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>In a 1998 interview, Pokémon creator Satoshi Tajiri revealed that his frustrations over obtaining the Mad Cap were one of the main inspirations for the data exchanging feature his series would become famous for. To wit, he explained he felt a great deal of envy when his childhood friend (and Pocket Monster illustrator) Ken Sugimori managed to get two of them on his save file, and had absolutely no way to share the unneeded one with Tajiri.The whole reason trading exists in Pokemon is because Tajiri was butthurt that Sugimori had two of an item that he wanted
