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About Pokemon
Pokémon became known in 1995 with the Pokemon game for the Game Boy and grew into a huge brand. The word Pokemon is a contraction of the words "pocket monsters". These pocket monsters are contained in a ball, a so-called Pokeball. In addition to the Pokémon games from Nintendo, there are the well-known Pokémon cards. These Pokémon Trading Card Game cards are not only used as a game, but the cards are also extremely popular with collectors. To get to know all the pocket monsters, Pokemons, the animated television series is also fun to watch. So quickly look for the best Pokémon articles. Gotta catch 'em all!
More about Pokemon
Pokemon is a media franchise owned by The Pokemon Company, which was founded around 1995 by Satoshi Tajiri. It focuses on fictional creatures called "Pokémon", who are captured and trained by humans called Pokémon Trainers to make them fight each other for the sport.
It was originally released as a duo role-playing game for the Game Boy, which could be linked together, developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo. Pokemon has since grown to become the second most successful game franchise in the world, after Super Mario. The Pokémon franchise includes games for various Nintendo platforms, trading card games, manga comics, an anime television series and accompanying feature films and a magazine. There are also various accessories derived from the television series, ranging from stuffed animals to clothing. The card game has been available worldwide (including in the Benelux) since 1999, and is still popular among school-aged youth (7-12 years).
First generation
Pokémon was created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1991. Tajiri loved to hunt for insects in the nearby area of his home when he was a kid, a hobby he later used to create Pokémon. This happened because he saw children walking with the so-called Game Boy. This gave him the idea of insects crawling over a wire from one Game Boy system to another. This is how the idea for Capsule Monsters came about.
After submitting his ideas to Nintendo several times, his friend Shigeru Miyamoto made an attempt, which was successful. Nintendo sponsored the development of the first game, which would take six years to complete. The Sprites of all Pokémon were drawn by Tajiri's friend Ken Sugimori. Before the release of the first game in Japan, sprites of some Pokémon were released: Pikachu, Mew, Meowth, Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle appeared in Game Freaks Game Boy Camera in 1995. Around this time, Nintendo changed the name of Capsule Monsters to Pocket samples . The first Pokémon games, Pokémon Red and Green Versions, were released for the Nintendo Game Boy in Japan on February 27, 1996. This fulfilled Satoshi Tajiri's dream, making it possible for people of all ages to capture, train, and trade it to become a Pokémon Master. Due to the huge success of Pokémon Red and Green, they were quickly followed by Pokémon Blue, equipped with better graphics and sound. Without too much promotion, by the end of that year, the game turned out to be the best-selling game of that year. It was therefore decided to release the game internationally, because success was expected there too. The game also hit like a bomb in the United States and Europe, but with a little more promotion. However, in the United States and Europe, only Pokemon Red and Blue were released, both at the technological level of the Japanese Pokémon Blue. Pokémon Green has never been released outside of Japan.
The popularity of the franchise led to an anime series based on the games. This anime premiered in Japan on April 1, 1997. The main character is a young Pokémon trainer named Satoshi (after Satoshi Tajiri, renamed Ash Ketchum in English), based on Red. Another character introduced in the first episode is Satoshi's rival, Shigeru (after Shigeru Miyamoto, later renamed in English to Gary Oak), based on Blue.
On April 25, 1998, the first Pokémon Center store specializing in Pokémon gear opened in Tokyo. Around that time, The Pokémon Company became active. Many other stores of this type have now opened in Japan.
North America received the anime on September 7, 1998, and the Red and Blue versions of the games on September 30, 1998. Soon after, people everywhere started playing the games under the slogan Gotta Catch 'em All! (Catch them all!). The card trading game was introduced in North America on January 9, 1999. Meanwhile, a new game was introduced in Japan in 1998: Pokemon Stadium, for the Nintendo 64. However, this game only brought 42 out of 151 Pokémon. On the other hand, the anime made for great heights. On July 18, 1998, the first Pokémon movie premiered in Japan, called Pokemon the Movie: Mewtwo vs. Mew. This movie featured the rare Pokémon Mew and Mewtwo. In the United States, the film premiered on November 10, 1999. The film briefly held the record for biggest sales opening for an animated film. Plans began shortly thereafter for a game based on the popular anime. This made Pokemon Yellow (Pokémon Yellow) a reality, and was released on September 12, 1998 in Japan, and October 25, 1999 in the United States and Europe. Pokémon Yellow allowed Trainers to take on the role of Ash, and travel around the Kanto region, with anime-style graphics for each Pokémon, and a companion Pikachu, which the trainer followed.
second generation
Almost from the very beginning of Pokémon, it was clear that it wouldn't stop at 151 Pokémon. The Legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh already appeared in the first episode of the anime, as an unknown Pokémon. Other next-generation Pokémon also appeared in the anime: Togepi, Marill, Snubbull, and Donphan are some examples. On July 17, 1999, the second Pokémon movie was released: Pokemon 2: Under its own power. It premiered on July 21, 2000 in North America.
