Differences between PokéLive! and Pokémon

Though it certainly stays faithful to the conventions of various Pokémon media for the most part, the Tokimeki PokéLive! and Twinbee series has some differences compared to official Pokémon media. This article will list some examples.

Notable Differences

 * While PokéLive! also has action/adventure oriented stories (In the form of the four part "Side Story" arcs as well as major crossover arcs) just like most Pokémon media that aren't the games tend to be, PokéLive! also has slice of life oriented stories.
 * While the Sun and Moon season of the main Pokémon anime as well as the obscure manga How I Became a Pokémon Card have more of a focus on slice of life stories, neither really use any of the tropes that are commonly seen in lighthearted Seinen type anime/manga like how the "Main Stories" of PokéLive! tend to.
 * The series takes place on Earth while most, if not all, Pokémon media tend to take place on an Earth-like planet commonly called the Pokémon World.
 * Unlike Pokémon, where mentions of real world animals have been decreasing over time after the 1st Generation, to the point where they are nonexistent these days, Pokémon and regular animals coexist on Earth/Shizuku's World.
 * Pokémon Evolution is also called "Idolization" or more rarely "Pokémon Idolization", Idolization being a term taken from the Bushiroad/KLab Love Live! mobile games. The term tends to be used mostly by the Love Live! characters involved in the series.
 * The series combines characters and elements from various Pokémon media, the main sources coming from the main games and to some extent the main anime, at least, the alternate version of the main anime seen in the movies I Choose You!, The Power of Us and Secrets of the Jungle.
 * For example, while Hilda and Hilbert, who are from the games, have counterparts in the series, characters from the anime such as Risa, Margo, Jessie and James have counterparts that co-exist alongside them.
 * Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik, a villain from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, has a counterpart in the series who acts as the main villain of this universe's take on the original Pokémon Black and White games rather than Ghetsis Harmonia, who is the real villain of the Unova based games.