Pikachu
lays the smackdown on home consoles
The Pokémon craze has left Nintendo at the top
of the video game market in 1999. Since the
beginning of the year, Nintendo had 51 percent of
all video game revenues. The growth of the
handheld game console market, the GB, has been
tremendous, due in large part to Pokémon. The
handheld market grew to 19 percent of the total
video game market, while last year it was at 5
percent. Sales of the GB have increased a
whopping 249 percent over the last year.
"The fact of the matter is that there has
never been a better time to be in the dedicated
video game business, " said Peter Main,
executive vice president, sales and marketing for
Nintendo of America (NOA). "Whether you're
trying to attract the early adopter crowd with
new technology like Sega, or catering to the
wants and needs of millions of mass market game
players like Nintendo, video games are
hot—and no one is hotter than
Nintendo."Pokémon Card Game
Adding to the good news, Nintendo announced a new
Pokémon Game Boy Color title, Pokémon Card. Set
to be released in February of 2000, the game will
be based on the popular Wizards of the Coast
trading card game(Pokémon TCG). Expect the
ongoing neverending Pokefever to reach new
heights with the November 22 release of the much
awaited Pokémon movie, Mewtwo Strikes Back.
Would you like a Pikachu with that?
Nintendo also announced that they have cut a deal
for a 22 million dollar Pokémon promotion at
Burger King. We can expect Burger King to try to
milk more money out of Pokémon...
Airman:
McDonald truly sucks... Go BK it's your birthday!
Pokémon
Sweets
Many Pokefreaks have dreamed of the sensation of
sucking on a Jigglypuff or rolling a Pikachu
inside their mouth, but until now this has ended
with a mouthful of fur and hair. Candy Planet has
perfected the means to suck on a Pokémon. This
fall, Candy Planet will release a hoard of tasy
products ranging from candy and gum to squish
gummy treats. They also plan to release collector
tins and jars for these delicious snacks. We've
always wanted to suck on a Charizard but lizards
are nasty.
Airman: Gotta eat'em all!
Hopefully, each of them will come in different
fruity flavors ala Airheads.
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