Ripten writes:
"The 2008 Pokémon World Championships took place this past weekend, along with the first-ever Video Game Showdown. Over 400 players from nearly 30 countries qualified for and competed in the Championships, but the United States swept first place in all three divisions of the Trading Card Game (TCG) finals. Additionally, the U.S. won the Junior Video Game Showdown title, while a kid from Hiroshima, Japan, won the Senior division (though I'm not sure if it was revenge-driven or if his mutated genes gave him an edge)."
Also:
"Speaking of conundrums, the popularity of Pokémon itself is a real mystery. Want to read some crazy Pokémon facts?
* The Pokémon comic book outsells every other comic book on the shelf.
* Pokémon episode number 35, "The Ledgendary Dratini", got banned in the U.S. because too many guns were shown in the episode.
* Total Pokémon videogame sales of 175 million copies are second only to the Mario series.
* Pokémon is blamed for youngsters becoming materialistic and developing gambling problems.
* Pokémon is banned in Saudi Arabia."
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