• Pokémon is a media franchise built around video games, television shows, films, and books. They refer to the tiny pocket monsters that do battle in the fictional universe. They have become popular around the world, spanning to a large variety of merchandise, including Pokémon cards, toys, movies and apparel.

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  1. Owner: Nintendo
  2. Creator: Satoshi Tajiri
  3. 1996: First Pokémon video game
  4. Pokémon is a contraction of the Japanese words for "Pocket Monsters"

• Background

  Pokémon are based on the hobby of insect collecting. The collectors are called Pokémon Trainers, who each have a goal of filling a Pokédex with all available Pokémon, then training them to compete against those of other trainers. When two Pokémon battle, when one wins and makes the other faint, the winning Pokémon gains experience points needed to level up.

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