Pokémon Channel is a 2003 video game in the Pokémon series for the GameCube, developed by Ambrella and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company. The game's central premise is to watch television with a Pikachu so as to help Professor Oak refine and promote his TV network. It contains elements of adventure, digital pet, and simulation genres. The player can explore full 3D environments, have the Pikachu converse with other Pokémon, and collect various items. The game was developed rather quickly to serve as a sequel to the Nintendo 64 title Hey You, Pikachu! and to promote the Nintendo e-Reader accessory, and uses a novel 3D texturing effect. It was first showcased at Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2003 and later at a month-long series of promotional events in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. It was released on July 18, 2003 in Japan, December 1 in North America, and April 2 in Europe. In Japan, the game sold 66,373 copies in its first year. It received mixed reviews, which generally criticized its low level of interactivity and repetitive sound effects, though its collecting aspects and visuals were somewhat better received.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1651:

Khmelnytsky Uprising: Ukrainian Cossacks and their Crimean Tatar allies were annihilated by a Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth army in the Battle of Berestechko, probably the largest land battle in the 17th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Berestechko

1860:

Seven months after the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, several prominent British scientists and philosophers participated in an evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum in Oxford, England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860_Oxford_evolution_debate

1934:

Adolf Hitler violently purged members of the Sturmabteilung, its leader Ernst Röhm (pictured), and other political rivals in the Night of the Long Knives, executing at least 85 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives

1974:

Municipal workers in Baltimore, Maryland, went on strike seeking higher wages and better conditions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_municipal_strike_of_1974

2007:

In an attempted terrorist attack, a car loaded with propane canisters was driven into the terminal of Scotland's Glasgow International Airport and set ablaze. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Glasgow_International_Airport_attack

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

miserabilist: One who is unhappy, or extols being miserable as a virtue; a philosopher of pessimism. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/miserabilist

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I have heard that voice many a time when asleep and, what is strange, I understood more or less an order or an appeal in an unearthly tongue: day draws near another one do what you can.   --Czesław Miłosz https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Czes%C5%82aw_Mi%C5%82osz