Pokémon Crystal keeps us interested by telling us less | Why I Love
Why I Love is a series of guest editorials on GamesIndustry.biz intended to showcase the ways in which game developers appreciate each other's work. This entry was contributed by Max Mraz, whose retro-inspired action-RPG Ocean's Heart launches on Steam today. The commercial for Pokémon Crystal aired in 2000, and unlike the commercials for Pokémon games before it, it was set within the Pokémon universe. It didn't show kids with Game Boys, or a bus driver crushing Pokémon in a trash compactor (this is an actual weird thing that happened in the '90s). Instead, an Indiana Jones stand-in disco...
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