This game was called Meowth's Party, but was not developed into a playable game. This was one of the earliest introductions of the Pokémon Togepi and Bellossom. At the Nintendo Space World in 2000, a game was revealed briefly with Meowth and Team Rocket singing a song. A 3D Nintendo 64 incarnation of the handhelds' battle system, Pokémon Stadium and a co-starring role for several species in the Nintendo 64 fighting game Super Smash Bros.
Spin-off first-generation titles include Pokémon Pinball an adaptation of the Pokémon Trading Card Game for Game Boy Color an on-rails photography simulator for Nintendo 64 titled Pokémon Snap a Nintendo 64 Pokémon-themed adaptation of Tetris Attack, Pokémon Puzzle League. These versions of the games take place within the fictional Kanto region, though the name "Kanto" was not used until the second generation. This first generation of games introduced the original 151 species of Pokémon (in National Pokédex order, encompassing all Pokémon from Bulbasaur to Mew), as well as the basic game concepts of capturing, training, battling and trading Pokémon with both computer and human players. Afterwards, a second enhanced remake, Pokémon Yellow, was released to use the color palette of the Game Boy Color and more of a stylistic resemblance to the popular Pokémon anime. The original Green version was not released outside Japan. When these games proved popular, an enhanced Blue version was released sometime after, and the Blue version was reprogrammed as Pokémon Red and Blue for international release.
The Pokémon series began with the release of Pocket Monsters Red and Green for the Game Boy in Japan. The original Pokémon games are Japanese role-playing video games (RPGs) with an element of strategy and were created by Satoshi Tajiri for the Game Boy. The franchise began its eighth and current generation with Pokémon Sword and Shield, which were released worldwide for the Nintendo Switch on November 15, 2019. The main games and their spin-offs, the anime, manga, and trading card game are all updated with the new Pokémon properties each time a new generation begins. These generations are roughly chronological divisions by release when an official sequel in the main role-playing game series is released that features new Pokémon, characters, and possibly new gameplay concepts, that sequel is considered the start of a new generation of the franchise.
Pokémon is the world's largest media franchise, with successful anime series, movies, and merchandise, with spin-off game Pokémon Go having crossed 1 billion mobile game downloads worldwide. While the main series consists of RPGs developed by Game Freak, many spin-off games based on the series have been developed by various companies, encompassing other genres such as action role-playing, puzzle, fighting, and digital pet games. Remakes of the games are usually released around a decade after the original versions for the latest console at the time. The core games are released in generations, each with different Pokémon, storylines, and characters. They are remakes and a prequel of the 2006 Nintendo DS games Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, respectively. The upcoming core series games, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl will be released on November 19, 2021, and Pokémon Legends: Arceus on January 28, 2022, both for the Nintendo Switch. The most recently released core series games, Pokémon Sword and Shield, were released worldwide on the Nintendo Switch on November 15, 2019. Created by Satoshi Tajiri with assistance from Ken Sugimori, the first games, Pocket Monsters Red and Green, released in 1996 in Japan for the Game Boy, later released outside of Japan as Pokémon Red and Blue and the main series of role-playing video games (RPGs), referred as the "core series" by their developers, have continued on each generation of Nintendo's handhelds. Pokémon is a series of video games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company under the Pokémon media franchise. Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl