"Pokémania": 1999 MSNBC Pokémon News Report 

Cereal Only 570 more to get

for me it was until ruby and sapphire

Pokemon 4Ever

1- 1-1/2 Years lol

Years later, Pokemania came back in the form of Pokemon Go.

Well if they call it "violent" then I guess the only people who it would be appropriate to be playing Pokemon would be adults. Oxymorons tho.

I'm 28 the adults into are the kids from then

i know like 10 who are

Now with 32 and still playing. Fan forever.

@@p3ms87 I love that.

So true

The craze is going to last forever. It's still going to this day, and now from adults who grew up watching Pokémon as a child

2020 the craze still on.

It now also has a big budget live action Hollywood movie that ended up being the biggest video game movie ever, box office wise.

and now Pokèmon is the biggest franchise in the world lmao

joetri10 Give this man a medal

Ikr

It's stupid

and CHris chan

I was in my 20s when this came out and I'm 46 now and I'm still collecting and playing the games and plushies most of the anime and I'm still watching it the guy could not have missed the nail any further

​@@billymayberry5057 I'm almost your age, never knew much about it till just recently when I played FireRed. Gotta say, the video games are pretty fun. I now see what all the rage is about lol

Adults in 1999 were not getting into it as kids were and that it's a fact.

Lucie Crystal or more lol

Pokemaina proper only lasted until the start of Gen 3. Then some travesty of a Pokemon game for smartphones showed up and started a shorter craze that lasted for only 1 year.

22 years today

@@unf3z4nt Pokemon is the highest-grossing media franchise of all time. Bigger than Star Wars, Marvel, Mickey Mouse, Mario, Disney Princess, Dragon Ball, Harry Potter, etc. Pokemon is a phenomenon like no other. Pokemania never truly went away. It may have felt like it went away, but it was always there right under our noses. Even before Pokemon Go, the Pokemon anime series was approaching 20 seasons, every mainline Pokemon game was selling tens of millions, the Pokemon trading card game had sold 20 billion cards, and the Pokemon franchise was grossing billions every year. And during that time, new generations of children were being introduced to Pokemon. Pokemania fluctuates, with highs and lows, but it's been consistent. Even in its low periods, the Pokemon franchise was grossing billions every year, which is more than what other big franchises gross even at their peaks. And in its high periods, Pokemon has been grossing as much as $10 billion annually, like it has in recent years since Pokemon Go.

@svin List of highest-grossing media franchises: Pokemon - $90 billion Mickey Mouse - $70 billion It's also worth noting that Pokemon Go has been downloaded by over a billion players worldwide. And the Pokemon anime has a similar number of viewers worldwide. Sure, older generations recognise Mickey Mouse more, but younger generations recognise Pokemon more. As for Mario, that's the biggest game franchise, whereas Pokemon is the biggest media franchise. Mario has sold more video games, but Pokemon has sold more across all media and merchandise.

@@jayqueue6784 the fuck?

Nice profile pic

That guy knew he is shit. And honestly, you could tell parents were taking down notes 📝

"Williams! shh Williams, just shutup for a second! These Snorlax beanbag toys are hot, I tell ya! Hot! I'll get you 2 grand a shipment! Williams! 2 grand!! Don't break my dick williams, get on it! 2 grand my final offer!!"

What do you expect he is from new york. Look at his salesman nose

@@gandalf7262 ah yes i too enjoy some anti Semitic humour

@@bt3743 Great minds think alike :)

@@gandalf7262you mean jewish?

Real shit. You tell me besides dragon ball z what else were people talking about lol pokemon off rip people's older brothers went in on the games heavy then us younger brothers and sisters

Fortnite can rival it, but Pokemon was more multi-dimensional with a card game, tv show, movies, rather than playing/streaming the same game type

Kids these days will never know what it was like to be a pokemon fan during the late 90s-early 2000s

@@fsanmiguel666 Not a clue, that was the golden era 1996 to 2002. Honestly there was kids who you would never imagine playing pokemon, had a gameboy and the cards. Kids were literally not playing sports due to pokemon. Even Bullies or complete hard nuts were collecting cards and playing the video game. Nothing will come close.

