For those of you who don't know, Pokémon (short for Pocket
Monsters, pronounced Poh-kay-mauhn) is a Game Boy game that
first debuted in Japan, February 27th, 1996.  It wasn't long
until it became the highest selling game in the history of Japan. 
With its cute, little characters such as Pikachu, demand for
the little monsters grew.  Soon, Pokémon merchandise had been
stocking up on shelves with dolls, puppets, glasses, stamps,
stationary, rings, clothes, and even Pokémon costumes.  

	In addition to the release of the game here in North
America, the little critters arrived with its very own animated
series on September 8th.  The Pokémon series are vaguely
based on the game's story line with Ash Ketchum and his
Pokémon, Pikachu, as the main characters.  The show has
already been broadcasted to over 86% of the television
markets in the U.S.A.  

	There are two versions to the Pokémon game with one blue and
one red version.  There are 151 known Pokémons in total but only
150 are available in the US version of the game.  Not all 150
monsters could be found on one game pak.  For example, one
version might contain certain Pokémons that the other version
might not have.  The only solution is to trade.  You and your
opponent can battle or trade using two Game Boys and a Game
Boy Link Cable.  It'll probably be a good idea to trade with a
person with a different-coloured game pak so you can get
certain Pokémons that your game pak may not have.