It's old but I just saw this on IGN.
RUMOR #9: Pokémon causes cancer.
Source: The Web site for the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
The official story: Curiously, Nintendo's reps were all out of the office on Friday. (Suffering from Pikachu poisoning, perhaps?)
What we heard: Few things provoke as severe a love-hate reaction as Pokémon games. That said, even the most rabid Pikachu-basher wouldn't accuse the franchise of being carcinogenic (though the TV show based on the games was accused of causing seizures). However, in the purest technical sense, "Pokemon" does cause cancer. That's because "Pokemon" is also the name of a cancer-causing gene that was recently discovered. In a study published in the January 20 issue of Nature, researchers at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer outline how they isolated the POK Erythroid Myeloid Ontogenic factor--or POKEMON, for short. What's next? A leukemia gene called Dragon Ball Z? A terminal case of Yu-Gi-Oh! Syndrome?
Bogus or not bogus?: Not bogus, but totally hilarious.
http://www.gamespot.com/ds/action/goldeneye/news.html?sid=6117482&om_act=convert&om_clk=newsfeatures&tag=newsfeatures;title;1
Eh, it's just an amusing coincidence.
Oh this is my studies. :O I found out that just because somthing is named some way does not mean its true :|
That was renamed Zbtb7 after Nintendo threatened to sue the scientists that named it. :P
Pokémon doesn't cause cancer...but seizures are a different story. :P
What doesn't cause cancer?
this topic is cold.
like, since I was last on the real Nsider cold.
I wish it did. The only reason Pokemon's still big is because of Kojiro, Musashi, and Nyasu.
that thing spelled out POKEMO >.<
Palkemo (Paul-key-mo) :P
Super 00ber old.
Quote from: Omega Pirate on October 02, 2007, 09:28:57 PM
Super 00ber old.
I believe I already said it was old at the beginning of my post. :|
no but like someone said, it causes seizures! just look at the porygon episode!!
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
:|
Everything causes cancer.
lol.
So that means people who play Pokemon play cancer! :P