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To: James888 who wrote (138)	12/10/1998 10:20:00 PM
From: Madeleine Harrison	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 227

This is the killer part of the article. Pokemon is going on for a while: " Marketers say the challenge for Nintendo lies beyond the holiday season. The company's goal is to sustain the popularity of Pokemon for two to three years. That's an eternity in the world of video games, where 80% to 90% of a game's sales occur during the first 12 to 16 weeks. Nintendo is preparing to fan excitement for Pokemon in the U.S. with a second wave of products from Japan. Harrison said it's likely Nintendo next fall will introduce Pokemon Stadium, a version that can be played on the Nintendo 64 console system. And a Pokemon movie, currently Japan's second-highest-grossing theatrical release, is likely to become available here on video in 1999, said Alfred R. Kahn, chief executive of 4 Kids Entertainment. That's on top of a more extensive line of Pokemon toys being developed by Hasbro. The way it looks now, Nintendo will find eager young buyers for all things Pokemon. "I'm getting all the versions of Pokemon," said Dustin Gjeloshaj, the Arcadia fifth-grader, who learned about them on the Internet. "Pokemon Stadium for [Nintendo 64]--I'm getting it when it comes out."