Why the Sword is not mightier than the Pokemon

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The days leading up to December 25th 1998 were excruciating. The wait was agony and sleepless nights made their appearance for the first time in my life. Father Christmas was bringing Pokemon Yellow, the must-have game of the year (in my head and that of my friends anyway) and I could not wait. It didn’t matter that the Gameboy I had was ancient. Pokemon Yellow would be the best game in the world and it…