Pokémon catches nostalgia fever for its 20th anniversary

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Pokémon catches nostalgia fever for its 20th anniversary

By Tom Hanaway
Staff Writer

Feb 23, 2016

It’s hard to believe, but Pokémaniacs have been trying to catch ‘em all for two decades. </span><span style="font-weight: 400"> with a year full of new products, re-releases and huge doses of nostalgia around the world.</span><div class='jt_content_ad DisplayAd' id='div-gpt-ad-1499653692894-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1499653692894-0'); });</script></div></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400">Up first is a re-release of the very first Game Boy games (“Red,” “Blue,” “Green” and “Yellow”), which will be available for purchase on “Pokémon Day,” Feb. 27, exactly 20 years since their initial launch. Trainers can download digital copies of the game for their Nintendo 3DS or 2DS, or they can buy </span><span style="font-weight: 400">.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400"> comes with a colored, clear-plastic handheld system, a digital copy of the game, stickers, a town map and a code to download the legendary Pokémon Mew. Those wanting?something a little more modern?should check out the other?games coming to </span> <span style="font-weight: 400"> later this year.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400">If the original game’s 8-bit music doesn’t hold up, you can always hear an orchestrated version of the Pokémon soundtrack in person with the Pokémon Symphonic Evolutions concert.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400"><span class="youtube"><iframe title="Youtube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="625" height="498" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/span>?wmode=transparent&fs=1&h1=en&modestbranding=1&iv_load_policy=3&showsearch=0&rel=0&theme=dark” frameborder=“0” allowfullscreen>

The North American show will feature a live orchestra performing many fan favorites from various entries in the series. Currently of all places, but promises more dates and locations in the future.

And when there is a Pokémon celebration, there must be gratuitous amounts of Pokémon swag. U.S. fans can buy , featuring a special logo, along with an updated version of “.” There will also be , featuring some of the original Pocket Monsters, as well as to commemorate the newest Pokémon Center in 91AV原创 ancient capital.

For some gamers, this will definitely pull up memories of watching the cartoon after school and demanding that Mom buy new batteries for the Game Boy. If you’re one of them, feel free to join the nostalgia fest with the #Pokemon20 hashtag on and ?Post your favorite moments and memories from the Pokémon series, whether it’s or . Users are also posting and other to the hashtag.

So whether you did indeed catch them all or if you were just content with only Pikachu, the 20th anniversary of Pokémon celebration will have something to make you feel like a kid again.

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