I-Pokemon yaqala kanjani?
Context:I-Pokémon franchise yaqala njengePocket Monsters: Red and Green (kamuva yakhishwa ngaphandle kweJapan njengePokémon Red neBlue), imidlalo emibili yevidiyo yohlelo lokuqala lweGame Boy oluphathwayo olwakhiwa yiGame Freak futhi lwanyatheliswa yiNintendo ngoFebhuwari 1996. Ngokushesha i-Pokémon yaba yi-franchise yokuxuba imidiya ehlanganiswe nabezindaba abahlukahlukene, ne-Pokémon Trading Card Game ekhishwe ngo-Okthoba 1996, i-Pokémon Adventures manga eyakhishwa okokuqala eJapan ngoMashi 1997, kanye ne-Pocket Monsters: Original Series ekhishwe ngo-Ephreli 1997. I-Pocket Pikachu yakhishwa eJapane ngoMashi 1998, nefilimu yokuqala ye-Pokémon, i-Pokémon: I-First Movie, eyakhishwa okokuqala eJapane ngoJulayi 1998.  Ngo-1998, iNintendo yachitha amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-25 ithuthukisa i-Pokémon e-United States ngokubambisana ne-Hasbro, i-KFC, nabanye. UNintendo ekuqaleni wayesaba ukuthi iPokémon yayiseJapane kakhulu ukunambitheka kwaseNtshonalanga kodwa u-Alfred Kahn, ngaleso sikhathi oyi-CEO ye-4Kids Entertainment, wakholisa inkampani ngenye indlela. Umuntu owabona amandla kaPokémon e-United States kwakungumngane kaKahn uThomas Kenney.  NgoNovemba 2005, i-4Kids Entertainment, eyayiphethe amalayisense we-Pokémon angahlobene nomdlalo, yamemezela ukuthi ivumile ukungavuseleli isivumelwano sokumelwa kwePokémon. I-Pokémon Company International ilawula konke ukunikezwa kwelayisense kwePokémon ngaphandle kwe-Asia. Ngo-2006, i-franchise yagubha iminyaka eyishumi ngokukhululwa kwePokémon Diamond nePearl. Ngo-2016, i-Pokémon Company yagubha iminyaka engu-20 ye-Pokémon ngokusakaza isikhangiso ngesikhathi seSuper Bowl 50 ngoJanuwari futhi yakhipha kabusha imidlalo yokuqala yevidiyo ye-Pokémon 1996 Game Boy imidlalo i-Pokémon Red, Green (kuphela eJapan), neBlue, kanye nomdlalo we-Game Boy Color we-1998 Pokémon Yellow weNintendo 3DS ngoFebhuwari 26, 2016. Umdlalo weselula we-augmented reality i-Pokémon Go wakhululwa ngoJulayi 2016. I-Pokémon Sun ne-Moon nazo zakhishwa ngonyaka ofanayo. I-movie yokuqala ye-live-action ku-franchise, i-Pokémon Detective Pikachu, esekelwe ku-2018 Nintendo 3DS spin-off game Detective Pikachu, yakhishwa ngo-2019. Isizukulwane sesishiyagalombili semidlalo yochungechunge oluyinhloko saqala ngePokémon Sword and Shield, ekhishwe emhlabeni wonke ku-Nintendo Switch ngoNovemba 15, 2019.
I-Pokemon yaqala njenge-Pocket Monsters ngoFebhuwari ka-1996 futhi yakhishwa njengemidlalo emibili yeNintendo Game Boy. Ngokushesha kwavela ingxube yezindaba ezifana nePokemon Trading Card Game, i-Pokemon manga, kanye ne-Pokemon anime show ngo-1997. Ngemva kokuba i-Pokemon iqhubeke ithandwa eJapane ngo-1998, iNintendo yachitha amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-25 ukuze ilethe i-Pokemon e-United States, nayo eyaba yimpumelelo enkulu, futhi okusele kungumlando.