Game developer Satoshi Tajiri spent hours of his childhood bug collecting, and when Nintendo released the Game Boy handheld in 1989, he had a vision of an insect crawling between two systems via the Game Link Cable. This vision gave birth to the Pokemon franchise.
In 1996, Nintendo published the first installment in the Pokemon series, a pair of games known as Pocket Monsters Aka (Red) and Midori (Green), which starred creatures with special powers that players could collect, train, and direct in battle. Players collected 151 individual monsters, either by trapping them in-game or trading them with friends. While the game could be completed without obtaining each monster, most players felt this element was even more important than finishing the plotline.
Despite initial concerns that cute monsters would not appeal to non-Japanese audiences, Pokemon quickly took the world by storm and sold more than 23 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling RPG video game of all time. The franchise now contains dozens of games with 721 monsters to collect, hundreds of animated television episodes and movies, and a whopping 21.5 billion cards produced for the competitive Pokemon Trading Card Game. It also sparked interest in Japanese culture in a generation of children.
Nearly two decades after its inception, Pok퀌�-mania shows little sign of fading, as players worldwide still feel like they've Gotta Catch em All!
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Amazon | Not in stock | - |
3rd Party New | $85.00 | Mar 20, 2020 |
3rd Party Used | Not in stock | - |
Amazon | Not in stock | - |
3rd Party New | $99.95 | Sep 17, 2019 |
3rd Party Used | $30.00 | Jan 24, 2011 |
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3rd Party New | $8.84 | Dec 03, 2010 |
3rd Party Used | $4.90 | Nov 15, 2010 |
Amazon | $0.00 | - |
3rd Party New | $57.57 | - |
3rd Party Used | $11.46 | - |
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Current | $85.00 | Mar 20, 2020 |
Highest * | $99.95 | Sep 17, 2019 |
Lowest * | $8.84 | Dec 03, 2010 |
Average + | $57.57 | - |
* since Nov 15, 2010.
+ of the last 50 price changes
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Current | Not in Stock | - |
Highest * | $30.00 | Jan 24, 2011 |
Lowest * | $4.90 | Nov 15, 2010 |
Average + | $11.46 | - |
* since Nov 15, 2010.
+ of the last 50 price changes
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