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.

Usually, the first two version mascots in a generation will have more of a relation to each other than the third, however, in the Hoenn trilogy, all three had a significant relationship shared among them.

Generation I

	First / 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		Only starter Pokémon

Generation II

	First / second game		Third game
J o h t o	Gold Ho-Oh	Silver Lugia	Crystal Suicune
	Masters of a legendary trio		Part of a legendary trio

Generation III

	First / second game		Third game
H o e n n	Ruby Groudon	Sapphire Kyogre	Emerald Rayquaza
	Weather trio
K a n t o	FireRed Charizard	LeafGreen Venusaur
	Final form of a starter Pokémon
O r r e	Colosseum (top of box) Groudon & Kyogre
	Version mascots of Generation III
	Colosseum (bottom of box) Raikou, Entei & Suicune
	Parts of the legendary trio of the game
	XD Shadow Lugia
	Main Shadow Pokémon opponent in the game

Generation IV

	First / second game		Third game
S i n n o h	Diamond Dialga	Pearl Palkia
	Masters of time and space