The Damned Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Today marks the 15th anniversary of the Pokémon series debut. On February 27, 1996, Japan saw the release of Red and Green for the Game Boy. 15 years later, it's the second highest selling video game franchise in history, only beat by Mario himself. Now, most of us only got to play it late 1998 to mid 1999, due to the release dates in Europe, Australia and North America, so for most of us, it's more like 13 years. But 13 doesn't get special cakes, so fuck that. So... yeah, happy birthday, bits of data on a plastic and metal board that is inserted into a plastic and metal device running on batteries. You don't look a day over 0.1eV/hour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chernabogue Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Happy birthday, Pokémon! And now, get the MissingNo Tracks released! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nonamer Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Today would have been better if they had released Black and White now instead of March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 I'd like to point out that today would be the Japanese, not the US, anniversary. So it wouldn't really make any sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BardicKnowledge Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Hooray! Though I must say that after Gold/Silver I generally lost interest in the franchise because the core gameplay never evolved. I played through Platinum and couldn't get into the endgame content. I'm planning on playing through White -- hopefully there's at least something new for us to discover there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike911 Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Wow!! 15 years?! Damn, I feel old. >_< I remember being in middle school and being super excited for Pokemon. Nintendo Power had all those little promotional Pokemon insert comics hyping up the release back in the day. I know the US got it some time after Japan, but still... time flies. One of these days I need to play one of the newer games. I stopped after Gold and Silver by the sheer overwhelming number of new Pokemon. *nostalgia* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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