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RetroVision – Pikachu and the Making of a Mascot

Sophia Aubrey Drake 366 Views 2 Comments 90s, America, Anime, Ash, Game Boy, Game Freak, Japan, Junichi Masuda, Ken Sugimori, Nintendo, Pikachu, Pokémon, Satoshi Tajiri

Nowadays, when anybody thinks of the gaming giant Pokémon, they think of Pikachu. However, this wasn’t the original intention of

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RetroVision – The Challenges of Taking Pokémon West

Sophia Aubrey Drake 142 Views 2 Comments 8-Bit, 90s, America, Game Boy, Game Freak, Japan, Localisation, Mewtwo, Nintendo, Pikachu, Pokémon

Pokémon is about as Japanese as you get, with the cute anime infused aesthetics and RPG elements being seen as

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RetroVision – Junichi Masuda Looks Back On Pokémon

Sophia Aubrey Drake 336 Views 1 Comment 8-Bit, 90s, Game Boy, Game Freak, Junichi Masuda, Music, Nintendo, Pokémon, Satoshi Tajiri, YouTube

Could you imagine a world without Pokémon? It’s a scary thought right? Well what’s even scarier is that according to

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RetroVision – Just How Successful Is Pokémon?

Sophia Aubrey Drake 190 Views 2 Comments Anime, Anniversary, Game Boy, Game Freak, Japan, JRPG, Kanto, Manga, Nintendo, Pikachu, Pokémon, Pokemon Center, Satoshi Tajiri, Trading Cards

This year Game Freak and Nintendo’s Pokémon celebrates its 20th Anniversary. Where has the time gone? What’s more, it celebrates

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News – Train On!

01/02/201620/02/2016 Sophia Aubrey Drake 391 Views 0 Comments 3DS, 8-Bit, 90s, Advert, Anime, Anniversary, Game Boy, Nintendo, Pikachu, Pokémon, Super Bowl, Wii U

Super Bowl 50 may still be just under a week away, but The Pokémon Company have already revealed their multi-million

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RetroSpective 

RetroSpective – Kirby’s Dream Land

Sophia Aubrey Drake 279 Views 0 Comments 8-Bit, 90s, Dream Land, Essential, Game Boy, Green Greens, HAL Laboratory, King Dedede, Kirby, Kirby's Dream Land, Masahiro Sakurai, Nintendo, Platforming, Satoru Iwata, Smash Bros, Super Mario Bros.

Created by Masahiro Sakurai, Kirby is one of the most recognisable characters in all of gaming, as are the loveable

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Cheats & Secrets – Kirby’s Dream Land

Sophia Aubrey Drake 1148 Views 0 Comments 90s, Dream Land, Game Boy, HAL Laboratory, King Dedede, Kirby, Kirby's Dream Land, Masahiro Sakurai, NES, Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, Shigeru Miyamoto

The pink puffball can bring a smile to anyone’s face.  Not only that but the debut entry in the series

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RetroVision – The Origins of Kirby

Sophia Aubrey Drake 367 Views 5 Comments 90s, Dream Land, Famicom, Game Boy, HAL Laboratory, King Dedede, Kirby, Masahiro Sakurai, NES, Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, Shigeru Miyamoto, Smash Bros

It may come as a surprise to many that Kirby, the iconic and loveable Nintendo character, was never actually planned

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News 

News – Pokémon @ 20 Years Old

14/01/201628/09/2016 Sophia Aubrey Drake 160 Views 8 Comments 3DS, 8-Bit, 90s, Anime, Anniversary, Game Boy, Nintendo, Pokémon, Pokémon Go, Super Bowl, Trading Cards, Wii U

Pokémon is 20 years old, well on 27th February to be precise. Can you believe it? Despite 1996 only feeling like

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RetroVision – The Many Names of Seiken Densetsu Part 2

Sophia Aubrey Drake 126 Views 1 Comment 16-Bit, 8-Bit, Adventures of Mana, Android, Final Fantasy, Game Boy, iOS, JRPG, Legend of the Sacred Sword, Mana, Mystic Quest, Nintendo, Remake, Seiken Densetsu, Square, Square Enix, Super Famicom, Super Nintendo, Sword of Mana, Vita

In part one we only managed to get through the original Game Boy releases of Seiken Densetsu.  Yet we already

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RetroVision – The Many Names of Seiken Densetsu Part 1

Sophia Aubrey Drake 210 Views 1 Comment 16-Bit, 8-Bit, Adventures of Mana, Android, Final Fantasy, Game Boy, iOS, Japan, JRPG, Legend of the Sacred Sword, Mana, Mystic Quest, Nintendo, Remake, Seiken Densetsu, Square, Square Enix, Super Famicom, Super Nintendo, Sword of Mana, Vita

Let’s get one thing straight right from the start, Final Fantasy Adventure is not a Final Fantasy game.  In fact,

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