Pokemon e qalile joang?
Context:Letoto la Pokémon le qalile e le Pocket Monsters: Red and Green (eo hamorao e ileng ea lokolloa kantle ho Japane e le Pokémon Red le Blue), lipapali tsa video tse peli bakeng sa sistimi ea pele ea Game Boy e neng e ntlafalitsoe ke Game Freak mme ea phatlalatsoa ke Nintendo ka Hlakola 1996. Haufinyane Pokémon e ile ea fetoha franchise ea mecha ea litaba e kopantsoeng mecheng e fapaneng ea litaba, ka Pokémon Trading Card Game e lokollotsoeng ka Mphalane 1996, Pokémon Adventures manga e lokollotsoeng pele Japane ka Hlakubele 1997, le Pocket Monsters: Original Series e lokollotsoeng ka Mmesa 1997. Pocket Pikachu e ile ea lokolloa Japane ka Hlakubele 1998, ka filimi ea pele ea Pokémon, Pokémon: The First Movie, e ileng ea lokolloa Japane ka Phupu 1998.  Ka 1998, Nintendo o ile a sebelisa $25 milione ho ntšetsa pele Pokémon United States ka tšebelisano-'moho le Hasbro, KFC le ba bang. Qalong Nintendo o ne a tšaba hore Pokémon e ne e le Sejapane haholo bakeng sa litakatso tsa Bophirimela empa Alfred Kahn, eo e neng e le CEO ea 4Kids Entertainment, o ile a kholisa k'hamphani ka tsela e fapaneng. Motho ea ileng a bona bokhoni ba Pokémon United States e ne e le mosebetsi-'moho le Kahn, Thomas Kenney.  Ka Pulungoana 2005, 4Kids Entertainment, e neng e tsamaisitse laesense e sa amaneng le papali ea Pokémon, e phatlalalitse hore e lumetse ho se nchafatse tumellano ea boemeli ba Pokémon. The Pokémon Company International e hlokomela laesense eohle ea Pokémon kantle ho Asia. Ka 2006, franchise e ketekile sehopotso sa eona sa leshome ka ho lokolloa ha Pokémon Diamond le Pearl. Ka 2016, Khamphani ea Pokémon e ketekile sehopotso sa bo20 sa Pokémon ka ho phatlalatsa papatso nakong ea Super Bowl 50 ka Pherekhong le ho lokolla lipapali tsa pele tsa video tsa Pokémon 1996 Game Boy lipapali tsa Pokémon Red, Green (feela Japane), le Blue, le papali ea Game Boy Color ea 1998 Pokémon Yellow bakeng sa Nintendo 3DS ka la 26 Hlakola 2016. Papali ea 'nete ea mobile ea Pokémon Go e ile ea lokolloa ka Phupu 2016. Pokémon Sun le Moon le tsona li ile tsa lokolloa selemong sona seo. Filimi ea pele ea ketso ea 'nete ea franchise, Pokémon Detective Pikachu, e ipapisitse le papali ea spin-off ea Nintendo 3DS ea 2018 Detective Pikachu, e ile ea lokolloa ka 2019. Moloko oa borobeli oa letoto la lipapali tsa mantlha o qalile ka Pokémon Sabole le Shield, e lokollotsoeng lefats'eng ka bophara ho Nintendo switchch ka la 15 Pulungoana 2019.
Pokemon e qalile e le Pocket Monsters ka February 1996'me e ile ea lokolloa e le lipapali tse peli bakeng sa Nintendo Game Boy. Ka potlako e ile ea fetoha motsoako oa mecha ea phatlalatso e kang Pokemon Trading Card Game, Pokemon manga, le Pokemon anime show ka 1997. Ka mor'a hore Pokemon e tsoele pele ho tuma Japane ka 1998, Nintendo e ile ea sebelisa lidolara tse limilione tse 25 ho tlisa Pokemon United States, e leng se ileng sa boela sa atleha haholo,'me tse ling kaofela ke histori.