"it was settled out of Court" You already know they had a Pokemon battle

Fun fact, Pokémon is the highest grossing intellectual property in the world.

My mom identifies every cartoon and anime I watch as Pikachu LMAO

I left my wife and child behind to become a Pokémon trainer. No regrets.

In 10 years: Company Man - bigger than you know

I'm a big Pokémon fan, but there was a lot in this video that I didn't know about. I think another company that should have been mentioned is Niantic. It can't be understated how much of an impact Pokémon Go is having on the franchise. It's one of their biggest money-makers and has caused them to implement new mechanics in the traditional Pokémon games. Pokémon is a bigger brand now than it was in 90s thanks to Niantic. To answer your question: my favorite is Haunter -- and my favorite game is Pokémon Silver!

Company man: * makes a video about Pokémon * All the poketubers: *You have summoned us?*

Company man: "i was in the 3rd grade" Me: *dies of old age*

I remember Pokémon being so bigger than Disney, you could not go to a store and not see anything Pokémon related! Even I used to work at blockbuster, and people were lining up for the Pokémon Snap kiosk, kids went crazy!

This franchise was the reason I learned English!!! I was always gifted at math and the kids in 2nd grade noticed I would smoke them at Red/Blue/Yellow with various different teams consistently, and I couldn’t explain to them why. They became my friends and helped me learn English quickly so I could share my RBY secrets. Such a fond memory you touched on with this video!! ❤️😊

Pokémon will never die, it’ll stay in hearts for eternity

I was a member of the official pokemon league at toys r us with my brother. We had a hustle where I would find a card we want, make a lowball offer, he would come over, tell me I wasn't allowed to make that deal cause I was getting ripped off and it was a shared collection. I would tell him to piss off, and he would say he's going to get mom cause I can't make bad trades it's not fair. He would then leave and usually the other person would hurry to accept the trade before our mom got involved. In reality my brother had left to find our next victim. We took advantage of the fact that young boys always seem to think young girls don't know what they're doing.

Right in the childhood. Also, grats on 1mil!

"I'll use this frying pan as a drying pan" - best quote ever

I was part of the initial craze, and I kept on playing to this day. I'm looking forward to the new DLC storyline coming out for Sword and Shield later this month! Also, my fave is Riolu.

My favorite Pokémon has always been Cubone (カラカラ in Japanese). He just always seemed the most battle ready to me, and so I thought he was the coolest.

I wasn’t part of that initial Pokémon craze, mostly because I wasn’t born yet, but when the series had another big boom of popularity when the generation 4 games were released on the Nintendo DS in 2006, I was one of the kids who was obsessed. Starting with the Generation 5 games, I have bought every Pokémon game on release date and I have yet to lose my streak sense. I still love this franchise to this day.

Pretty cool how you made a video on my favorite franchise just months after I subscribed.

Squirtle will always be my fav. I mean who doesn’t love the Squad? Also would love more Pokémon related company videos !

Pokémon Platinum was my childhood. If it’s not obvious, Luxray is my favorite Pokémon.

Ever since my grandma said that jolteon was like a dog with a taser I’ve loved jolteon ever since lol

Hmmm... sounds like "The Decline of 4Kids" would be a good video to make in the future.

