pokemon

Pokémon (ポケットモンスター, Pocket Monsters) is a media franchise developed by Tajiri Satoshi, with art by Sugimori Ken, originally developed for Nintendo handheld video game consoles since 1996. It has since spawned numerous spinoff games, a Pokemon TCG, a manga titled Pokémon Adventures, and a Pokémon anime television series.

In the main games, the player character goes on a journey through various cities and landscapes (caves, forests, sea, etc.) and meets creatures known as Pokémon. The player is able to collect Pokémon to form a personalized team, train them to make them stronger, choose their known skills and command them to fight against other Pokémon. People who do that are Pokémon Trainers. Many NPCs are Pokémon Trainers available to fight against the player.

The storyline advances as the player gains eight badges for defeating different Gym Leaders and eventually challenges the Elite Four and the current Champion; defeating them all grants the player the title of Champion for himself/herself. Typical side quests, such as finding a specific item or person, are also required at certain points. Additionally, the player repeatedly fights against his or her personal rivals and routinely clashes with a criminal organization.

Pokémon copyright tags should generally only be used for human characters, not Pokémon creatures. For example, Pokémon Sword and Shield should only be used for the human characters from that game, not the new Pokémon introduced in that game, since Pokémon from each new game will usually go on to appear in other games.

Original Pokémon characters (both trainers and Pokemon) should also be tagged original in addition to Pokémon, as is established for franchise-based OCs.

See also

• Pokémon Battle
• Poké Ball theme
• List of Pokémon
• List of Pokémon characters
• List of Pokémon media
• List of Pokémon moves
• List of Pokémon abilities
• List of Pokémon objects
• List of Pokémon places
• Pool group:Pokémon

External links

• Wikipedia: Pokémon
• Official Site (Japan)
• Official Site (USA)