# The Pokémon origin story

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Podcast: [Post Games](https://stenobird.com/podcast/post-games-7339607)
Published: 2025-12-29T17:21:00+00:00
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Editor's Note: Hey Post Games listeners. To give myself a lighter load this holiday, I’m posting one of the monthly Patreon-exclusive episodes. The patrons selected the origin story of Pokémon. They think you’ll enjoy it, and I do, too! If you like this episode and want access to a backlog of bonus episodes and future bonuses, subscribe to Patreon.com/PostGames for $5. Next Monday, I’ll be posting the latest exclusive, “1996: The Most Important Year in Games,” featuring the co-hosts of My Life in Gaming ! Get full show notes for free at www.post.games Before Game Freak created Pokémon, it was a hand-stapled video game zine written by a crew of arcade-loving teenagers. Welcome to the debut episode of Past Games , the new Patreon-exclusive series dedicated to revisiting the stories behind classic games and gaming moments. Over the next few months, we’ll be flipping through dusty periodicals and dog-eared history books to learn more about 2026’s big gaming anniversaries. For this episode, I invited my buddy Brendon Bigley ( Wavelengths, Into the Aether ) to talk pocket monsters. I share the history of the biggest children’s entertainment icon since Mickey Mouse, and Brendon shares his experience of growing up alongside the rise of Pokémania. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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