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...POKEMON BALL Burger King 25 million of these were recalled in 1999. The ball can fit over a child's mouth

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unhappy Meals | 8/27/2001 | See Source »

JUDGMENT CALL Even kids get bored with Pokemon after a while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Action Figures From The '80s | 7/30/2001 | See Source »

...released for the mechanical mutt this August. It's called AIBO Messenger, and it has the capacity to be a killer app - that all-important single piece of software that consumers desire so much they have to rush out and get the machine it's written for, much like Pokemon makes kids buy Game Boys or "The Sopranos" makes you want cable. The software in this case is, basically, e-mail and the web. No surprise about that; both have been killer apps in their own way for some time now. But now AIBO will bring you both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why You'll Want a Robot Dog That Speaks Your Email | 6/20/2001 | See Source »

...years, countless tourists to Europe and Japan have been impressed by local cell phones that don't lose connections when you turn a corner and that have all sorts of services that are denied Americans. So when, on your next cell phone, you discover that you can play Pokemon games with your office colleagues, you will know whom to thank: the tourism industry, which, in truth, deserves unstinting gratitude from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Praise Of Tourism | 6/11/2001 | See Source »

First up were three first-graders. Unfortunately, their favorite game is Pokemon, and there won't be an Advance version until sometime next year. Duh. I did, however, manage to tempt them with Activision's Pinobee, in which kids play a flight-challenged bumblebee that frolics through a pretty forest collecting flowers, meeting fairies and dodging funny-looking bad guys. "I'm good at this!" yelled Lucas. The seven-year-olds were less impressed with Nintendo's racer, F-Zero. "This game is impossible," said Jonathan in disgust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Kids Want | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

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