PokŽtalk for Thursday, August 19, 1999

Hello, this Steven Reich once again welcoming you to PokŽtalk, for Thursday, August 
19, 1999!

In our first story, Nintendo has entered in a deal with quaker and will have several 
promotions involving Life, Captain Crunch, and those chewy bars (I guess they don't 
stop he chatter after all). You'll be able to send in two UPCs and shipping and get 
yourself a watch, which I would no doubt break in no time flat. I remember that during
 the Waldo promotion way back when, you had to get four UPCs. Hey Ash, I like it!

By the way, last Saturday, the top-rated show was not PokŽmon, but Nickelodeon's 
Sponge Bob Square Pants. Then again, PokŽmon was a rerun, and it'll probably be number
  one again then. Besides, Sponge Bob seems to be more like weird in a can than making 
any attempt to develop  characters, something even a children's show has to have to 
stay on a long time.

Also, the most recent (August 23,  1999) Newsweek's Cyberscope, they briefly mention 
some of the recent PokŽmon games it's a really rather short.

And now, a word from our sponsor.

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Announcer: Get ready for Nintendo's newest PokŽmon game, PokŽmon Snarf! You'll have 
to feed all 151 of them,  put up with their terrible table manners, and fend off Team 
Rocket with only a spatula! EGM raves it's the best food game since Burgertime, and 
Famitsu thinks it's better than eating lard! So be sure to snag PokŽmon Snarf today! 
Gotta (burp)feed em' all!

Sounds like fun. In any event, at this time I'd like to discuss the prospect of PokŽmon 
centers in the US. While no announcement has been made as of yet, I'm willing to bet 
one will be announced within the next few months. As you may know, these are very 
popular in Japan, and often have large lines behind them, a defect that will hopefully 
not occur in the US. If and when one of these things does open, I intend to be there, not 
in the crowd, but in front of it.

And finally, rumors are going around that Nintendo's next system will have a game that
 features 1,000 person multiplayer servers. For some reason, maybe they're on crack, I 
don't know, some people seem to think this will be a Zelda game. A rather ridiculous 
idea, considering  that PokŽmon would be a much better choice. Fortunately, this 
interpretation of events seems to be prevailing, assuming that such plans in fact exist.

This concludes this PokŽtalk. So until we meet again, this is Steven Reich saying 
goodbye.