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Pokemon GO is a 2016 augmented reality game for mobile phones developed by Niantic for iOS and Android devices. The game uses the Pokemon Go Plus, a small wearable device developed by Nintendo, which uses a Bluetooth connection to notify users when a Pokemon is nearby with a LED and a light rumble. The game allows players to capture, battle, train and trade virtual Pokemon who appear throughout the real world. The game is be free-to-play, although it will support in-app purchases. The idea for the game was conceived in 2013 by Satoru Iwata of Nintendo and Tsunekazu Ishihara of The Pokemon Company. In 2015, Ishihara dedicated his speech at the game's announcement on September 10 to Iwata, who died two months earlier. Ishihara and his wife had played Ingress. Different Pokemon will live in different areas of the world - for example, water type Pokemon will live near water. There will be events held where players can trade Pokemon to build up their collection. A wristband device called the "Pokemon Go Plus" will ship with the game, to allow a more "heads-up" gaming experience than Ingress, where the player can be alerted to a nearby pokemon by the Go Plus vibrating, press the button in a coded sequence to capture it and check the app later to find out what they've captured. The decision to create the Go Plus rather than create a smart watch app was to increase uptake among players for whom a smart watch is prohibitively expensive.

Pokemon Stadium is a strategy video game developed by Nintendo EAD with the assistance of Creatures and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It was released on April 30, 1999, in Japan, March 6, 2000, in North America, March 23, 2000, in Australia, and April 7, 2000, in Europe. Despite it being the first Stadium title in Western regions, the game is a sequel to the 1998 Nintendo 64 game Pokemon Stadium (??????????), which was only released in Japan. Gameplay is built around a 3D turn-based battling system featuring all 151 creatures from the Game Boy games Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow.

Pokemon Black Version and Pokemon White Version are role-playing games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. They are the first installments in the fifth generation of the Pokemon series of role-playing games. First released in Japan on September 18, 2010, they were later released in Europe on March 4, 2011, in North America on March 6, 2011, and Australia on March 10, 2011.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity is a role-playing game in the Pokemon franchise developed by Spike Chunsoft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. The ninth installment in the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series, it was released in Japan on November 23, 2012, in North America on March 24, 2013, in Europe on May 17, 2013 and in Australia on May 18, 2013.

Pokken Tournament, known as Pokemon Tekken in Germany, is an arcade fighting game developed by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The game combines gameplay elements from Bandai Namco's Tekken series with characters from the Pokemon franchise. It was released for Japanese arcades on July 16, 2015, with a worldwide release on the Wii U in the Spring of 2016.

Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon are role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. They are the first installments in the seventh generation of role-playing games. First announced in February 2016 by Tsunekazu Ishihara through a special Nintendo Direct, both Sun and Moon and are set to be released worldwide in November 2016, commemorating the franchise's 20th anniversary.

Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness is the second role-playing video game from Nintendo's Pokemon franchise for the Nintendo GameCube. It is the successor of the GameCube game Pokemon Colosseum. The game takes place in Orre, the setting of Pokemon Colosseum?'?s adventure mode. All of the Game Boy Advance Pokemon games can connect to this game through trading and Battle Mode.

PokePark 2: Wonders Beyond is a Pokemon game for Wii. It was released in Japan on November 12, 2011, in North America on February 27, 2012, in Europe on March 23, 2012. It is the sequel to PokePark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure. In PokePark 2, Pikachu has journeyed to a new Pokepark with his best friend Piplup. They are introduced to the Wish Park, but later find out that it is impossible to escape the Wish Park. Reshiram and Zekrom inform Pikachu of events to come, and tells Pikachu he can save the Pokepark.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team are a matched pair of Pokemon games for the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance, respectively. These two games were developed by Chunsoft and published by Nintendo. It was the last Pokemon-themed video game to be released on the Game Boy Advance. The two versions are mostly identical, with the Blue version taking advantage of the dual-screen features and increased graphical capabilities of the Nintendo DS. The game has six Pokemon exclusive to each version.

This was a Japan-only release for the Nintendo 64.

