As of November 2016, there have been seven generations of Pokémon released for various Nintendo platforms. There also have been several spin-off games from the standard RPG, including turn-based navigation game Pokémon Mystery Dungeon and action RPG Pokémon Ranger. Outside of hand-held games, Pokémon has appeared in console games for Nintendo 64, GameCube, Wii and Wii U. Pokémon Yellow was later developed specifically for the Game Boy Color the next year, in order to take advantage of the handheld's improved graphics to make the game appear closer to the anime. Blue Version was repackaged and translated for international release as Red and Blue, reaching the United States on September 30th, 1998. The game proved to be radically popular, and a third Japanese edition known as Blue Version was released on October 15th, 1996. The first Pokémon video games were released on February 27th, 1996 in Japan for the Nintendo Gameboy titled Pocket Monsters Red and Pocket Monsters Green.

The Pokémon franchise began with a video game created by designer Satoshi Tajiri, who was inspired by his childhood insect collecting hobby.

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