"And whilst we haven't been able to do that recently, the online community has really pushed forwards and it's just such a nice place to be. " Follow Newsbeat on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Listen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.
image copyright Getty Images Wander down one of Kyoto's picturesque side streets and you'll come across a metal plaque on an anonymous office building. It reads: Nintendo Playing Card Co. And it's the original headquarters of the gaming giant. But it was that original work making playing cards that provided the inspiration for one of Nintendo's most enduring brands. It's Pokemon of course - a brand that celebrates its 25th anniversary this weekend. Not bad for a game that, as its central concept, consists of capturing and enslaving animals and forcing them to fight each other. And for Joe and Marti, it's more even than that. It's the thing that brought them together - and it's now their job. image copyright Marti Bennett image caption Pokemon brought Joe Merrick and Marti Bennett together Joe runs Serebii, one of the planet's biggest Pokemon websites, and Marti - Virtually Marti as she's known online - is a Twitch streamer. They've both been fans pretty much from the get-go. "It started for me back in 1999 when Pokemon first started to come into the UK, " Joe tells Radio 1 Newsbeat.