Capsule Monsters

[Roses Ablaze]

What do we know about it? I've heard it was a predecesor to Pokemon...

 

[Quagbert]

In fact it was. IIRC, it began as an unsuccessful manga in 1975, later resurfaced as a Game Boy game that began development in 1990, and was eventually released as Pocket Monsters Red and Green in 1996. In fact, here are a few links that I managed to gather from an old thread on SPPf:

http://allabout.co.jp/game/gameboy/closeup/CU20040105B/index4.htm
http://allabout.co.jp/game/gameboy/closeup/CU20040105B/index5.htm
http://www.pokecharms.com/games/gameboy/rbg/

 

[Argy]

I wonder if there is anyone who has a copy of the manga. I bet it would fetch a pretty penny on some auction site. I for one would be very interested in seeing it.

 

[The Big Al]

So Pokemon is technically 30 years old. It would be interesting to read. Wasn't it created by Satoshi Tajiri himself before Game Freak Magazine was created?