Instead, we got those moments from a pair of console games that were focused on serving up slice of life fun. The first, Hey You, Pikachu! was a pet sim — not unlike a Tomagotchi but with 3D graphics ...

Ash and his Pikachu set out to enter the Unova League, encountering new Pokémon, making new friends and rivals, and challenging new Pokémon Gyms, on Ash’s continuing quest to become a Pokémon ...