Concept information
Preferred term
Pokémon
Definition
- Originally released in 1996 as a pair of Nintendo Game Boygames, Pokémon has since spread across several media formats and undergone regular, iterative redevelopments to become a multibillion-dollar global franchise. A cross-media barrage of video games, trading cards, comics and cartoon series, films, toys and an endless supply of merchandise has made it one of the most widely-recognized brand names to have ever emerged from video games, and a major source of income for Nintendo. [Source: Encyclopedia of Play in Today's Society; Pokémon]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Pokémon
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