Probably Fortnite now

+LIQUID SNAKE Well maybe not in high school, but I'm sure a lot of college kids play it. Pokémon is surprisingly popular with the college crowd.

*grew

Wiesman1000 , I would have to agree with you, Oh BTW when this movie was in theaters, I'll bet that No-one ever did what happened over in Aurora Colorado.

The fad did end but Pokemon is still there when you make a minimal effort looking for it.

Don Hyon it is still popular, FADs die completely

It did end. The fad ending is a big part of what killed 4kids. That's not to say it stopped being popular by any means but by the mid 2000s it was pretty easy to tell it wasn't what it used to be. It's popularity peaked at the release of The First Movie and didn't hit that peak again until Go in 2016

Ira Gallen THANK YOU for flooding the sick Pokemonist with Pokemon merch. Why can't we all do this on TV? :)

Mirby22nd Experts meaning fox news

To be honest,the experts are the kids

Yeah, as soon as the psychiatrist showed up, I knew she didn't know what she was talking about as, if she had undergone the proper studies and done at least a years worth of testing, she'd have realized that this was the opposite and that pokemon helps kids with anxiety, accepting failure, learning to have better focus, and be less introverted and shy as kids need to find other kids to interact with and trade/battle with.

Emphasis on FEW. Like that one dentist who dislikes a toothpaste.

Jsmith12292 lel

Jsmith12292 Pokémon cards were the children equivalent to crack.

some girls at my school used to charge 5 bucks to "make your cards rare" and they'd just put sparkly nail polish on it. then sometimes they'd replace it with a shitty card and give that to you with shiny shit on it and they'd keep the good one you gave them for themselves. :/// fuck em

sell it now!

Ricardo Rocha Unfortunately, it's not worth as much now as it was back then.

General Grievous As if it already wasn't one, what with baseball cards and stuff

Super_Steam Bro Well it's not necessarely a black market, you only exchange cards with cards. Although I did exchange and collect all first 3 gens in cards, stickers and pin forms... god how much must I have spent

You think that's bad? I spent nearly a hundred dollars on a booster box and got absolutely nothing

Super_Steam Bro Oh boy

General Grievous Ah the good days back when Playground's existed...

25 years incoming....

Sorry you can't compare 1999 to now. Its very tame these days.

2:22

@@wingzero2348 bbnd is destroying the fandom

Can you believe that its 2177 and they still say just a fad that will pass.

Jack Schomisch lets go and sun and moon oof

AND Z YO

Sword and Shield 😀

Legends Arceus!

And now we're getting a remake of Diamond and Pearl, which I agree not everyone is happy with the design but regardless of that, we're getting new stuff till now and beyond haha

They diidn't miss out on anything.

"Buy and sell R A R E cards" lol

It's stronger now

Pokemon will be remembered forever though tbh

This comment didn't age well

Well let me just put it this way. I’m 30 and was in line Friday morning at 6:30 am for Pokémon cards...... yea it’s still big.

@@ricardotorres6919 Its big, it has social media now, all countries can access pokemon now but the records that RBG and yellow have still can't be broken? The fad is there but no way near in terms of percentage to the 90s and early 2000s. In 1998/1999 in the UK, ateast 6 or 7/10 pupils had a gameboy with red or blue or yellow. Now its more like 3/10 with a DS or Switch and the cards don't get me started.

no it isn't. the craze ended when ruby and sapphire came out. now it is a popular franchise, but not NEARLY as popular as it was before.

