{"id":1235576,"date":"2025-02-27T13:41:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T18:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1235576"},"modified":"2025-02-27T13:41:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T18:41:00","slug":"pokemon-boss-believes-series-can-last-another-50-to-100-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1235576","title":{"rendered":"Pokemon Boss Believes Series Can Last Another 50 To 100 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The boss of The Pokemon Company believes the series can last for at least another 50 years if it continues to innovate. From a report: First launched on Nintendo&#8217;s Game Boy in 1996, the video game has expanded into films, TV and toys to become one of the world&#8217;s highest-grossing media franchise. Most recently, the trading card game based on the cute creatures at the centre of its universe has seen a surge in popularity &#8212; but it has also brought scalpers and frauds to the hobby. <\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;] Pokemon has continued to bring new fans to the franchise by expanding into anime, card games, movies and toys alongside its video game titles. CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara says fans now &#8220;span several generations&#8221; and believes &#8220;the biggest reason behind their success is the fact that Pokemon became a tool of communication.&#8221; Last weekend, about 13,000 Pokemon fans headed to the European leg of the International Championships at London&#8217;s Excel Centre. It demonstrates Mr Ishihara&#8217;s point that people have found their way into the series through various means.<\/p>\n<div class=\"share_submission\" style=\"position:relative;\">\n<a class=\"slashpop\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Pokemon+Boss+Believes+Series+Can+Last+Another+50+To+100+Years%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fgames.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F02%2F27%2F1048224%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/twitter_icon_large-321.png\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"slashpop\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fgames.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F02%2F27%2F1048224%2Fpokemon-boss-believes-series-can-last-another-50-to-100-years%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/facebook_icon_large-236.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/games.slashdot.org\/story\/25\/02\/27\/1048224\/pokemon-boss-believes-series-can-last-another-50-to-100-years?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed\">Read more of this story<\/a> at Slashdot.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/slashdot.org\/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23622261&amp;smallembed=1\" style=\"height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The boss of The Pokemon Company believes the series can last for at least another 50 years if it continues to innovate. From a report: First launched on Nintendo&#8217;s Game Boy in 1996, the video game has expanded into films, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1235576\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,44,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1235576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-slashdot","category-technology","category-unfiltered-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1235576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1235576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1235576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1235576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}