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Pokémon Race Mini

Pokémon Race Mini​ is a platform racing competition where the player controls a Pikachu racing against other Pokémon.

19 July 2002

Pokémon Race Mini is a platform developed by Jupiter Corp., released 19 July 2002 on Pokémon mini.

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What Pokémon Race Mini is

Pokémon Race Mini is a platform game developed by Jupiter Corp. and released in 2002. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Pokémon mini only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You have to run and jump over various obstacles in stages in order to get to the end before your opponent. There are obstacles throughout the stages such as grass and water. You have to complete three laps of each course in order to finish, and with each lap you get a special charge attack in order to quickly shoot forwards, gaining momentum and possibly reaching parts you couldn't previously get to.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Pokémon series

Pokémon Race Mini is the 54th of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was Pocket Monsters: Suuji wo Tsukamaeyou! in 2002.

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What it launched against

Pokémon Race Mini launched on 19 July 2002, within three weeks of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos, Super Mario Sunshine and SoulCalibur II.

Released around the same time: Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos, Super Mario Sunshine, SoulCalibur II.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Pokémon Race Mini come out?
Pokémon Race Mini was released on 19 July 2002 for Pokémon mini.

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