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From the archives: Pokémon takes U.S. by storm in 1999
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4:29Now PlayingFriday marks 30 years since the Pokémon video game series debuted in Japan. It wasn't until the late '90s that the franchise would expand its global reach in a craze dubbed "Pokémania." On Sept. 6, 1999, "CBS This Morning" aired a segment explaining the trend to parents.
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