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07-13-2016, 06:26 PM
8 childhood fads due for a Pokémon-style comeback
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As you're very well aware, Pokémon is suddenly back in vogue after a sleepy decade of being relegated to hardcore groupies and your 11-year-old cousin.
It's all thanks to the augmented reality game called Pokémon Go that launched in several countries last week to wild fanfare.
SEE ALSO: Man playing 'Pokemon Go' gets lured into a pond (http://mashable.com/2016/07/12/pokemon-falls-into-lake/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The world is again catching all the Pokémon, listening to its theme song (http://mashable.com/2016/07/11/pokemon-theme-song-spotify-mobile-game/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)*repeatedly, and risking bodily harm while playing (http://mashable.com/2016/07/11/pokemon-go-accidents/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial).*Essentially, a large swath of adults is acting like children.
But is Pokémon Go*merely a**ther passing fad? Will the mass of "genwunners" (http://k**wyourmeme.com/memes/genwunner) — people who only care about collecting the first 150 Pokémon — disappear along with the initial hype? Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/13/childhood-things-return-pokemon/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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As you're very well aware, Pokémon is suddenly back in vogue after a sleepy decade of being relegated to hardcore groupies and your 11-year-old cousin.
It's all thanks to the augmented reality game called Pokémon Go that launched in several countries last week to wild fanfare.
SEE ALSO: Man playing 'Pokemon Go' gets lured into a pond (http://mashable.com/2016/07/12/pokemon-falls-into-lake/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The world is again catching all the Pokémon, listening to its theme song (http://mashable.com/2016/07/11/pokemon-theme-song-spotify-mobile-game/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)*repeatedly, and risking bodily harm while playing (http://mashable.com/2016/07/11/pokemon-go-accidents/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial).*Essentially, a large swath of adults is acting like children.
But is Pokémon Go*merely a**ther passing fad? Will the mass of "genwunners" (http://k**wyourmeme.com/memes/genwunner) — people who only care about collecting the first 150 Pokémon — disappear along with the initial hype? Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/13/childhood-things-return-pokemon/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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