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Team Aqua (アクア団, Akua-dan, Aqua Gang) is one of the two criminal organizations in the Hoenn Region. Team Aqua wants to raise the level of the world's oceans and seek the power of the Legendary Pokémon Kyogre. Archie (アオギリ, Aogiri) Voiced by: Masaki Aizawa (Japanese); Sean Schemmel (English) Archie is the leader of Team Aqua.
During its sole broadcast in Japan on December 16, 1997, a scene with flashing lights induced photosensitive epileptic seizures in children across the country. Over 600 children were taken to hospitals. The incident is referred to in Japan as the "Pokémon Shock" (ポケモンショック, Pokemon Shokku).
Each main-series Pokémon game, with the exception of Pokémon Sun and Moon and their 3rd and 4th versions, includes a group of eight "Gym leaders", who award the player character a badge upon defeat. Each Gym leader possesses a team of several Pokémon of similar type or theming. Particularly notable Gym leaders of the Kanto-based games are:
Satoshi Tajiri—who later founded Game Freak—conceived the premise of Pokémon in general in 1989, when the Game Boy was released. The creatures that inhabit the world of Pokémon are also called Pokémon. [1] The word "Pokémon" is a romanized contraction of the Japanese brand Pocket Monsters (ポケットモンスター, Poketto Monsutā). [2]
Pokémon [a] [b] is a Japanese media franchise consisting of video games, animated series and films, a trading card game, and other related media.The franchise takes place in a shared universe in which humans co-exist with creatures known as Pokémon, a large variety of species endowed with special powers.
Developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo, the Pokémon franchise began in Japan in 1996 with the release of the video games Pokémon Red and Blue for the Game Boy. [1] In these games, the player assumes the role of a Pokémon Trainer whose goal is to capture and train creatures called Pokémon.
Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl: Sinnoh League Victors (advertised as Pokémon: DP Sinnoh League Victors), is the thirteenth season of the Pokémon animated series and the fourth and final season of Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl (ポケットモンスター ダイヤモンド&パール, Poketto Monsutā Daiyamondo & Pāru).
Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands (originally aired simply as Pokémon) is the second season of Pokémon, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters: Episode Orange Archipelago (ポケットモンスター：オレンジ諸島編, Poketto Monsutā: Orenji Shotō Hen).