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Pokémon Go: Views from a Pokémaniac

Stuart Drake 134 Views 0 Comments Android, AR, Feature, iOS, News, Niantic, Nintendo, Opinion, Pikachu, Pokémon, Pokémon Go, Pokémon Sun and Moon, The Pokémon Company, Updates

Although it’s technically not ‘retro gaming’ I feel that as Rings & Coins resident Pokémaniac, I should give my opinions

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RetroVision – 10 Reasons Why Gen 1 May Not Be As Good As You Remember

Stuart Drake 542 Views 1 Comment 8-Bit, 90s, Essential, Feature, Game Boy, Game Freak, Gen 1, Glitch, Junichi Masuda, Ken Sugimori, Mewtwo, Missingno, Nintendo, Pikachu, Pokémon, Satoshi Tajiri, The Pokémon Company

There are many people who believe the original 151 Gen 1 Pokémon can’t be beaten. I’m here to tell you

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RetroVision – The Origins of Pokémon

Stuart Drake 208 Views 10 Comments Bugs, Charmander, Game Boy, insects, Japan, Kanto, Nintendo, Origins, Pikachu, Pocket Monsters, Pokémon, Satoshi Tajiri, Tokyo, Ultraman

Pokémon began in 1996 with the Japanese Game Boy release of Pocket Monsters Aka and Midori (Red and Green). However, in order

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News RetroVision 

News – Pokémon Go Takes The World By Storm

Sophia Aubrey Drake 145 Views 3 Comments Android, AR, Facebook, iOS, News, Niantic, Nintendo, Pikachu, Pokémon, Pokémon Go, The Pokémon Company, Twitter

With more and more countries rolling out as the days go by, Pokémon Go is quite literally taking the entire

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E3 2016 – Hyperkin’s Smart Boy Adapter Revealed

22/06/201614/07/2016 Sophia Aubrey Drake 146 Views 0 Comments 8-Bit, 80s, 90s, Android, App Store, Apple, E3, E3 2016, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Hyperkin, iOS, iPhone, Nintendo, Pikachu, Pokémon, Smart Boy

At one time, Hyperkin’s Game Boy adapter for smartphones was nothing more than an April Fool’s Day prank. Now however,

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Japan/Import News 

News – Greninja Crowned Japan’s Favourite Pokémon

Sophia Aubrey Drake 386 Views 0 Comments 3DS, Charizard, Competition, DS, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Game Freak, Greninja, Japan, News, Nintendo, Pikachu, Pokémon, The Pokémon Company

Who exactly is the most popular Pokémon? With 20 years of history and 720 to choose from with more coming soon,

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Japan/Import RetroSpective 

RetroSpective – Pokémon Red / Green / Blue

Sophia Aubrey Drake 826 Views 5 Comments 8-Bit, 90s, Essential, Game Boy, Game Freak, Junichi Masuda, Ken Sugimori, Mewtwo, Nintendo, Pikachu, Pokémon, Review, Satoshi Tajiri

It’s officially 20 years since Satoshi Tajiri and Game Freak’s Pokémon Red and Green were first released in Japan. Can

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Japan/Import Main RetroVision 

RetroVision – Pikachu and the Making of a Mascot

Sophia Aubrey Drake 365 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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Japan/Import RetroVision 

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 – Just How Successful Is Pokémon?

Sophia Aubrey Drake 189 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 

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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