In 1996, the media franchise Pokémon was created by
Satoshi Tajiri and owned by the video game company Nintendo. Ever wondered why
Pókemon is called Pokémon? Well, it is the romanized contraction of the brand
Pocket Monsters and such contractions are quite common in Japan. Pokémon is
originally released as a Game Boy Role-playing game and it was interlinkable
between Game Boys, this means that you can trade Pokémon with other Game Boy
Pokémon players. This is extremely handy, because Pokémon Red and Blue have
different Pokémon and by means of this trading system you are able to still
have all Pokémon.
Pokémon is the second most successful and lucrative
video game-based media franchise in the world, behind Nintendo’s Mario series, which we have blogged about earlier. Because of the success of Pokémon, there
are anime, manga, trading cards, toys and books about it.
Over time, five generations of Pokémon were created. However,
only the first two generations were released in the 90’s: the first generation (Red and Blue) was
released in 1998 and the second generation (Gold and Silver) in 1999. The first
generation of Pokémon consists of 151
Pokémon, the second of 251 Pokémon. You can check all
Pokémon out here: Click here!
Next time we will talk about the series of Pokémon. To
create a nostalgic feeling, we will post the link of the first Pokémon episode
ever!
And remember:
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