 Pokémon
(short for Pocket Monsters, pronounced Poh-kay-mauhn) is a Game Boy game
that first debuted in Japan, February 27th, 1996. It wasn't long
until it became the highest selling game in the history of Japan.
With its cute, little characters such as Pikachu, demand for the little
monsters grew. Soon, Pokémon merchandise had been stocking
up on shelves with dolls, puppets, glasses, stamps, stationary, rings,
clothes, and even Pokémon costumes.
In
addition to the release of the game here in North America, the little critters
arrived with its very own animated series on September 8th. The Pokémon
series are vaguely based on the game's story line with Ash Ketchum and
his Pokémon, Pikachu, as the main characters. The show has
already been broadcasted to over 86% of the television markets in the U.S.A.
For more information on the series, click
here.
There
are two versions to the Pokémon game with one blue and one red version.
There are 151 known Pokémons in total but only 150 are available
in the US version of the game. Not all 150 monsters could be found
on one game pak. For example, one version might contain certain Pokémons
that the other version might not have. The only solution is to trade.
You and your opponent can battle or trade using two Game Boys and a Game
Boy Link Cable. It'll probably be a good idea to trade with a person
with a different-coloured game pak so you can get certain Pokémons
that your game pak may not have.
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