+datkipztho Ummmmm no? where I live the craze is still happening

DizzyA it won't ever be equal to the craze in the 90's and early 00's when the country caught on. As a kid I was very lucky to experience it as it unfolded

+datkipztho Well, it's kind of a craze, but as past generation was a craze hit towards 5-13 years, this generation is a craze to like 14-30 year olds

+renyculous Its still kind of a craze with young kids. I mean I worked at toys r us and tons of kids would freak out over pokemon. And whenever a pokemon game comes out, everyone flips and goes to buy it, even if you don't collect cards, watch the movies and episodes. But I guess you're kinda right

The craze lasted for 2, until Yu-gi-oh came to the scene, what we are having now is a resurgence because of nostalgia.

+chrisgangsta it's now become a craze again as of this year. The cards have been sold out at my local shop for 14 weeks. haven't seen this happen since the year this video was aired on TV. Pokémon GO has made the franchise big again. It's gonna last for a very long time!

Try 25 with five more to go for the 30th anniversary haha

adults back then were kids in the 70's, 60's etc. when there was no pokemon. your a 00's kid so u have an excuse

+majorsmask You probably didn't get into it as an adult. And even if you did, they are wrong; better late than never.

Tons of people are OBSESSED with Pokemon you know why? BECAUSE SHINY'S THATS WHY!

I'm 21 , and I still love pokemon lol

yes

+Clairrot its never going to end.

Jazzy Waseh Yea...

Clairrot pikaaachuu

+Jazzy Waseh youuuu

Villager of SmashVille lol

This right here, is exactly how I feel. I’ll never stop loving Pokémon.

Sun & Moon and beyond: *Am I a joke to you???*

22 years later

+Alex Juvinall I see what you did there

+Nether Somebody finally got it!

took 3 months XD

Pokémon Go was closest we ever got to world peace

Pokemon Go to the Polls!!!

※ gracelen My Mom did too.

Only real fans call it Pokemans, your mom was living in the future.

DRINKING, ABUSE, & LIES

More like GTA 2 in 1999 What about mortal kombat

kevin davis Not like 1998/99/00,but still,the Pokémon fandom is big AF.

LOL

Lmao

from the country who sales guns in supermarkets LMAO

@@onlytrueway8742 that’s not the case in the civilized states (NY,Cali) more so the fucked up trash southern states like Florida

gamer dude 6:12 Pokémon is more popular in 90s

Apparently having fun is now “SeLliNg CArdS oN ThE bLaCk mArKeT”😐

Because those reporters grew up in the 60's through the 80's, a time when Nationalism was at a high and there was a lot of fear and distrust of Asia due to the spread of communism there. They also probably had parents or grandparents who fought in WWII who had resentment and fear of the Japanese because of their relentless and fearless fighting style, poor treatment of PoWs, and obviously the attack on Pearl Harbor. In addition, the late 20th century saw a rise in the popularity of Evangelical Christian television programs, and often the preachers on these programs taught that fantasy products such as pokemon were evil and somehow were causing kids to commit suicide and worship the devil.

Well, if America has a thing against foreign products, why not make better ones? Commercial Cars: Germany and Japan. Comics, Animation, and video games: Japan. Cuisines: Morocco, Italy, and France. Music: Europe and East Asia All America has is movies,and that's only if you discount post-1990's

Jerry Harway I'll give the murikunts some slack for once. Computers, phones and software are the big players from the US. The first two are debatable because the Chinese manufacture murikan designed computers.

but we make violent shows like tom and jarry and its ok

supertechnoman11 this was a time before PC culture. No one cared about people’s feelings.

4 months after your post.... I definitely got a news report.

Me. It's the saddest thing ever. They even said "expert" when describing said person.

"Expert"

I was thinking “shut the fuck bitch you were so wrong even then”.

Ainsley Harriott Expand Dong 64

Sorry, I'm exclusively a Weedle dealer.

@@normanclatcher shiii you do trades?

How old were you back in 1999?

@@philithegamer8265 5

Same bro big fan

with Pokemon Go coming out add 10 more years to that.

the Don of Creativity Like, a secret guy who hides his eyes, noted blind, with a dark pink hoodie with Jigglypuffs on it.

Hell yeah! Never too old for that shit!

@@mattregg9852 got full storage full of vintage pokemon booster boxes 😎👌 thank you dad