This article has a talk page!Hey You, Pikachu! is a simulation game which lets you talk with Pikachu. It is notable for being the only Nintendo 64 game released in North America to use the Voice Recognition Unit (VRU), which is Nintendo-speak for "dopey-looking microphone" (Japan gave it an extra lifeline with Densha de GO! 64).
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Crash Handler#
If the game ever crashes, it'll display a very basic crash handler at the top of the screen.
Unused Areas#
Macro Test#
Using the GameShark code below brings you to an unused area known as "Entryway" ("げんかん" in the Japanese version), and causes the text "Macro Test"/"はよん" to appear at the top of the screen. It's apparently the house's entryway. In the US version, there's a Bulbasaur stuck in the center and Pikachu is always carrying a pink purse.
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In the Japanese version, the text "まだ なにも はんのう しません" ("There's still no response") appears after a few seconds.
Additionally, in the Japanese version the doors have Poké Helper entries that inform the player where the door will take them, however pressing A has no effect.
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If the player says the name of an item to Pikachu, it will appear in its hands, and the text "NUT 0 FRUIT 0" appears. If the item is a type of nut, the text will be "NUT 1 FRUIT 0", and if the item is a fruit, it will display as "NUT 0 FRUIT 1".
Unseen Graphics#
The Wildness Camp has a moon that's never in-frame.
Regional Differences#
The US version has several changes from the Japanese one. A European version wasn't released due to trouble with recognizing various accents at the same time.
Title Screen#
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Speech Indication#
In the American release, along with the little person on the indicator talking, a bubble appears when the player is actively talking into the microphone to further indicate that the microphone is receiving input.
In the Japanese version, a bubble does not appear during this time, though everything else is the same. The bubble only appears when it's being sent to Pikachu.
Pokémon Cries#
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Every Pokémon except for Pikachu, Magnemite, Caterpie, and Butterfree have different cries between regional versions. This is because the Pokémon go by different names between Japanese and English, and the voice work was changed to match the English dub of the anime series. In the case of Magnemite, its cry is simply a screeching noise, which required no change even though its Japanese name is different than its English one.
Player's Home#
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In the Japanese version, a pair of shoes can be seen right outside the sliding glass door of the player's room. In Japan, people take their shoes off before entering their homes, a tradition that western countries like America don't follow so strictly, hence the shoes' removal.
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The console under the television set (which resembles a Nintendo 64) in the Japanese version looks rather unpolished and appears to have Japanese Super Famicom cartridges included with it. The entire thing was changed to look more like an N64 in the American release.
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Additionally, to show the N64 logo in more detail, it was given its own texture separate from the console front texture. The cartridge's label (depicting a game seemingly named "Robocom") had a portion removed from the bottom to more closely resemble an actual N64 cartridge.
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The fishing posters that the player receives are different in design between versions.
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Several of the books' spines seen in the player's bedroom were retextured with (still mostly unreadable) English text.
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Additionally, there are what appear to be manga magazines on the ground. The Japanese magazines are titled 「ポケモン少年」 (Pokémon Shonen) and all consist of the same base image of Squirtle, Charizard, Mewtwo, and Moltres, just tinted different with colors and with a different number on each one. The US version, titled Pokémon & You, forewent the numbers and gave each Pokémon its own cover.
Item Changes#
Certain items that the player and Pikachu can play with are different.
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The onigiri (known as a riceball) item from the toolbox was changed to a cupcake in the North American version.
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The Japanese version has eggplants, whereas the American version has corn. The result is that Japan misses out on popcorn which is obtained when Pikachu shocks the vegetable.
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In Viridian Forest, the player finds Cattails rather than Horsetails.
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In Springleaf Field, the Morning Glory in the Japanese version became a Bluebell in the US one, although the models remain unchanged since it's just a texture swap.
