Did you know that…
- Pokemon was created in Japan and is influenced by Japanese mysticism.
- Pokemon is short for “Pocket Monsters”.
- Pokemon has grossed more than 5 billion dollars in the last three years, through it’s computer games, animated cartoon series, trading card game and novelty products.
- The company that created the Pokemon trading card game is Wizards of the Coast Inc.
- Wizards of the Coast also created Magic: The Gathering and the Dungeons and Dragons adventure game.
- It can take months to complete a whole Pokemon computer game.
- All Pokemon creatures receive their strength by 5 elements - fire, water, air/wind, soil and the void - these are the energy cards in the trading card game and are also the core elements of Pagan religion.
- Hundreds of people have had seizures while watching the Pokemon cartoon - some simultaneously.
- Many parents have reported their children having had nightmares associated with Pokemon.
- In the ‘Pokemon Tower’ portion of the game, Pokemon creatures cannot fight with the game’s characters because they are possessed. The text I can’t fight now, I’m possessed appears on the Game Boy Screen.