Game Boy Camera

The Game Boy Camera is both a game and an accessory for the Game Boy. The software was developed by Game Freak whereas Nintendo both manufactured and published the device.
==Relevance to Pokémon==
The Game Boy Camera has some Pokémon images, whether as album photos or stickers, although the Japanese version features significantly more references to Pokémon. Some of these Pokémon photos are exclusive to the Japanese version whereas others only appear in international releases. There was a The Legend of Zelda-themed Game Boy Camera variation which replaced some of the Pokémon content with that from the The Legend of Zelda series, especially The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
===Album pictures===
*B16 (international): An unlockable picture showing four Pokémon sprites, including Charizard, Venusaur, Blastoise, and Mewtwo; the former two use their sprites from Pocket Monsters Blue (later added into the international Pokémon Red and Blue) whereas the latter two are from Pocket Monsters Red and Pocket Monsters Green.
*B22 (Japan): Similar to the international version's B16 photo, except it has Raichu's Pocket Monsters Blue sprite in place of Mewtwo's.
*B23 (Japan): Another grouping of four Pokémon sprites, including Chansey, Jolteon, Porygon, and Snorlax; the latter three use their sprites from Pocket Monsters Red and Pocket Monsters Green Versions
*B24 (Japan): A grouping of four Pokémon—Articuno, Zapdos, Dragonite, and Mewtwo—all of whom reuse their sprites from Pocket Monsters Red and Pocket Monsters Green. The Mewtwo sprite was implemented into the international version's B16 picture that replaced the Raichu from the Japanese version's B22.
===Frames===
The Japanese version has a few Pokémon frames that can be selected when printing a picture via the Game Boy Printer:
*A frame with artwork of Red driving a bicycle at the bottom-right (replaced with a Super Mario World frame in international versions)
*A frame with artwork of Blastoise at the bottom-right (replaced with a The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening frame in international versions)
*A frame with artwork of both Pikachu and Clefairy at the bottom (replaced with a Wario Land-themed frame in international versions)
===Stamps===
The Japanese version features twenty stamps of Pokémon, and all of them except Pikachu are sprites reused from Pocket Monsters Red and Pocket Monsters Green Versions. The first ten are available from the start while the latter ten can be unlocked by scoring at least 500 points in the Ball minigame:
*Charmander
*Bulbasaur
*Squirtle
*Rattata
*Nidoran♀
*Clefairy
*Pikachu
*Cubone
*Poliwhirl
*Eevee	
*Meowth
*Jigglypuff
*Dratini
*Machop
*Horsea
*Psyduck
*Abra
*Oddish
*Diglett
*Mew
In international versions of the Game Boy Camera, the usable Pokémon stamps were truncated down to six: Charmander, Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Pikachu, Meowth, and Mew.
==Trivia==
*The Game Boy Camera was released in North America a few months before Pokémon Red and Blue, so a few Pokémon make their actual international debut within the Game Boy Camera software.
*Two prototype Pokémon Gold sprites present in the Space World 1997 build were used in the Game Boy Camera: 
**The Chansey sprite in one of the album photos in the Japanese version
**The Pikachu sprite in its stamp
*It is possible that a majority of Pokémon content was removed from international versions of the Game Boy Camera as this was shortly before Pokémon reached countries overseas and, by extension, reached popularity within them.
==References==
Category:Game Boy games