"No Microphone" Icon#
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In the Japanese version, the icon displayed in the lower-right-hand corner of the screen when the microphone is not plugged in is small and static. This was apparently too easy for players to miss. In the American version, the icon was rendered bigger, animated, and makes a buzzing sound.
Piñata Game#
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In the American version, going to Cobalt Coast in Pikachu's Play Days leads to a Piñata party where Pikachu has to hit a Poké Ball Piñata. In the Japanese version, Pikachu instead plays a similar game called Suikawari.
The objective of the game is to hit a watermelon with a stick, while Pikachu wears Ash Ketchum (Satoshi)'s hat from the anime series to cover his eyes. As such, there are watermelons scattered around along with the bananas, and Pikachu has to hit the watermelons. Pikachu can trip on the watermelons a couple times before he actually has to quit the game, whereas tripping on bananas automatically ends the minigame.
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If Pikachu loses the minigame, he gets a soda can pull tab in the Japanese version, which was changed to a bottle cap ring for the American release. This was likely changed since pull tabs had been completely phased out in North America at that time.
Pokéhelper#
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The Pocket Helper was renamed Pokéhelper for the English release, as well as being mostly retextured, with the Japanese text being translated, and the START button label being changed from OFF to Close.
Development-Related Text#
NO_MOTION
Unknown smokeType(%d)
wispType:%d
door object was made, (%3.2f, %3.2f, %3.2f), type = %d, area = %d, entrance = %d
, lock = %s
TRUE
FALSE
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landMineNew(%f,%f,%f)
ERROR: Invalid _segmentData
_segmentData[%d].segmentIdx != %d
modelsRequestLoad(%d)
type(%d):%s
segmentIdx:%d
zipType : ZIPTYPE_RAW size:%d
zipType : ZIPTYPE_ZIP bufferSize:%d
size:%d
rom start:%p end:%p size:%d _buffer:%p
ERROR: Hara(%s) is not loaded. Execute modelsRequestLoad() first.
pre_modelsNew
sizeof(jointT):%d
sizeof(haraT):%d
sizeof(objT):%d
modelsNew(%d, %.3f,%.3f,%.3f, %.3f,%.3f, %.3f)
aft_modelsRequestLoad
aft_omHrcAlloc
aft_omHrcAllocMtx
aft_joSetJointTbl
setppu - obj:%p objType:%d ppu:%p
pre_freeBuffer
aft_freeBuffer
aft_modelsNew
targetIcon change: %d -> %d
andMarkNew(%f,%f,%f)
^4たいほう^^
かいぞくたちのぶき
carpet object was made, (%3.2f, %3.2f, %3.2f), xside = %f, zside = %f
どうくつ
どこかにつうじている
micStateChange: %d -> %d
Unknown throw_dir:%d
ERROR: Illegal posType(%d)
vec:%f,%f,%f len:%f stunRange:%f
Warning: Tried to change non_item_goal_obj
sbdInit(%p, %d, %d)
sbd->line:%d
vtxIdx:%d vtxMax:%d vtxLeft:%d
ERROR: gpSize over:%d
drawIdx:%d
workIdx:%d
ERROR: gpSize over:%d
sbdApply(%p, %p, %d)
Apply:(%s)
newTextIdx:%d
Error: textData_lines:%d < %d
sbdScrollBoardNew(%d, %d)
ERROR: Unknown status:%d
sendMessenger(%d, (%.3f, %.3f, %.3f), (%.3f, %.3f, %.3f), %.3f,
(%d, %d, 0x%x, %d, %d), %d, %d)
actor type : ACTOR_PIKACHU
actor type : ACTOR_POKEMON
_setSprite:(%s) idx:%d
keeping item found, %s
Strange area. curAreaNum = %d
title image changed, to %d
%s「%s」
「%s」 ￥＄%d
￥＄%d
value = %d
iedeTimer:%d otukaiTimer:%d
gameClear:%d timer:%d r:%d
ERROR: Strange flow. chapter:%d
ERROR: Strange flow. chapter:%d
ERROR: Strange flow. chapter:%d
ERROR: Strange flow. chapter:%d
ERROR: Strange flow. chapter:%d
ERROR: Strange flow. chapter:%d
ERROR : unknown area (%d) ?
