{"id":136063,"date":"2026-02-13T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-197281"},"modified":"2026-02-13T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:00:00","slug":"community-pokemon-turns-30-soon-send-us-your-pocket-monster-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/02\/13\/community-pokemon-turns-30-soon-send-us-your-pocket-monster-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"Community: Pok\u00e9mon Turns 30 Soon – Send Us Your Pocket Monster Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/span> Image: Zion Grassl \/ Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

27th February marks the anniversary of Pok\u00e9mon Red<\/a> and Green<\/a> in Japan, but this year’s event is an extra special one: the Pok\u00e9mon series is turning 30 years old.<\/p>\n

Yes, that little RPG about catching cute and not-so-cute monsters and doing battle with your pals has been going for three entire decades. In that time, it’s evolved from mere gaming phenomenon that rejuvenated interest in Nintendo’s Game Boy seven years after it launched to the world’s biggest media property.<\/p>\n

‘If in doubt, stick a Pikachu in\/on it’ probably isn’t<\/em> a mantra at The Pok\u00e9mon Company, but you’d be forgiven for thinking it is, given the proliferation of that particular ‘mon across every facet of the franchise. The series’ success, though, goes well beyond the near-universal appeal of the electric yellow mega mouse who became its mascot.<\/p>\n

Anyone who’s ever<\/em> been a Pok\u00e9mon fan has a story that sticks in their mind; a particular Pocket Monster you caught and named, a story moment that stuck with you, a tense, skin-of-your-teeth battle you triumphed in, or a more personal memory about where you were in your own life’s story while playing Pok\u00e9mon.<\/p>\n

Or maybe something outside the games entirely! With the anime, TCG, and the wider world of Pikachu and co., it’s become so much more than just<\/em> the games.<\/p>\n

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With the anniversary approaching, we’re asking you to send in your Pok\u00e9mon memories for a special feature we’ll publish in a few weeks. Over 30 years, we’re positive you’ve got hundreds<\/em> of memories you hold near and dear, and we’d love to highlight them on the site.<\/p>\n

Now, Red\/Green\/Blue\/Yellow recollections are more than welcome, but we want to hear from you whenever<\/em> you jumped on the Pok\u00e9wagon, whether you were there with your DMG-01 Day One, hopped aboard with a dual-screen console, got into the series more recently on Switch, or anywhere in between.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to contribute and be in with a chance of having your memory shared, check out the submission instructions below. Remember, short and sweet is the name of the game! (Actually, Pok\u00e9mon Short & Sweet<\/strong>… y’know, that’s not bad.)<\/p>\n

Nintendo Life Pok\u00e9mon Memories submission guidelines<\/h2>\n