The development and change of Japanese games has been in the spotlight for many years, since the 1990s, whether it is original or anime adaptations have attracted countless players from all over the world to pursue, now, you will have the opportunity to deeply understand the birth of these classic games and unique charm, today with Lao Zhang to briefly review the evolutionary history of Pokémon, see how these cute creatures, large and small, how to capture the hearts of trainers.
Try to recall, what were you doing on February 27, 1996? Or, were you born? This day is the day when Nintendo officially released the "Game Boy" "Pokémon: Red/Green" in Japan, counting the past 25 years, in this quarter century, more than 800 kinds of "Pokémon" have appeared in people's field of vision, and are loved by fans around the world, but how did Pokémon's global hurricane start to blow?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="27" > from insects to Pokémon</h1>
Developed by the Japanese game company Game Freak, the founder and president of the Pokémon series, Tajiri, loved to catch insects since he was a child, and when he grew up, he couldn't help but wonder if there was a way to recreate the fun of catching insects and exchanging them with friends in his childhood, and in 1990 he proposed this idea to Nintendo, and six years later Pokémon: Red/Green was born.
From left to right in the picture above, they are the Myo Frog Seed, the Little Fire Dragon and the Jenny Turtle, which are called "Imperial Three Houses" by players and are also jokingly called "Garlic King Eight, Fire Breathing Dragon, and Water King Eight", and thus there is a series of memes that can be called "ghost beasts", different Pokémon in the game will have different chances, some even appear in specific versions, such a setting encourages "Red Version" and "Green Version" players to communicate with each other and exchange species caught by each other. Soon the collection of all 151 Pokémon at that time became a national movement throughout Japan.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="49" > Pikachu's super magic</h1>
Pokémon's anime television program premiered in Japan in April 1997, opening up Pokémon's popularity among children and viewers who had never played the game or could not play the game, interestingly, in Pokémon: Red/Green, players could choose one of the frog seeds, the little fire dragon and the Jenny turtle as a companion, but in the TV, the protagonist "Little Wisdom" was the "yellow-skinned rat" Pikachu.
According to the game setting, Pikachu is a rare Pokémon in the Evergreen Forest, after the player leaves the adventure starting point of The New Town, the first stop will arrive in Evergreen City, you can look for its traces in the nearby forest, and as early as before the animation was broadcast, the production team discovered Pikachu's super popularity and decided to make it the protagonist's partner, with the help of the animation, Pikachu became a world-renowned character, and even became the first impression of many people when they thought of Pokémon.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="50" > open overseas popularity from animation</h1>
The success of video games and animation has made "Pokémon" a well-known work in Japan, and the first film work released in 1998, "Super Dream Counterattack", has made this boom continue to burn, so far Japan will launch a "Pokémon" movie every year, as for places outside Japan, many regions are first played TV animation before releasing games, so "Pokémon" games are regarded as a channel for in-depth experience of the world of animation, Taiwan is closely following in the footsteps of Japan, following the order of first games and then animation. He also dubbed the animation Chinese, accelerating the expansion of popularity.
In the Game Boy "Pokémon: Red/Green" picture book, Pikachu feels slightly different from the current feeling, it is worth mentioning that the interesting name of Pokémon is also one of the reasons for their impressive, the creators in the naming, cleverly combined Japanese words, and even added English elements, while other languages in translation, but also put a lot of effort, so that fans can know the characteristics of Pokémon from the name.
Taking the myo frog seed as an example, the Japanese name "フシギダネ" means "strange seed", while the Chinese adds its frog-like appearance and combines it into "Myo frog seed", and in English, its name is also based on the appearance, combining "bulb" and "dinosaur" to become "Bulbasaur".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="51" > Pokémon that will always be with you</h1>
In addition to existing in the game and anime world, Pokémon extends its tentacles to life, greatly consolidating their super popularity, from dolls, groceries to snacks, Pokémon launched a wealth of peripheral goods, so that fans can always have their warm companionship, after 25 years, Pokémon has brought many classic characters, lines and battles, but also for players to bring a lot of precious memories.