Pokemon: Why is it so Popular?
Who would have guessed that a funny bunch of digital creatures with names like Pikachu, Charmander, Squirtle and Jiggly Puff would hypnotize our kids, empty our pocketbooks and create the biggest game sensation in memory? With more than $5 billion in international sales, Pokémon is the best-selling video game in the U.S. More than 4.2 million Game Boy and Nintendo 64 cartridges have been sold since last September. Factor in the 1 million trading-card packs sold, a top animated TV series and the 100 or so a Pokémon license offering everything from backpacks to lollipops, and it’s clear that we're a nation obsessed. Some smart features have helped hold kids' fascination. As any Pokémon player knows, the goal of the game is to collect and tame all 150 characters. But to do so, kids must link their Game Boys up with those of friends and make trades. Some of the printed cards were issued in limited quantities, spawning frenzied trading clubs for obsessed kids and causing the card! In Japan, where the Pokemon were born, Ash is called Satoshi; and Satoshi was made in the image of his creator, Satoshi Tajiri, a young outcast who, as a boy living just outside Tokyo, collec
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