Pokemon is founded in 1996,own by the company,Nintendo and has become the second most successful video game-based media franchise, just behind the Mario series.We all know that Pokemon has been transformed into trading card game(TCG), anime, toys and even Pokemon Centers (shop that sell Pokemon products) are built.
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| Pokemon Center |
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Trading Card
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Pokemon is created by Tajiri Satoshi (田尻智) in 1996.The first game launch is Pokemon Red and Pokemon Green. After the games get popular, Pokemon Blue is released. The Pokemon Blue is then reprogrammed to Pokemon Red and Blue is then translated into English for the release to the international. Pokemon Red and Green is never released out of Japan.Pokemon Yellow is launch as the remake of the first generation game.
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| Pokemon Green |
Later, Pokemon Gold,Sliver and Crystal are released,then Pokemon Sapphire,Ruby and Emerald. Many fans claimed that Pokemon Emerald is the best game in the series.
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| Pokemon Crystal |
In year 2006,Japan began the release of the 4th generation,Pokemon Diamond and Pearl.Same as the Pokemon Yellow,Pokemon Platinum is released.In the console Wii,Pokemon Battle Revolution is released too. Now,the newest generation of Pokemon,Pokemon Black and White is launched with ful 3D graphics in NDS.Pokepark Wii is also released in the Wii console.
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| Tajiri Satoshi presenting Pokemon Diamond and Pearl |
