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Launch dates, October 1996; January 1999

October 1996; January 1999

FiledTaken from a filing, a registry or the company’s own published page.

The values

  • JP: October 1996 (ポケモンカードゲーム発売)
  • US: January 1999 (アメリカで発売開始)

Where it comes from

Japanese-language article, 2026 The Pokémon Company · 2 November 2026 Open the original ↗

The line in the source

1996 ... 10月 ポケモンカードゲーム発売 ... 1999 1月 「ポケモンカードゲーム」アメリカで発売開始