Pico Accessories Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition

Alright, this is pretty much being written because I don't really have any "real" info per se. Except hopefully this is kind of insightful anyway...

Today's accessory is one that looks simple enough. See that device to the left? Because it sees you! Rah, those eyes! Popping out of the plastic! They haunt me!

And that game to the right? The only game it's meant for. It's got a bit of a long name though; Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation Minna de Pico Pokémon Waiwai Battle!

The game comes packaged with this controller (unless the second hand dealer you're buying from lost it, that is), and is the only game compatible with it. I haven't even gotten any info on whether or not it has it's own unique name, so I suppose for now it's safe to just call it the Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation Minna de Pico Pokémon Waiwai Battle! Controller.... No, that's way too long a title, I'll just call it the blasted Pikachu joypad.

The plug on the end of the pad looks like an ol' PS/2 cable. If you're asking where the PS/2 port on the Pico is, there is none. So where does the controller plug in to? Look at that hole on the bottom-right of the Storyware cart. It appears the joypad goes directly into the game!
Now, has anyone here ever had a console so sensitive that just touching the cartridge on it briefly would screw up the game? Man, I'd hate to be the poor sap who yanked the cord constantly trying to play this one...

It's not necessarily easy to tell what the joypad does from it's shape. It has four buttons, two white and two red. On the left and right sides, to make each side not a carbon copy as well as to remind you that this is a Gen 3-era item, are Plusle and Minun . Below them are Charmander and Bulbasaur, for some reason. I'd say the orange team has the type advantage here...

These buttons do not have any counterpart on the actual standard Pico controls. They also have no emulation support currently, which kind of makes actually playing the game impossible.

Since it's in a shape that invokes the feeling of the classic Genesis/Megadrive 3-button joypad, I'd assume it's purpose is to give the give the game more of.... dare I say it? ... Yes. I dare; "The Arcade Feel."

Of course, if it turns out it's actually for something more mundane, like feeding Pikachu blocks or something, then I'll probably have to edit this accordingly.