>>100034475Pokemon was really huge here. It was the first time I saw even girls play vidya.
but I clearly remember the infamous Porygon episode (was aired at the end of 1997) killed all the momentum.
After that incident, every kid including me was like "Pokemon was just another Tamagotchi. Let's forget about it and move on,"
and Digimon/Yu-Gi-Oh became popular instead.