chapterGo(%d)
meshRootInit:%p
ERROR: Unknown meshType:%d
meshNum:%d
page stack overflow.
page stack exhausted.
alpha:%d
line %d message '%s'
［］ボタンを おしてください
-------- collisionTbl Info --------
extracted %u bytes.
relOfs = %u, relNum = %u
romCopy complete.
voice %d
index = %d, map = %d
restart skit.
Illegal difficulty:%d
whole map initialized.
whole map canceled.
whole map finished.
putItemBoxIntoContent(%p, %p(%s))
putItemIntoBox(%s)
itembox full.
putBonusItemIntoBox(%s)
putPurchaseItemIntoBox(%s)
keeping supply item, %s
contents[%d][%d].objID = %d
ERROR: Cannot change mode to %d
itembox help mode.
invalid array of itemFreqT:%d > %d
_eepromIdx[%d] = %d
preserved data size: %d
Unknown type:%d
Unknown type:%d
pdSaveFCB_EEPROM: eepromWrite ans:%d
pdLoadFCB_EEPROM: eepromWrite ans:%d
pdSaveEEPROM: eepromWrite ans:%d
pdLoadEEPROM: eepromRead ans:%d
allocated %u bytes for BG
%d bytes buffer needed for melting BG.
Unknown speakerType %d
ERROR: Invalid titleStat:%d
_setVolume(%f) vol:%d
Invalid loadSelNum:%d
Invalid loadSelNum:%d
pdFCB:%x
eepromGetState:%d
fileSelAttr:%x
Invalid eyeCatch table.
_eyeCatchTbl[%d].catch = %d
ecInit(%d)
chip:%d/%d
alloc dmaMessageBufp:%p size:%d
alloc dmaIoMesgFifo:%p size:%d
free dmaMessageBufp:%p
none
Initializing Mic failed.
mic64Init() End
%d:%s
All Words Downloaded.
heapRegion:%p heapHead:%p
heapSize:0x%x align_mask:0x%x sizeof(heapHeaderT):%d
hp:%p memp:%p
prev:%p next:%p size:%d
owner:%d checker:0x%x useFlag:%d
regionSize:%d heapRegion:%p heapEntry:%p
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Heap_Display_All(
regionSize:%d heapRegion:%p heapEntry:%p
heap:%p owner:%d size:%d checker:0x%x useFlag:%d
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curr owner thread: %d
prev owner thread: %d
next owner thread: %d
%s: Error: Strange boundary of memory.(%p)
%s: Error: Heap chain is broken at %p
%s: Error: Heap is %sused at %p
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heapDivide
heapAllocLocal
heapAllocLocal
heapPrevCombine
%s: Error: Heap chain is broken at %p
heapNextCombine
%s: Error: Heap chain is broken at %p
heapShrinkLocal
%s: warning: tried to shrink NULL
heapCheckSize
heapFreeLocal
%s: warning: tried to free NULL
heapGetSize
heapRegion:%p
globalHeap
%s total 0x%x max 0x%x
setHeapEntryNext
%s: warning: tried to set entry to NULL
setHeapEntryMax
Matrix34 %p
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Matrix %p
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Mtx %p
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viStatus(%x)
pixel size: %s
gamma_dither:%s
gamma:%s
divot:%s
serrate:%s
antialias_mode: %s
dither_filter:%s
0: blank (no data, no sync)
1: reserved
2: 5/5/5/3 (16 bit)
3: 8/8/8/8 (32 bit)
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0: aa & resamp (always fetch extra lines)
1: aa & resamp (fetch extra lines if needed)
2: resamp only (treat as all fully covered)
3: neither (replicate pixels, no interpolate)
on
off
%s
Warning:Too Long String(len > %d)
%s
Warning:Too Long String(len > %d)
KANJI CODE ERROR!
