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

Stuart Drake 544 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 

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 

News – Pokémon Ports Prove Retro Still Sells

04/05/201614/07/2016 Sophia Aubrey Drake 125 Views 0 Comments 8-Bit, 90s, Anniversary, Game Freak, News, Nintendo, Nintendo 3DS, Pokémon, Satoshi Tajiri, Virtual Console

Retro gaming is far from dead. It’s something I say a lot here on Rings & Coins, and if you

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Japan/Import RetroSpective 

RetroSpective – Pokémon Red / Green / Blue

Sophia Aubrey Drake 828 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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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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Japan/Import RetroVision 

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 191 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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Japan/Import RetroVision 

RetroVision – The Art of Pokémon

Sophia Aubrey Drake 1411 Views 3 Comments Charizard, Game Boy, Game Freak, Ken Sugimori, Nintendo, Pikachu, Pocket Monsters, Pokémon, Satoshi Tajiri

Sometimes a picture tells a thousand words, and Ken Sugimori is a man who has made his name by doing

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Cheats RetroVision 

RetroVision – The Mystery of Missingno

Sophia Aubrey Drake 294 Views 2 Comments Game Boy, Game Freak, Glitch, Mew, Nintendo, Pokémon, Satoshi Tajiri

Pokémon Red, Green and Blue held many secrets, such as the legendary 151st Pokemon Mew, and the hard to get

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