Refreshed - Pokémon's Fan Communities That Fuel Its Success (Patreon)

Ana is joined by co-founder of the Video Games History Foundation, Kelsey Lewin, to talk about the online communities behind Pokémon. On this episode, Ana and Kelsey discuss two major websites and communities, Serebii.net and Smogon University. Throughout their conversation learn more about these two websites, and their role in shaping Pokémon into the popular franchise it is today. They also take some time to assess where Pokémon communities are today, and delve into the wholsomeness that is the Pokémon Go community.

You can watch the video version right here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOd8XbvFlfc

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