Pokémon
Pokemon is a highly successful Japanese franchise that was introduced in the 1990s. Owned by Nintendo, it has risen to become the 2nd most successful video game franchise, behind Nintendo's own Mario. It spread to several other countries in a short time. Pokemon began it's fame with the release of the dual part video game series Pokemon: Red and Pokemon: Blue for the original Game Boy system in 1995. There have since been various Pokemon releases across all Nintendo platforms. The video game was the basis for the popular children's television show, Pokemon, and helped to spawn a large amount of merchandise, various movies (both theatrical and straight-to-DVD) and a successful trading card game. I LIEK MUDDDKIPZZZZZ BLAAAAGGHGHGHGHGHGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MUDKIPZ IS TEH KEWLEST PKMN EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
