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Pokémon Stadium (NA) / Pokémon Stadium 2 (JP) Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl The entire media franchise is the highest-grossing entertainment media franchise of all time, having grossed an estimated $90 billion in lifetime revenue, as of 2019. The Pokémon anime series is also very successful, with the films watched by over 70 million viewers at the Japan box office, and the television series watched by more than 1 billion viewers across 183 countries. The Pokémon video game series has shifted a total of over 1.3 billion units in retail sales and official downloads.īeyond video games, the Pokémon Trading Card Game has also sold over 43.2 billion cards, making it the second best-selling trading card game, after Yu-Gi-Oh!. In addition, Pokémon Go is the most-downloaded mobile game, with over 1 billion downloads. This makes Pokémon the second best-selling game franchise, only behind Mario. The franchise centers on creatures called Pokémon, which can be captured and trained by humans, known as Pokémon Trainers.Īs of March 2023, the Pokémon franchise has sold over 480 million units worldwide. The first video game released in 1996 in Japan, for the Game Boy. The entire media franchise is managed by The Pokémon Company, a company founded by Game Freak, Nintendo, and Creatures Inc. Pokémon is a role-playing video game franchise developed by Game Freak, and published by Nintendo.
