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Pokemon's celebrates its 20th anniversary this month that means we've spent two decades pining for a real-life Pikachu how did a small Game Boy game become an international icon well let's take a trip back to 1996 the year the Chicago Bulls when their fourth championship and Bill Clinton V Bob Dole for the US presidency Oh a Nintendo published pokemon red and green in Japan the name Pokemon was derived from the original Japanese name which meant Pocket Monsters as in the critters were literal monsters that could fit into your pocket with the aid of pokeballs two years later in 1998 the Pokemon craze hit America with Pokemon Red and Blue a competitive card game and plenty of skeptical news reports kids in the US finally tried to catch all 151 original Pokemon and not just crummy old medified within five years of the first release Pokemon spawned several and I mean several other spin-offs including movies more games more Pokemon including togepi and of course a surprisingly good cartoon show in 2011 the year of the Royal Wedding Pokemon celebrated its 15th anniversary with a catalog of 19 games across five generations you're counting spin-offs we're looking at 35 games at least in the total Pokemon counted surged to 649 in 2016 like now the holy year of snapchat the Pokemon brand features 73 games including spin us 18 films a Superbowl commercial and 718 Pokemon Nintendo has sold over 260 million Pokemon related games pokemon playing cards are still being traded globally its publisher has shipped over 20 1.5 billion of them since 1998 the TV series has run over 800 episodes and yes the show is still on the air Pikachu is like ice cold coke you want it because you can't escape it newcomers have a chance to go back to where it all began Nintendo has released pokémon red and blue for download on the Nintendo 3ds meaning it's time to catch them all all over a