Game mascot

A version mascot is a Pokémon that appears on the boxart—and often label—of one of the Pokémon games in the main series.

Early on, the first two version mascots in a generation shared more of a relation with each other than with the third; however, in the Hoenn and Sinnoh trilogies, all three had a significant relationship between them.

Generation I

RGBY

	First and second game		Third game
JP	Red Charizard	Green Venusaur	Blue Blastoise	Yellow Pikachu
	Final form of a starter Pokémon			Only starter Pokémon
US	Red Charizard	Blue Blastoise	Yellow Pikachu
	Final form of a starter Pokémon		Game's only starter Pokémon

Pokémon Stadium

Japanese Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise and Pikachu

Version mascots of Green, Red, Blue, and Yellow

English Charizard and Blastoise

Version mascots of Red and Blue

Generation II

GSC

First and second game		Third game
Gold Ho-Oh	Silver Lugia	Crystal File:Spr 2c 245.gif Suicune
Masters of a legendary trio		Part of a legendary trio

Pokémon Stadium 2

Ho-Oh and Lugia

Version mascots of Gold and Silver

Generation III

RSEFRLG

First and second game				Third game
Ruby Groudon		Sapphire Kyogre		Emerald File:Spr 3e 384.gif Rayquaza
Weather trio
Remakes
FireRed Charizard			LeafGreen Venusaur
Final form of a starter Pokémon

Pokémon Colosseum

Groudon and Kyogre

Version mascots of Ruby and Sapphire

Entei, Suicune and Raikou

Legendary beasts

Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

File:249Shadow.png Shadow Lugia

Game's main Shadow Pokémon opponent

Pokémon Ranger

Kingdra, Charizard, Salamence and Flygon

The Jungle Relic's Water, Fire, Destruction and Wind challenges

Generation IV

DPPtHGSS

First and second game				Third game
Diamond Dialga		Pearl Palkia		Platinum Giratina
Creation trio
Remakes
HeartGold Ho-Oh			SoulSilver Lugia
Masters of a legendary trio

Pokémon Battle Revolution

Dialga, Palkia and Pikachu

Version mascots of Diamond and Pearl and Pokémon's mascot

Torterra, Infernape and Empoleon

Final forms of the starter Pokémon

Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia

Darkrai

Team Dim Sun's goal

Lucario, Heatran and Cresselia

Gem Guardians of the Tears of Princes

Piplup, Pikachu and Munchlax

Two of the 17 Partner Pokémon and Pokémon's mascot

Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs

Latios and Latias

Obtained Pokémon via Ranger Signs based on player's gender

Pichu

Partner Pokémon in the present

Entei, Raikou and Suicune

Obtained Legendary Beast Pokémon via Ranger Signs

Generation V

BW

First and second game
Black Reshiram	White Zekrom
Tao dragons

Boxart images

Images of the various version mascots and their boxart can be found on the Bulbagarden Archives.