retro saturdays and pokemon pikachu the handheld toy

No this blog post isn't about pikachu the famous pokemon from the games. This is about the small yellow egg shaped game released in the late 90's called pokemon pikachu. It's not a traditional game though, it's a virtual pet of pikachu

Which to kids back then was a huge deal. This was released at the height of the pokemon craze. I had one and it was......well a virtual pet. There's not much to say

The commercial song is still stuck in my head "pika pika pika pikachu, the best pokemon"

Here's the link to the commercial