Pokémon: Difference between revisions

[[Image:English Pokemon logo.png|frame|The official ''Pokémon'' logo.]]

'''Pokémon''' (ポケモン ''Pokémon'') is a [[Wikipedia:Media franchise|media franchise]] owned by [[Nintendo]] and created by [[Wikipedia:Satoshi Tajiri|Satoshi Tajiri]] around 1995. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable [[Wikipedia:Game Boy line|Game Boy]] [[Wikipedia:Console role-playing game|role-playing]] video games, ''Pokémon'' has since become the second most successful and lucrative video game-based media franchise in the world, falling only behind [[Nintendo]]'s [[Mario (series)|''Mario'' series]].<ref name="UK paper names top game franchises ">{{Cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/6164012.html |title=UK paper names top game franchises |accessdate=2007-02-26|last=Boyes |first=Emma |date=2007-01-10 |work=GameSpot |publisher=GameSpot UK}}</ref> Pokémon properties have since been merchandised into [[Wikipedia:Anime|anime]], [[Wikipedia:Manga|manga]], [[Wikipedia:Collectible card game|trading cards]], toys, books, and other media. The franchise celebrated its tenth anniversary on February 27, 2006, and as of December 1, 2006, cumulative sold units of the video games (including home console versions, such as the "Pikachu" [[Nintendo 64]]) have reached more than 155 million copies.<ref name="sales release 12 01 2006">{{Cite web |url=http://www.n-sider.com/newsview.php?type=story&storyid=2543 |title=Nintendo sales through end of November revealed |accessdate=2006-12-01 |last=Behrens |first=Matt |date=2006-12-01 |work=N-Sider |publisher=N-Sider Media}}</ref>