Pokémon (series)

Pokémon is a multi-billion dollar media franchise controlled by video game giant Nintendo, and created by Satoshi Tajiri at least by 1995 (it celebrated its tenth anniversary on February 27, 2006, although the franchise was copyrighted in the USA as Pokémon by 1995). The original Game Boy video games have since been merchandised into anime, manga, trading cards, toys, books and other media. The game’s catchphrase, in the English language versions of the franchise, used to be "Gotta catch ’em all!", although it is now no longer officially used (except by Hasbro and in the title sequence to Pokémon Chronicles).

Pokémon is also the collective name for all of the fictional species within the Pokémon universe. To date, the franchise has a grand total of unique species that lie at the heart of the series, a figure which has grown substantially from the 150 monsters in the original Pokémon Red and Blue games. The word Pokémon remains unchanged whether referring to the singular or plural (as is the case with deer or sheep), and the same applies to each species name.

The Video Games
The Pokémon games have always been released in couples, then followed by some kind of follow up. Each time the series upgraded to a new platform and new Pokémon were introduced, it was considered a new "generation" of Pokémon. On April 27th 2007 new four generation games have been made for the Nintendo DS. On the 1st November 2008 (Japan) and Summer 2009(Europe/America) a new 4th Generation game will be made called Pokémon Platinum which has already become one of the best selling games in Japan. In the first two days of selling, it pulled in just under 1 million dollars! The world certainly has not had enough of its Pokémon yet!

The Trading Card Game


The Pokémon Trading Card Game is a collectible card game based on the Pokémon video game series, first introduced in Japan, then North America in 1999. It was published by Wizards of the Coast, the company which publishes Magic: The Gathering. Sets continue to be published, although not by Wizards of the Coast.

Pokémon Anime

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Pokémon Manga

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Pokémon Controversies

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Pokémon-Related Articles

 * List of Pokémon

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