On February 27, 1996, a video game hit Japan and sparked a phenomenon. Pokemon was released for the Game Boy, and it did not take long for fans to become hooked. Two years later, it came stateside in the form of Pokemon Red and Blue for that beautiful grey block known as the Game Boy. I was one of millions of kids to play these games (#Red4Life), and to this day, one of my go-to fun (?) facts is that I caught all 151 of the original Pokemon.
Since then, there have been numerous other games released with several more generations of Pokemon.