shares divided between Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures. The franchise copyright and Japanese trademark is shared by all
three companies, but Nintendo is that the sole owner of the trademark in other countries. The franchise was created by Satoshi Tajiri
in 1995, and is centered on fictional creatures called "Pokémon", which humans, referred to as Pokémon Trainers, catch and train to
battle one another for sport. English slogan for the franchise is "Gotta Catch 'Em All". Works within the franchise are set in
the Pokémon universe.
The franchise began as Pokémon Red and Green, a pair of video games for the first Game Boy handheld system that were
developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo in February 1996. It soon became a media mix franchise adapted into
various different media. Pokémon has since gone on to become the highest-grossing media franchise of all time, with in total
franchise revenue. the first computer game series is that the second best-selling computer game franchise with quite 346million
copies sold and 1billion mobile downloads, and it spawned successful anime television series that has become the foremost successful
video game adaptation with over 20 seasons and 1,000 episodes in 169 countries. the top-selling card game with over
28.8billion cards sold, In 2006, the franchise celebrated its tenth anniversary. In 2016, the Pokémon Company celebrated
Pokémons 20th anniversary by airing a billboard during Super Bowl 50 in January and issuing re-releases of the 1996 Game Boy
games Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue, and therefore the 1998 Game Boy Color game Pokémon Yellow for the Nintendo 3DS on
February 26, 2016. The mobile augmented reality game Pokémon Go was released in July 2016. the primary live-action film within the
franchise, Pokémon Detective Pikachu, supported the 2018 Nintendo 3DS spinoff game Detective Pikachu, was released in 2019.
Name
The name Pokémon is that the portmanteau of the japanese brand Pocket Monsters. The term "Pokémon", additionally to pertaining to
the Pokémon franchise itself, also collectively refers to the 890 fictional species that have made appearances in Pokémon media
as of the discharge of the eighth generation titles Pokémon Sword and Shield. "Pokémon" is identical within the singular and plural, as
is each individual species name; it's grammatically correct to mention "one Pokémon" and "many Pokémon", also as "one
Pikachu" and "many Pikachu".
Concept
Pokémon executive Satoshi Tajiri first thought of Pokémon, albeit with a special concept and name, around 1989,
when the sport Boy was released. The concept of the Pokémon universe, in both the video games and therefore the general fictional
world of Pokémon, stems from the hobby of insect collecting, a well-liked pastime which Tajiri enjoyed as a toddler . Players are
designated as Pokémon Trainers and have three general goals: to finish the regional Pokédex by collecting all of the available
Pokémon species found within the fictional region where a game takes place, to finish the national Pokédex by transferring
Pokémon from other regions, and to coach a team of powerful Pokémon from those they need caught to compete against teams
owned by other Trainers in order that they may eventually win the Pokémon League and become the regional Champion. These themes of
collecting, training, and battling are present in almost every version of the Pokémon franchise, including the video games, the
anime and manga series, and therefore the Pokémon card Game.
In most incarnations of the Pokémon universe, a Trainer who encounters a wild Pokémon is in a position to capture that Pokémon by
throwing a specially designed, mass-producible spherical tool called a Poké Ball at it. If the Pokémon is unable to flee the
confines of the Poké Ball, it's considered to be under the ownership of that Trainer. Afterwards, it'll obey whatever
commands it receives from its new Trainer, unless the Trainer demonstrates such a scarcity of experience that the Pokémon would
rather act on its own accord. Trainers can send any of their Pokémon to wage non-lethal battles against other Pokémon; if the
opposing Pokémon is wild, the Trainer can capture that Pokémon with a Poké Ball, increasing their collection of creatures. In
Pokémon Go, and in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, wild Pokémon encountered by players are often caught in
Poké Balls, but generally can't be battled. Pokémon already owned by other Trainers can't be captured, except under special
circumstances in certain side games. If a Pokémon fully defeats an opponent in battle in order that the opponent is knocked out, the
winning Pokémon gains experience points and should level up. Beginning with Pokémon X and Y, experience points also are
gained from catching Pokémon in Poké Balls. When leveling up, the Pokémon's battling aptitude statistics increase. At certain
levels, the Pokémon can also learn new moves, which are techniques utilized in battle. additionally , many species of Pokémon can
undergo a sort of metamorphosis and transform into an identical but stronger species of Pokémon, a process called evolution; this
process occurs spontaneously under differing circumstances, and is itself a central theme of the series. Some species of Pokémon
may undergo a maximum of two evolutionary transformations, while others may undergo just one , et al. might not evolve at
all. for instance , the Pokémon Pichu may evolve into Pikachu, which successively may evolve into Raichu, following which no
further evolutions may occur. Pokémon X and Y introduced the concept of "Mega Evolution," by which certain fully evolved
Pokémon may temporarily undergo a further evolution into a stronger form for the aim of battling; this evolution is
considered a special case, and in contrast to other evolutionary stages, is reversible.
