British Girl Celebrates Her Record-Breaking Collection of Pokémon Memorabilia in New Guinness World Records(TM) 2010 Gamer's Edition

LONDON, January 21 - 21-year-old Lisa Courtney from Hertfordshire today celebrates being
officially recognised as the biggest collector of Pokémon memorabilia in the
world, having accumulated 12,113 different items over 13 years. Her
incredible record-breaking collection, which is still growing in size, has
been featured in the brand new edition of Guinness World Records 2010 Gamer's
Edition, published Thursday 21 January 2010.

On being commended for her efforts by Guinness World Records, Lisa said:
"To be in the new Gamer's Edition and to hold a world record for something
you feel so passionate about is just an indescribable feeling. My family have
been incredibly supportive considering the collection takes up the whole
house, including my mother's room! I've even named the room where my main
collection resides 'Pokémon Centre Europe!'""

Pokémon is a hugely successful videogame series published by the video
game company Nintendo. Lisa's dedication to the cause of collecting the
memorabilia has seen her visit Japan 5 times, and she has another trip
planned for this year.

Guinness World Records 2010 Gamer's Edition is published Thursday 21
January 2010 and is the third instalment of the successful Gamer's series
devoted to the latest and greatest in video gaming. Guinness World Records is
the globally-recognised authority on record-breaking achievements.

www.guinnessworldrecords.com/gamers

Notes to Editors:

About Guinness World Records 2010 Gamer's Edition

The Gamer's Edition series, praised by critics as a 'must have for fans
of gaming' (Kotaku.com) and 'Gamer's Edition has become an institution' (The
Independent) returns with its third instalment. The new edition promises to
be the best yet, with more gaming records, reviews, trivia and features.
Records from Gamer's Edition 2010 include the Biggest Selling Video Game Of
All Time (Wii Sports, with lifetime sales of over 46 million copies -
eclipsing the previous 20 year record holder, Super Mario Bros' 40 million
copies sold). The Highest Grossing Video Arcade Of All Time (NBA Jam was
released in North American arcades in 1993 and earned over $1 billion
-GBP676,269,678- in its first year). The Longest Time Spent Playing An MMORPG
(Sara Lhadi spent 16,799 hours playing Runescape between November 2004 and
October 2009 - this averages out at 9 hours 20 minutes of play every single
day!). The Most Played Video Game Of All Time (Snake, produced by Nokia
distributed for free on mobile phone handsets is estimated to have been
played by over a billion people). Most Played Online Video Game (Call of Duty
4, which has been played by over 13 million gamers on Xbox Live since its
launch in November 2007). Departing from the game-by-game structure of the
last two books, the new layout covers the world of gaming by genre and
sub-genre, enabling the editors to pick only the strongest and most relevant
records in each topic area. As well as records, Gamer's Edition 2010 is full
of interesting features such the as the Top 50 Games Of All Time as voted by
our readers on the gamer's website; Future Gaming; a profile on the doyen of
Nintendo, Shigeru Miyamoto; How to be a Record-Breaker; the Year in Review;
and of course the Twin Galaxies high scores charts that allows you to see how
you compare with the best in the gaming world.

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