Pokemon

Where do you start with a craze like Pokemon? It is a franchise that spans trading cards, collectable figures, video games... you name it, there's probably a Pokemon version, be it a full blown collection of items, or just a handful, featuring the most popular ones. Pocket Monsters, to use it's full name, started out because some bloke in Japan (Wikipedia'll have his name ;) ) remembered how much he'd enjoyed collecting insects as a kid, and wanted to share that enjoyment with children across the globe. He realised how much the world had changed since his childhood however, and knew there's need to be something more than just collecting: There needed to be ...  Read the complete review

While many see pokemon as an outdated fad reserved for those of 12 and below, I disagree. I was one of the many who was hooked at the beginning of the pokemon fad - my first games being pokemons red and yellow, and my addiction was born from the moment I plugged in the cartridge. The gameplay seems never-ending, with so very much to do. I do feel, however, that the apparent maturity of the games has decreased with each new generation of games...they started out, though a little childish, still quite powerful. By the current generation, you can see that ideas for new pokemon are running a little thin, with some of the new ones literally being baby versions of existing ...  Read the complete review

Pokemon is a media franchise owned by Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1995. Originally released as a pair of Game Boy role-playing video games, Pokemon has become the second most successful video-game media franchise in the world. Pokemon now has many different versions and the game list is huge, ranging from pinball to newer game versions with more pokemon. I personally loved the original pokemon when it came out, as i was of the age to be playing the game, as i grew out of it i noticed how in my opinon Nintendo ruined pokemon with all the new types and names, i used to know them all now im just a n00b again.... Pokemon was a huge craze ...  Read the complete review

The Japanese creators of Pokemon aught to be very proud of themselves, because the simple idea has turned into a multi million pound global industry with several divisions including trading cards, a television series and movies. Although the craze was most strong in the late 90's, even now ten years on, Pokemon is still a well known brand name and the games and cards still seem to be quite popular. Pokemon are like make believe "species" of which there are several hundred different ones. The idea is that you go around different areas catching pokemon, in these little balls (pokeballs) which can suck a weak pokemon in. You then train your pokemon to ...  Read the complete review

Haha. Good 'ole pokemon! Those cards were like currency in the playground - you'd do anything for the rarest cards. You'd spend all your pocket money on packs of trading cards, hoping against hope you'd be the one to find that card that everybody wanted. There were the common shinies (Machamp, Ninetales) and then the rarest of the rare! (Gengar, Charizard.) My first cards were a gift from a friend (Ivysaur and an energy, I remember it exactly) I think Pokemon was a brilliant thing! We all got hooked on the TV programme, played or own games with tennis balls for pokeballs, chasing around the garden after an imaginary Mewtwo. The cards taught us how to barter ...  Read the complete review