The franchise began as a pair of video games for the original Game Boy that were developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo. It now spans video games, trading card games, animated television shows and movies, comic books, and toys. Pokémon is the second best - selling video game franchise, behind only Nintendo 's Mario franchise, and the highest - grossing media franchise of all time. The franchise is also represented in other Nintendo media, such as the Super Smash Bros. series.
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