What this is
When the first Pokémon games, Pocket Monsters Red and Green, came out on Game Boy in Japan: February 1996.
How it’s built
- Listed in the history timeline on The Pokémon Company’s Japanese website.
What we assumed
Nothing. The figure is used as published.
Sanity check
Japan only; overseas releases came later. The timeline gives the month, not the day.
Where it comes from
The line in the source
1996 2月 ゲームボーイソフト『ポケットモンスター 赤・緑』発売