| Jan 1999 | Jan 1999 - [4] In January 1999, Wizards of the Coast began publishing the highly successful Pokémon Trading Card Game. [8] The game proved to be very popular, selling nearly 400000 copies in less than six weeks, and selling 10 times better than Wizards' initial projections.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizards_of_the_Coast
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| Apr 1999 | Apr 26, 1999 - Many wore handmade Pokemon costumes in hopes of having their pictures taken for the official Pokemon site on the World Wide Web. Marie Summa, 12, of Beverly, NJ, sported a yellow hat with white felt horns and a T-shirt decorated with her favorite Pokemon characters. ... www.nytimes.com/1999/04/26/business/mania-for-pocket-monsters-yields-billions-for-nintendo.html? pagewanted=all
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| Jun 1999 | Jun 7, 1999 - If all this sounds faintly familiar yet utterly indecipherable, then you are the parent of a child caught up in the latest toy craze: Pokemon, a Japanese game featuring 151 "pocket monsters" that children do battle with, capture and trade by using the cards or playing one of two ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/42192536.html?dids=42192536:42192536&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+07%2C...L...Pokemon...
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| Jul 1999 | Jul 6, 1999 - With a TV show, video game and trading cards, the pocket monsters have come for your children. By Joyce Millman. Maybe you've read news stories about it being banned from elementary schools. Maybe a guy on the street tried to sell you some cheap. Or maybe you've been cornered by a ... www.salon.com/ent/col/mill/1999/07/06/pikachu/print.html
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| Aug 1999 | Aug 12, 1999 - Pokemon Pinball came out at the end of June for $35. Addictive and deceptively intricate, this is a game in which players collect 150 Pokemon by scoring big on a pinball table. An integral part of the Pokemon universe is the pokeball, a baseball-sized, red-and-white ball that is used ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/43870767.html?dids=43870767:43870767&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug...1999...POKEMON...
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| Sep 1999 | Sep 24, 1999 - By DAVID M. HALBFINGER. It seemed harmless enough last winter when little Alex Silverman started asking his mother for extra money to buy packs of Pokemon trading cards, the children's craze that has swept schoolyards and stationery stores across the country. ... www.nytimes.com/1999/09/24/nyregion/suit-claims-pokemon-is-lottery-not-just-fad.html
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| Oct 1999 | Oct 24, 1999 - By FELICIA R. LEE. IF you know where to look you soon realize they are everywhere, from backpacks in the Bronx to back pockets in Queens. Magmar. Drowzee. Tangela. Pikachu. As most parents of kids between 5 and 13 know, Pokemon cards are the latest fad of the playground set, ... www.nytimes.com/1999/10/24/nyregion/coping-who-s-afraid-of-the-pokemon-monster.html
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| Nov 1999 | Nov 10, 1999 - By Zip Code:. By ROBIN RAUZI, TIMES STAFF WRITER. The Pokemon franchise, Japan's most popular export since the Toyota Camry, started as a Nintendo Game Boy. Its success begat a TV cartoon, which begat trading cards. And now, like "Rugrats," "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" and "Teenage ... www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie000406-143,0,7068492.story
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| Nov 15, 1999 - The film, which follows mouse-like Pikachu and friends as they battle a bio-engineered enemy, had the most successful opening for a cartoon. Pokemon: The First Movie continues to ride a wave of Pokemon popularity fuelled by young children. The craze began in 1986 when Pokemon - which ... news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/520900.stm
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| Dec 1999 | Dec 28, 1999 - Fast food chain Burger King has announced it is recalling an estimated 25 million plastic balls containing Pokemon toys given away with children's meals after a 13-month-old girl was reportedly suffocated by one. The baby was found dead in her crib in Sonora, California, on 11 December ... news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/581493.stm
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