Conflict using of ROM: %p(size 0x%x) and %p(size 0x%x)
Out of cache_memory.
Shortage of Cache_block_num.
caRequestRomCopy(%p, %p, 0x%x, %p)
root:%p
node %p link: %p, %p data: %p
BD
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IP1
Interrupt
TLB modification exception
TLB exception on load or instruction fetch
TLB exception on store
Address error on load or instruction fetch
Address error on store
Bus error exception on instruction fetch
Bus error exception on data reference
System call exception
Breakpoint exception
Reserved instruction exception
Coprocessor unusable exception
Arithmetic overflow exception
Trap exception
Virtual coherency exception on intruction fetch
Floating point exception (see fpcsr)
Watchpoint exception
Virtual coherency exception on data reference
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%s %.15e
Fault in thread %d:
epc 0x%08x
cause
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rcp 0x%08x
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t2 0x%016llx t3 0x%016llx t4 0x%016llx
t5 0x%016llx t6 0x%016llx t7 0x%016llx
s0 0x%016llx s1 0x%016llx s2 0x%016llx
s3 0x%016llx s4 0x%016llx s5 0x%016llx
s6 0x%016llx s7 0x%016llx t8 0x%016llx
t9 0x%016llx gp 0x%016llx sp 0x%016llx
s8 0x%016llx ra 0x%016llx
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(flPass: file %s line %d)
halt: %s: %d
%d
ERROR: Can't alloc %d bytes from heap.
error: strcpy: dst or src is NULL pointer. dst:%p src:%p
ixz:(%d,%d) ixz_1:(%d,%d)
fall through getGroundAttr, researching floor...
research failed.
blockSize: %f,%f,%f _clipZFactor:%f clipFar:%f clipNear:%f clipFactor:%f
pre_changeMazeBlock
block level mismatch (level %d, [%3.2f, %3.2f, %3.2f]), force to digging...
aft_changeMazeBlock
totalBlockNum = %d
sizeof(mazeBlockT) = %d
initArea(%p) curAreaNum:%d
ERROR : not keeping item, %s
［］ボタンで ひろうことが できる
［］ボタンで なげることが できる
（さわることは できない）
［］ボタンで とおることが できる
holdItem:%p
item:%p
contMask:0x%04x err:0x%04x
difficulty = %d
coop - model:%p(%s)
coop - item:%p(%s)
change player type %d
ERROR: unknown markMode:%d
ERROR: unknown markMode:%d
（しらべる ものが ない）
しらべたい ものに ：；マークを
つけて ｛｝ボタンを おすと
せつめいを よむことが できる
^4%-22s^^%s
%s%s
^4%s^^？
%s%s
（ここからだと てが とどかない）
^4%s^^
%s
^4%s^^？
%s
［］ボタンで すすむことが できる
%s%s
%s%s
（ここからだと てが とどかない）
%s%s
%s%s
（ここからだと てが とどかない）
%s
%s
%s
Illegal difficulty:%d
^4ちゅうもく^^モード^1ＯＦＦ^^
^4ちゅうもく^^モード^4ＯＮ^^
^4ついび^^モード^4ＯＮ^^
ターゲット ふめい
help(%s)
playerPassCheckPoint(%d)
level %d -> %d
grab objID:%d
setSongVolume(%f) vcur: %d/%d vol:%d
setSfxVolume(%f) vcur: %d/%d vol:%dReferences#
- ピカチュウげんきでちゅう - nintendo.co.jp↩︎
- HEY YOU, PIKACHU!↩︎
- Nintendo: N64 Game List. "Hey You, Pikachu! (Nintendo) — November 6"↩︎
- Hey You, Pikachu! | Video Games & Apps↩︎
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl Chronicle↩︎