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Pokémon (manga)
(an abbreviation for in Japan) is a Japanese media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company, founded by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures. The franchise was created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996, and is centered around fictional creatures called "Pokémon". In ''Pokémon'', Pokémon Trainers are people who catch, train, care for, and battle with Pokémon. The English slogan for the franchise is " Gotta Catch ‘Em All!". There are currently 1008 Pokémon species. The franchise began as ''Pocket Monsters: Red'' and ''Green'' (later released outside of Japan as ''Pokémon Red'' and ''Blue''), a pair of video games for the original Game Boy handheld system that were developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo in February 1996. ''Pokémon'' soon became a media mix franchise adapted into various different media. ''Pokémon'' is one of the highest-grossing media franchise of all time. The ''Pokémon'' video game series is the third best-selling video game franchise o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satoshi Tajiri
is a Japanese video game designer and director best known for being the creator of the ''Pokémon'' franchise and one of the founders, and president of video game developer Game Freak. A fan of arcade games, Tajiri wrote for and edited his own video gaming fanzine ''Game Freak'' with Ken Sugimori, before evolving it into a development company of the same name. Tajiri claims that the joining of two Game Boys via a link cable inspired him to create a game which embodied the collection and companionship of his childhood hobby, insect collecting. The game, which became ''Pokémon Red'' and '' Pokémon Green'', took six years to complete and went on to spark a multibillion-dollar franchise which reinvigorated Nintendo's handheld gaming scene. Tajiri continued to work as director for the ''Pokémon'' series until the development of ''Pokémon Ruby'' and ''Sapphire'', when he changed his role to executive producer, which he holds to this day. Tajiri has also worked for other Game Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
