takes the title, only to lose it to his childhood friend moments later.

Which bumbling duo from the Pokémon anime block the road out of Viridian City in Pokémon: Let's Go?

Jessie and James take over the job of the grumpy old man who blocked the same road in the original games, and later fight as a pair in Double Battles.

In Pokémon: Let's Go, riding on Pokémon such as Arcanine and Rapidash stands in for which missing series staple?

The Bicycle is gone from both versions, and Cerulean City's old bike shop is now the home of a collector who simply likes owning them.

The Pokémon: Let's Go games return to which region, home of the first 151 Pokémon and Professor Oak?

Kanto had been remade once before, for the Game Boy Advance in 2004, so these games are the region's second remake.

Which Team Rocket boss turns out to be the eighth and final Gym Leader in Pokémon: Let's Go?

Giovanni hands over the Earth Badge after losing, then disbands Team Rocket to work on becoming a better Trainer.

Which Rock-type specialist awards the Boulder Badge at Pewter City's Gym in the Pokémon: Let's Go games?

Brock will not even let challengers through the door until they show him a Grass- or Water-type Pokémon, the two types his team fears most.

In Pokémon: Let's Go, the journey begins in which quiet hometown, site of Professor Oak's laboratory?

Pallet Town is home to both the hero and the rival, who are each handed a Pokédex there and asked to fill it.

A salesman in the Route 4 Pokémon Center in Pokémon: Let's Go offers which fish Pokémon for 500?

Magikarp looks like a swindle, but the buyer gets the last laugh once it evolves into the fearsome Gyarados.

Which gift from Mr. Fuji wakes the Snorlax sleeping across Routes 12 and 16 in Pokémon: Let's Go?

Poké Flute music wakes each Snorlax ready for a fight: both attack on the spot and must be beaten before they can be caught.

What can be thrown to calm a wild Pokémon before the Poké Ball is thrown in Pokémon: Let's Go?

Berries are a gift from Professor Oak once his parcel is delivered, in place of the Poké Balls he handed out in earlier games.

Which Legendary bird waits at the bottom of the Seafoam Islands in the Pokémon: Let's Go games?

Articuno fights with all of its stats raised and must be beaten against the clock before a single ball can be thrown.

Team Rocket's secret hideout in Pokémon: Let's Go lies behind a poster inside which Celadon City business?

The Game Corner no longer takes bets, either: its service desk has run out of Coins, so nobody can play the machines.

GO Park, where Pokémon sent over from a phone roam in Pokémon: Let's Go, replaced which Fuchsia City attraction?

The Safari Zone name survives only on the little zoo out front, while the park behind it can hold up to a thousand Pokémon.

How does a friend drop into a game of Pokémon: Let's Go to help with catching and battles?

Shaking another Joy-Con adds a helper at once, turning Trainer battles into two against one and letting both throw at the same wild Pokémon.

Which orphaned Pokémon, kidnapped by Team Rocket in Lavender Town, later joins the rival's team in Pokémon: Let's Go?

Cubone is rescued from the hideout, calms the ghost of its mother in Pokémon Tower, and is then adopted into the rival's team.

Lt. Surge's Vermilion Gym in the Pokémon: Let's Go games hides its two puzzle switches inside what?

Trash cans hide both switches, and pressing the wrong can after the first resets the puzzle, sending challengers back to hunt again.

Which rival from the original games takes over the Viridian City Gym once the Pokémon: Let's Go story ends?

Blue, Professor Oak's grandson, made his own journey years earlier, so here he plays mentor, even handing out the first Mega Stones.

Which Mythical Pokémon, a blob of liquid metal topped with a hex nut, debuted alongside the Pokémon: Let's Go games?

Meltan eats metal by corroding it, and it first turned up as a mystery creature in a phone game weeks before the console versions launched.

Partner Pikachu rides on a shoulder in Pokémon: Let's Go; where does partner Eevee travel instead?

On top of the head is Eevee's perch, and both partners stay put even while their Trainer rides another Pokémon.

In Pokémon: Let's Go, what is the partner Pokémon telling its Trainer when it starts wagging its tail?

A hidden item nearby sets the tail going, and the same partner can be dressed up in outfits that match its Trainer's.

Chop Down and Sea Skim are Secret Techniques in Pokémon: Let's Go, replacing which feature of older games?

HM moves used to fill one of a Pokémon's precious move slots; Secret Techniques are performed by the partner and take up none.

In Pokémon: Let's Go, the captain of which ship teaches the partner Pokémon the Secret Technique Chop Down?

S.S. Anne then sails away, and the newly learned trick is what finally opens the way into Vermilion City's Gym.

Blaine's Cinnabar Island Gym in the Pokémon: Let's Go remakes is staged as which kind of event?

