I don’t learn about you, however I at all times get actually excited after I study some new console that I’ve by no means heard of earlier than. The Nintendo Pokémon Mini positively suits the invoice. It hit the market in 2001 and was basically a miniaturized Sport Boy supposed particularly for distinctive Pokémon video games, which had been accessible on tiny interchangeable cartridges. Not many offered and so they’re uncommon, which is why it’s superior to see that Inkbox homebrewed a brand new sport for the Pokémon Mini console.
Inkbox has a objective to program a sport for each Nintendo console, so he couldn’t neglect the Pokémon Mini — even when the remainder of the world did. However whereas it could be doable to code up and play a appropriate sport fully by emulation, Inkbox needed to see and current his sport working on actual {hardware}.
Fortunately, there’s a small, however passionate, homebrew and mod group for the Pokémon Mini. They’ve already created flash cart choices for the console and that was crucial for this mission, because the Pokémon Mini takes distinctive cartridges that weren’t used on different consoles (not like Sport Boy and DS programs). Inkbox selected to make use of Zwenergy’s PM2040 flash cart design, which is constructed round a Waveshare RP2040-Zero improvement board.
Most of Inkox’s video focuses on the event of his customized sport, referred to as Pokémon Ambulation. It’s just like Frogger, however you get to play as one among eight completely different Pokémon. The event overview ought to be a improbable useful resource for anybody seeking to get into Pokémon Mini homebrewing, because it goes over the whole lot from the programming in S1C88 meeting to the compilation toolchain.
And for those who’re focused on attempting Pokémon Ambulation for your self, however aren’t fortunate sufficient to personal a Pokémon Mini console, you may obtain it and play utilizing an emulator.