2026-09-12 · blog
Pokémon Yellow (1998) — the day a Pikachu that refused its Poké Ball started walking behind you
Episode 54 of “Today Is Release Day”: Pokémon Yellow. It reached Japan on September 12, 1998 — twenty-eight years ago today. You don't pick your starter, and the one you are handed won't go back into its ball. Eleven years later, on the very same date, that trick was handed to every Pokémon.
