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PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure

2009 video game

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ2421213
Source-derived summary

PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure is a spin-off video game in the Pokémon series for the Wii, developed by Creatures Inc. and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo. It was released on December 5, 2009, in Japan, on July 9, 2010, in Europe, on September 23, 2010, in Australia, and on November 1, 2010, in North America. It was re-released on the Wii U's eShop service in Europe and Australia on July 16, 2015.

A sequel, PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond, was released in 2011.

Gameplay

Players control Pikachu and are able to explore the PokéPark, which encompasses various zones such as the meadow and lava zones. The game's main objective revolves around clearing minigames that take the form of park attractions. By doing so, the player obtains all 14 pieces of the Sky Prism. The player can also make friends with other Pokémon through various minigames, such as playing Battle, Hide & Seek, Chase, playing Obstacle Hop, or by completing a quiz; by befriending Pokémon, new areas of the park become accessible, and the befriended Pokémon become available to be controlled in the attractions. In battle, Pikachu is able to use Thunderbolt, Dash and eventually Iron Tail; these can be upgraded to become more powerful.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure” as 2009 video game. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2009, 2010, 2015, 2011—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—2009-12-05, 2010-11-01, 2010-09-23, 2010-07-09—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. The account is most persuasive where PokéPark, Pikachu's and Adventure can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as 2009 video game. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2421213. 5 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 4 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2009, 2010, 2015 and 2011.

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This entry incorporates text from PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.