A Sneak Peek at Pokémon

A Sneak Peek at Pokémon is the eight promotional videotape put out by Nintendo, sent out to Nintendo Power subscribers and also made available for free purchase at Toys R Us stores. As its title suggests, it was made to promote the upcoming premiere of the Pokémon anime and the release of Pokémon Red and Blue in the United States.

The video returns to the live-action framing device gimmick, this time with the actors portraying live-action characters supposedly connected with the anime's main characters, including Ash Ketchum's aunt Hillary (portrayed by Ash's original dub voice, Veronica Taylor), his cousins Trey and Troy, his science teacher Mr. Carlson, and Misty's best friend, Amy. Clips from early episodes of the anime are used throughout the video, including the second verse of the PokéRap. Most notably, there is a redubbed scene from the episode "A Battle Aboard the St. Anne" where Giovanni assigns Jessie, James, and Meowth to capture Ash's Pikachu, as he is supposedly the rarest of all Pokémon (the irony of this being that in the actual show, Jessie and James' attempts to capture Pikachu was entirely their own decision, and Giovanni likely has no interest in Ash's Pikachu).