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Today, Pokemon Diamond/Pearl went on sale in Japan. Over a 150 people (they counted, I'm sure) lined up at Shinjuku's Yodobashi Camera. And the store got some DS Lite units in as well. And at the Pokemon Center, something like 800 folks lined up. People bought the game. Lots.

SHOCKING, huh?

Personally, I don't like Pokemon. Not even passively or as a joke or even a passive joke. My three year-old absolutely adores it. (Yeah, I was pissed.) Thing that makes it palatable is that he's unable to say "Pikachu" and instead calls the character "Pichaku." Cute, I know. Brian Ashcraft

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