My grandmother taught me the value and how to save money by age 4-5(super early), as she went through the great depression and it was in her blood at that point. I had many different ways of acquiring money, between flipping items in kindergarten+(started K at 4), eating bugs for payment, finding money in payphones/ground(when 99.99% of people used physical money), etc.. Anyways, my parents didn't buy me much past the cheapest clothes and necessities I needed and very little on birthdays/Christmas(which was normally just a small toy and necessities). At this time, the other kids at school were having their parents buy them the new Gameboy Color (as some had the Original Gameboy already but wasn't too popular as kids), and the Pokemon games since they just got released and were popular fast! Everyone was bringing them to school(private school) and was playing them at recess as oppose to actually doing anything, lmao! It got to the point that the teachers had to restrict Gameboy use to only before school starts and after school. My parents, being the "get a job" type of people, said no to everything. So, I bought it myself after a little bit of time. I remember sitting inside the shopping cart at Apex(a now closed company) and picking out the Green Gameboy Color and Pokemon Red Version. Everyone had the Blue Version and I always liked to be different(still to this day), haha. I loved it but would get stuck a lot and my older cousin Jenna would help me. I loved her so much because she was the only family member that liked video games, we grew super close during that time.. until she turned 16 and got a boyfriend and was never home. Anyways, I was an avid yardsaler back in those days too (went out with my grandma and aunt..my family is on the very old side) and I picked up silver, gold and crystal version a little while after release from a house in a very very rich town. I paid $10, $10, $15 for each game respectfully. Those days were so fun. I remember hot summer days and my family was too cheap to have AC, so I'd sit by a window in the kitchen that had a fan and play Pokemon ALL DAY LONG every day. It was so fun. This was until RuneScape in 04 got ported from Classic to RS2 and became the newest thing to play all day. I played Pokemon gen 1-3 countless times and have a pristine collection of every game with working original save batteries still, as well as extras that aren't pristine. I had bought a Gameboy DS just to play the Diamond version on release, hated it because it looked WAY too different and hated the play style, so I sold it all. I also had a very large Pokemon card collection that I didn't buy a single card of. Again, I was at a private school(Christian), so lots of kids felt kind enough to always give away cards to people. I had an entire binder full of cards! I gave my entire collection away when I graduated 8th grade to my best friend at the time that would flip cards/items on eBay with his dad. I had no idea how to do it. I would just play RuneScape all day, haha. I regret it now obviously as the prices for base set are nuts. I did keep my favorite card from my collection, which was a Charizard holo(which is now worth around $200). I plan to get it graded one day and frame it just as a memory piece, not because it's actually a high grade or anything. It'll probably only grade about 6 PSA.

My favorite Pokémon was Charizard. I even had a gold-plated Charizard card.

So glad to finally see you do a video on this!

I'll turn my frying pan into a drying pan

We all know there's going to have to be a part two for this. Maybe this one might turn into a series considering how massive the Pokemon franchise is.

"They deserve their own video' yes!!!!! PLEASE!!!! A Nintendo video is by far my most wanted video for you to make, that'd make my month when you upload it! :D

The initial craze was something to behold. I was right in the middle of it. To this day Pokémon is one of my favorite game series hands down

I still collect Pokemon cards to this day. The most expensive card I own is a Shining Charizard from the Neo Destiny set.

I haven't ever clicked one of your videos faster! Really great video coming from a huge pokemon fan and I learned things even I didn't know! :)

Me: hears 4kids Me: **vitnamese war flash backs of Pokémon and Kirby**

Pokémon when they see a new business venture: *Gotta Catch Them All.*

Hearing Company Man talk about EarthBound is pretty cool :D

This be my fandom! Love hearing about it! Congrats on 1 mil

Favorite is Turtwig and the forms it evolves into. Loved using it on the DS games.

I think a large ommission here was Tomy, they were responsible for producing a very large amount of Pokémon toys up until the mid 00s, and still produce many of them today! Pokémon has been and still is my obsession since I was a young child, I'm glad to see it covered here.

One of the best moments of my childhood is when i was 5 or 6 and at my grandparents house for christmas and my brother and i each opened a christmas present containing gameboy color with a carrying case and a pokemon game. my bro got pokemon red and i got pokemon blue. he had the green game boy i got the yellow. we stayed up so late playing pokemon and quickly became obsessed. i remember thinking my game boy was acting weird and the batteries were dying because the screen kept flickering, luckily the brother pointed out it was just because one of my pokemon was poisoned. haha. childhood was the best. Thank you nintendo

"Are you apart of that initial craze?" Me: Probably.

I just learned that Howard Johnson used to be the largest restaurant chain and today has one remaining store. That would be a very interesting story! Love the channel great stuff.

