Game mascot
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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 | |
Boxart images
Images of the various version mascots and their boxart can be found on the Bulbagarden Archives.
