How Pokémon Revitalized the Game Boy and Changed a Generation | Gaming Through the Years (Patreon)

In this retrospective, I try to pin down exactly what hooked us millennials onto Pokémon.Time codes:0:00 - Virtual Boy Stumbles3:16 - Pokémania Takes Hold7:08 - Satoshi Tajiri & Game Freak9:54 - Trading & Training12:04 - We All Live in a Pokémon World13:26 - Catching and Raising a Team16:23 - Evolution, TMs, and HMs19:13 - Simple Complexity, Complex Simplicity21:49 - Gym Leaders & Your Rival25:06 - Game Balance Critiques32:13 - The Good, the Bugs, and the Ugly35:47 - Soundtrack & Localization38:16 - Red & Green vs. Red & Blue42:01 - Pokémon's Everlasting ImpactEndcard Artwork by OcaRockaRina (Twitter)Pokémon Red, Pokémon Green, Pokémon Blue © 1996 Game Freak, NintendoFootage and music from the Pokémon TV series © 1997, 1998 OLM Inc., 4Kids EntertainmentEarthBound © 1994 Ape Inc., HAL Laboratory, NintendoDragon Quest II © 1987 Chunsoft, EnixFinal Fantasy VI © 1994 SquareMinecraft © 2011 Mojang StudiosFootage from "Ultraseven" © 1967 Tsubaraya ProductionsFeaturing Music by Koji Kondo, David Wise, & Junichi MasudaThis video exists for the sake of analysis and review and is thus protected under Fair Use.