YoVG # 431 What if... Nintendo Bought Pokemon in 1996?
Is anyone doing alt-history for videogames? Is that a thing?
This week we're talking about alternate history. There's no denying that Pokemon is a juggernaut and there is a real good reason Nintendo bought 33.3% of the company. But what if they had bought the company outright? Would Pokemon be what it is today? If not, what would be different? Better? Worse?
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