In the last week Pokémon Go has become the biggest mobile game in US history

In the last week Pokémon Go has become the biggest mobile game in US history, and is now set to overtake Snapchat and Google Maps in daily mobile users.

A few days ago I wrote a post on John Hanke’s 20 year journey to create Pokémon Go. Some people asked “what about the creator of Pokémon?” which is a great question. Because Satoshi Tajiri’s story is even more extraordinary than John Hanke’s.

This year Pokémon is 20 years old, and it’s easy to think it was always a success. But the truth is t...