Pokémon Was Never Supposed to Be This Big – Documentary

Uncover the secrets behind Pokémon Red and Blue's development! And how despite it being a huge franchise today. Pokémon Was Never Supposed to Be This Big.

Join us as we explore the life of creator Satoshi Tajiri and the challenges that almost derailed the games.

(re-upload due to issue)

Due to time constraints, I couldn’t complete the effects on “Who’s that Pokemon?” so it’s just raw footage

AI notice. An AI image upscaler ( not generative images) is used to increase the size and quality of certain images.

3D Model attribution.

https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/...

Sears (Willis) Tower: https://skfb.ly/6xE9H

Pallet Town: https://skfb.ly/oOY8M

Audi A7: https://www.cgtrader.com/products/aud...

Manhattan 3D model
https://skfb.ly/6VWw9

MT Hood:
https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/...

Pokemon models created/extracted by myself or obtained via https://www.models-resource.com/

Sources:
https://content.time.com/time/magazin...

https://www.polygon.com/interviews/20...

https://web.archive.org/web/201301112...

https://www.gameinformer.com/b/featur...

https://kotaku.com/this-2004-intervie...

https://archive.org/search?query=crea...

https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/18/wo...

https://web.archive.org/web/202104290...

https://www.gameinformer.com/b/featur...

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9712/17/vide...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...


Power-Up, How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life
Pages 240 -252

2004 interview with Satoshi Tajiri    / @prochaos80  

FAQ

Q: What is the story in Pokémon Red and Blue?
A: You home and travel the region to collect badges and become Pokemon champion, all while collecting Pokemon friends to complete the Pokedex for Prof Oak.

Q: Is Pokemon Yellow the same story as Red and Blue?
A: Some changes make the plot closer to the anime’s storyline.

Q: Where’s Pokemon Yellow?
Because of the length of the video I had to cut some things out. I’ll talk about Pokemon Yellow in a future video

Q: Can I use parts of your video in my article or video
A: Yes, as long as you make it clear that its not your original work and you give appropriate credit to - Elijah Lee and The Icon via Shown onscreen and in the description