Pokémon meets the Guinness Book

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

So I picked up the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2008 and what did I find but a spread for Pokémon! Granted, they gave a spread to pretty much every game series, but there's stuff here I didn't know. Best-selling RPG series? First gaming series theme park? And holy COW those gaming records! And of course there's an inappropiately hilarious quote. You'll know it when you see it.

 

[Lilac Hill]

Hehe, "Most Seizures caused by a TV show." Gotta love that record.

 

[The Incarnation ポケモン]

LOL @ quote. Reminds me of our dear friend Reverend Joseph Chambers and his lolrant on Pogeymanz.

 

[Lilac Hill]

Oh, and the quote is just...sad.

I'll put down the bolded words:

Demons
corrupt children's innocence
junior Satanists
rule the world

And they're talking about Pokémon. :-|

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

Heck, given that on the same page it points out that "(violence) was a very touchy subject for Tajiri" and how much he wanted to avoid it, I say bring on the corruption!

Also, I want to see this Goldberg guy playing through RB in 2 hours and 9 minutes. Is there a video anywhere or what?

 

[Petey]

Heck, given that on the same page it points out that "(violence) was a very touchy subject for Tajiri" and how much he wanted to avoid it, I say bring on the corruption!

Also, I want to see this Goldberg guy playing through RB in 2 hours and 9 minutes. Is there a video anywhere or what?

http://www.archive.org/details/PokemonRed_209

There!

 

[ShinyFlareon]

LOL @ quote. Reminds me of our dear friend Reverend Joseph Chambers and his lolrant on Pogeymanz.

Oh...My...GOD!!! This site was TOO funny! I sent it to one of my friends, and she seriously asked me if it was a joke! I know it's sad to laugh at other people's opinions, especially if they're so passionate about it, but...come ON! "Eevee is the ultimate demonic monster."? EEVEE? As in, the cute little ball of fluff and fur we all like to whore out to get an egg with a perfect nature to evolve, then do it over and over again for all of the other evos? THAT Eevee? Someone get the big tweezers -- time to get these INSANELY LARGE STICKS out from these people's behinds.

...I'm gonna burn in hell, and I'm LOVING IT! XD

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

OK guys, this isn't going to be a debate thread or a "how stupid are those guys?" thread. Although I fully agree, but this just isn't the place.

 

[ShinyFlareon]

My apologies, Blackjack -- I couldn't resist.

It IS impressive that Pokemon could hold so many world records. I never could have imagined it...though I did laugh a lot at the 'Most siezures caused by an episode' record. Not one of their more favorable ones, now, is it?

 

[Spark]

So I picked up the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2008

How is it?.

and what did I find but a spread for Pokémon! Granted, they gave a spread to pretty much every game series, but there's stuff here I didn't know. Best-selling RPG series? First gaming series theme park? And holy COW those gaming records!.

Wow. What you didn't know about Pokemon surprised me more than those facts.
(Seriously, don't you read Wikipedia articles?. You should!.)

^ Too true. XD

 

[empoleon dynamite]

I cant believe someone could complete their game in such a short amount of time.

 

[ANonMouse]

"The highest score on the Sapphire table of Pokémon Pinball: Ruby and Sapphire is 348,472,220."

Uhhh, I have 1,845,808,968... and about 1,100,000,000 for Ruby table. No way that could be the actual highest score.

Do they have speed times for Gens III and IV? I wonder if I could get a faster time, I have blue

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

Write to Twin Galaxies, they're the organization that monitors all the gaming records.

 

[ANonMouse]

I'm sure there are higher scores than that, and I don't care enough Also, someone's already put in a higher score for it, and I would have to somehow record a new score.

 

[Mooites]

what was the quote? was it Mudkipz or something?

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

The pictures are still in the attachment in the first post. But it's the quote everyone above is talking about in this thread.