30 years after Pokémon's release, fans are still trying to catch 'em all
Jaimie Ding And Liam Mcewan
Associated Press
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FILE - A mobile screen is reflected on a fan's sunglasses as she plays "Pokemon Go" in Hong Kong, on July 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)A Japanese girl and her brother play with dolls of a popular cartoon character, "Pokemon," at a toy shop in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district, Dec. 18, 1997. (AP Photo/Naokazu Oinuma, File)FILE - A person in a Pikachu character costume attends the premiere of "Pokemon Detective Pikachu" at Military Island in Times Square, May 2, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)FILE - Daniel Osugi, 7, of Long Beach, Calif., hugs an oversized Pokemon character known as "Pikachu" at the premiere of the new Warner Bros. animated feature, "Pokemon The First Movie," Nov. 6, 1999, at the Mann's Chinese Theatre, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)FILE - Tyler, right, and his friend George, hold up their favorite Pokemon trading cards, in Scituate, Mass., Sept. 9, 1999. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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FILE - A mobile screen is reflected on a fan's sunglasses as she plays "Pokemon Go" in Hong Kong, on July 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
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