Pokémon (an acronym for Pocket Monsters in Japan) is a Japanese media franchise managed by The Pokémon Business, a firm started by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures. The franchise business was produced by Satoshi Tahiti in 1996, and also is centered on imaginary animals called Pokémon. In Pokémon, people, referred to as Pokémon Trainers, catch as well as educate Pokémon to battle various other Pokémon for sport. All media functions within the franchise are established in the Pokémon world. The English slogan for the franchise business is Got ta Catch Em All!. There are currently 901 Pokémon species. The franchise business started as Pocket Monsters: Red and also Green (later launched beyond Japan as Pokémon Red and Blue), a pair of video games for the initial Video game Boy portable system that were established by Video game Freak and also published by Nintendo in February 1996. It soon became a media mix franchise adjusted right into various different media. Pokémon is the highest-...