Pokemon

Brandon McKinleyMrs. Reed

Physical Science Period 6Spring 2010

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TV (ANIME)

• In Japan, Pokemon was a huge first hit.• It went on from 1995-1997 in Japan, called ‘Pocket

Monsters’ (the Japanese name, of course)• But, the series sort-of collapsed in Japan, and 4KIDS TV,

a station made for kids, took over the show in 1998

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Systems

• Pokemon was originally played on the Game Boy Color

• Then came the Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Advance SP, Nintendo DS/DSi

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Where do the games take place?

• Pokemon games all take place were the game was originally introduced, Japan.

• There are 4 Regions – Kanto (1 Gen – RB/Y/G) Johto (2 Gen – GS/C) Hoenn (3 Gen – RS/E) Sinnoh (4 Gen – DP/P/HGSS)

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Games

• The first games came out in 1999. These were Pokemon Red, Blue, Yellow, (and in Japan: Green) These games were called (1st Gen)

• Later on, came Gold, Silver, and more revised version of the two, Crystal (2nd Gen)

• In 2003, Ruby, Sapphire, and (like what Crystal was to Gold/Silver) Emerald came along shortly after

• Then in 2004, FireRed and LeafGreen came out in America, remakes of the first games (3rd Gen)

• 2006, Nintendo/GameFreak output a new game Pokemon Diamond & Pearl (Later in 2008 Pokemon Platinum came out, similar to Diamond/Pearl)

• On March 14th 2010, Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSilver (you guessed it, remakes of original Gold/Silver) were introduced.

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Fun Facts about Pokemon

• There are Pokemon called Hitmonlee, and Hitmonchan, and they are based off of Jackie Chan & Bruce Lee

• Also there is a Pokemon called Kangaskan who is based off of a Mongolian emperor Genghis Kahn

• There are 493 current Pokemon

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Bibiography

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• http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/pikachusplace/i.epage9.html

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