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* The game's main characters {{ga|Red}} and {{ga|Green}} have several default names, among them サトシ ''Satoshi'' and シゲル ''Shigeru'', respectively. These names come from Pokémon creator [[Satoshi Tajiri]] and his friend and fellow Nintendo developer, [[Shigeru Miyamoto]]. When the games were translated into the English Red and Blue, the defaults became Red and Blue. Alternative names that could be chosen were Ash and Gary, after the anime characters that share the names [[Ash Ketchum|Satoshi]] and [[Gary Oak|Shigeru]]. | * The game's main characters {{ga|Red}} and {{ga|Green}} have several default names, among them サトシ ''Satoshi'' and シゲル ''Shigeru'', respectively. These names come from Pokémon creator [[Satoshi Tajiri]] and his friend and fellow Nintendo developer, [[Shigeru Miyamoto]]. When the games were translated into the English Red and Blue, the defaults became Red and Blue. Alternative names that could be chosen were Ash and Gary, after the anime characters that share the names [[Ash Ketchum|Satoshi]] and [[Gary Oak|Shigeru]]. | ||
* While Red and Green are the first [[Pokémon games]] released, they were not necessarily the first Pokémon trademark ever registered. {{p|Mew}} was the first Pokémon trademark ever applied for; the application for the Pokémon was submitted on May 9, 1990, while the application for Pocket Monsters Red and Green was submitted on September 11, 1995. Before Red and Green were granted registered trademarks on December 26, 1997, Mew (then spelled ミュー, not ミュウ) had already become the first Pokémon trademark registered, granted on March 31, 1994; ミュウ was later granted on August 6, 1999. | * While Red and Green are the first [[Pokémon games]] released, they were not necessarily the first Pokémon trademark ever registered. {{p|Mew}} was the first Pokémon trademark ever applied for; the application for the Pokémon was submitted on May 9, 1990, while the application for Pocket Monsters Red and Green was submitted on September 11, 1995. Before Red and Green were granted registered trademarks on December 26, 1997, Mew (then spelled ミュー, not ミュウ) had already become the first Pokémon trademark registered, granted on March 31, 1994; ミュウ was later granted on August 6, 1999. | ||
* | * Red and Green, as well as [[Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|their remakes]] are the only [[main series]] Pokémon games to be released in the first two thirds of the year in Japan. All of the others to date have been released between September and December. | ||
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