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Nota de prensa n: 122 / 23-11-2005:
Nintendo Europa anuncia el lanzamiento de Pokémon XD, cifras e historia
From the mind of a japanese school boy to the biggest game franchise of all time!
17th November 2005 - A brand new Pokémon adventure Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness launches across Europe on Nintendo GameCube this Friday 18th November. With this and the recent success of Pokémon Emerald, which has sold nearly 500,000 copies across Europe since it launched on Game Boy Advance on 21st October 2005, the excitement of Pokémon continues. Next year will mark the tenth anniversary of the biggest videogame franchise of all time and we take this opportunity to look at how Pokémon has become a huge worldwide phenomenon!
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This Japanese craze captured the hearts and minds of children all over Europe, becoming a success overnight. Since then, Pokémon has branched out from computer games to launch multiple cartoons, toy ranges, sticker collections, pasta shapes, footwear, movies and even a Pokémon branded jumbo jet. The Pokémon franchise has generated over $30 billion in worldwide retail sales and in Europe alone, over 28 million Pokémon games have sold since its debut in 1999.
In 1990, Satoshi Tajiri, of game developer GAME FREAK inc. presented a virtually complete concept for a game inspired by a love of collecting insects as a child. After a further five years of intensive development at GAME FREAK inc. in 1996 Nintendo launched two versions of a new game, Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green.
Following on from these games" unprecedented success, the first Pokémon cartoon was released in Japan on April 1st 1997. In July 1998, the first Pokémon movie, "Mewtwo strikes back" was released and worldwide sales topped $36 million. This prompted the opening of a store solely dedicated to Pokémon in the heart of Tokyo. In September 1998 Pokémon was introduced to America along with the cartoon series. In 2005 a Pokémon theme park was opened in Nagoya and between its opening in March and September the same year, there had been over 4.1 Million visitors to the park.
In September 1999, European audiences were given their first taste of the Pokémon television series, which accompanied the launch of the video games Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue (Pokémon Green in Japan). By the end of 1999 it was clear that there was no stopping Pokémon becoming a global phenomenon.
Aside from the video games, one of the most popular Pokémon products is the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Launching alongside the franchise in Europe, the Trading Card Game (TCG) has been fuelled by Organised Play programs in over 30 Countries and has to date spurred sales of 14 billion cards. It is now distributed in 22 countries in Europe with local leagues and national championships. The TCG highlight of the year is the Pokémon TCG World Championships, which this year took place in August in San Diego, USA.
The Pokémon Company will also be launching a whole new Trading Figure Game. Crafted by Kaiyodo, this is a Pokémon "own brand" product, and is the first Trading Figure Game from Pokémon. It will be making its European debut in Spring 2006, before any other territory.
In October 2004, Nintendo of Europe released the hugely successful Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen for the Game Boy Advance, selling a staggering 250,000 games across Europe in just two days! Globally combined sales of these games have gone on to top over 8 million (by end March 2005). With the launch of the Nintendo DS in 2005, a Pokémon inspired racing game, Pokémon Dash, was subsequently launched.
The next two significant steps in the Pokémon franchise for Europe are Pokémon Emerald for Game Boy Advance and Pokémon XD for Nintendo GameCube. Pokémon Emerald launched across Europe on 21st October 2005 at the estimated retail price of around 40 Euros. Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness launches on 18th November 2005 across on the Nintendo GameCube, at the estimated retail price of around 60 Euros. This game combines an exciting role playing mode with breathtaking 3D graphics.
Click onto http://www.nintendo-europe-media.com for all of the most up to date official information on Nintendo.
Nintendo Co., Ltd. of Kyoto, Japan, is the acknowledged worldwide leader in the creation of interactive entertainment. To date, Nintendo has sold more than 2 billion video games worldwide and more than 350 million hardware units globally, creating such industry icons as Mario® and Donkey Kong and launched franchises like The Legend of Zelda® and Pokémon. Nintendo manufactures and markets hardware and software for its popular home video game systems, including the Nintendo 64, NINTENDO GAMECUBE, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and Game Boy - the world"s best-selling video game system which has sold over 180 million units. As a wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of Europe, based in Grossostheim, Germany, was established in 1990 and serves as headquarters for Nintendo"s operations in Europe.
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In 1990, Satoshi Tajiri, of game developer GAME FREAK inc. presented a virtually complete concept for a game inspired by a love of collecting insects as a child. After a further five years of intensive development at GAME FREAK inc. in 1996 Nintendo launched two versions of a new game, Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green.
Following on from these games" unprecedented success, the first Pokémon cartoon was released in Japan on April 1st 1997. In July 1998, the first Pokémon movie, "Mewtwo strikes back" was released and worldwide sales topped $36 million. This prompted the opening of a store solely dedicated to Pokémon in the heart of Tokyo. In September 1998 Pokémon was introduced to America along with the cartoon series. In 2005 a Pokémon theme park was opened in Nagoya and between its opening in March and September the same year, there had been over 4.1 Million visitors to the park.
In September 1999, European audiences were given their first taste of the Pokémon television series, which accompanied the launch of the video games Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue (Pokémon Green in Japan). By the end of 1999 it was clear that there was no stopping Pokémon becoming a global phenomenon.
Aside from the video games, one of the most popular Pokémon products is the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Launching alongside the franchise in Europe, the Trading Card Game (TCG) has been fuelled by Organised Play programs in over 30 Countries and has to date spurred sales of 14 billion cards. It is now distributed in 22 countries in Europe with local leagues and national championships. The TCG highlight of the year is the Pokémon TCG World Championships, which this year took place in August in San Diego, USA.
The Pokémon Company will also be launching a whole new Trading Figure Game. Crafted by Kaiyodo, this is a Pokémon "own brand" product, and is the first Trading Figure Game from Pokémon. It will be making its European debut in Spring 2006, before any other territory.
In October 2004, Nintendo of Europe released the hugely successful Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen for the Game Boy Advance, selling a staggering 250,000 games across Europe in just two days! Globally combined sales of these games have gone on to top over 8 million (by end March 2005). With the launch of the Nintendo DS in 2005, a Pokémon inspired racing game, Pokémon Dash, was subsequently launched.
The next two significant steps in the Pokémon franchise for Europe are Pokémon Emerald for Game Boy Advance and Pokémon XD for Nintendo GameCube. Pokémon Emerald launched across Europe on 21st October 2005 at the estimated retail price of around 40 Euros. Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness launches on 18th November 2005 across on the Nintendo GameCube, at the estimated retail price of around 60 Euros. This game combines an exciting role playing mode with breathtaking 3D graphics.
Click onto http://www.nintendo-europe-media.com for all of the most up to date official information on Nintendo.
Nintendo Co., Ltd. of Kyoto, Japan, is the acknowledged worldwide leader in the creation of interactive entertainment. To date, Nintendo has sold more than 2 billion video games worldwide and more than 350 million hardware units globally, creating such industry icons as Mario® and Donkey Kong and launched franchises like The Legend of Zelda® and Pokémon. Nintendo manufactures and markets hardware and software for its popular home video game systems, including the Nintendo 64, NINTENDO GAMECUBE, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and Game Boy - the world"s best-selling video game system which has sold over 180 million units. As a wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of Europe, based in Grossostheim, Germany, was established in 1990 and serves as headquarters for Nintendo"s operations in Europe.
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