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POV: it's 1998, and you're about to make an important decision (lemmy.world)

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[–] maxalmonte14@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If you are referring to Nintendo as a trading card company I don't think Hanafuda cards are meant to be collected and traded like say, Magic the Gathering. If you are referring to GameFreak/The Pokémon Company as a trading card company, well, that actually came later on. Also, the "gotta catch 'em all" slogan was not part of the original vision, and I think they made it up for the international release of the anime and/or game; thus, it was most likely an American invention to — indeed — sell more crap.

[–] nullspace@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah, that tagline was an American addition. The character Ash Ketchum was named Satosi in Japan, being named after the creator of Pokemon.