{"id":19716,"date":"2021-03-19T07:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?p=19716"},"modified":"2025-01-04T21:01:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T02:01:13","slug":"25-years-of-pokemon-memories-and-how-it-affected-josh-and-allan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?p=19716","title":{"rendered":"25 Years of Pokemon Memories and How It Affected Josh and Allan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It almost makes me want to cry thinking back 25 years ago. If you were alive then, you may remember the Spice Girls telling you how to be their lover. You may remember the bleak hellscape that stores during the Tickle Me Elmo craze were. Or you could recall Super Mario 64<\/em> reinventing platforming in a 3D space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, 1996 also brought about one of the biggest franchises in the history of video games: Pocket Monsters<\/em>. While it didn’t venture outside of Japan until a few years later, the Pocket Monster<\/em> frenzy would not be denied. Animated shows. Video games. Card games. Toys. And that’s just the beginning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So we here at VGU.tv are taking a moment to discuss our own personal memories of Pocket Monsters<\/em>, or since we are westerners, Pokemon<\/em>. And while you’re at it, check out our Pokemon Let’s Go<\/a><\/em> Review<\/a> along with how the game spoke to Allan Muir<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josh Miller – The Family Man<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Toys ‘R’ Us Promo VHS Tape<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 1997 (I believe it was), Toys ‘R’ Us already started promoting Pokemon<\/em>. They sent out via mail VHS tapes about this Pocket Monster<\/em> craze sweeping Japan. This was my first real memory of Pokemon<\/em>, and to this day, one of my favorites. It led to years of monster collecting, buying each iteration of a game (and sometimes the same ones multiple times), and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being a kid at the age of 11, I thought this was the most awesome thing imaginable. Capture a variety of cool looking monsters with dope abilities? Use them to battle other creatures? This was up my alley in a way I didn’t know at the time. Seeing footage of the animated show really helped hammer it home too. The whole thing filled me with so much damn excitement that you only get as a kid. I was determined after seeing the video that I would, in fact, be the very best. Some even say, the best there ever was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tape was definitely a product of its time. I believe this is it below. Its incredibly cheesy but fits the bill for how many commercials advertised to children. It did its job. It sold Pokemon<\/em> to me like nothing else had to that point, and maybe nothing since. To me, I can’t help thinking about my love for Pokemon<\/em> without thinking of this VHS tape. So for that reason, I’m including it as a top Pokemon<\/em> memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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