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Release years by system: 1996 – Game Boy [1] 2016 – 3DS Virtual Console [2] Notes: The first games in the Pokémon series. Introduced the first generation of Pokémon. Pocket Monsters Red and Green were only released in Japan. Red, Green and Blue combined have sold more copies than any other Game Boy game, barring Tetris. [3]
During its opening weekend, Sword and Shield had sold more than six million copies worldwide, surpassing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as the fastest-selling Switch games. [85] As of June 2024, the games had sold 26.35 million copies worldwide, [86] becoming the second best-selling titles in the Pokémon video game series, behind Pokémon Red and ...
The Pokémon series began with the release of Pocket Monsters Red and Green for the Game Boy in 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.
Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version are 1996 role-playing video games (RPGs) developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy.They are the first installments of the Pokémon video game series, and were first released in Japan as Pocket Monsters Red [a] and Pocket Monsters Green, [b] followed by the special edition Pocket Monsters Blue [c] later that year.
The eighth generation (Generation VIII) of the Pokémon franchise features 96 fictional species of creatures introduced to the core video game series, including 89 in the 2019 Nintendo Switch games Pokémon Sword and Shield as of version 1.3.0 and 7 further species introduced in the 2022 Nintendo Switch game Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
Satoshi Tajiri (Japanese: 田尻 智, Hepburn: Tajiri Satoshi, born August 28, 1965 [1]) is a Japanese video game designer and director who is the creator of the Pokémon franchise and the co-founder and president of video game developer Game Freak.
First revealed in August 2005, [4] the Japanese release date was announced in September. [5] More details were released later that month, showing information about the gameplay and plot. [1] At E3 2006, Nintendo announced the English release of the games [6] and revealed the release date later that month. [7]
The first generation (generation I) of the Pokémon franchise features the original 151 fictional species of monsters introduced to the core video game series in the 1996 Game Boy games Pocket Monsters Red, Green and Blue (known as Pokémon Red, Green and Blue outside of Japan). (Later Pokemon Yellow and Blue were released Nationally)