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Pokémon Celebrates Its 24th Anniversary Pokémon Celebrates Its 24th Anniversary

By John Licinio

Lianza Reyes: “I did like Pokémon a lot growing up. I wasn’t allowed to play video games, so I never played the video games. At all. However, I did watch the TV show all the time. I would always plop myself in front of the TV to watch it. Even on school nights. And, it was something that was religious to me. It was one of the main routines that I had. I collected the figurines, I collected the cards. Even if I wasn’t allowed the play the video games.”

Mason Horodyski: “I still actually do play Pokémon Go. Everyone says it kinda died, fell off the radar. The game actually for me got better, cause I can like battle people and trade now. And it’s also a good way for me to actually figure out if I’m staying healthy. I need to lose weight! So, if I walk around campus and I can count my steps, I’ll take it.”

Courtney Rau: “Never played it ever in my life!”

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) — Thursday  marks the 24th anniversary of the release of the first two Pokémon games.  Nintendo  released Pokémon Red and Green  in Japan on February 27,  1996.  Since then the franchise has evolved into a worldwide phenomenon.

Some of the  NCC News  staff  are lifelong fans and others have never played any of the games. Hear what they have to say in the video above.

Netflix released a CGI remake of the first Pokémon film, “Mewtwo Strikes Back,” earlier Thursday.  The film joined  Netflix’s  library of Pokémon-related media, which includes the first 52 episodes of the TV show and the 2017 film, “I Choose You!”

Ninetendo is commemorating Pokémon’s anniversary as “Pokémon Day 2020.”  The company encouraged fans  to post their experiences with the franchise on social media.

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