My Pokémon Corner
"Pokémon", or "Pocket Monsters", is actually a RPG/simulation Game Boy game released in 1995 by Nintendo of Japan, Gamefreak and Creatures.
Pokémon are actually monsters who live in the wild, and who can be trained to defend people or just to be pets. You play a ten-year old boy whose goal is to become the greatest Pokémon trainer in the world. To do that, you must encounter and fight all 150 Pokemon to fill up your "Pokémon Encyclopedia", the only way to do that being to capture some monsters of your very own, train them, and get them to fight against other monsters, and you must fight the eight Pokémon Training Hall leaders in order to get their badges, which proves your strength and ability to train the monsters you capture.
The Game Boy game spawned an animated series of the same name in Japan, which became an instant hit with people of all ages. It's also that infamous series that caused the seizures incident on December 16th, 1997 where 700 children were hospitalized due to a flashing effect in one of the episodes.
That incident's nearly forgotten now as the series continued to air in April 1998, the dual-episode movie, "Pikachu's Summer Vacation" and "Mewtwo Strikes Back!" was released on July 18th, and the second series of the animated show is already on the drawing boards.
"Pokémon" is making its debut in North America on September 7th when the translated version of the anime will be released in 86% of the United States, following the adventures of Ash Ketchum and his sometimes un-cooperative Pokémon, Pikachu, as he strives to become the world's greatest Pokémon trainer.
The Game Boy game, both red and blue versions, is out on September 28th, 1998 where you'll be able to link with a friend to fight against each other or trade monsters. A Tamagotchi-like unit, the Pocket Pikachu, is released on November 2nd 1998 in North America. There are still the green, yellow, silver and gold version. The Green version will be released will in North America in the middle of 1999.
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Created on 29/04/1999
