So we all know about Ash, Pikachu, and the various members of the Pokemon cast. Be it old school ’90s Gen I fans, or brand new fans of the Black and White anime series and game franchise, Pokemon is a pretty universal thing that unites people better than the UN ever has (probably). To celebrate that fact, here are 5 Pokefacts that you probably didn’t know about the Pokemon franchise.
5. You Can Thank Insect Collecting For Pokemon
That’s right: Pokemon was inspired by creator Satoshi Tajiri’s love of collector insects as a child. If it wasn’t for that wonderful hobby, then he may have never thought up the idea for us to capture, collect, and catalog these creatures. One of the key features that makes these games so enjoyable to most older players is that they want more of a challenge.
This love also explains the fact that some of the first Pokemon you can catch in the game (not counting the starters) are bug-type Pokemon: what better way to thank the insects that made Tajiri a mega-billionaire?
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“500,000,000 Yen (at the rate then the US dollar was about 110 yen, so that is well over $800 billion”. Is this a typo (and there are many)? How is five hundred million Yen equal to eight hundred billion dollars? Do you even read through your articles before posting them? Does *anyone*?
If $1=110 Yen then that means for every $100 you have over 1,000 Yen, we didn’t do the exact math true but you extrapolate out then it is in the ballpark of what we said. Basically you are adding more zeroes to the equation but since it is at a rate more than the usual $1=100 Yen it is probably a few hundred dollars more. Yes we check them before hand, and yes we have an excellent editorial staff, hope that answers your questions and thanks for reading.
Dude. Seriously? Man. Ok, look; if $1 = approx 110 Yen, then it makes no sense to say that 500,000,000 Yen = $800,000,000,000. We’ve agreed that dollars are worth more than Yen, so the case cannot be that millions of Yen equal billions of dollars. A billion is more than a million.
Ah….If you have 500,000,000 Yen and 110 Yen = $1. You then divide the 500,000,00 by 110 to get what it’s wort in dollars which is approx $4,500,000. A fair bit off the $800,000,000,000 mark :)
My apologies, I just realized I’ve been switching the numbers around the dollars goes with the 5,000,000 and the yen goes with the other figure. Don’t know who’s I made that mistake. My fault.
Ok, thank you for admitting the mistake. But…you realise that even taking that into account, the numbers are still *really* wrong? Eight hundred billion Yen (I assume that’s the actual number) divided by one hundred and ten (the exchange rate) doesn’t equal five hundred million dollars. It equals seven billion, two hundred and seventy million, two hundred and seventy thousand dollars (and a bit). Unless my own maths are way off, which is possible. Anyway, thanks for replying.
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