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The series was already a hit in Japan, but Nintendo still had to convince Americans<\/p><\/div>\n

Source – kotaku.com<\/p>\n

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The series was already a hit in Japan, but Nintendo still had to convince Americans Source – kotaku.com All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[13,30,27],"class_list":["post-73940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-nintendo","category-pc","tag-nintendo","tag-pc","tag-pc-games"],"yoast_head":"\nNintendo Of America\u2019s Original Pok\u00e9mon Pitch From E3 1998 Is Wild To Watch Nearly 30 Years Later | Xtreme Servers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"View Nintendo Of America\u2019s Original Pok\u00e9mon Pitch From E3 1998 Is Wild To Watch Nearly 30 Years Later for free, here on XtremeServers. 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