How a Failing Nintendo Accessory Spawned the $100 Billion Pokémon Empire - IGN
The Pokémon franchise, now a $100 billion empire, owes its existence to Nintendo's initially failing Game Boy Link Cable. Game Freak co-founder Satoshi Tajiri envisioned using the cable for trading monsters, an idea championed by Shigeru Miyamoto, leading to the creation of Pokémon Red and Green. The limitations of the Game Boy hardware and the Link Cable heavily influenced the core gameplay mechanics, such as turn-based combat and the necessity of trading, which remain integral to the series today.
- Entities
- Company: Game Freak
- Platform: Game Boy
- Person: Shigeru Miyamoto
- Person: Satoshi Tajiri
- Game: Pokémon Red and Blue
- Game: Pokémon Go
- Game: Pokémon Leaf Green
- Topic: Game Design
- Company: Nintendo
- Topic: Trading
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