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And the first Pokémon game(s) wasn't even crazy popular in Japan. It's success in the West is what motivated Nintendo do a sequel and a spin off comic book in 97. So Pokémon didn't become Huge until 97/98, and a global franchise until 99/00 (didn't release in Europe until October 99).
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That just isn't true at all, they were only given a western release due to their popularity in Japan, and gold and silver was already in development before the western release of red and blue, hence why ho-oh is in episode 1 of the anime that aired alongside the American game release