Almost all Pokémon are based on animal species, some of them are based on plants or mythological creatures, and a few are based on objects. In the world depicted in the games, there are 801 Pokémon, belonging to one or two of the following 18 types: Normal, Fire, Fighting, Water, Flying, Grass, Poison, Electric, Ground, Psychic, Rock, Ice, Bug, Dragon, Ghost, Dark, Steel and Fairy (Bulbapedia, 2017). Pokéballs are small enough to fit in a pocket, hence the name “Pocket Monsters” (Whitehill et al., 2016). Pokémon are usually found in nature, and may be captured with a device called “Pokéball”. Each Pokémon has a registry number and an entry text in the Pokédex. In other words, the trainer must catch all the Pokémon that live in that region, registering each capture in the Pokédex. In addition to winning the Pokémon League, the protagonist must complete the Pokédex, a digital encyclopedia of Pokémon. These routes comprise a great range of environments, such as forests, caves, deserts, mountains, fields, seas, beaches, underwater places, mangroves, rivers and marshes, which usually display a huge diversity of Pokémon. In every region, there are numbered routes that connect cities and landmarks and in which the protagonist travels, finding the monsters in their natural habitats and interacting with other characters. The seven main regions are: Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos and Alola. In this way, the creatures have a homeland, although most can appear in other regions as well (Schlesinger, 1999b Whitehill et al., 2016). For each victory, the protagonist receives a gym badge with eight badges, he/she is allowed to enter the Pokémon League to try and become the Champion.įor each generation, new Pokémon (and an entire new region) are introduced. The mission of the protagonist is to win competitions (“Pokémon battles”) against gym leaders who are spread across different cities and regions. The games and TV series take place in regions inhabited by many Pokémon and humans. The TV series, on the other hand, is in its sixth season, with more than 900 episodes. Today, the Pokémon series is in its seventh generation, with 29 main games released, besides several spin-offs. Pokémon Green, Red, Blue and Yellow are the so-called “first generation” of games in the franchise. Also in 1998, the Yellow version of the game was released, which has as its most distinct feature the possibility of having Pikachu (the most famous Pokémon) walking side by side with the player in the game. In the West, the Green version never saw the light of day, but the Red and Blue versions were released in 1998, selling together more than 10 million copies. The origin of Pokémon goes back to two role-playing video games (created by Satoshi Tajiri and released by Nintendo for the Game Boy Kent, 2001): Pokémon Green and Pokémon Red, released in Japan in 1996. Thus, Pokémon is indubitably an icon in pop culture (Schlesinger, 1999a Tobin, 2004). This game launched in 2016, with almost 21 million users downloading it in the very first week in the United States alone (Dorward et al., 2017). Despite losing some steam in the early 2010’s, Pokémon is now back to its previous uproar with the release of Pokémon GO, an augmented reality (AR) game for smartphones. Through its core products and vibrant merchandising, Pokémon took over the world, influencing pop culture wherever it landed. Currently, it is still a success, with numerous games, a TV series, comic books, movies, a Trading Card Game, toys and collectibles. Pokémon, or Pocket Monsters, was originally created for videogames, becoming a worldwide fever among kids and teenagers in the end of the 1990’s and early 2000’s. Silva 1ġ Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil.Ģ Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, São Gonçalo, RJ, Brazil.Įmails: augustobarrosmendes (at) yahoo (dot) com (dot) br felipevieiragui (at) gmail (dot) com clara.eirado (at) gmail (dot) com gbmedson (at) vm (dot) uff (dot) br
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