Pokemon is quite popular with a lot of kids. It is actually the shorter term for pocket monsters. It is quite a clever name. It is catchy and easy to remember. A lot of kids follow the pokemon tv and movie series. There are also a lot of toys and card games about this popular item.

Another popular item is the Pokemon video games. There are different sequels to it. It is actually a role playing game and was first tried on Game Boy Advance hand-held unit.

The pokemon video games revolve around capturing this pocket monsters or pokemons. Players will experience hopping from one place to another in search of wild pokemons. Then they will train this pokemons and use them to battle against gym leaders. In every win they will get a higher rank. In the end, the player having thoroughly trained its captured pokemons would do a final battle against the elite group of pokemon trainers as well.

There is also this item, a part of the pokemon video games, called pokedex. This pokedex is a virtual encyclopedia that is equipped with information about various pokemons. For every pokemon you capture its data will be collected by the pokedex. There are 4 generations of Pokemon video games. In the first generation, the pokedex holds a151 pokemon data. In the second generation, it has 251. The third generation has 386. Finally, the fourth generation has 493 data.

Lots of pokemon video games fans desire rare pokemon collectibles. Actually these rare items can only be acquired by visiting pokemon events. These special events only happen at Japan and the United States. Deoxys, Latios, mew, Ho-oh, and Lugia are just one of the pokemon only events. Other international players do not have the opportunity to collect their own rare pokemons from Mystery Gifting System that only happens at pokemon events.

The tv series, that is highly acclaimed worldwide, was first seen in September 1998. Ever since, it has continued to become popular with kids and adults alike. The story revolves around Ash, a pokemon trainer. In his quest of becoming a great pokemon trainer in the world, he has encountered a lot of different pokemons, friends, and enemies. Pikachu is a pokemon and the icon of the series, is the travelling companion of Ash. They have encountered a lot of dangers and misadventures long the way. Still they have survived the journey.