Omg I remember begging my parents to wait in the long ass lines at Burger King to get the toys, I also had so many toys and cards, I’m 29 now and I still love Pokémon. My favorite is Vaporeon. I also still know the pokerap by heart 😂

Pokemon and Animal Crossing are my two favorite things...... Pokemon Go, Main Series games, spinoffs, toys, plushies, the tcg, the anime, and even Pokemon themed Stores...

My obsession with Pokemon started in the late 90's and is still very strong today. Thank you for making this video!

Great video! One of my favorite video game franchises of all time! And now I wait for your Nintendo video, which will be awesome because your videos are always top quality!

"Video games generally weren't very good" Yeah, that's also happening now with mobile games..

i remeber seeing it on kids wb for the first time, feels like it was yesterday

“Bigger Than You Know”? _looks over at the giant floating Pikachu balloon_ Yeah.

Dude this is crazy to see how far you have come keep it up company man

I am a big Pokemon fan. I started with Gen 4 on the DS, and now am starting to play competitively. Honestly, this is a franchise that I don't see dying out for a good while. Edit: Favorite Pokemon is Piplup/Empoleon, because Gen 4 nostalgia.

Why do I love this guys voice so much😊

"Good luck finding anybody who can't identify him [pikachu]." *flashes back to an old lady who worked at Sam's club asking if my pikachu back pack was a pig.*

Your own trip down memory lane was so bittersweet, because I share that same Pokemon childhood obsession (kinda still am) butI only had the games, because my family disapproved of pokemon, ive got merchandise now, but sometimes I wish I had that special connection Rambling over great video dude

Part of the initial craze😂. Fell out around the ds era, stayed a little later than my counterparts. Came back in during the end of the ds/beginning of 3ds era and have been there ever since. Have so many great memories! Pokémon the first movie had people sitting in the isles of the theater because some families came too late and couldn’t finagle seats together. I remember getting a holo charizard in third grade giving up my reverse holo entei. Ended up selling most of my cards during that lull and really regretted it. Still have all my video game pokes from Pokémon X and Y till sword and shield, and also have some classic ruby and fire red Pokémon transferred up by my cousin way back when. It’s literally hard to explain, but playing with a character from another game, console generations ago, when you were literally a kid, in a current game with current gen graphics, it’s a goosebump enduring feeling I haven’t felt in other media. Def a die hard fan 😂👍

I named my daughter Evelyn specifically so I can call her Eevee. This way she has a nickname I can spell however I want without screwing up her future prospect because I gave her a funny name. It's cool to share a name with a Pokemon at 6.

Your videos are splendid! Thank you for giving me a new perspective to contemplate!

Congrats on 1 mil

You don’t need a video to know that Pokémon is the biggest and most profitable brand, media and video game. They’ve only been around since the late 90s, 96 for Japan and 98 for the rest of the world, and they’ve overtaken Disney as most recognizable and profitable.

I also got hooked on Pokémon in the 3rd Grade!😂, also my favorite Pokémon definitely Squirtle!

I still wish I had that Pikachu themed Gameboy, too. The story of the creator is super inspiring. Also, snorlax is super awesome

Last time I checked, you were at 600k. Congrats on reaching 1M man. Quality content every single week 👏👏👏

It's honestly rather amazing that Pokémon beats every other entertainment franchise in the world. I first started playing with Gen 3, but lost interest by the time Sword and Shield came out. Edit: My favorite is Furret!

My favorite is Dragonair because I loved the card when I was a kid!

Congrats on a mil!

Wow, didn't know about your channel but this kind of take was great. Already subbed. I was born in 98, so pokemon stickers and toys were kind of always in the background and watched reruns of the first seasons of the anime as a kid. But I reaaaally got into it around 5th grade, when I started using the internet and read about the games and all the other sweet stuff I didn't know about yet. I asked for a GBC and a pokemon yellow and my parents bought them, in 2008 lol. Thanks

Got Red back in 1998. Been playing ever since. It’s crazy how many people have success because of their work on these games.

