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[[Image:Pokemon.jpg|right|thumb|The ''Pokemon'' logo]]

[[Image:Pokemon.jpg|right|thumb|The ''Pokemon'' logo]]

The highly successful Japanese franchise '''Pokemon''' was created by Satoshi Tajiri, and was introduced by [[Nintendo]] in the 1990s. The name is a [[transliteration]] of "Pocket Monsters" (''po-ké'' + ''mo-n'' = ''po-ké-mo-n'', which serves as the Japanese title of the series. It spread to several other countries in a short time.

The highly successful Japanese franchise '''Pokemon''' was created by Satoshi Tajiri, and was introduced by [[Nintendo]] in the 1990s. The name is a [[transliteration]] of "Pocket Monsters" (''po-ké'' + ''mo-n'' = ''po-ké-mo-n'', which serves as the Japanese title of the series. It spread to several other countries in a short time. The game is centered around rewarding children for [[evolution|evolving]] their pokemon to make them better at turn based combat until one of them faints or dies.

The video game was the basis for the popular children's television show, Pokémon and helped to spawn a large amount of merchandise and a successful trading card game.

The video game was the basis for the popular children's television show, Pokémon and helped to spawn a large amount of merchandise and a successful trading card game.