I've finally received the Pocket Pikachu I ordered online! ☺️

I must admit I nearly forgot it existed until @JohtoTimes posted some photos of it on our Discord.

It looks really cute and, most importantly, it functions!

It's all in Japanese, so I'll need to watch some tutorials on how to use it properly 😆

Wow! That's awesome! It's kinda fun to wear as a pedometer and have some extra motivation for exercising or just stretching your legs if you work from home.

Editing from my phone to add picture of my childhood device that I found at my dad's house last year. Prob needs some light cleaning and I should try to put new batteries in and see if it still works 👀

Edited 13 hours ago13 hr by pokejungle

3 hours ago, pokejungle said:

I should try to put new batteries in and see if it still works 👀

Yes, please do! 🩷

On 7/13/2025 at 2:58 PM, dragoniteo said:

I've finally received the Pocket Pikachu I ordered online! ☺️

I must admit I nearly forgot it existed until @JohtoTimes posted some photos of it on our Discord.

It looks really cute and, most importantly, it functions!

It's all in Japanese, so I'll need to watch some tutorials on how to use it properly 😆

Oh wow! I am super hyped for you @dragoniteo that's awesome! I wish you the best of luck on your journey to reaching a million steps!

5 hours ago, pokejungle said:

Wow! That's awesome! It's kinda fun to wear as a pedometer and have some extra motivation for exercising or just stretching your legs if you work from home.

Editing from my phone to add picture of my childhood device that I found at my dad's house last year. Prob needs some light cleaning and I should try to put new batteries in and see if it still works 👀

I have a good feeling it will work! The screen doesn't appear to have had any leakage, and it looks like you kept it in good shape. Is there a battery already inside? If you want to clean inside PLEASE be careful because there's a thin hairline wire that moves the mechanism inside, and it can spring out and be easily lost. The speaker is also attached to the front so you can't open it up completely without disconnecting the wire, and that'll require some soldering (which I don't have time for)

I think it'll just be as simple as inserting a CR2032 battery, let me know if it works!

2 minutes ago, JohtoTimes said:

The screen doesn't appear to have had any leakage, and it looks like you kept it in good shape. Is there a battery already inside? If you want to clean inside PLEASE be careful because there's a thin hairline wire that moves the mechanism inside, and it can spring out and be easily lost. The speaker is also attached to the front so you can't open it up completely without disconnecting the wire, and that'll require some soldering (which I don't have time for)

I think it'll just be as simple as inserting a CR2032 battery, let me know if it works!

I love this engineering treatise about this little device 😆