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"We just want to improve our relationship in this way."

On the carpet, Mike Bridges's 8-month-old son Finn crawls towards three Pokemon plush toys, namely, the wonderful Frog seed, the Little Fire Dragon and the Jenny Turtle. At first, Finn clapped his hands slowly close to the blinking frog seed, then glanced at the smiling Jenny turtle, and finally held out his hand to the little fire dragon.

This is a short video posted by Bridges on TikTok, which has attracted more than 2.2 million viewers. "good choice of young man!" One viewer left a comment.

"it would be a wonderful frog seed if I had to choose, but we love him and support him anyway." Bridges said.

I don't know how Finn will feel when he sees this scene when he grows up.

Parents often like to record their children's first experiences in life, such as the first time they are toddlers, the first time they ride a bike, or the first time they dance. Interestingly, recently, some couples have begun to record something new-the first Baoke dream chosen by their children.

"Bao Ke Meng" brand has been born for 26 years, and like Hello Kitty and Mickey Mouse, it is one of the most lucrative entertainment IP in the world. Many people who have played Pokemon since childhood are now parents. "when Finn gets older, I will talk to him in detail about which Pokemon he likes best. Compared with our parents, it is perfectly normal for our generation to share video games with our children."

The é mon Company International, a company that manages the Bokemon brand outside Asia, is well aware that the series has a fan base that spans generations, from grandparents to grandchildren. Torill Dorrell, vice president of marketing, said she was happy to see parents pass the baton to their children. In addition, she also revealed that the company is planning to provide services to fans of all ages. "it's just the beginning, and we will continue to diversify our products. It's not convenient to reveal yet, but we will never ignore the needs of fans."

In March, Randy and Stephanie Timmerman recorded a video of their daughter choosing her first Bao Ke Meng, which was then released on TikTok. The couple didn't want to be popular, they just wanted to keep that special moment. "because it's so cute." Stephanie said.

In Randy, a priest who lives on the East Coast of Virginia, parents always like to show their children passionate hobbies. Randy likes Pokemon, and when he was young, his father used to take him fishing.

"I still like fishing, especially with my father." Randy said, "will our daughter be as obsessed with Pokemon as I do? it doesn't matter. We just want to improve our relationship in this way."

When Pok Ke Meng made its debut in North America in the 1990s, the series with animation, cards and video games quickly became a craze and won the hearts of countless children. Brendenstall, a 32-year-old mechanic, recalled that he went to the cinema to watch Pokemon movies, collected cards with other children, and often went to Burger King to buy plastic toys with the theme of Pokemon.

Brendan has now succeeded in passing on his hobbies to the children

For Steele, video games have always been an integral part of his life. Steele's father is a car washer. One day at work, he stumbled upon a gray Game Boy handheld equipped with the original "Bao Ke Meng" game. He has been connected with the game ever since. Stehl revealed that his family was in trouble in his childhood, and his father was an alcoholic and often didn't see anyone. In such a family environment, he can only dispel his troubles by playing games.

"my brother and I would go into the bedroom, take out the Game Boy and hide and play Pokemon. For me, it's a way of escaping from reality."

A few years later, when he was in high school, Steele liked to ride his bike to his girlfriend Kimberly's house to play with the "Pokemon Sapphire" on her GBA, but she was often beaten by her with a "level 100 Doodle"-a three-headed ostrich with a great triple attack. " At that time, we were all high school students, and there were many other forms of entertainment. But as soon as I get to her house, we will both take out the Game Boy. "

Today, Stelle and Kimberly are married and have five children. To take them into the Pokemon world, Stehl plays a game or two of Pokemon exchange cards a week with his 9-year-old daughter Venasera. "it may sound old-fashioned, but this is one of the things I most look forward to when we plan to have a baby. I can not only play Pokemon with my children, but also share all my hobbies."

Steele's daughter Venasera is playing the game of Pokemon.

Natalie Vadori-Canini, whose family lives near Toronto, Canada, has two children who are revisiting the Pokemon animation with their 4-year-old son Jonathan. Vadori Canini believes that the animation of "Pok Ke Meng" is better than the popular "Cayu" and "Page Pig". When she was a child, she used to rush home after school to watch the latest episode of "Pok Ke Meng"-because she didn't have a VCR at home, she had to miss it if she missed the TV show.

However, the cartoon "Pok Ke Meng" once aroused the anger of fans and critics when it was first released. In 1997, hundreds of Japanese children allegedly developed seizures and other symptoms after watching a scene in the film and were then taken to hospital. According to media reports at the time, about 55% of primary and middle school students in Tokyo watched the cartoon "Bao Ke Meng" that night.

In other countries, the "Bao Ke Meng" series has also caused moral panic. In Quebec, Canada, there have been a series of robberies, fights and even armed wounding on campus because many children are trying to compete for the rare Pokemon card. Local educational institutions have banned students from playing the card game at school. In order to allay the concerns of believers, the Vatican has to say publicly that the first Pokemon film released in 1999 did not have any harmful effects on children.

In addition to games and animation, the products around Bao Ke Meng are also one of the main factors that attract children.

In the summer of 2016, nearly 20 years after the introduction of the first generation of the game "Bao Ke Meng", the AR mobile game "Bao Ke Meng GO" swept the world, once again setting off a "Bao Ke Meng" craze around the world. Today, "Pokemon GO" is still one of the most popular mobile games for players. Even at the height of the epidemic, loyal fans of the series lined up outside retail stores to buy cards, and many stores later announced a temporary suspension of Pokemon cards on safety grounds.

Douglas Haines spent his childhood in Seattle and rarely played Pokemon when he was a child. In Haines' memory, his priest took a small barbecue to Sunday school and asked the children to burn Pokemon cards on the grounds that "Pokemon can evolve, and evolution is not good."

Like Harry Potter and Dungeons of Dragons and Dungeons, the church banned children from touching Pokemon cards as an alternative, Haines recalled. They provide children with biblical exchange cards that depict scenes such as Daniel in the Lion's den. "on that day in the 1990s, I couldn't imagine how many valuable rare Spitfire Dragon cards were burned." "I want to cry when I think about it," said Haines, 35. "

Twenty years later, Haines is now a Las Vegas filmmaker and father of four. His 6-year-old son, Max, wakes him up almost every morning and asks Haines to play Pokemon cards with him on the bedroom floor. Haines also said that he often takes his son to McDonald's on a whim to buy a card.

"I like Pokemon better than in the past, because as a common interest, it can enhance the relationship between father and son. besides, it's not a big deal for me to buy a Pokemon card bag for $5 now."

This article was compiled from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ video-games / 2022-08-10 / pokemon-starter-parents-kids/

Original title: "The kids who grew up on Pok é mon are raising trainers of their own"

Original author: Teddy Amenabar

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