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Lost Pokémon The Movie 2000 Game Is Now Playable Again
19.09.2023 - 17:23 / screenrant.com
One game based on has been impossible to play since shortly after its original release, but things have finally changed in a major way. Following the financial success of, the follow-up film was poised to be a hit, and its American distributor Warner Brothers committed heavily to advertising. An in-browser game was developed as part of this strategy, with millions being invested in a major marketing gimmick. Dubbed the game was faced with the very unusual problem of being a little bit too successful to work out.
As a playable 3D experience, allowed players to explore several islands, collect Pokémon, and use them to overcome environmental obstacles and evolve. Although all of this could be completed in a brief session, the technology was impressive for a free game at the time, quickly skyrocketing the game to popularity. Nintendo, however, seems to have seen the success as a concern. The game was downloaded over a million times, but was shut down in its prime thanks to a cease-and desist-letter from Nintendo.
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After over two decades of unavailability, is back on the scene thanks to the work of some dedicated fans. The circumstances of both its original removal and its return are chronicled in the last segment of a YouTube video from DidYouKnowGaming that covers a general overview of canceled games. DidYouKnowGaming received a comprehensive library of files from one of the game's developers, which archivists who worked on restoring earlier this year wrangled into a modern playable version to finally bring the promotional game back from the grave.
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Nintendo can be famously litigious when it comes to protecting its IPs, so it's not impossible that could end up with its second cease-and-desist. At the moment, the game can be downloaded and installed by following instructions and link's provided in the description of the DidYouKnowGaming video. Although this may or may not permanently work, all the raw files and even assets like the game's concept art and soundtrack are archived, making for an extensive repository of a game previously considered lost media, and safely ensuring its future in some form or another.
At the turn of the millennium, the 3D nature of presented a different image for the brand that could have indicated a direction for the games that Nintendo wasn't willing to follow. Although the technology isn't as impressive as it used to be, the game still represents a fascinating divergence from the main course of history, and its return to the light solves a huge case of lost media. may not take long to play, but the ten minutes spent on running through
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pcgamesn.com
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New trucking game adds the one thing American Truck Simulator was missing: human drama
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