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User:Plague von Karma
Heya, welcome to my userpage! Been around for 6 years but I may as well get it sorted now. I waste most of my life on Smogon but you can contact me on Discord @Plague von Karma#2000.
So, I mostly deal with Pokemon things but have done a few other things in the past. I'm far from savvy in programming and the like, so I try to reserve myself to old advertising material, history, and things like that. You can probably see some of my less bright moments in my Pre-2017 contributions. I've contributed primarily to Gen 1-2 Pokemon pages. I'm getting better at it, I promise!
You can find the various things I've preserved on my Archive.org page, including a few Kiosk Demos and the like. I run a blog for various interesting Pokemon prototype things as well, though I don't post there often anymore.
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Magazine Scans
Sometimes I go out of my way to purchase notable magazines relating to Pokemon history without good scans. It's not the easiest or cheapest thing in the world, but hey, someone has to do it. I'll note purchase prices because these always tend to balloon in value in the west, despite not actually being worth that much. I'm currently targeting The Official Pokemon Fanbook 1997.
MicroGroup Game Review Vol.14
The first magazine I went out and scanned was MicroGroup Game Review Volume 14, released in April 1997 to advertise the new Pokemon anime. The striking cover has made it a pretty large point of speculation as to whether these were scrapped designs. As a translation of my scan by Obskyr went, this turned out to be false: the designs were non-canon. Cost me around £50.
Corocoro Magazine (November 1996 Issue #223)
I bought this from an online Japanese book store called "Kosho" for around 4,000 yen, including postage, which amounts to around £28. This magazine contains Japanese Pokemon Blue sprites that didn't make it into the final game and gave readers the opportunity to order it by mail. This version would not be released again until 1999, alongside Pokemon Yellow. I've only scanned the Blue sprite page, as the book itself is gigantic. My friend EyeDonutz is reconstructing the sprites using my scan.
Corocoro Magazine (December 1996 Issue #224)
I bought this from the same person who sold me the November 1996 issue. This was a continuation of the previous issue's statements on the new Blue JP sprites, featuring sprites that weren't seen prior, as well as repeats of the others that are no longer obscured by the black marks. There are two sprites that we finally got proper looks at that were previously obscured by god-awful quality: Aerodactyl and Persian.
