Pokémon, (an acronym for Pocket Monsters in Japan) is a Japanese media franchise handled by The Pokémon Company, a company started by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures. The franchise business was produced by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996, and is centered on fictional animals called Pokémon . In Pokémon, human beings, referred to as Pokémon Trainers, capture and also train Pokémon to battle other Pokémon for sporting activity. All media works within the franchise are set in the Pokémon universe. The English slogan for the franchise business is Got ta Catch 'Em All! . There are currently 900 Pokémon species.The franchise started as Pocket Monsters: Red as well as Environment-friendly (later launched beyond Japan as Pokémon Red as well as Blue), a pair of computer game for the original Game Young boy handheld system that were created by Game Fanatic as well as released by Nintendo in February 1996. It quickly came to be a media mix franchise business adjusted right into various different m...