A game show is the format: each right answer wins a Blaine doll, each wrong one means a battle, and five dolls earn a match with the man himself.

Vulpix runs wild only in Let's Go, Eevee!, while which Fire-type counterpart is found only in the Pikachu version?

Growlithe swaps places with Vulpix, though Eevee owners can still earn its evolved form, Arcanine, as a reward for catching five Meowth.

Scyther appears only in Let's Go, Pikachu!, while which rival Bug-type is exclusive to the Eevee version?

Pinsir and Scyther were split the same way in the very first Pokémon games, one to each of the paired versions.

After becoming Champion in Pokémon: Let's Go, players can soar on Charizard, Aerodactyl or which third Pokémon?

Dragonite and the other two carry their rider above the rooftops, where rare Pokémon, even the Legendary birds, can be met in mid-air.

When the rival defends his Champion title in Pokémon: Let's Go, which of his Pokémon can Mega Evolve?

Pidgeot has been with the rival since it was a Pidgey in their earliest battles, and its Mega Evolution is his trump card.

Which feature, a fixture of the series ever since Pokémon Gold and Silver, was left out of Pokémon: Let's Go?

Breeding went along with Eggs, held items and Abilities, all trimmed away to keep the adventure simple for newcomers.

Which streak mechanic raises the odds of meeting a Shiny Pokémon in the Pokémon: Let's Go games?

Catch Combo streaks end the moment a different species is caught, but simply running from a wild Pokémon leaves the count intact.

Sending spare Pokémon to Professor Oak in Pokémon: Let's Go earns which stat-boosting treats in return?

Candies can be aimed at a single stat, from HP to Speed, and the idea was carried over from the series' hit phone game.

Which Elite Four member steps in against a gang of Team Rocket Grunts on Route 10 in Pokémon: Let's Go?

Lorelei, the Ice-type specialist, takes on three of the Grunts herself and leaves just one for the challenger to deal with.

Which silent Trainer appears outside the Pokémon League once six Master Trainers are beaten in Pokémon: Let's Go?

Red was the hero of the original games, and beating him here earns the title of Battle Master.

During Team Rocket's takeover of Silph Co. in Pokémon: Let's Go, a worried employee gives away which Pokémon?

Lapras is handed over so that Team Rocket cannot get hold of it, and it doubles as a ride across water for any Trainer it travels with.

In Let's Go, Pikachu!, where the rival starts out with an Eevee, what does that Eevee eventually evolve into?

Jolteon mirrors the other version, where the rival's Pikachu becomes a Raichu: either way he ends up fielding an Electric-type.

Which exclusive move does partner Pikachu unleash in Pokémon: Let's Go, growing stronger the more it loves its Trainer?

Pika Papow never misses, and it only becomes available when a special partner icon pops up in the middle of a battle.

In the Power Plant of Pokémon: Let's Go, which Pokémon poses as an item lying on the floor before attacking?

Electrode gives itself away to sharp eyes, because the fake item balls lie upside-down compared with the real ones.

The Poké Ball Plus can carry a Pokémon out of the game, much like which accessory bundled with HeartGold and SoulSilver?

Pokéwalker owners earned watts as they walked; the newer ball rewards a stroll with items and experience instead.

Which Trainer, hunting the Legendary Pokémon of Cerulean Cave, mistakes the player for a Pokémon in Pokémon: Let's Go?

Green throws a Poké Ball at the player in the dark, then demands a battle on learning that her Legendary quarry has already been caught.

Which Trial Captain from Alola waits at Vermilion's port in Pokémon: Let's Go after missing her ship home?

Mina was so busy gazing at the sea that the liner left without her, and she will battle once a day while she waits for the next.

Ikue Ōtani voices Pikachu in the Pokémon: Let's Go games, but which actress provides the voice of partner Eevee?

Aoi Yūki seems to get a nod inside the game too: the Master Trainer who specialises in Eevee is named Aoi.

Which Game Freak veteran, composer of the first Pokémon games' music, directed the Pokémon: Let's Go remakes?

Junichi Masuda called the pair remakes of the 1998 Pikachu-led game because its anime touches spoke best to younger players.

What are the names of the boy and girl protagonists who replace the original hero in Pokémon: Let's Go?

Chase and Elaine also turn up in the phone game Pokémon Masters EX, he with a partner Pikachu and she with a partner Eevee.

In Pokémon: Let's Go, which hidden stat boosts, known as AVs, take the place of the older games' EVs?

Awakening Values are raised by feeding rather than battling, and they let Pokémon reach far higher stats than the older games allowed.

Inside Team Rocket's hideout in Pokémon: Let's Go, the partner Pokémon crawls through vents to fetch which item?

Lift Key retrieval is a job for the partner alone: a beaten Grunt flings it out of reach, and the player steers Pikachu or Eevee along the walls to get it.