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Unown Entities — Entry #2: SECRET EVOLUTION

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What helped separate Pokémon Red & Blue from contemporary RPGs was its sense of growth and accomplishment allowed by its evolution mechanic. A mechanic that would help define the series to become the one we know and love today. Pokémon could, upon either reaching a level threshold or satisfy certain conditions, transform their appearance was … Read more

Unown Entities Bill's Secret Garden

Unown Entities, Entry #1: Bill’s Secret Garden

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When Pokémon Red & Blue Versions first hit store shelves in the late 1990s, it was a different world: the dot-com bubble had yet to burst as the allure of the information superhighway led to extreme growth in internet usage. Meanwhile games journalism was primarily limited to magazines such as Nintendo Power and Electronic Gaming … Read more