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Unown Entities — Entry #2: SECRET EVOLUTION

odyssean — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 02:36:50 +0000

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

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

odyssean — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 03:04:35 +0000

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

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