List of Pokémon video games
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Pokémon is a series of role-playing
Role-playing video game
Role-playing video games are a video game genre with origins in pen-and-paper role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, using much of the same terminology, settings and game mechanics. The player in RPGs controls one character, or several adventuring party members, fulfilling one or many quests...

 video games and other genres (including puzzle and digital pet
Digital pet
A digital pet is a type of artificial human companion. They are usually kept for companionship or enjoyment. People may keep a digital pet in lieu of a real pet....

 games) developed by Game Freak
Game Freak
is a Japanese video game developer that currently creates games exclusively for Nintendo. It has developed the Pokémon series of role-playing games and several other games.-History:...

 and published by eNintendo
Nintendo
is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....

. Its spin-off games are developed by Creatures Inc.
Creatures Inc.
is a subsidiary of the Japanese game development company Nintendo. It was founded by Tsunekazu Ishihara in November 1995, as a successor to Shigesato Itoi's company Ape Inc. Its current president is Hirokazu Tanaka. The company has its headquarters on the second floor of the in Chiyoda, Tokyo, in...

 The Pokémon video games have been developed exclusively for Nintendo handhelds
Handheld game console
A handheld game console is a lightweight, portable electronic device with a built-in screen, game controls and speakers. Handheld game consoles are run on machines of small size allowing people to carry them and play them at any time or place...

, video game console
Video game console
A video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or customized computer system that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device to display a video game...

s, and PC
Personal computer game
A PC game, also known as a computer game, is a video game played on a personal computer, rather than on a video game console or arcade machine...

s dating from the Game Boy
Game Boy
The , is an 8-bit handheld video game device developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on , in North America in , and in Europe on...

 to the current generation of video game consoles
History of video game consoles (seventh generation)
In the history of video games, the seventh generation of consoles is the current generation , and includes consoles released since late by Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony...

.

Main handheld series

Trading Card Game series

Pinball games

Ranger series

Console series

Mystery Dungeon games

Others

Pokédex 3D

Pokédex 3D is software available for download from the Nintendo eShop
Nintendo eShop
The Nintendo eShop is an online service for the Nintendo 3DS handheld gaming system. Launched on June 6, 2011 in North America and June 7, 2011 in Europe and Japan, the eShop was enabled by the release of a system update that added the functionality to the 3DS' Home Menu...

. It is a Pokédex, which displays information on Pokémon as well as a 3D model. Only a few Pokémon are initially available, and more can be unlocked through means such as StreetPass, AR
Augmented reality
Augmented reality is a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. It is related to a more general concept called mediated reality, in which a view of reality is...

 cards, and SpotPass.

Pokémon Project Studio

Pokémon Project Studio is a computer program released by The Learning Company
The Learning Company
The Learning Company is an American educational software company, founded in 1980. It produced a grade-based system similar to Knowledge Adventure's JumpStart series. The products for preschoolers through second graders feature Reader Rabbit, and software for more advanced students features The...

 on November 9, 1999 in the U.S. This program lets the user create all kinds of Pokémon related projects such as calendars or greeting cards. Each version had stock artwork of different Generation I
Pokémon Red and Blue
Pokémon Red Version and Blue Version, originally released in Japan as , are role-playing games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. They are the first installments to the Pokémon series. They were first released in Japan in 1996 as Red and Green, with Blue being...

 Pokémon. Some Pokémon were version-specific—for example, Kangaskhan was only available in Blue version, whereas Tauros was only available in Red version. Stock art of human characters like Ash Ketchum
Ash Ketchum
Ash Ketchum, known as for all appearances in Japan, is a fictional character in the Pokémon franchise owned by Nintendo. He was created by, and named after, Satoshi Tajiri as the protagonist of the anime and manga series, as well as on various merchandise related to the franchise...

 and Professor Oak was also included, and users could also add photos and images saved on their own computer.

PokéROM Gotta LEARN 'em all

PokéROM Gotta LEARN 'em all, a series of minigames, was released on business card-shaped 8 cm CD-ROMs and also as an LE Complete Collection Box for PC and Apple Mac. Developed by Mattel Interactive, this is a Nintendo International Licensed Product and hundreds of them have been produced.

Pokémon Trading Card Game Tempest (Pokémon Play It!
Pokémon Play It!
Pokémon Play It! is a computer game that came from certain classic Wizards of the Coast Pokémon Trading Card Game card packs. In the first version, the player has to learn how to play the Pokémon TCG in any way he likes, before he would decide to battle a CPU-controlled girl named Julie. There...

)

Pokémon Trading Card Game Tempest Gift Box, developed by Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games...

, a computer trading card game on CD including a 60-card Tempest theme deck, three 11-card booster packs, one CD-ROM, playing mat, metal coin featuring Pikachu, felt bag, card list, rulebook, damage counters and a tipsheet.

Pokémon: Masters Arena

Pokémon: Masters Arena is a Pokémon
Pokémon
is a media franchise published and owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games developed by Game Freak, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video...

 game developed by ValuSoft that is a game compilation designed for young children. It contains eight games, testing the players' knowledge to prove themselves as a true Pokémon Master. On mastering all eight games, the player earns 8 posters, which can be printed.

Pokémon: Team Turbo

Team Turbo is a Pokémon
Pokémon
is a media franchise published and owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games developed by Game Freak, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video...

 game developed by ValuSoft that is a game compilation designed for young children. It contains five racing games which are used to earn power-ups for use in race course courses. From the main menu, one can choose to do any of the 6 races, any of the 5 minigames, or do an "Adventure Mode" in which you do the races in order, with minigames in between each to earn you extra powerups.

Pokémon PC Master

Pokémon PC Master is a Pokémon
Pokémon
is a media franchise published and owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games developed by Game Freak, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video...

 game released in Japan. It is supposed to improve children's knowledge of information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

. The game was released in North America only on February 19, 2004.

Sega Pico

Pokémon games were released for the Sega Pico
Sega Pico
The Sega Pico, also known as , was an electronic toy by Sega. The aim of creating the Pico was to get more young children to use video game systems....

 and Advanced Pico Beena
Advanced Pico Beena
The Advanced Pico Beena, also known as Beena is an educational console system targeted at young children sold by Sega Toys, released on August 6, 2005 in Japan. It is the successor to the Pico. The toy is designed for ages 2–8 around the concept children can learn while they play...



Sega Pico:
  • Pokémon: Catch the Numbers!
  • Pokémon Advanced Generation: I've Begun Hiragana and Katakana!
  • Pokémon Advanced Generation: Pico for Everyone Pokémon Loud Battle!


Advanced Pico Beena:
  • Pokémon Advanced Generation: Pokémon Number Battle!
  • Intellectual Training Drill Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Letter and Number Intelligence Game
  • Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Search for Pokémon! Adventure in the Maze!
  • Pokémon Best Wishes: Intelligence Training Pokémon Big Sports Meet!

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