I’ve been literally waiting for this, thank you company man you never fail !!!

he always sounds so put out at the end of the video "thank you for watching :(" i love it

I would like to point out two things: 1. Pokemon is currently the best selling franchise ever, which I was sure you would've mentioned but okay. 2. You'll be happy to know that Snorlax actually DOES do much! He's very common in the competitive Pokemon scene for this newer generation. If you look up some Pokemon VGC games on KZfaq from this past year, I'm sure you'll see plenty of Snorlax.

I have been waiting for this day, since I recommended you cover Nintendo a few years back. I love this series so much despite the Sword and Shield's controversy, I still hold this series dear to my heart and still love the games and the series. Was wondering though if you would do videos on other gaming companies, a few recommendations would be on Valve, Capcom, Bandai Nacom, Square Enix, Atlus, and Spike Chunsoft. Also favourite pokemon is Durant, gen 5 tho. It would be amazing if you do and I and definitely others would love to watch them.

Pokemon Sapphire is one of the first games I ever really played so naturally my favourite pokemon's is my main man swampert who carried me through that whole game

I'm glad that he is finally starting to do more global brands. Finally companies that I heard of

Kinda funny getting recommended this video when it's so close to the 25th anniversary of Pokemon. As someone who grew up in the late 90s I never cared about the mainline games or the trading cards, and only played a handful of spin-offs like Mystery Dungeon and some puzzle games. I definitely invested a lot of time watching the TV shows, including all of the movies. The first mainline game I ever decided to try was Pokemon Sword and have been hooked on it ever since I got it on November of 2019, currently have over 3K hours with almost every shiny in the game! Oh and I don't have one favorite Pokemon, but ONE of my most favorite has to be Espeon.

First Congratulations on hit 1 Million Subscribe! Second: I like Pokémon. I like amine & play Pokémon Go Plus Satoshi Tajiri have Autism, that really inspires lot people like me who have autism. 😊 My favorite is Garchomp!

I think I'm just a few years older than you... I was in 5th grade when the craze hit and I've been a fan ever since! Togepi has to be my favorite. So cute... but also unpredictable.

Way to go! I totally enjoyed this. It brought back so many memories. 😃

Pokemon has been my favorite franchise and the one thing I have been obsessed over for almost 20 years, and I'm only 22. It's what encouraged me to read, made me my first friends, Pokémon Silver was my first game, and, for years now, these games have been one of the few things I've ever put much time into, even more than actual school, I think. The depth and atmosphere of the franchise is what has kept me here for so long. I've made a ton of friends, met a ton of people, and had a much better life overall, mostly thanks to this franchise. It doesn't matter how old I get, I will always dearly love each and every Pokémon. 💕💕

I remember being in middle school and my mom bought my sister and I red and blue. My sister lost interest so I got all 150 on my red version. All my friends gave me crap for wasting so much time on it but they were the ones that were curious about it

Let’s GO!!!

After 20 years i´m addicted to Pokecards again. And i love it. Nothing can give you this kind of nostalgia.

I’m 37 in two weeks so I was a little too old for Pokémon when I was a kid, I thought it was kinda corny AF tbh but you always find a way to making boring stuff really interesting. Great job dude!!

I would have to say Dratini is my favorite pokémon. I was really hyped on pokémon during the 1st generation, and I saw some of the anime, but I was a bit too old to get into the hype for the next few generations. My younger brothers though, they loved it and got our dad to record every episode of the anime they couldn't watch as it aired so they could watch it later =P

Favorite Pokemon: Blastoise! I even have a tattoo to prove it.

This Is the quality content for which I subscribed

I've been a fan of it since I was in kid like most other people, But unlike most of the fanbase, I didn't grow up with the original 151 or the cards because I wasn't born in the 90's. I was born in 2002 and it wasn't until I was 4 when I knew what pokemon was and it wasn't until I was 6 where I actually starter playing pokemon. My very first game was pokemon emerald and I never got that many pokemon cards because I thought the video games were a lot more fun than the trading card game. After my third game, pokemon pearl, I started to move on to other video games such as mario, sonic, minecraft, and others but it wasn't until 2014 when I got back into pokemon when I saw everything that had changed in the franchise since the early 2000's. The first game I decided to try out after a long while was pokemon Heart Gold, then I went and played through every other generation I missed out on. And TO THIS DAY I still play these games. Even the gen 8 ones. My favorite pokemon region is tied between Hoenn and Unova. I like both of those regions and their game mainly because they're my favorite in the whole series. An last but not least, my favorite pokemon is Venusaur.

