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| A History Of Pok�mon 1996-1998 1996 February 27 The Red and Blue versions of Pok�mon entitled Poket Monsters Akai(Red) and Midori (Green) are released in Japan. March 30 Sales in Japan of Pocket Monster Red and Green exceed 350,000. April 15 78,000 applications poured into the Japanese comic Kovoko to win one of 20 downloads of the 151st Pok�mon, Mew. June Articles on the Pok�mon boom begin to appear in a variaty of Japanese newspapers and magazines. October 15 A special edition of Red and Blue titled Aoi (blue) Version is released in Japan. 1997 March 30 Sales of Pocket Monster Red, Green and Blue exceed 3,160,000. April 1 Pocket Monsters, the Pok�mon TV series, is launched in Japan on TV Tokyo. September 30 Sales of Pocket Monster Red, Green and Blue exceed 6,940,000. November 8 The TV cartoon series records a huge 18.6% audience share. 1998 March 27 The Pok�mon Pikachu is released in Japan under the name Pocket Pikachu. April 25 The first Pok�mon Center, a store completely dedicated to th World of Pok�mon opens in Tokyo. July 1 Nippon airways put a Pok�mon-design plane into service. July 18 Pok�mon-The First Movie is released in Japan titled 'Mewtwo Srikes Back'. September 7 The Pok�mon TV series is launched in the US on a total of 111 TV channels. September 12 The Pcket Monsters Pikachu Version (Pok�mon Yellow) is released in Japan. The Red and Blue versions of Pok�mon are released in the US. September 21 The American version of the Pok�mon cartoon series is released in the States. November 1 Pok�mon Pikachu is released in the US. December 16 A further Pok�mon game for the Nintendo is released in Japan, under the name of Pikachu Genki De Chu. December 18 The Pocket Monsters Trading Card Game for the Gameboy Color is released in Japan. |
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