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Soundwave on 14 May 2013
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spurgeonryan said:
Soundwave said:
spurgeonryan said:
But just like the GC, as long as Nintendo has a successful Handheld, all will be fine.


Nintendo was also making a ton of money off Pokemon merchandising (toys, movies, cards, TV show etc.) from 1999-through the early/mid 2000s too, so that was driving profit as well, not just the GBA. That's cooled off a bit now even if it still is a popular kids brand.


Well since then, everything Nintendo has picked up. Every Department store sells various Nintendo lines of clothing. Shoes, toys, etc. Including pokemon still. They should be good.

To some extent yes, but you're underestimating how huuuuuuge Pokemon was from 1999-2003 or so. It was hands down the no.1 kids brand in the world and the movies were getting full theaterical releases worldwide. My first job out of high school was working at Toys R' Us over Christmas and it was a mad house in those days for Pokemon stuff around Christmas (we had a near riot when too many parents tried to all rush into the electronics section at once towards a Pokemon display). 

We actually had the regional Toys R' Us manager come down and change store policy that hot items couldn't just be put on the retail floor like that afterwards, lol.