Take your Pokémon journey to the Kanto region with your energetic partner, Pikachu, to become a top Pokémon Trainer as you battle other trainers. Use a throwing motion to catch Pokémon in the wild with either one Joy-Con controller or Poké Ball Plus accessory, which will light up, vibrate, and make sounds to bring your adventure to life. Share your adventure with family or friends in 2-player action on one system using a second Joy-Con or Poké Ball Plus (sold separately). You can even connect to the Pokémon GO app using a compatible smartphone to bring over Pokémon originally discovered in the Kanto region! Explore the diverse and vibrant region of Kanto! True-to-size wild Pokémon roam around in the game, so catch them like a real Pokémon Trainer by using motion, timing, and a well-placed Poké Ball. Go on a stroll with your favorite Pokémon in your Poké Ball Plus! Connect your game directly to Pokémon GO* to receive Kanto region Pokémon.
Japanese study overview
Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu is a Japanese video game of 73,042 characters, with 4,607 unique words and 1,040 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,607 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 強いstrong×96
- 団group×90
- 捕まえるto catch×69
- 戦うto make war (on)×63
- 勝負victory or defeat×62
- 負けるto lose×59
- 使うto use (a tool, method, etc.)×52
- 言うto say×46
- 博士expert×44
- 勝つto win×44
- 技technique×43
- 人person×40
- 月見moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)×18
- 園長head of a garden×9
- 洞くつcave×8
- 手にいれるto obtain×7
- 双子島Futagoshima×7
- 船酔いseasickness×6
- 悪だくみwiles×4
- ＰＰproducer's price×3