@ Pascal Monett; That's pretty much the boat I'm in- I was already in my twenties by the time it came out (i.e. at least twice the age of the target audience) and knew the vague concept, but that was about it. If Cisco had called their thing the Pikachu or (possibly) Squirtle, even I might have got the reference and thought it silly, but "Metapod"? Nope.
That said, I've since come across enough on the web to know that Pokemon is something some people are really obsessive about and seems to have held its popularity better than other toy fads of the 80s and 90s. (I mean, who cares about Tamagotchi nowadays except as a childhood memory for twentysomething millennials?)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
