Pokémon Club

Pokémon Club, later renamed Pokémon Club Evolution or Pokémon Evolution, is a Brazilian magazine about Pokémon, written in Brazilian Portuguese. It had a total of 87 issues, dated from July 1999 to May 2003. This magazine was published by the company. It was released monthly prior to issue 9, after which it started to be released biweekly.
It contains several kinds of information about the Pokémon world, including the Pokémon species, human characters, games, anime, Trading Card Game, and merchandise. The Brazilian Portuguese version of the Pocket Monsters Film Comic was published in this magazine as well.
==Terminology==
This magazine was named "Pokémon Club" from issues 1 to 33, then "Pokémon Club Evolution" or "Pokémon Evolution" from issues 34 to 87.
The longer name "Pokémon Club Evolution" appears in the magazine logo, although both that name and "Pokémon Evolution" are used in the magazine text at some points.
==Contents==
The Pokémon Club magazine was often written from an in-universe perspective. Whenever new Pokémon species were introduced, then either Professor Oak or simply the magazine text would usually state that new species are being discovered through research. When those newly released Pokémon had Japanese names but no English names yet, then it would be said that the Pokémon's names were under research and might be changed in the future.
Some recurring segments:
* From issue 1 onwards, there is a "Pokémon Toon" segment, with the full chapters from the Pocket Monsters Film Comic. This is a full-color Pokémon manga retelling the anime episodes, using frames from the episodes themselves.
* From issue 1 onwards, there is a "Who's That Pokémon?" segment, featuring a Pokémon silhouette in a certain page, and the answer revealed in another page.
* From issue 2 onwards, there is a Pokémon Encyclopedia segment, explaining each Pokémon species.
* From issue 2 onwards, there is a Pokémon Quiz segment, often with questions about the Pokémon anime.
* From issue 5 onwards, there are fan letters.
In the magazine articles and the comics, the plural "Pokémon" (the same as the singular) has been used since the first edition, although the Pokémon species have been often pluralized with an additional "s". For instance, "Pidgeys" in issue 2, as well as "Kakunas" and "Beedrills" in the comic at the issue 4.
This magazine often referred to Pokémon games using titles translated into Portuguese, such as "Pokémon Azul" (Pokémon Blue) and "Pokémon Amarelo" (Pokémon Yellow). These translated titles appear in the magazine articles and in the game ads as well. However, this and other core series games have been released in Brazil with no Portuguese translation, being officially known by their English names, as seen in the boxes and manuals of the games.
===Issues===
Magazine	Date 	Who's That Pokémon?	Pokémon Toon 	Other contents
Issue 1 	July 1999 	 	Episode 1:Pokémon - I Choose You! 	
* Introduction of the Pokémon world
* Summary of the start of 's journey
* Explanation of Pokémon evolution, including as an example
* Ash Ketchum's character profile
* Team Rocket trio's character profiles
* An article about the Pokémon games, including core series and spin-offs
Issue 2 	August 1999 	 	Episode 2:Pokémon Emergency! 	
* Pokémon Encyclopedia: Pokémon
* List of 's Pokémon
Issue 3 	September 1999	 	Episode 3:Ash Catches a Pokémon 	
* Pokémon Encyclopedia: and Pokémon
* 's character profile
* Short explanations about specific Pokémon from the anime, such as , Haunter, and
Issue 4 	October 1999 	 	Episode 4:Challenge of the Samurai 	
* Pokémon Encyclopedia: and Pokémon
* A list of some newly-introduced Generation II Pokémon
* An article about Pokémon Stadium
Issue 5 	November 1999 	 	(none) 	
* Pokémon Encyclopedia: and Pokémon
Issue 6 	December 1999 	 	Episode 5:Showdown in Pewter City 	
* Pokémon Encyclopedia: Pokémon
Issue 7 	January 2000 	 	Episode 6:Clefairy and the Moon Stone 	
* Pokémon Encyclopedia: Pokémon
Issue 8 	February 2000 	 	Episode 7:The Water Flowers of Cerulean City 	
* Pokémon Encyclopedia: Pokémon
Issue 9 	February 2000 	 	Episode 9:The School of Hard Knocks(the episode 8 was skipped)	
* Pokémon Encyclopedia: Pokémon
Issue 10	March 2000 	 	Episode 10:Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village 	
* Pokémon Encyclopedia: Pokémon
Issue 11	March 2000 	 	Episode 11:Charmander – The Stray Pokémon 	
* Pokémon Encyclopedia: Pokémon (part 1)
Issue 12	April 2000 	 	(none) 	
* Pokémon Encyclopedia: Pokémon (part 2)
Issue 13	April 2000 	 	Episode 12:Here Comes the Squirtle Squad 	
* Pokémon Encyclopedia: Pokémon
==Early Pokémon names==
These are the Pokémon names used by this magazine referring to newly-released Pokémon, whenever those names are different from the official English names. They are usually romanizations from the Japanese names.
The lists of newly-released Pokémon often used those tentative names, although some other Pokémon such as and were found in those lists with their correct English names.
