2. What is ?
• Pokemon is a videogame in which the main character goes on a
quest to capture and train all 151 types of creatures called
pokemon.
• Pokemon started in Japan in 1996 as Pokemon Red and Green. It
sold so well that it came to America as Pokemon Red and Blue.
• It has expanded into an Anime, Manga, Cards and many other
forms of media.
• Red/Blue has several sequels on several different platforms
including the Gameboy, GBA, and Nintendo DS.
• Pokemon is the second most popular game franchise following only
Nintendo’s Mario.

3. Satoshi Tajiri
• Pokémon was created by Satoshi Tajiri.
• He based Pokémon on his early childhood collecting bugs.
• Tajiri wanted to be an entomologist, then as a teenager fell in love
with videogames.
• He went on to create Pokémon.

4. Game Play
• The Pokémon trainer is given the choice of one of three Pokémon to
start the game with.
• In all 5 generations of games the choice is always between a fire
type, a grass type and a water type. There are 17 types of Pokémon
and many are related to natural elements. This is evidence of some
of the Shinto/ Taoist principles of Japanese culture.

5. Cont.
• The main goal of Pokémon is to go around the land capturing,
training and raising all the different Pokémon to their full potential.
• Along the way the player must solve puzzles and accept different
challenges from other trainers, Gym Leaders, the main villains, and
finally the Champion.
• Each generation of the game has a different ‘Team’ that acts as the
bad guys. The first being Team Rocket, the most recent is Team
Plasma.
• The Leaders of these Teams are usually some of the hardest
opponents faced other than the Champion and possibly the player’s
rival.

6. Raising
• One of the best parts of Pokémon is raising different Pokémon and
allowing them to evolve.
• Some Pokémon change their forms into completely different but
related Pokémon, this is called evolution.
• Some Pokémon evolve through trading, leveling up, or using certain
stones that allow them to evolve.

7. Legendary
• In all the games there existed several Pokémon that only existed
once in the game these were called Legendary Pokémon.

8. Special Event
• Some Pokémon can only be captured by attending a special
Pokémon event or give away. This was started in Red/Blue with the
Pokémon Mew and has continued all the way through until Victini in
Black/White.

9. In Conclusion
• Pokémon has grown to enormous proportions. There are five
generations of main games, well over 500 new Pokémon have been
added, and the series has branched into manga, anime, cards, and
toys. Numerous related Pokémon videogames have been released
as well.
• Pokémon has become intricately linked to Japanese culture and is
in no fear of dying out any time soon.

10. Any Questions?