Pokémon (an abbreviation for Pocket Monsters in Japan) is a Japanese media franchise managed by The Pokémon Firm, a company established by Nintendo, Video Game Fanatic, and also Animals. The franchise was developed by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996, and is centered on fictional creatures called Pokémon . In Pokémon, human beings, called Pokémon Trainers, catch and educate Pokémon to fight other Pokémon for sport. All media works within the franchise business are embeded in the Pokémon world. The English motto for the franchise is Got ta Catch Em All! . There are currently 900 Pokémon species.The franchise began as Pocket Monsters: Red as well as Environment-friendly (later on launched beyond Japan as Pokémon Red and Blue), a pair of computer game for the original Game Young boy portable system that were created by Video game Freak and also released by Nintendo in February 1996. It soon became a media mix franchise business adapted right into numerous different media. Pokémon has given that en...