I was part of the initial wave in 1998. I was 11 when it came out, and have been a relatively faithful Pokémon fan til recently. I still haven’t bought Sword and Shield, probably won’t either. My favorite Pokémon is Gardevoir, and Gen 4/HGSS are my favorite gen and games.

My childhood! Thanks for covering Pokemon! My favorite is Vileplume!

My fave Pokemon is Haunter. Fell in love with him in that episode where Ash and friends go to Lavender Town and Ash pretty much bites the dust. He's hilarious.

I have caught the very first wave. When I was in 3rd grade a friend told me about this Pokémon show that would play right after school, I had to run home to catch it in time! Later that year the games came out and I got blue for Christmas. Cards came later and I had to have it ALL! But I got older and lost interest after Crystal version.

Company Man doing a video on Pokemon? A surprise to be sure but a welcome one! I'm 25 and I was there at the beginning - it was nuts how big it was. The first game I ever owned was Pokemon Yellow on a purple Gameboy Color. I loved it then and still love those first two generations, going back to them at least once per year. I have played the newer ones but I feel they lost some of the charm. Still, gotta give it to them, it's a wonderful concept of a game. And it's one of those games that everyone has a favorite character/creature from which is always nice for discussion. Bulbasaur and Bellossom from the early days are my two favorites. Mimikyu and Espurr from the more recent entries.

My main was always Bulbasaur. I was big time into Pokemon during its apex in the later 90s and I always assumed that I lost interest in Pokemon just because they introduced all kinds of newer pokemon that I couldn't keep up with and just only cared for first gen, but in all honesty I think I simply just grew out of it. Have very fond memories tho of watching the cartoon, collecting and trading the cards, and the burger king toys!

Every video you make is good quality content

I think that the perspective that someone has on Pokemon largely depends on how old they are and which Nintendo handheld system that they first had. Since the DS Lite was my first system, my favorite Pokemon games are those on the DS and GBA, with the Gameboy ones being a bit too old and the 3DS and Switch ones, while having brought lots of new things to the franchise, are not nostalgic for me as Generations 3, 4 and 5 are. People who were only introduced to the franchise via the card game or Pokemon Go would probably also have a different perspective on the franchise.

I've been waiting for you to make this video! Also fun fact Pokémon is the highest grossing media franchise of all time. I'm surprised he didn't mention that in the video. Oh and Poochyena is my favorite Pokémon followed by Umbreon.

11:00 Mewtwo. He MADE the first movie, and when he popped up in the trailers for DETECTIVE PIKACHU only THEN did I believe the film could be great (I was right - He's a banger in that film too).

I like this channel and I LOVE pokemon. So this feels like a weird crossover. Also my favorite Pokémon at the moment is tsarsena but azumarill has a special place in my heart.

My favorite Pokemon is Charmander!! I love fire types and he is just cute. I was born in 1998 so I got into it with the remakes of Pokemon Red and Blue, Pokemon Fire Red, specifically. Love it til this day?

I joined in around 2007 and those memories are unmatched. Collecting cards and watching the show. My favorite has got to be between trico and squrtle.

Most underrated video on the channel. Deep look good work man! Jigglypuff Is my fav.

The video’s great and all but the most impressive part of it is that you’re one of the few KZfaqrs to actually pronounce Pokemon correctly instead of saying “poh-kuh-mon” (which is what I do anyway) or, God forbid, “poh-kee-mon”.

I loved pokemon when it first came out and fell out of love like everyone else. I fell back in love when pokemon go came out. I was a new mom and it gave an intention to getting out of the house. Today, my son and I are both engrossed in a love with pokemon. We play PoGo together, Sword/Shield, collect cards, and have watched every season of the series.