On the 27th of February 1996, a pair of games were released for the Nintendo GameBoy: ポケットモンスター 赤 (Poketto Monsutā: Aka, or ‘Pocket Monsters: Red’) and ポケットモンスター 緑 (Poketto Monsutā: Midori, or ‘Pocket Monsters: Green’). Between these two games and their English counterparts (Pokémon: Red Version and Pokémon: Blue Version, released two years later), over … Continue reading A global phenomenon: Pokémon in translation