===Generation II Pokémon===
Dex 	Pokémon	Official name	Early name 	First use of early name
#152	 	 	Chikolita 	Issue 5, page 13
#152	 	 	Chicolita 	Issue 13, page 8
#153	 	 	BeiriifuBeileaf 	Issue 11, page 8
#155	 	 	Hinoarashi 	Issue 5, page 13
#156	 	 	Magmarashi 	Issue 11, page 8
#158	 	 	Waninoko 	Issue 5, page 13
#159	 	 	ArigeitsuAlligattor 	Issue 11, page 8
#163	 	 	Hoohoo 	Issue 4, page 9
#165	 	 	Redba 	Issue 4, page 9
#167	 	 	Itomaru 	Issue 4, page 9
#173	 	 	Pii 	Issue 9, page 8
#174	 	 	Pupurin 	Issue 9, page 8
#176	 	 	TogechikkuTogechicken	Issue 11, page 8
#179	 	 	Meriipu 	Issue 8, page 8
#180	 	 	Mokoko 	Issue 12, page 10
#181	 	 	Denryu 	Issue 4, page 9
#182	 	 	Kireihana 	Issue 4, page 9
#184	 	 	Mairiruri 	Issue 11, page 9
#185	 	 	Usokki 	Issue 11, page 9
#187	 	 	Haneko 	Issue 8, page 8
#190	 	 	Eipamu 	Issue 12, page 10
#191	 	 	HimanatsuHimanuts 	Issue 9, page 9
#192	 	 	Kimawari 	Issue 12, page 10
#194	 	 	Upaa 	Issue 11, page 9
#195	 	 	Nuoh 	Issue 5, page 13
#196	 	 	Efui 	Issue 12, page 10
#198	 	 	Yamikaras 	Issue 4, page 9
#198	 	 	Yamikarasu 	Issue 12, page 11
#199	 	 	Slowking 	Issue 4, page 9
#204	 	 	Kunugidama 	Issue 10, page 9
#205	 	 	Guraiga 	Issue 10, page 9
#208	 	 	Haganaru 	Issue 11, page 9
#209	 	 	Snuble 	Issue 4, page 9
#209	 	 	Snubble 	Issue 8, page 8
#210	 	 	GuranburuGrandbull 	Issue 11, page 9
#212	 	 	Hassamu 	Issue 10, page 9
#213	 	 	Tsubotsubo 	Issue 12, page 11
#214	 	 	Herakurosu 	Issue 7, page 9
#215	 	 	Nyuura 	Issue 9, page 9
#228	 	 	Derubiru 	Issue 10, page 9
#230	 	 	Kingudora 	Issue 12, page 11
#232	 	 	Donfan 	Issue 4, page 9
#234	 	 	Odoshishi 	Issue 5, page 13
#235	 	 	Doburu 	Issue 10, page 9
#237	 	 	Kapoera 	Issue 9, page 9
#240	 	 	Bubii 	Issue 12, page 11
#241	 	 	MirutankuMilktank 	Issue 10, page 9
#242	 	 	HapinasuHapiness 	Issue 9, page 9
#245	 	 	Suikun 	Issue 8, page 8
#250	 	 	Phoenix 	Issue 5, page 13
#250	 	 	Houou 	Issue 8, page 8
==Trivia==
* In the page 4 of issue 8, it was said that a future game named "Pokémon Black" might be released in 2001. Although the predicted year was incorrect, a game with that name was released in 2010.
** In the same page, a future game named "Pokémon Bronze" was predicted as well, with no specific date.
===Errors===
====Misspellings====
* Jessie is sometimes misspelled as "Jesse", including multiple times in the trio's profiles found in issues 1 and 9.
* In the page 9 of issue 1, is misspelled "Koffin" twice in the article about the Team Rocket trio.
* In the page 9 of issue 3, is misspelled "Cleafairy" and later pluralized as "Cleafairys".
* In the page 2 of issue 4, the English word "gallery" is misspelled as "galery" at the table of contents, although this word is written correctly at the article title on page 8.
* In the page 12 of issue 9, Meowzie is called "Meowzy".
* In the page 8 of issue 11, the English word "alligator" was misspelled as "alligattor" when introducing .
* In the page 34 of issue 11, Tracey is called "Tracy" in a fan letter and also in the magazine's reply.
====Type errors====
* In the page 9 of issue 4, it is said that is , (then called "Denryu") is , and is .
** In the page 10 of issue 12, Ampharos is referred to as a "small electric dragon" (Portuguese: dragãozinho elétrico).
* In the page 13 of issue 5, it is said that (then called "Hinoarashi") is and (then called "Otachi") is .
* In the page 9 of issue 13, it is said that is .
====Evolution errors====
* In the page 9 of issue 4, it is said that "initial studies indicate that [Slowking] is the third evolutionary stage of Slowbro".
** In the page 9 of issue 7, it is said that evolves into as the "shellfish" (Portuguese: crustáceo) moves from its tail to its head.
* In the page 8 of issue 9, it is said that (then called "Hapinasu" or "Hapiness") is the pre-Evolution of .
* In the page 10 of issue 12, it is said that if is trained in an "Evolution Center" (Portuguese: Centro de Evolução) at day, it evolves into (then called "Efui"), and that Eevee evolves into another Pokémon if this is done at night.
** In the page 8 of issue 13, the night evolution is revealed to be (then called "Burakki").
====Other errors====
* In the page 4 of issue 9, it is said that evolves into at some point in the episodes that had been released in Japan but not yet in Brazil. However, this did not happen at the time. This may be a reference to Bye Bye Psyduck, where finds a Golduck and thinks that her Psyduck has evolved.
* In the page 8 of issue 9, at the explanation about (then called "Himanatsu" or "Himanuts"), it is said that the English word "nuts" means "seed" (Portuguese: semente).
* In the page 11 of issue 12, at the explanation about (then called "Yamikarasu"), it is said that "Yamikarasu" means "night crow" (Portuguese: corvo da noite). In fact, Japanese 闇 yami means "darkness".
* In the page 8 of issue 12, it is said that 's height is "almost" 1.80 m. However, this is Kingdra's exact height in the games.
==Related articles==
* Pokémon Power (magazine)
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