Pokémon Collector Discovers Rare Playable Copy of PokéPark Fishing Rally DS 20 Years After the Limited-Time Event It Was Made For

From May to September 2005, guests at PokéPark — a theme park in Nagoya, Japan centered on Nintendo’s world-famous monster-catching game franchise —could take part in an especially unique, limited-time gaming experience available only for attendees. This experience was centered around a game called PokéPark Fishing Rally, a fishing minigame that staff wirelessly transferred to guests’ DS handheld consoles via Download Play stations set inside the Park. The game itself was only available on players’ consoles for a 12-hour period after being downloaded, and would erase itself if the DS was powered off.