In the late Nineties, Pokémon, a Gameboy, a trading card game, television series and movies swept schools across the country. Exported from Japan, this game of catching cute mythical creatures from the wild and training them up for battle with friends and enemies alike proved thoroughly addictive.
Nearly two decades later and Pokémon – which never really went away in its homeland, but suffered a falling out of fashion in the West – has captured millions of people in its grasp once again.