Pokémon , (an acronym for Pocket Monsters in Japan) is a Japanese media franchise business handled by The Pokémon Firm, a company established by Nintendo, Video Game Freak, and also Animals. The franchise business was created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996, and also is centered on imaginary creatures called Pokémon. In Pokémon, human beings, referred to as Pokémon Trainers, capture and also educate Pokémon to fight various other Pokémon for sporting activity. All media works within the franchise business are embeded in the Pokémon universe. The English slogan for the franchise is Got ta Catch 'Em All!. There are presently 900 Pokémon species.The franchise business began as Pocket Monsters: Red and Environment-friendly (later on launched outside of Japan as Pokémon Red and also Blue), a pair of computer game for the original Game Boy handheld system that were developed by Game Fanatic as well as published by Nintendo in February 1996. It soon became a media mix franchise business adjus...