Pokémon 25th Anniversary Special

Nintendo Power Podcast

Chris Slate

Video Games, Leisure

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode, Chris is joined by Camille and Jayson – two Pokémon™ superfans from Nintendo of America – to discuss 25 years of Pokémon. From their first Pokémon adventures to their favorite games and preferred partner Pokémon, the group shares their personal Pokémon memories and looks ahead to the series’ next wave of experiences coming to the Nintendo Switch™ system. The panel also shares the results of Pokémon fan polls, takes a Pokémon themed Warp Zone quiz and picks their most anticipated upcoming Nintendo Switch games! 00:47 – Pokémon 25th Anniversary 37:04 – Player’s Pulse 40:44 – Warp Zone Quiz 44:34 – Game Forecast Ending music is from the Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version games. Games discussed have been rated EVERYONE to MATURE by the ESRB. If you would like to share any feedback or ideas for the podcast, or submit a question to possibly be answered in a future episode, please email us at [email protected]. Follow Nintendo on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Nintendo/ Follow Nintendo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica Subscribe to Nintendo on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nintendo

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0:00.0	Games rated E-to-M.
0:14.5	Welcome to Nintendo Power Podcast.
0:16.5	This episode we look at the past and future of Pokemon in honor of its 25th anniversary.
0:30.5	My name is Chris and this episode I'm joined by two friends of mine from the strategic communications team at Nintendo of America.
0:36.0	Camille? Hi Camille.
0:37.0	Hi Chris, thanks for having me back.
0:39.0	Yeah, welcome back and Jason.
0:41.0	Hi Jason.
0:42.0	Hello, thanks for having me on for the first time.
0:45.0	Yeah, it's awesome. We always love to have new people on the show.
0:48.0	This year we're celebrating the 25th anniversary of Pokemon,
0:51.0	which originally started with the launch of Pokemon Red and Pokemon Green way back in February of 1996 in Japan.
0:59.0	And then of course the series came to the US in 1998 with Pokemon Red version and Pokemon Blue version.
1:05.0	So I thought it would be fun to take some time to look back at where the Pokemon series has been and then you know take a peek at where it's going next on Nintendo Switch.
1:13.0	And I definitely wanted you to hear to talk about it because you're two of the biggest Pokemon fans I know here in Nintendo.
1:18.0	So you ready to get started?
1:20.0	Yes, always happy to talk about Pokemon.
1:22.0	Sounds good. Awesome. All right, this should be fun.
1:25.0	So one of the great things about Pokemon is that there's been so many generations of games and you know every game is someone's first Pokemon experience.
1:32.0	So Camille, I wanted to start by asking you, you know, what was your first introduction to the series?
1:37.0	So my very first Pokemon experience was actually Pokemon Red and Pokemon Blue on the Game Boy and it's so funny.
1:46.0	I remember very vividly a friend of my parents came over and brought their son and my younger brother and I never met them before.
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