Pokémon, (an abbreviation for Pocket Monsters in Japan) is a Japanese media franchise business handled by The Pokémon Company, a firm established by Nintendo, Video Game Fanatic, as well as Animals. The franchise was created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1995, as well as is centered on fictional animals called Pokémon. In Pokémon, humans, recognized as Pokémon Trainers, capture and train Pokémon to battle other Pokémon for sport. All media works within the franchise business are established in the Pokémon world. The English motto for the franchise is Got ta Catch 'Em All!. There are currently 900 Pokémon species.The franchise business began as Pocket Monsters: Red as well as Green (later on launched outside of Japan as Pokémon Red as well as Blue), a set of video games for the initial Video game Kid handheld system that were created by Game Fanatic as well as released by Nintendo in February 1996. It quickly ended up being a media mix franchise adjusted right into numerous different media. ...