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New Title From Pokémon Creator Game Freak Launches Today, Asks Players To "Gather Them All"

Pandoland is the newest title from the creators of Pokémon, and it launches today. Game Freak has been developing games since 1989, and though Pokémon is its biggest franchise, the development studio ...
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10 near-perfect Pokémon evolutions that Game Freak somehow made even better

The best upgrades in Pokémon history.
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Pokémon Began Selling Two Versions of Each Game To Try and Beat Mario, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto Says

In Japan, the era-defining game was available in two versions at launch (Red and Green) before coming to other territories as Pokemon Red and Blue. Yellow Version (aka Special Pikachu Edition) ...
GameSpot

Pokemon's Two-Game Tradition Started As A Way To One-Up Mario

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Whenever a new mainline Pokemon game rolls around, you can expect not one but two versions of the same game to hit the shelves. That's a sales ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Nintendo Released Its First ‘Pokémon’ Games 30 Years Ago. Here’s How the Beloved Catchable ‘Pocket Monsters’ Became the World’s Biggest Media Franchise

The phenomenon—with its video games, trading cards, shows, movies and merchandise—has generated billions in revenue Gregory Wakeman | Freelance Writer “Pokémon” creator Satoshi Tajiri was inspired by ...
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Inside the high-stakes world of Pokémon card collectors 30 years after the game’s creation

Pokémon dominates Benson Lu's life. The 26-year-old has played the mobile game Pokémon Go daily for a decade, watches the animated series weekly, and regularly plays the trading card game at his local ...
IGN

Pokémon Began Selling Two Versions of Each Game To Try and Beat Mario, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto Says

From Red and Blue to Scarlet and Violet, Pokémon is known for often launching its games with two different versions — and now, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto has discussed one of the reasons why: to try ...