In the main series, each game's single-player mode requires the Trainer to boost a team of Pokémon to defeat many non-player
character Trainers and their Pokémon. Each game lays out a somewhat linear path through a selected region of the Pokémon
world for the Trainer to journey through, completing events and battling opponents along the way . Excluding Pokémon Sun and
Moon and Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, the games feature eight powerful Trainers, mentioned as Gym Leaders, that the
Trainer must defeat so as to progress. As a gift , the Trainer receives a Gym Badge, and once all eight badges are collected,
the Trainer is eligible to challenge the region's Pokémon League, where four talented trainers challenge the Trainer to four
Pokémon battles in succession. If the trainer can overcome this gauntlet, they need to challenge the Regional Champion, the master
Trainer who had previously defeated the Elite Four. Any Trainer who wins this last battle becomes the new champion Video games
Generations
All of the licensed Pokémon properties overseen by the Pokémon Company International are divided roughly by generation.
These generations are roughly chronological divisions by release; every several years, when a sequel to the 1996 role-playing
video games Pokémon Red and Green is released that features new Pokémon, characters, and gameplay concepts, that sequel is
considered the beginning of a replacement generation of the franchise. the most Pokémon video games and their spin-offs, the anime, manga,
and card game are all updated with the new Pokémon properties whenever a replacement generation begins. Some Pokémon
from the newer games appear in anime episodes or films months, or maybe years, before the sport they were programmed for
came out. the primary generation began in Japan with Pokémon Red and Green on the sport Boy. As of 2020, there currently are
eight generations of main series video games. the foremost recent games within the main series, Pokémon Sword and Shield, began the
eighth and latest generation and were released worldwide for the Nintendo turn on November 15, 2019.
List of Pokémon main series video games
Generation I : Game Boy
Pocket Monsters: Red and Green
Pocket Monsters: Blue
Pokémon Red and Blue
Pokémon Yellow
Generation II : Game Boy Color
Pokémon Gold and Silver
Pokémon Crystal
Generation III : Game Boy Advance
Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire
Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
Pokémon Emerald
Generation IV : Nintendo DS
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
Pokémon Platinum
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
Generation V : Nintendo DS
Pokémon Black and White
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
Generation VI : Nintendo 3DS
Pokémon X and Y
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Generation VII : Nintendo 3DS & Nintendo Switch
Nintendo 3DS
Pokémon Sun and Moon
Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon
Nintendo Switch
Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Generation VIII : Nintendo Switch
Pokémon Sword and Shield
In other media
Anime series
Pokémon, also referred to as Pokémon the Series to Western audiences since 2013, is an anime television series supported the
Pokémon computer game series. it had been originally broadcast on TV Tokyo in 1997. To date, the anime has produced and aired over
1,000 episodes, divided into 7 series in Japan and 22 seasons internationally. it's one among the longest currently running anime
series.
The anime follows the search of the most character, Ash Ketchum, a Pokémon Master in training, as he and alittle group of
friends travel round the world of Pokémon along side their Pokémon partners.
Various children's books, collectively referred to as Pokémon Junior, also are supported the anime.
A new seven part anime series called Pokémon: Twilight Wings began airing on YouTube in 2020. The series was animated by
Studio Colorido.
Films
To date, there are 23 animated theatrical Pokémon films, which are directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and Tetsuo
Yajima, and distributed in Japan by Toho since 1998. The pair of films, Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and
White—Victini and Zekrom are considered together together film. Collectibles, like promotional trading cards, have been
available with a number of the films. Since the 20th film, the films are set in an alternate continuity break away the anime
series.
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