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Pokémon Red and Green Versions (Pocket Monsters) released in Japan for the Game Boy console.
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Lottery hosted by the Japenese magazine "CoroCoro," where 20 lucky readers who answered the questions correctly could send in their Pokemon Red or Green cartridges to GameFreaks to receive a mew.
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The first set of cards, the "1st Starter Expansion Pack/Base Set," was released in Japan.
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Pokémon: Indigo League (originally aired simply as Pokémon) is the first season of the Pokémon animated television series known in Japan as Pocket Monsters
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The popularity of Pokémon Red and Green led to the recreation of Pokémon Red and the creation of Pokémon Blue in America
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Pokémon released their first movie due to the popularity of the show.
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The pokerap made in 1998 was later released as a music video in the early 2000s and can also be heard at the end of Pokemon Indigo league (sung by D-Train)
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With the release of Pokémon X and Y your finally get to see a Pokémon Game has evolved into 3D models instead of its original 2D ( made for 3Ds )
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Pokémon Go launched in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. Due to server strain and extremely high demand, they released it in other regions. Becoming a huge global success.
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The release of Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee on the Nintendo Switch was unlike any Pokémon game, This game focused more on Catching the Pokémon instead of battling it to catch.
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Released in the United States, distributed by Warner Bros. Pokémon fans finally got a live-action pokemon to see what Pokémon would look like if they were real.
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You can finally transfer your Pokémon from one game and have all your favorite and old Pokémon you tried so hard to catch, and if you spent a little extra money, you can transfer your Pokémon from older gen consoles such as the DS, 3Ds, Gamecube, and even the Gameboy.
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Due to the high demand for Pokemon cards, they made a game where you can collect pokemon and battle without spending money. The fans went nuts.