Long-time rumour debunked.
Suppose you’re even remotely familiar with the work of Satoru Iwata, Nintendo’s beloved President who sadly passed away in 2015. In that case, you’ll have no doubt heard the popular rumour surrounding his contribution to 1999’s Pokémon Gold And Silver.
The rumour goes that Iwata created a compression code that significantly decreased the size of the games, thus allowing Game Freak to include the original Kanto region in addition to the newly introduced Johto.
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