Blog:PSJ Network (Fake Game, YTF43)

'''Note: As the title states, this is not a real game. Edits are welcome but please be aware that some edits may be reverted.'''

"PSJ Network is now dead. Please buy a new Game Disc/Card. No warranty is allowed."

- The lockup screen message

PSJ Network is a spin-off game developed by Yoshi Interactive Studios and released on February 14, 2016 on Windows, OS X, Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. A Nintendo Switch port was released in 2017. It is based on the somewhat infamous Pokémon Channel.

Bad Qualities
(W.I.P.)
 * 1) This game is just a near-rehash of Pokémon Channel, which is already not that good.
 * 2) Characters from other franchises are shoehorned in with barely any care and for no reason.
 * 3) Sometimes, whatever you were watching can lead to a "PSJ Network Error", which involves Professor Oak being tied up and put in a lair with a bomb next to him, which is set to explode between 5 minutes and 2 hours. If you try to escape, the timer will be cut in half, and if you disobey the warning too many times, it grounds you and the TV explodes! Sound familiar?
 * 4) *Even worse, this causes Pikachu to go into the garden (with a dark, stormy sky) and commit suicide in a random manner, from digging his own grave to even flushing himself down a toilet. Rated E/3, everyone.
 * 5) **After that, you lose a chance and are asked to restart the game from your last save point. If you lose three chances, the game locks up.

Good Qualities
(W.I.P.)
 * 1) The soundtrack is decent.
 * 2) All the Pokémon have their original English and Japanese voice actors in the game, and they all do a very good job with the voice acting of the Pokémon.
 * 3) This game can be considered so bad it's good.

Trivia

 * PSJ Network was originally the title for a proposed spin-off of Pokémon Strange Journeys. which would have involved Ash and his friends at a TV studio.
 * This is the first game to be developed by the then-new Yoshi Interactive Studios.
 * This is one of only two games in the Pokémon Strange Journeys franchise to be developed by Yoshi Interactive Studios instead of Satsuki Game Company, the other being a game based on Pokémon Strange Journeys: Adventures in Minecraft.
 * A sequel to this game was planned as part of the proposed revival of the Pokémon Strange Journeys franchise, however it, alongside the revival itself, has been cancelled due to the closure of 1happycats Productions.
 * In that game, PSJ Network would have been in the form of a streaming service, and would have had the ability to be used on a television, monitor, tablet or phone.