The trail of titles that a saga like Pokemon has left is tremendously long. So much so that, since its inception in 1996, there are already more than 100 video games that have been released for the different Nintendo consoles. Today we have collected all pokemon games, listed according to the game console for which they came out. Get ready because the list is almost endless.
the origin of pokemon
Before starting to list all these titles, let us tell you a little about the history or origin of this saga. Pokemon is a franchise that started as a rpg game for the GameBoy but which, after its absolute success among the public, soon after launched into the world of entertainment with television series, movies, merchandising and many other things.
pokemon are beings or creatures inspired by real animals, objects, insects and a long etcetera. Those people who ventured to play these games take the role of Pokémon trainers and have to fulfill different objectives throughout their adventure: complete the Pokédex by catching all the Pokémon species found, train a team of Pokémon to compete with other trainers and, of course, the ultimate goal of all of this is to eventually win the Pokémon League and become the regional champion.
Originally, the person who devised this entire world with said creatures was Satoshi Tajiri. When he was young, his favorite hobby was catching insects. Tajiri was sent by his father to Tokyo to study engineering, but it seems that he did not like this too much. So, unbeknownst to his father, he was more into hobbies like video games. Tajiri came to work testing games for magazines, along with Ken Sugimori, a colleague who ended up being his friend and, later on, his partner.
In 1989 both created a magazine that they titled as Game Freak, which later ended up being a video game company. After some releases that had some success, and after seeing all the public that had a GameBoy, they decided to create something for this console. Seeing the game link Cable, influenced by sagas like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, Tajiri designed the idea of ​​an RPG game where monsters could evolve and be sent from one console to another.
This project was sent directly to Nintendo and, while Tajiri was the one who had the basic idea, Sugimori was in charge of designing the monsters. After 5 years of production, the idea that started out as Capsule Monster was renamed Pokemon. A year after its official release, Nintendo decided to ship the game to the West and, in just one week, it managed to sell more than 200.000 copies. This was the true rise to fame of the entire saga.
Everything else to date has been a constant evolution based on what the public itself was asking the market for. Including within this, as we mentioned before, the series, movies, clothes and many other things. Nowadays it is difficult to find someone who, at least, does not know the name of Pokemon.
All Pokemon games created to date
At this point, now that you know much more about the true origins of this franchise, it's time to start talking about all your games.
But of course, maybe the ones that sound familiar to you are those that are developed through the theme collect, train and battle other trainers. But it's not the basis of all Pokemon games. There are many other titles in which you play cards, pinball, fight only in stadiums, or even play the role of one of these creatures.
So, with that said, let's go with all the Pokemon titles classified by the different platforms on which they could be played and, also, with the year in which they were released.
pokemon for gameboy
- Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue and Pokémon Green (1996)
- Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition (1998)
pokemon for nintendo 64
- Hey you, Pikachu! (1998)
- Pokemon Stadium (1999)
- Pokemon Snap (1999)
- Pokemon Stadium 2 (2000)
- Pokémon Puzzle League (2000)
Pokemon for GameCube
- Pokemon Colosseum (2003)
- Pokemon Channel (2003)
- Pokémon Box: Ruby & Sapphire (2003)
- Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness (2005)
Pokemon for Game Boy Color
- Pokemon Trading Card Game (1998)
- Pokemon Pinball (1999)
- Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver (2000)
- Pokemon Puzzle Challenge (2000)
- Pokemon Crystal (2000)
- Pokemon Card GB (2001)
Game Boy Advance
- Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire (2002)
- Pokemon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire (2003)
- Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen (2004)
- Pokémon Emerald (2004)
Pokemon for Wii and Wii U
- Pokemon Battle Revolution (2006)
- Pokémon Puzzle League (2008)
- My Pokemon Ranch (2008)
- Pokemon Rumble (2009)
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon (2009)
- PokéPark: Pikachu's Big Adventure (2010)
- Poképark 2: A world full of illusions (2012)
- Pokemon Rumble U (2013)
- PokéPark: Pikachu's Big Adventure Wii (2015)
- Pokken Tournament (2016)
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue & Red Rescue Team (2016)
Pokemon for Nintendo DS
- Pokemon Dash (2004)
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team (2005)
- Pokemon Link (2005)
- Pokemon Ranger (2006)
- Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl (2006)
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness (2007)
- Pokemon Platinum (2008)
- Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (2008)
- Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Sky Explorers (2009)
- Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver (2009)
- Pokémon Gold and Silver (2010)
- Pokémon Ranger: Traces of Light (2010)
- Pokemon Black and Pokemon White (2011)
- Pokemon Conquest (2012)
- Learn with Pokémon: adventure between the keys (2012)
- Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White (2012)
Pokemon for Nintendo 3DS & 2DS
- Super Pokemon Rumble (2011)
- Pokemon Radar (2012)
- Pokedex 3D Pro (2012)
- Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Portals to Infinity (2013)
- Pokémon X and Pokémon Y (2013)
- Pokemon Tretta Lab (2013)
- Pokemon Link: Battle! (2014)
- Pokémon Art Academy (2014)
- Pokemon Puzzle Challenge (2014)
- Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire (2014)
- Pokemon Picross (2015)
- Pokemon Shuffle (2015)
- Pokemon Rumble World (2015)
- Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow (2016)
- Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon (2016)
- Pokémon Mega Mystery Dungeon (2016)
- Pokémon Gold and Silver Version (2017)
- Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon (2017)
- Pokémon Crystal (2018)
- Detective Pikachu (2018)
Pokémon for Nintendo Switch
- Pokken Tournament DX (2017)
- Pokemon Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon Let's Go, Eevee! (2018)
- Pokemon Quest (2018)
- Pokémon sword and Pokémon shield (2019)
- Pokemon HOME (2020)
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX (2020)
- Pokemon Cafe Mix (2020)
- Pokémon Shiny Diamond and Pokémon Shimmering Pearl (Finals 2021)
- Pokémon Legends: Arceus (Early 2022)
Pokémon for iOS & Android
- pokemon say tap? (2011)
- Pokemon Trading Card Game (2014)
- Pokémon Camp (2014)
- Pokemon Shuffle (2015)
- Pokemon Jukebox (2015)
- Pokémon GO (2016)
- Pokemon: Magikarp Jump (2017)
- Pokemon Playhouse (2017)
- Pokemon Duel (2017)
- Pokemon Quest (2018)
- Pokemon Rumble Rush (2019)
- Pokemon Masters (2019)
- Pokemon HOME (2020)
- Pokemon Cafe Mix (2020)