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I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Inlander:
I have no idea but I can never resist an opportunity for a cheap gag or play on words.
Inlander:
Also when exactly did Pokemons occur because I seem to have been doing something else at the time. All I know is that there was this vague epoch in the last ten or fifteen years or something which was "the Pokemon age" and I know I was alive at the same time but damned if I know what the hell anyone's talking about whenever the subject of Pokemons comes up.
Sox:
Came in around 1996, peaked between 1997-99 as it started hitting various places outside of Japan, spreading like a virus.
Oh boy, the "controversy" section in Wikipedia in amazing. Every line is golden. I'm particularly fond of this one:
"In 1999, two nine-year-old boys sued Nintendo because they claimed the Pokémon Trading Card Game caused their problematic gambling."
Inlander:
Ah, that explains it then. In the mid to late nineties my main cultural exposure was to the amazing French movies of the period such as the Dreamlife of Angels and It All Starts Today and Ŕ La Place du Coeur and Wild Reeds which had a profound and lasting influence on me.
Enjoy your Pokemon.
Sox:
but harry, in 1999 two nine year old boys sued nintendo because the pokemon trading card game caused their problematic gambling!
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