21 years ago today the world of Pokémon was first released to the public in 1996. Bringing the mind of game designer Satoshi Tajiri and offered by Nintendo to players of its Gameboy system. The reason Satoshi made the game is because of his love for video games. In the six years it took to create the game and its first three Pocket Monsters Bulbasaur, Squirtle and Charmander. Tajiri’s Game Freak studio nearly went out of business, but the little creatures –some disarmingly cute, like Pikachu would take the world by storm and handheld GameBoys were saved. Players, known as Pokémon Trainers catch the many Pokémon creatures. Pokémon have strengths and weaknesses and would battle each other. To this day, Pokémon endures with over 900 anime episodes, live trading card game tournaments, and toy store merchandise still generating excitement. $40 billion in total revenue, which is second only to the Star Wars franchise. Pikachu and friends are about to jump to smartphones and tablets later this year with Pokémon GO.This makes me wonder how does a game stay popular for that long.
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My favourite Pokémon is Oshawott.











