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The Pokémon games are simple role-playing games which allow players to catch, collect, and train pets with various abilities, and battle them against each other to build their strength and evolve them into more powerful Pokémon. Pokémon battles are based on the non-lethal Eastern sport of fighting insects; the Pokémon never bleed or die. The game's catchphrase used to be "Gotta catch 'em all!", although now it is no longer officially used.
The Pokémon characters have become pop-culture icons, with a Pikachu balloon in the Macy's parade and thousands of merchandise items. The satirical cartoon South ParkThis article is about the animated television series. For other uses go to South Park (disambiguation). South Park is a comedy animated series created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Airing on Comedy Central since 1997, it follows the surreal adventures of spoofed Pokémon in Episode 312, entitled 'Chinpokomon', in which the bosses behind the creation of the toys were revealed to be Japanese ultranationalists bent on avenging Japan's defeat in World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough.
Due to the unprecedented popularity of the franchise, Nintendo formed a subsidary company called The Pokémon Company to handle the franchise. The subsidary handles everything from publishing the games in Japan to running the official merchandise stores, the Pokémon Centers. The Pokémon Company in turn has a U.S. based subsidary called Pokémon USA.
Satoshi did not like school. His father wanted him to be an electrical utility repairman but this is not what Satoshi wanted. In the late 1970s, the fields and ponds Satoshi loved as a child were paved over by apartments and parking lots. His idea for Pokémon grew, as he wanted to give modern children the chance to hunt for creatures as he did. Satoshi got into games when he was at technical school, spending all his time in arcades. He was such a big fan that one local arcade gave him a Space Invaders machine to take home!
In 1982, Satoshi and his friends formed a games magazine under the name of Game Freak. This name still appears at the start of Pokémon games. One of his Game Freak friends was Ken Sugimori, who drew all of the Pokémon images. In 1991, Satoshi discovered the Game Boy. When he first saw Link Cables, he imagined insects creeping along them, and the Pokémon idea was born. The game was given some initial funding and concept work from another game design studio, "Creatures."
Satoshi went to work for Nintendo and spent the next six years working on Pokémon. He made friends with Shigeru Miyamoto, the genius behind Mario. (In the Japanese versions, Ash is named "Satoshi" and his rival is named "Shigeru.")
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