Pokémon Generations

For the expansion released to commemorate the, see Generations (TCG). Pokémon Generations (Japanese: ポケモンジェネレーションズ Pokémon Generations) is an animated miniseries that showcases some moments from the first six generations of the core series Pokémon games. It consists of 18 episodes, each approximately 3-5 minutes in length.

In English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Dutch, they premiered on The Pokémon Company International's channels (for each language) weekly between September 16 and December 23, 2016. The first two episodes were re-uploaded on The Pokémon Company International's YouTube channels (for each language) in HD on December 14, 2016 (the original uploads were not taken down, but were replaced in the Pokémon Generations playlist). The series was later released in Brazilian Portuguese on The Pokémon Company International's Portuguese YouTube channel starting on February 10, 2017. The last episode of the series was uploaded on July 20, 2017. In November 2017, some episodes of Pokémon Generations aired alongside some theatrical releases of Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!.

In Japanese, the first six episodes were uploaded to The Pokémon Company's YouTube channel on December 9, 2016. The seventh through ninth episodes were uploaded on December 16, 2016. The tenth through 12th episodes were uploaded on December 22, 2016. The 13th through 15th episodes were uploaded on January 26, 2017. The final three episodes were uploaded on February 2, 2017.

Differences from the games
Although the mini-series is more faithful to the games than the main anime, there are still some differences, mainly to enhance the plot or due to time constraints.
 * Looker, who originally did not debut until, has his role extended in this series.
 * Lance's role in the Lake of Rage incident is expanded, unlike in the games, where the narrative focuses on the undefined.
 * In the games, Lance and battle the   powering the generator, causing them to faint or  them. In The Lake of Rage, they instead release them.
 * Also, there are twelve Electrode powering the generator as opposed to only six in the games.
 * Petrel shows up in the generator room instead of Ariana like in the games.
 * Unlike in the games, neither the player nor Maxie stops Archie in The Cavern.
 * Unlike in the games, the player does not arrive at the Spear Pillar to stop Cyrus in The New World.
 * After drags Cyrus into the Distortion World, it doesn't leave a portal behind like in the games.
 * Looker does not arrest Charon at Stark Mountain. Instead, Charon escapes with help from two s.
 * Iris is present when N's Castle is summoned instead of the player character, and it is summoned by the Seven Sages instead of N. The subsequent confrontation between the Unova Gym Leaders and the Seven Sages takes place outside the castle instead of inside, and an army of s participates in the battle.
 * The Seven Sages mention Ghetsis' glorious plan even though in the games N was the king and Ghetsis had not revealed himself as the true boss of Team Plasma at that point.
 * The Shadow Triad is not present for Team Plasma's attack on Opelucid City to capture the DNA Splicers. Instead, the attack is led by Zinzolin and carried out by many Team Plasma Grunts.
 * Unlike in the games, Ghetsis fuses with N's  without the player character present, and when the player character does arrive, it is  with his, instead of  or.
 * The player character is not present for Lysandre and Diantha's conversation in Café Soleil.
 * Looker pursues Essentia through the streets of Lumiose City himself, and unmasks her in an empty café instead of in the lower levels of Lysandre Labs beneath Lysandre Café. Additionally, unlike the games, Xerosic is not present for her unmasking and his role in these events is only vaguely hinted at.
 * , Shauna, Tierno, Trevor, Sina, and Dexio are not present for the parade in Lumiose City. Instead, Diantha attends the celebration.
 * AZ's story is presented as a fairytale told by a mother to her daughter instead of as AZ's own recollections.

Cast

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Gallery

 * For more artwork, please see Pokémon Generations images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

 * Like in Pokémon Origins, all of the Pokémon in the series make realistic, animal-like sounds instead of saying their species' names like in the main series.
 * All of the main protagonists undefined that appear in the series have no dialogue, are never referred to by name, and their faces are heavily obscured.
 * Generation IV is the only generation covered in the series from which no main protagonist is featured.