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The Pokémon Company is celebrating the game’s 20th anniversary by spending a few million dollars on a commercial during the biggest sporting event in the United States. Next month, Pokémon turns 20...
View ArticleNintendo Direct livestream coming Friday for Pokémon’s 20th anniversary
Two decades ago, Nintendo unleashed the first Pokémon games in Japan. This Friday, Nintendo will celebrate that milestone with fans. A Pokémon-themed Nintendo Direct livestreaming video event is coming...
View ArticleWhy Pokémon still matters 20 years later
FEATURE: We are now two decades removed from the start of the Pokémon fad, and I’m starting to think it is more than just a phase. Back in the late 1990s, it was difficult to understand why Pokémon...
View ArticlePokémon turns 20 after two decades of capturing our hearts
FEATURE: Pikachu, Squirtle, Charizard, and all their of friends turn 20 years old today. On this day in 1996, Pokémon Red and Green came out in Japan for the Game Boy. It spawned a series that has sold...
View ArticleRanking six generations of Pokémon games from worst to best
FEATURE: Twenty years of Pokémon has given us six generations of great games, but they aren’t all equal. Each of those six generations includes two versions that have slight changes (usually just...
View ArticleHow to get Pokémon Red and Blue’s pea soup coloring and a Game Boy border on...
Check out more of our 20th anniversary of Pokémon coverage this week at GamesBeat. You can finally play the original Pokémon games on your 3DS, but Nintendo’s handheld has a few secret ways for you to...
View ArticleSatoshi Tajiri: The man who created Pokémon
Check out more of our 20th anniversary of Pokémon coverage this week at GamesBeat. FEATURE: Pokémon is a multimedia giant, but it all started with one man. That would be Satoshi Tajiri, who created...
View ArticleHow the Pokémon cartoon and games form one of media’s best symbiotic...
Check out more of our 20th anniversary of Pokémon coverage this week at GamesBeat. FEATURE: When I say Pokémon, most of you probably think of the games. But the franchise owes just as much of its...
View Article6 celebrities that should play Pokémon in a live-action movie
Check out more of our 20th anniversary of Pokémon coverage this week at GamesBeat. FEATURE: The Pokémon franchise has had nearly 20 movies since 1996, but all of ’em are silly cartoons. It’s time for...
View ArticleWatch Pokémon Generations’ nostalgic trip through the Elite Four on YouTube
The latest episode of Pokémon Generations is now on YouTube, continuing the multimedia, $45 billion franchise’s celebration of its 20th anniversary. Generations is an animated show created for YouTube...
View ArticleGamesBeat weekly roundup: Twitch plays Pokémon, why Steam matters, and Thief...
I played a lot of the original Pokémon when I was little, but I never thought that a group of thousands would try to beat the same game in one of the most bizarre social experiments I’ve ever seen. You...
View ArticlePokémon arrangement album celebrates the classics, all profits go to charity
Tired of Christmas music? I mean, I’m not, but not everyone can be as jolly as me. Either way, we can all use more Pokémon music in our lives (and it’s slightly more acceptable to listen to after...
View Article25 years of the Game Boy: A timeline of the systems, accessories, and games
Happy birthday, Game Boy! Nintendo’s famous portable is 25 years old today. The handheld would see numerous successors, peripherals, and notable games during its 15 years of dominance before the...
View ArticleHow you can send your Red, Blue, and Yellow Pokémon to Sun and Moon
Nintendo is finally enabling fans to bring their favorite Pokémon from the first generation of games to the 3DS. The company revealed today that players can transfer Pokémon from original Red, Blue,...
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