笔辞办茅尘辞苍听is a series of video games developed by听听and published by听听补苍诲听听under the听 media franchise.
The Creator
Satoshi Tajiri is a Japanese video听听补苍诲听听best known for being the creator of the听听franchise and one of the founders, and President of听听. A fan of听, Tajiri wrote for and edited his own video gaming听听Game Freak听with听, before evolving it into a development company of the same name. Tajiri claims that the joining of two听听via a link cable inspired him to create a game which embodied the collection and companionship of his childhood hobby,听. The game, which became听听补苍诲听, took six years to complete and went on to spark a multibillion-dollar franchise which reinvigorated听‘s听听scene. Tajiri continued to work as director for the听笔辞办茅尘辞苍听series until the development of听, when he changed his role to executive producer, which he holds to this day.
An Overview
The franchise was created by听 in 1996,听and is centered on fictional creatures called听. In听笔辞办茅尘辞苍, humans, known as 笔辞办茅尘辞苍 Trainers, catch and train 笔辞办茅尘辞苍 to battle other 笔辞办茅尘辞苍 for sport. All media works within the franchise are set in the听. The English听听for the franchise is ““. There are currently 905听.
The franchise began as听听(later released outside of Japan as听), a pair of video games for the original听听handheld system that were developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo in February 1996. It soon became a听听franchise adapted into various different media.听笔辞办茅尘辞苍听is estimated to be the听听of all time. The听听is the third听听of all time with more than听440 million听copies sold听and one听billion听.听The 笔辞办茅尘辞苍 video game series spawned an听听that has become the most successful听 of all time with听 in 192 countries.听The听听is the highest-selling听 of all time听with over 43.2听billion cards sold. In addition, the听笔辞办茅尘辞苍 franchise includes the world’s top-selling toy brand,听an听, a live-action film (),听,听,听, merchandise, and a听. The franchise is also represented in other Nintendo media, such as the听听series, where various听笔辞办茅尘辞苍听characters are playable.