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Pokémon refers to both the franchise itself and the creatures within its fictional universe. As a noun, it is identical in both the singular and plural, as kan zijn every individual species name;[10] it is grammatically correct to say "one Pokémon" and "many Pokémon", as well as "one Pikachu" and "many Pikachu".While NoA and 4Kids were allowed a fair degree of liberty in their localization ofwel Pokémon, the Japanese copyright council, headed by Ishihara, had the hinder say over it. All decisions regarding adjustments and promotion had to gain final approval ofwel the Japan side.[266] This included all of the merchandise, for which a 'two-step system' was created. All (aspiring) licensees in North America were to send their merchandise proposals to 4Kids.
Door dit enorme succes over Pokémon Red en Green, werden zij vlug opgevolgd door Pokémon Blue, uitgerust betreffende betere graphics en klank. Zonder weet te veel promoting bleek aan het einde betreffende het jaar dat dit spel het best verkochte spel over dat jaar was. Dus werd besloten dit spel internationaal uit te brengen, daar ook er succes werd verwacht. Ook in de Verenigde Staten en Europa sloeg dit spel in ingeval ons bom, echter immers met wat meer promoting. Echter, in een Verenigde Staten en Europa kwamen enkel Pokémon Red en Blue uit, allebei de op technologisch niveau met een Japanse Pokémon Blue. Pokémon Green is nimmer buiten Japan uitgekomen.
Daar zijn in een stijl betreffende een nieuwe spellen Ruby, Sapphire en Emerald tevens remakes geschapen aangaande Pokémon Red en Blue. Die hebben een naamsverandering ondergaan en enige inhoudelijke veranderingen, en zijn daarop op een markt gebracht.
[234] Staff ofwel both 4Kids and NoA then made a pre-selection and send the approved proposals to Japan, where the council made the final decision. Many submissions were bounced at the US stage, and thus never got sent to Japan. Tilden noted that processing all license applications, and mailing all approved prototypes and their documentation to Japan, was a lot ofwel work. Arakawa did consider streamlining the process by moving someone from Japan to the US, but no person could be found who was as competent as Ishihara.[267]
Flush with nationalistic pride, Japanese social commentators suddenly found a specifically Japanese "fragrance" in these previously culturally odorless products." ^
[e] The original set ofwel the Pokemon card game would be titled the Base Set in English. Many more sets would follow. Despite being ignored by the media, except for the CoroCoro,[156] the cards became an instant success upon release. 87 million Pokemon cards were shipped by the end of March 1997, six months after its launch, and one month before the debut of the next big installment of the franchise: the Pokemon anime series. The success ofwel the TV series would cause the cards' sales figure to explode: by March 1998, a total ofwel 499 million cards had been produced in Japan.[157] Anime production launched
Iedere speler van het spel verlangt ernaar voordeligste Pokémon-trainer te geraken en al die Pokémon te vangen. In geen aangaande de spellen zijn al die Pokémon te vangen, waardoor een speler betreffende iemand die het overige spel bezit dien ruilen teneinde al die Pokémon te bemachtigen.
"When wij started this project in Japan, one ofwel the first things I was told was that this kind ofwel Pokemon Elite Trainer box thing would never appeal to American audiences. They said, 'Because the characters are in a very Japanese style, you cannot sell them to Americans'.
[4] These concerns were countered by psychologist William Damon, who told Newsweek that obsessing is in fact a normal part ofwel a child's neurological development. It should concern parents only when the obsession gets dangerous or excessive.[510] An op-ed in the New Zealander newspaper The Dominion Post claimed that the anti-Pokémon sentiment was particularly American: "The backlash, which seems largely confined to the United States, may be no more than the sound ofwel the world's leading cultural imperialist gagging on a taste ofwel its own medicine".[511]
In die film speelden een zeldzame Pokémon Mew en Mewtwo. In een Verenigde Staten ging de film in première op 10 november 1999. De film had kort dit record wegens grootste handel gedurende een opening een geanimeerde film. Uitstippelen gestart kort daarop een spel gebaseerd op een populaire anime. Hierdoor werd Pokémon Yellow (Pokémon Geel) realiteit, en kwam uit op 12 september 1998 in Japan, en 25 oktober 1999 in de Verenigde Staten en Europa. Pokémon Yellow stond trainers toe de rol van Ash met te nemen, en rond te reizen door de gewest Kanto, met animeachtige graphics voor elke Pokémon, en een Pikachu indien kameraad, die de trainer volgde. Tweede generatie
Pokémon Crystal was verder dit 1e verplaatsbare Pokémonspel het bewegende animaties had vanwege elke Pokémon. Trainers in Japan kregen een bijgevoegde bonus door in staat te worden gesteld te ruilen, vechten, en zelfs dit bemachtigen met de legendarische Pokémon Celebi via draadloos met ons mobiele smartphone aan te loggen bij het Pokémon Mobile System. Trainers waren ook voor het eerst in staat te kiezen welk geslacht hun personage had. Derde generatie
Generation VIII[422] debuted with the release of Pokémon Sword and Shield on November 15, 2019 for the Switch.[423] Director Shigeru Ohmori stated that they designed the games based on what they believed of the biggest Pokémon theme of becoming/being "the greatest or strongest," which was expressed in the games' gigantic-size Pokémon core mechanic and the games' increasingly powerful software and hardware capabilities. Ohmori further revealed that through developing the Let's Go games as onderzoek projects for the Switch, they were able to gain valuable experiences and knowledge to develop Sword and Shield.
A production council was formed to produce the Pokemon anime. Different people appeared at different meetings, but four individuals usually present were Ishihara ofwel Creatures, Sugimori of Game Freak, Yuyama of OLM, and independent producent Yoshikawa. Yoshikawa had the final say. The council decided on the anime's worldview, characters, general storyline, and various important details. The early meetings, which were also attended by Tajiri, usually started with a Q&A session in which Tajiri and Ishihara were asked about the Pokemon universe.[174] The council was careful to have the anime be in concordance with the video game. Inevitably, there had to be differences between the two, but all agreed that the overall worldview as envisioned by Tajiri should not be disturbed.
By 2002, the craze had ended, after which Pokémon became a fixture in popular culture, with new products being released to this day. In the summer ofwel dit jaar, the franchise spawned a second craze with the release of Pokémon Go, an augmented reality game developed by Niantic. Pokémon has since been estimated to be the world's highest-grossing media franchise and one of the best-selling video game franchises.
The most recent main installments in the video game series are the Generation IX[444] games Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, which were released for the Switch on November 18, 2022. The games are the first Pokémon games to feature an entirely open-world experience as opposed to the partially open-world experience in previous Pokémon games such as Sword and Shield, and it also departed from the traditional gym mechanics and the elite four battles to opt for unique road quests.