The STRANGE World of Pokemon Bootlegs

Your description of Fighting Foodons makes me want a show where kids fight to either save or take over the world, but every once in a while the villain kids actually get close to achieving their goal, only for some adults to actually notice and wipe the floor with them. XD

"Dr. Oak said that he wan" Wan is actually the Japanese onomatopoeia for a dog barking, so in that bootleg your mom is saying that Dr. Oak was barking.

I think the main character in Fighting Foodon was voiced by Veronica Taylor, the original dub voice of Ash Ketchum. Always good seeing a well known VA in more obscure roles.

My absolute favorite bootleg things are those little plastic figures like the ones at 43:18. They are often horribly miscolored and have paintjobs that not even a mother could love. I have a few including a trio of Charizard, Mega Charizard X, and Mega Charizard Y. I lovingly call them the Chulzurd Family, they live on my bookshelf and bring me much joy.

I loved Fighting Foodons as a kid. It's "corny" but in the best way possible! XD

Pocket Monster is the Japanese name for Pokemon.

The Yu-Gi-Oh card game was inspired by magic the gathering in the manga. The manga version of the card game was originally called magic and wizards and was pretty obvious with what the inspiration was. Digimon was basically tomagtchi for boys. In Japan, I think it was and probably still is that. Even Pokémon wasn't that original in Japan, the shin megami tensei games pre date Pokémon by quite a few years. The first shin megami tensei game came out in 1986 in Japan and never saw release in the West at all, whereas Pokémon wasn't until 1996 in Japan and 98 in the US. Pokémon was new to us over in the West because it was the first monster collecting game we got over here. We wouldn't see a shin megami tensei game until the ps2.

Calling Terrakion ''bluey'' made me lose it XD

watching conner call shieldon a tepig that peed him self made my day.

Digimon, was never meant, to be a pokemon clone. It's it's own thing. The digivices, are more based on tomogothi.

To answer Connor's question about what Pokemon silver is based on; it's the Little Nemo; The Dream Master game for the original NES. I use to play the heck out of that game and to me was an underated game. I'm just curious if it was ever rereleased. Also; the pokemon jump em board game at a closure glance looks like the creators also made it a bootleg version of the boardgame trouble.

I actually read Dragon Drive as a kid. It took a few volumes but it ended up differentiating itself from other Pokémon clones fairly well. Basically at the start of the story, all of the kids are assigned individual dragons to play in a virtual battle royal video game but they soon end up getting transported to another world where dragons are real or something along those lines. It’s been at least 12 years since I read it so my memory of it isn’t perfect but I was pretty fond of the series

Remember that while Nintendo shuts down the actually good fan games made by their most passionate fans, they do LITERALLY NOTHING to those who bootleg their precious IPs.

One of my favorite plushes is a bootleg Jigglypuff. I named it Pigglyjuff.

Fun fact about 15:52, flies, butterflies, other insects and some crustaceans do posses taste receptors on their feet! It's worded weirdly. Also Ledyba's Crystal Dex entry is as follows: It is timid and clusters together with others. The fluid secreted by its feet indicates its location.

22:38 I have to rant on the idea Yu-Gi-Oh and Digimon were inspired by Pokemon. I know you say they aren't rip offs, but I think the claim they were even inspired by Pokemon at all can come into question. I have a few fun facts about comparing Pokemon to Yu-Gi-Oh and Digimon.  Yu-Gi-Oh's manga came out in the same year as the first Pokemon games in Japan, both premiered in 1996. In the original manga Yu-Gi-Oh was about playing all sorts of games, hence the title meaning "King of Games" in Japanese. Even in that taken into account the original card game in manga "Magic and Wizards" was paying more tribute to "Magic the Gathering" made by "Wizards of the Coast". This is why even when the game was changed to be called "Duel Monsters" in the manga and later the anime the discard pile is still called the "Graveyard" which is something Yu-Gi-Oh and Magic have in common. When it comes to Digimon, even though it came out in the following year of 1997 it was already in development as a masculine form of Tomagachi that also came out in 1996. In fact, one could say the reason Digimon was released in the following year is because it was in development when Pokemon came out. The reason for this being the original concept for Digimon "Capsule Zaurus" was actually closer to Pokemon than Digimon ended up being. The developers of Digimon took extra steps to distance themselves from Pokemon to make their creation different. There is also a bit of a funny thing about the titles for all three of these franchises that connects oddly enough. Pokemon in development was called "Capumon" to mean "Capsule Monsters", Digimon in development was as previously mentioned "Capsule Zaurus" or "Capsule Saurses" hitting they where originally all going to be more like dinosaurs. Yu-Gi-Oh, in its original manga, in later in an anime spin off, as well as a Ps2 game also has a game called "Capsule Monsters". What is funny about this is Pokemon changed its name because they thought "Capsule Monsters" was too close to the Ultraman calling their monsters captured into capsules "Capsule Kaiju" first appearing from what I could tell in 1966. It is funny to me how three of these 90s monster collector franchises, arguably the most iconic three, use the word "Capsule" somewhere in their series, when the progenitor of them did the same thing 30 years before all of them. It likely had a part in all three of them, but only confirmed inspiration came from Pokemon.

