Nintendo Pocket Pikachu commercial (1998)
MAR 27 1998 · 10:00
Japanese TV commercial for the Pocket Pikachu, Nintendo's 1998 pedometer-pet where walking in real life earned currency to feed your Pikachu — a precursor of Pokémon's later step-counting gadgets.
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