Satoshi Tajiri

During a recent Nintendo shareholders meeting, Shigeru Miyamoto revealed a light-hearted origin story for the dual-version releases of mainline Pokémon games. The anecdote involves Pokémon creator Satoshi Tajiri joking about surpassing Mario's success by selling two copies to each customer. This approach, starting with Pokémon Red and Green in Japan in 1996, has become a hallmark of the series despite mixed sales results against Mario titles.