PokŽtalk for Sunday, October 3, 1999

Steven Reich here, PokŽtalk for October 3, 1999, and we've got a brand new feature 
here, trivia! Stay tuned.

In television news, Kids' WB showed two new episodes. One abut the evolution of 
Slowbro, the other about a surfing Pikachu. on Monday, we get a new episode, and it 
looks like Brock wants to get...married? Parish the thought! (pause) Sorry bout' that. 
Seems to have something to do with that grass Gym leader, Erika (editor's note: Wrong
 again).

Also in TV news, I knew PokŽmon was insane, but the ABC show Norm, which is about a
 social worker, will feature an unusual patient. Namely, one who thinks he's Ash 
Ketchum. I'll have to remember to add that to the signs of insanity. Norm is on this 
Wednesday on ABC at 8:30, 7:30 central.

And in its first Game Boy cover since who knows when, Nintendo Power's October issue
 features PokŽmon Yellow. It's main features include improved graphics, a , this sounds
 familiar, surfing Pikachu, and Team Rocket. You can learn lots more in my preview.

And now, the moment you've been waiting for...

Q: How were the names Ash and Gary chosen?

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A: The names were chosen on a nintendo.com poll.

Ah yes, I remember that, and I would have remembered what I voted for if I had known I
 was choosing names for a future video game behemoth. Okay, Dolphin time! This week,
 Nintendo announced they have a partnership with S3 technologies, which will allow 
them to use special on-chip texture compression algorithms. The reduction is a factor 
of six.

And finally, in the most recent poll, "Which PokŽmon character would you most like to 
see in SSB2," my choice and the winner was MewTwo. However, I was surprised to see 
how well James did. I have no idea why you'd want him.

Thus ends another PokŽtalk. This is Steven Reich saying, don't worry, I've still got 
plenty of bad jokes left.