When I visited the Pokemon Center near Tokyo Station recently, the line into the store wrapped all the way around the block. There was a one-hour wait to get in. When I asked if the store was always this packed, a clerk said, "It's usually much more crowded."

Seven years old and still thriving, Pokemon is Nintendo's biggest franchise. And now it's on the GameCube in the form of "Pokemon Colosseum." (Well, "Colosseum" has actually been available for the GameCube for a few months now, but the English version has finally arrived.)

When it comes to Pokemon, bigger never seems to translate to better.