Differences from the games and the anime

This is a list of changes between the main games and the main anime series that the anime is based on the games, but they included alot of differences for the main anime series such as Team Rocket appeared more than the Kanto and Johto saga, Red was replaced by Ash, Orange Islands are added in the anime, Ash's anime exclusive rivals, etc. (but, this list isn't included from Pokémon Origins).

List of changes from the Main Game series
This is a list of changes happened in the anime that were got some differences from the main games.


 * Ash Ketchum, Gary Oak, and Delia Ketchum replaces Red's, Blue's, and Red's mother role in the anime series.
 * Ash gets a Pikachu instead of one of the Kanto starters as his first Pokémon.
 * Spearows can see Black and White, but this only appeared in the anime.
 * Brock appears as a former Gym Leader in the anime, but in the games, he still a Gym Leader.
 * Misty wasn't the Gym Leader from the start of the anime then, she later became the Gym Leader after the Johto series, but in the games, she is still a Gym Leader.
 * Misty has three sisters appeared in the anime.
 * Brock has his entire famly appeared in the anime.
 * Ash have companions in the anime, but, the playable characters goes alone in the games.
 * Ash doesn't receive any Master Balls in the anime, but they are rewarded in the games.
 * Misty, Brock, Cilan, Iris, Clemont, and Bonnie became main characters instead of minor characters in the anime.
 * Team Rocket have alot of anime exclusive members added in the anime.
 * Gyms have a limit how many Pokémon that the challenger battles against the Gym Leader such as two, three, or more Pokémon to battle, but in the games, all Gyms Battles can have up to six and there wasn't a limit existed.
 * Bill has Green hair instead of Brown.
 * Pokémon can evolve during in battle, but in the games, the Pokémon evolves after the battle is over.
 * Team Rocket wasn't been disabanded in the anime.
 * Gary Oak didn't get to be as the Kanto Champion in the original series.
 * Agatha and Lance wasn't seen from the original series.
 * The Orange Islands, Decolore Islands, and the arc is added in the anime.
 * Tracey and Max were added in the anime. (But, technically Tracey appears in Pokémon Puzzle League, but its based on anime instead of the main games)
 * Lorelei was renamed as Prima in the anime.
 * Lorelei was from the Orange Islands, but the Orange Islands never existed in the games.
 * Lance was later seen in the Johto series instead of the original series.
 * Lance caught his Red Gyarados instead of the Ash nor his friends, but in the games, the Red Gyarados is catchable for the players.
 * There was not timeskip of years happened in the anime, some of them takes place arounds months.
 * Misty was still the same from the Generation I games, but she grown mature since the Generation II games.
 * Giovanni appeared in the Generation II Johto anime series, but he didn't appear in the Generation II games.
 * Gary Oak didn't take the role as Viridian City Gym Leader after Giovanni's defeat, but Agatha takes the role as the Viridian City Gym Leader.
 * Leaf, Hilda, and Rosa didn't appear in the anime series.
 * Janie didn't appear in the anime series.
 * Jessie, James, and Meowth were seen again in the other series, but they only appear in Yellow version.
 * Ash Ketchum takes the other male protagonist's role in the other seasons.
 * The Battle Frontier from Emerald were in Kanto instead of Hoenn.
 * Gold/Ethan's and Kris's name from the Generation II games were renamed as Jimmy and Marina in the anime.
 * Contests have Battles added in the anime, but they don't have Battles in the games.
 * Juan takes Wallace's role as the Gym leader like from the Emerald version.
 * Wallace hosts the Wallace Cup and he was a former Gym Leader and Champion in the anime.
 * Paul replaces Barry's role at the start of the Diamond & Pearl anime and Barry appears in the later seasons of the Sinnoh anime series.
 * Pokémon Hunter J and her crew were added in the anime.
 * Lyra appeared few at the Sinnoh episodes, but she only appears in HeartGold & SoulSilver which its in Johto.
 * The Johto Festival in Sinnoh was anime exclusive.
 * The Lake Trio were succesfully captured by Hunter J instead of Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter themselves.
 * Ash didn't get the Legend Badge and have a Gym Battle against Drayden like from Black & White series.
 * Cheren was replaced by Trip as the rival and Cheren have an one shot minor role and he appeared as a Gym Leader and have his attire from Black 2 & White 2.
 * Charles appears to be different in the anime and also, his Excelgorman is added in the anime and also, he never explains about his new Triple Battles.
 * Skyla has a Grandfather appeared in the anime.
 * Caitlin appear in her Unova Elite Four attire, but, not in her Sinnoh Frontier Brain attire. (which its possibly due to the years from the games didn't happen in the anime.)
 * N isn't an Antagonist in the anime series of the Unova series and didn't defeat Alder, but he appear in the later seasons of the Unova series and not a the beginning.
 * Iris didn't get the role as a Gym Leader nor the Champion in the anime.
 * Hugh didn't appear in the anime.
 * The Village of Dragons appeared in the anime, but they were only mentioned in the games.
 * The Reveal Glass was located at the Ancient City in the sea, but it was obtainable in the Abundant Shrine in Black 2 & White 2.
 * Alexa appeared near at the end of the Unova saga, but her debut from the games was X & Y.
 * Serena from the anime series is originally from Kanto and not Kalos, but this plot was only appear in the anime.
 * Serena's appearances from the anime is alot different from the video game series.
 * Serena didn't get a notice from Professor Sycamore about for her Pokémon nor meet Shuana, Trevor, and Tierno.
 * Clemont and Bonnie have a father named Meyer is added in the anime.
 * Clemont has more inventions only appeared in the anime.
 * Mietta appears as Serena's rival only appears in the anime.
 * Pokémon Puffs appeared outside of Pokémon-Aime.
 * Pokémon Puffs Bake-off is added in the anime, but the contest doesn't appeared in the games.
 * Siebold uses Mega Evolution in the anime with his Blatoise, but he never used his Mega Evolution nor have a Blatoise during his battles in the games.
 * Korrina only have one Lucario instead of two.
 * Korrina began her Mega Evolution training in the anime, but in the games, she already knows how to use Mega Evolutions.
 * Korrina's Lucario gets lose control during using the Mega Evolution, but this never happened during in the games.
 * Shauna, Trevor, and Tierno got a Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle in the anime, but Shauna didn't receive one of the Kalos starters like from the games.
 * Gurkinn has a Blaziken and Lucario, he also used Mega Evolution on Lucario.
 * Gurkinn fought Korrina during at her training, but he was never fought during in the games.