Fun Fact: The Original Choice Pokemon For Ash Ketchum in the Anime

Clefairy was originally going to be the companion of Ash Ketchum in the Pokemon anime, not the eventual pick, Pikachu.

Fun Fact: Pokemon’s Intended Difficulty

The original Pokemon Red & Blue was originally going to have a much higher encounter rate for wild Pokemon and every time you crossed a trainer, you would have to battle them whether you’ve beaten them or not.

Fun Fact: How The Anime Affected Pokemon Games

Many fans that played Pokémon Yellow, quickly noticed that most of the sprites were changed as Nintendo wanted to make the graphics resemble the anime more closely than the original game was.