| Some of the most popular games for the | | | | such as Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow for the |
| Gameboy Advance have to be the games that | | | | Game Boy. |
| are a part of the Pokemon series. | | | | Later, Gold, Silver, and Crystal were developed |
| While it started out originally as a manga by | | | | for the Game Boy Color. |
| Satoshi Tajiri in 1975 that was entitled Capsule | | | | The third generation of games have come in the |
| Monsters. The series was discontinued due to it | | | | form of Ruby, Sapphire. These games introduced |
| being unsuccessful, but around 1991, Tajiri began | | | | a number of new features, including more detailed |
| pitching the project to Nintendo for the Gameboy | | | | weather conditions, the new villains of Team |
| without much success. The game was finally | | | | Magma and Team Aqua, contests, and new |
| picked up by Nintendo with some help from a | | | | abilities for each pokemon. Also introduced was |
| new friend of Tajiri's, Shigeru Miyamoto, and was | | | | the concept of natures for each. Shortly after |
| initially released in Japan as Pocket Monsters in | | | | that, Emerald was released, which introduced the |
| 1996. Since then, the phenomenon known today | | | | ability to rebattle gym leaders, animations for all |
| as Pokemon has exploded across the planet, | | | | pokemon (like in Crystal). |
| drawing children and adults alike. | | | | Next, the first two games in the first generation, |
| The premise of the series is similar to children | | | | Red and Green, were remade as FireRed and |
| catching lightning bugs in a bottle, but the lightning | | | | LeafGreen for the Game Boy Advance. The main |
| bugs are instead little monsters and you train | | | | features were enhanced graphics, gameplay, and |
| them to battle each other in competitions. Trading | | | | a new area called the Sevii Islands. |
| pokemon with other players of the series is | | | | The fourth generation of games consists of |
| encouraged and one of the most enjoyable | | | | Diamond and Pearl, both of which have already |
| aspects of the game along with battling with your | | | | been subject to a worldwide release by 2007. |
| friends and the computer alike. Testing your skill | | | | One of the noticeable additions to both of these |
| as a trainer and as a fair sport is one of the main | | | | games is the difference between Pokemon |
| draws of the series. | | | | genders. |
| The series has had a number of different titles in | | | | Although games with the Pokemon namesake are |
| it for the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Nintendo | | | | on all Nintendo systems, the classics will always be |
| 64, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, and | | | | on the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game |
| Nintendo DS. Most of the games have a suffix of | | | | Boy Advance. |
| either a color, precious metal, or precious gem, | | | | |