Pokémon
is a Game Boy game released in Japan in 1995. Recently, it has been released
in the North America. In Japan, Pokémon is very popular and has
sold eight million paks of the game. There are card games, candy, bubble
baths, etc. There is even a television show that is currently airing. most
of the things that are Pokémon based in Japan are heading towards
North America.
In the
game, you play a young eleven year old boy (we'll call him Ash, one
of his default names and his name on the cartoon) who has just received
his Pokémon license. Ash's goal is to capture and train all 150
Pokémon and to defeat the eight Pokémon Gym leaders to get
their badges. There is also some a team named Team Rocket who catch Pokémon
and use them for evil.
Capturing
all 150 Pokémon is not an easy task, as some of them are rare and
there are two different versions (in North America, Japan has more). Each
version has the same game, but a slightly different set of Pokémon
(e.g.- in the red version, Weedle is very common, but in the blue it is
much more difficult to find). Each version has 139 Pokémon and in
order to capture them all you must trade with someone who has the other
version.
Finally,
there are two ways to capture Pokémon. One way is to weaken them
out and capture them in a Pokéball. This way seems to be better
because these Pokémon are easier to control. The other way is to
trade them. These Pokémon are known as outsiders. They evolve much
quicker than normal Pokémon and are harder to control.