Pokemon Puzzle League is a puzzle game for the Nintendo 64 console. It is based on Nintendo's Puzzle League puzzle games, but with Pokemon likenesses. It was only available in North America starting in 2000, and in Europe in 2001, making it the first Pokemon game produced for North America. It is so far the only Pokemon game to be based on the Pokemon anime, and to feature Ash Ketchum and any of the characters featured from the anime. The game was released on the Virtual Console on May 5, 2008, in the North America region, and on May 30, 2008, in the European region.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky is an enhanced version of Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness for the Nintendo DS. It was released in Japan on April 18, 2009; North America on October 12, 2009; Australia on November 12, 2009; and Europe on November 20, 2009.

Pocket Monsters Blue was released in Japan as a mail order-only special edition to subscribers of CoroCoro Comic on October 15, 1996. It was later released to general retail on October 10, 1999. The game featured updated in-game artwork and new dialogue for Pokemon Red and Blue. Using Blastoise as its mascot, the code, script, and artwork for Blue was used for the international releases of Red and Green, which were renamed to Red and Blue. The Japanese Blue edition of the game features all but a handful of Pokemon available in Red and Green, making certain Pokemon exclusive to the original editions.

Pokemon Stadium 2 is a video game for the Nintendo 64. It features all 251 Pokemon from the first and second generations. It was released in North America as simply Pokemon Stadium 2, as it was the second Stadium game to be released there. In Japan, Pocket Monsters' Stadium Kin Gin was the third game of the Pokemon Stadium series. The Japanese edition also featured the capability to use the Pokemon Mobile System from Pokemon Crystal which was also released on the same day. This game featured support for all three original Game Boy Pokemon games (Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow) and the three Game Boy Color games (Pokemon Gold, Silver, and Crystal). As in the previous Stadium games, Pikachu from Yellow was a hidden character if the game cartridge was connected. The majority of the game takes place inside the new location White City, where various facilities for battling, organizing, researching, and playing with Pokemon are located. This can be considered to be the Pokemon League for the second generation games. The sequel to the popular Pokemon Stadium features minigames, multiplayer, and league mode.

Pokemon Rumble World is a freemium action video game in the Pokemon series developed by Ambrella and published by The Pokemon Company for the Nintendo 3DS. It is the fourth game in the Pokemon Rumble subseries, and features toy versions of all 719 creatures from the first six generations. The game was first released worldwide as a download title on the Nintendo eShop on April 8, 2015, with physical retail versions available in Japan the following November, and Europe in January 2016.

Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon is a roguelike video game in the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series developed by Spike Chunsoft and published by The Pokemon Company for the Nintendo 3DS handheld game console. Like its predecessors, players control a human who has awoken as a Pokemon in a world filled entirely by the series' eponymous creatures, and must travel through random-generated dungeons completing missions and battling enemies to unravel the story. The game was released in Japan on September 17, 2015, and in North America on November 20, 2015; it will be released in Europe and Australia in February 2016.

Pokémon Shuffle is a 2015 freemium puzzle game developed by Genius Sonority and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. The game, which is a spin-off of the Pokémon series and is similar in gameplay to Pokémon Battle Trozei, was released on the Nintendo eShop on February 18, 2015. Pokémon Shuffle Mobile, a version for Android and iOS, was released on August 24, 2015 in Japan and on August 31, 2015 in most English-speaking countries.

Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are two 2014 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. They are part of the sixth generation of the Pokemon series, serving as enhanced remakes of the 2002 Game Boy Advance titles Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire. The games were announced on May 7, 2014, in a teaser trailer released by Nintendo.[2][3] As with Pokemon X and Y, the games include all official translations, unlike previous generations where each game contained only a single language.

Pokemon Dash is a racing video game developed by Ambrella for the Nintendo DS. It was a launch title in Japan and Europe. Dash was released in Japan on December 2, 2004; Europe on March 11, 2005; North America on March 13, 2005; and Australia April 7, 2005. It was the first Pokemon game to be released for Nintendo DS. The player uses a stylus to control a Pikachu and race through checkpoints. After players have passed each of the number of checkpoints in order, the course is completed. Dash has multiplayer support, and can connect with 6 different devices.

This fictitious video game is referenced in The Fault in Our Stars. Augustus Waters' favorite book was a novelization of this game.