Ever since then the franchise has continued to grow, with a series of video games that is beloved by the gaming community worldwide, and a hit television series, which has been lauded as the most successful video game adaptation of all time, with over twenty seasons and a thousand episodes. This worldwide phenomenon began in 1995, when Satoshi Tajiri created the first Pokemon game ever, Pocket Monsters Red and Green, which was released in Japan in 1996 for the Gameboy. The Pokemon franchise has been at the center of pop culture for decades now, with numerous films, TV series, and video games, among other things, having been released to wide critical acclaim by Pokemon lovers worldwide.
