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Today is the 15th anniversary of Pokémon Colosseum, originally released in Japan on November 21, 2003.
It was the first Pokémon game for a home console that included a story and gameplay similar to a handheld, main series game.
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15 years ago today, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness was first released for the Nintendo GameCube in North America!
In this Pokémon Colosseum sequel, Cipher has created a Shadow Lugia, codenamed XD001, claimed to be immune to purification.
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Today is the 30th anniversary of Game Freak inc. originally founded on April 26, 1989 by Satoshi Tajiri, Ken Sugimori, and Junichi Masuda!
Since the release of Pokémon Red and Green in 1996, Game Freak has been a second-party developer for Nintendo.
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Today is the 19th anniversary of "Pokémon 3: The Movie - Spell of the Unown: Entei " officially released in Japan as "Lord of the "Unknown" Tower" on July 8, 2001!
The third feature film in the series, it prominently features Entei and Unown.
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Today is the 23rd anniversary of
Pokémon Blue Version, first released in Japan for the Nintendo Game Boy on October 15, 1996!
It was for subscribers of CoroCoro Comic and released to retail on October 10, 1999.
It formed the basis of Western Red and Blue.
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Today is the 12th anniversary of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, first released in Japan for the Nintendo DS on April 18, 2009!
It is a sister game to Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness. It's the 5th entry in the Mystery Dungeon series.
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30 years ago today, the Game Boy was first released in North America!
It utilized a monochrome dot matrix screen and monaural sound from its built-in speaker.
It is currently the third best selling video game console of all time.
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Today is the 18th anniversary of Pokémon Colosseum, first released in Japan for the Nintendo GameCube on November 21, 2003!
The game used stadium style battling, but included a story mode which allowed Trainers to catch Pokémon in the region of Orre.
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20 years ago today, Super Smash Bros. was released for the Nintendo 64 in North America!
This is the first game in the Smash Bros. series and included 12 characters with Pikachu and Jigglypuff as playable, and the Poké Ball item featuring 13 Pokémon.
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Today is the 25th anniversary of Pokémon Red and Green Versions, first released in Japan for the Nintendo Game Boy on February 27, 1996!
As the first Pokémon video games, this marks the 25th anniversary of the franchise, also known as #PokemonDay!
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Today is the 20th anniversary of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 64, released in Japan on January 21, 1999.
The game's full Japanese title is:
ニンテンドウオールスター!大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ
(Nintendo All-Stars! Great Fray Smash Brothers)
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23 years ago today, the Nintendo 64 was first released in North America!
It is named for its 64-bit central processing unit. It was the last major home console to use cartridges as a primary storage format until the Nintendo Switch in 2017.
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Today is the 17th anniversary of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, first released in Japan for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS on November 17, 2005!
They are the first games in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series.
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Exactly five years ago today, at this very minute, February 12, 2014 at 23:16:01 UTC, Twitch Plays Pokémon went live for the first time!
It took viewers a total of 16d 7h 50m 40s to beat their rival, and see the end credits.
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Today is the 20th anniversary of Pokémon Snap, released for the Nintendo 64 on March 21, 1999!
Rather than catching and training Pokémon, the goal is to explore Pokémon Island and photograph its inhabitant Pokémon.
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Today is the 20th anniversary of the Game Boy Color, released in Japan on October 21, 1998.
The console was produced until 2003.
It's best selling games were Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions, with Pokémon Crystal Version being it's best selling exclusive.
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Heinz once distributed Pokémon Tomato Ketchup. There's never been a Pokémon Mayo. #TeamKetchup #Splatoon2 #Splatfest bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9…
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According to Pokémon Mansion journals, today is Mewtwo's birthday!
Happy Birthday, Mewtwo!
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Today is the 12th anniversary of the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, officially released in Japan for the Nintendo DS on September 13, 2007!
They are the second pair of entries in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series.
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Today is the 23rd anniversary of Pokémon Red and Green Versions, released in Japan on February 27, 1996!
As the first games in the franchise, it also marks the 23rd anniversary of Pokémon!
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On this day in:
1990 - Game Boy released in Europe
1998 - Red and Blue released in North America
2006 - Diamond and Pearl released in Japan
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February 27, 1996, 19 years ago, Pokémon Red and Green Versions were launched in Japan and changed history.
Happy Anniversary to Pokémon!
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Today in history: On this day in 1996, the first Pokémon games ever, Pokémon Red and Green, were released in Japan. Happy 17th Anniversary!
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On this day in Japan, 18 years ago, Pokémon Red and Green versions were released!
Happy Birthday to all of Pokémon!
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