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Pokémon are a group of species with at least 493 members in the Pokémon Series that have unique abilities. There are different elemental types of Pokémon, each element affects what the Pokémon's attacks, abilities and weaknesses are. For example, Pikachu being an Electric Pokémon can use electrical attacks and is weak against Ground Pokémon. Another factor that separates Pokémon from traditional animals is that after meeting certain conditions, the Pokémon Evolves into a new Pokémon. For example, Pichu evolves into Pikachu. Pokémon live in the wild, but are caught by Pokémon Trainers to have as pets or battle with other Pokémon for sport.
Some select Pokémon have interacted with characters in the Marioverse, most notably in the Super Smash Bros. competitions. Not only were some competitors, but if a player threw a Poké Ball, then a random Pokémon would come out and attack the other players. These Poké Ball Pokémon would not hurt the player who sent them out, except for Electrode, Wobbuffet and Clefairy (when using Electrode's move)
Mew – Says "Mew!" and drifts into the sky. Nothing else happens, besides that the player who sent out Mew gets points.
Meowth – Uses Pay Day after jumping in the air, which sends out coins near Meowth. The closer the target, the more coins hit him and the more damage he receives.
Charizard – Breathes fire back and forth from both sides.
Clefairy – Does a random move that usually belongs to another Pokémon.
Koffing – Makes Poison Gas come out around it.
Goldeen – Uses Splash, a move which does nothing.
Starmie – Shoots stars after homing in on a target. Before it attacks, if the target moves, it will keep firing in the original position.
Snorlax – Jumps out of screen only to come back down bigger attempting to crush opponents.
Hitmonlee – Uses a one-shot homing kick that if it hits, usually KOs target.
Onix – Uses Rock Throw, sends boulders down from where it was sent out.
Beedrill – A huge swarm of Beedrill come out from the side of the stage.
Runs in one direction after an opponent. After a certain time, it will jump either in the same direction, or the other direction before falling offscreen.
Goes into the background to make a huge vertical pillar of fire that appears where it was called from. Like Entei's attack, only does a massive amount of damage and the attack radius is much bigger.
Floats up to the sky. Player receives 8,000 extra points at the end of the match. According to the trophy, it has a 1 in 251 chance of appearing, like Mew.
Flies into the sky, and uses Hyper Beam, which shoots an incredibly powerful beam of light down onto the field.
Trivia
Pokémon was one of the two series from the original Super Smash Bros., that were not included in Nintendo Monopoly. The other is the Earthbound series.
In the opening cinema of Super Smash Bros. Melee, several Pokémon appear at the same time. Oddly, many of them do not appear in Pokéballs, nor do they have trophies. Also, Psyduck and Lickitung appear in Poké Floats, who are just like the aformentioned Pokémon.
Additionally, Jigglypuff and Pichu appear in the Pokémon shot in the opening, despite being secret characters. This "honor" is shared with Ganondorf, whose arm appears in the opening sequence.
