TPC controls all licensing of Pokemon: from video games to trading cards, plush to food pop-ups, television to movies, live-action theater to, yes, theme parks. The Pokemon Company (TPC) was founded in 1998 after equal investment by Nintendo, GameFreak, and Creatures Inc. Prior to the launch of the worldwide Pokemon brand a whole new company was created, The Pokemon Company. GameFreak fully developed the concept on their own and are the main series developers, with other such as Creatures Inc and Niantic Inc developing other games. ![]() Pokemon, despite its nearly ubiquitous association with Nintendo's platforms, is not developed, owned, or licensed by Nintendo itself. The reason lies in some confusion about video game development and a unique quirk of Pokemon itself. Now, the obvious question when told "Pokemon is the biggest media franchise in the world" is "What are the theme park rights?" Well, it's more complicated than "Universal has it in the bag" but it's unlikely Disney will be able to swipe in for acquisition. As of the date of this article, Pokemon is listed as the largest media franchise in the world at a valuation of over $100bn USD in 2019. The franchise continued to grow into the millennium with Wizards of the Coast releasing a collectible trading card game, the release of the first true sequel Pokemon Gold and Silver, an animated movie, licensed merchandise, and even Pikachu in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The original Pokemon Red and Blue (Green was rebranded as Blue) did very well, as did the semi-follow-up, Pokemon Yellow. Pokemon was localized for other countries and released, alongside the animated series, as part of a mixed-media product launch. Upon a blockbuster 1996 release in Japan, the game received an animated series. Pokemon, the original Red and Green games from Japan, was developed over the course of several years by game developer GameFreak. Between the fawning over the land, Disney fan cynicism, and people confusing a bus-bar driven dark ride with a rollercoaster are people wondering what will happen to the largest video game property around: Pokemon. "If this is cloned how is it different than Ratatoullie?", "LOL Epic Universe", and "Is Nintendo even relevant? OMG TRON!". Of course with an awesome theme park land reveal we get the usual amount of Very Bad Hot Takes. Everything appears to be a home run so far, fingers crossed the rides bring it home (*side-eye to Smuggler's Run*). I don't know how my already sky-high expectations and hype were somehow exceeded but here we are. This week Universal finally revealed more details on Super Nintendo World and its three attractions: Mario Kart Koopa Challenge (nee Bowser Challenge as Koopa is his name in Japan), Yoshi Adventure, and several interactive experiences. What if it's Us ( book) - audiobook sample.Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow ( book).Gorillaz Song Machine ( album/project) - Desole.The Adventure Zone ( podcast) - Balance Arc trailer.GiantBomb dot Com, a website for video games - Fortnite with St.13 Sentinels Aegis Rim ( PS4) - Polygon Article. ![]()
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