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Is Pokémon Addictive?

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Description: Discusses whether Pokémon can be as addictive as some illegal drugs. (August 01, 1997)
The pre-teen fad Pokémon hit the United States in the late 1990s. Pokémon started as a Japanese Nintendo Game Boy game. The name means "pocket monsters." The objective of the game is to find, capture and train different monsters to become the world's greatest Pokémon trainer. The game's designers made some interesting decisions which some say resulted in a more addictive game. The game does not end; rather the characters develop over time, and players are required to trade characters with others to get all characters. Some have applauded this "social" aspect to the game. Some parents have complained that their son's interactions with peers have been taken over by Pokémon. Nintendo described it this way:
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