If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Although Pokémon started in Japan, the trading card game and its characters have grown in popularity all over the world for nearly 30 years. It’s so popular that …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. It’s Pokémon Day! With the announcements of new games, card series, booster packs, and even a new stop-motion animated series coming to Netflix, Pokémon is more popular than …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Over the past few weeks, hoards of collectors and fans have been flocking to Costco to get their hands on Pokémon TCG (Trading Card Game) sets early. Maybe …
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It’s difficult to describe the effect Pokémon had on children in the late 1990s to someone who wasn’t there. Today, Pokémon is the highest-grossing media franchise ever, so ingrained in global culture that it’s ever-present. When it rolled out in the west 25 years ago, however, it did so into …
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