OMG, I HAVENT WATCHED CONNER IN YEARS! Just popped up on my recommend, brings back memories

yugioh wasnt a pokemon clone, it was a horror manga about games and the magic the gathering parody was popular among japanese readers so got made irl. as for yokai watch the only thing rhat is similar is its a monster collector series

MAN I have SUCH a soft spot for Fighting Foodons. 10/10 I feel it would do so well from a reboot! I still remember the sound Fried Ricer would make when summoned and I always had a soft spot for the meatball boys.

Hi uh sorry if I sound rude, but I just wanted to clarify a few things about some of these series featured in this video. Once again, I do apologize if I sound rude in any of these clarifications. I just wish to spread information so people can understand. 1:30 - Pocket Monster is the official name for the original Pokemon in Japan. The original name is Pocket Monsters, but it was shortened to Pokemon instead. 8:08 - That pokemon that looks like a yellow bug with a horn is named Weedle, and it is the baby form of the Beedrill evolution line. He's from the first generation back in Kanto. As for the games, some of these are clearly rom hacks from what I can see. I don't know the names of the original games that they're from since the old library of games is vast, but I assume some of those are hacks. 22:40 - 23:33 -Yu-Gi-Oh (also can be translated as "Game King") actually started as a manga in 1996 where the original premise was focused on showcasing other kinds of games other than cards. It was actually a lot darker where Yugi actually did kill some people. It's mostly a series of Yugi trying to solve certain problems by challenging them to a game like poker, table-top games, etc. It only switched to a card game later on. -Digimon is also another shortened word like Pocket Monster. Digimon stands for Digital Monster, and actually stemmed from toys known as Tamagotchi which is a very popular virtual pet that is still loved today. Originally, it was marketed towards the female market until Bandai decided to push it towards the male market. This created the original Digimon virtual pet, also known as Digital Monster where you raise and evolve a Digimon so you can battle others. Said Digimon can also die if they're not taken care of. Because of this, the anime originated from said virtual pets. The Digimon Ghost Game anime is very fun, and I recommend it for anyone looking to get into Digimon. It's a fresh start and very interesting to look at. Plus, I also recommend Digimon Tamers which is also unique in its own way by focusing on the Digimon card game that was popular in Japan. -Yo-kai Watch isn't about monster collecting at all, but more of a series about looking at the folklore of Japan by creating said monsters as references to said folklore. Yo-kai can be translated to "something strange or unusual" and can basically be considered as supernatural phenomenon that have their own unique lore and backstory. An example of this is the mascot for Yo-kai Watch, aka the red cat known as Jibanyan. He's based off of a nekomata, a domesticated cat that has grown old and live in the mountains. Said nekomatas would feed on humans and kill just for fun. The lore of these yo-kai are very interesting, and I highly recommend it for people who love history. 26:50 - Fighting Foodons couldn't really be considered a "clone" since its more focused on food. While there are similar aspects to Pokemon which includes fighting, it's really its own thing. 30:54 - While Legendz can be seen as "clone", it's more focused on the lore of the monsters and the world. It also started as its own manga before getting an anime adaptation. 33:24 -Monster Rancher started out as a game on the playstation in 1997 and also got its own manga and anime. The series is more focused on life simulations instead of catching and collecting. -Zoids is more of a mecha anime that features animalistic creatures. It started out as a model kit series made by Takara-Tomy and grew into the series that people love. 41:13 - Can this even be considered a Pokemon clone? I just see it as a regular dog toy. Sure, it looks weird, but it's probably just a regular dog toy. 43:25 - That "Tepig"-like creature is a Pokemon known as Shieldon who was introduced in generation 4 aka the Sinnoh region. Once again, I do apologize I if I sounded rude in any of these explanations. I do hope this information broadens people's horizons on some of these series shown in the video. I also do apologize if some of this information is incorrect. The information that I have provided is knowledge I've learned over the years. Although, this really is a shame. Pokemon has gotten so big that anything that has something with monsters is immediately considered a Pokemon clone when the only similarity could be the aspect of just having monsters. Some of these series can be great, but just having the label of "Pokemon Clone" ruins it for everyone trying to experience something fresh. This can be said for literally any kind of series though, and it's such a shame. Anyways, for those who have read all the way through this comment I made, thank you so much for reading! I apologize for this being so long, but I hope this information helped anyone! Thank you so much for reading, and have a good day! Stay safe! \(uwu)/