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Pokémon games

The Pokémon games are all video games in the Pokémon franchise. All games in the standard style are considered the base, definitive canon for the Pokémon series. All other parts of Pokémon canon, including but not limited to the Pokémon anime, Pokémon manga, Pokémon Trading Card Game, and the Pokémon Trading Figure Game, are derived from the Pokémon world and concepts set forth in the games. There are currently 122 games known.

The games are split into generations. The defining point of where new generations begin is when a new standard style Pokémon game with a set of new Pokémon added to the Pokédex is released. Games are also split between core series games and spin-off games. In most main games, the player can choose one out of three Pokémon to start their journey with. Spin-off games give players various options in the way they both obtain and make use of Pokémon.

List of games

Core series

Gen.	Game	First release
I	Pokémon Red and Green (Japanese)	February 27, 1996 Japan
	Pokémon Blue (Japanese)	October 10, 1996 Japan
	Pokémon Red and Blue	September 28, 1998 North America
	Pokémon Yellow	September 12, 1998 Japan
	Pokémon Stadium (Japanese)	August 1, 1998 Japan
	Pokémon Stadium (English)	April 30, 1999 Japan
II	Pokémon Gold and Silver	November 21, 1999 Japan
	Pokémon Crystal	December 14, 2000 Japan
	Pokémon Stadium 2	December 14, 2000 Japan
III	Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire	November 21, 2002 Japan
	File:FireRed EN US boxart.pngFile:LeafGreen EN US boxart.png Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen	January 29, 2004 Japan
	Pokémon Emerald	September 16, 2004 Japan
	Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire	May 30, 2003 Japan
	Pokémon Colosseum	November 21, 2003 Japan
	Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness	August 4, 2005 Japan
IV	Pokémon Diamond and Pearl	September 28, 2006 Japan
	Pokémon Platinum	September 13, 2008 Japan
	Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver	September 12, 2009 Japan
	Pokémon Battle Revolution	December 14, 2006 Japan
	My Pokémon Ranch	March 25, 2008 Japan
V	Pokémon Black and White	September 18, 2010 Japan
	Pokémon Black 2 and White 2	June 23, 2012 Japan
	Pokémon Dream World	September 18, 2010 Japan
VI	Pokémon X and Y	October 12, 2013 Worldwide
	Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire	November 21, 2014 Japan, North America, Australia, South Korea
	Pokémon Bank and Poké Transporter	December 25, 2013 Japan, South Korea

Spin-off series

These games do not follow the same style as those games which make up the core series, and are known as spin-offs.

Pikachu series

Gen.	Game	First release
I	Hey You, Pikachu!	December 12, 1998 Japan
III	Pokémon Channel	July 18, 2003 Japan
IV	PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure	December 5, 2009 Japan
V	PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond	November 12, 2011 Japan

TCG video games

Game Boy TCG series

Gen.	Game	System	First release
I	Pokémon Trading Card Game		December 18, 1998 Japan
II	Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!		March 28, 2001 Japan

Play It! series

Gen.	Game	System	First release
I	Pokémon Play It!		1999 Europe
I	Pokémon Play It! Version 2		2000 Europe

Pinball series

Gen.	Game	System	First release
I	Pokémon Pinball		April 14, 1999 Japan
III	Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire		August 1, 2003 Japan

Puzzle series

Gen.	Game	System	First release
I	Pokémon Puzzle League		September 25, 2000 North America
II	Pokémon Puzzle Challenge		September 21, 2000 Japan

Mystery Dungeon series

Gen.	Game	First release
III	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team	November 17, 2005 Japan
IV	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness	September 13, 2007 Japan
	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky	April 18, 2009 Japan
	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Keep Going! Blazing Adventure Squad! Let's Go! Stormy Adventure Squad! and Go For It! Light Adventure Squad!	August 4, 2009 Japan
V	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity	November 23, 2012 Japan

Ranger series

Gen.	Game	First release
III	Pokémon Ranger	March 23, 2006 Japan
IV	File:Ranger SoA EN boxart.jpg Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia	March 20, 2008 Japan
IV	Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs	March 6, 2010 Japan

Rumble series

Gen.	Game	First release
IV	Pokémon Rumble	June 16, 2009 Japan
V	Pokémon Rumble Blast	August 11, 2011 Japan
V	Pokémon Rumble U	April 24, 2013 Japan
VI	Pokémon Rumble World	April 8, 2015 Japan, North America, Europe, Australia

Trozei series

Gen.	Game	System	First release
III	Pokémon Trozei!		October 20, 2005 Japan
VI	Pokémon Battle Trozei		March 12, 2014 Japan

Individual spin-off games

Gen.	Game	First release
I	Picross NP Vol. 1	April 1, 1999 Japan
	Pokémon Snap	March 21, 1999 Japan
	PokéROM	2000 United States
III	Pokémon Masters Arena	January 1, 2004 United States
	Pokémon Dash	December 2, 2004 Japan
	PokéPark: Fishing Rally DS	May 10, 2005 Japan
	Pokémon Team Turbo	October 28, 2005 United States
	Pokémon PC Master	June 20, 2006 Japan
V	Learn with Pokémon: Typing Adventure	April 21, 2011 Japan
	Pokémon Say Tap?	July 15, 2011 Japan
	Pokémon Conquest	March 17, 2012 Japan
	Pokémon Dream Radar	June 23, 2012 Japan
VI	Pokémon Art Academy	June 19, 2014 Japan
VI	Pokémon Shuffle	February 18, 2015 Japan, North America, Europe, Australia

Pokémon mini

Gen.	Game	First release
II	Pokémon Party mini	December 14, 2001 Japan
	Pokémon Zany Cards	December 14, 2001 Japan
	Pokémon Pinball mini	December 14, 2001 Japan
	Pokémon Puzzle Collection	December 14, 2001 Japan
	Pokémon Tetris	March 21, 2002 Japan
	Pokémon Breeder mini	March 21, 2002 Japan
	Pokémon Puzzle Collection Vol. 2	April 26, 2002 Japan
	Pokémon Race mini	July 19, 2002 Japan
	Pichu Bros. mini	August 9, 2002 Japan
	Togepi's Great Adventure	October 18, 2002 Japan

Puck-based games

Gen.	Game	System	First release
IV	Pokémon Battrio	Arcade	September 14, 2007 Japan
V	Pokémon Tretta	Arcade	July 14, 2012 Japan
V	Pokémon Tretta Lab		August 10, 2013 Japan

Sega systems

Gen.	Game	First release
II	Pokémon: Catch the Numbers!	July 23, 2002 Japan
III	Pokémon Advanced Generation: I've Begun Hiragana and Katakana!	September 24, 2003 Japan
	File:AG Pico for Everyone Pokemon Loud Battle JP boxart.jpg Pokémon Advanced Generation: Pico for Everyone Pokémon Loud Battle!	July 16, 2004 Japan
	Pokémon Advanced Generation: Pokémon Number Battle!	October 1, 2005 Japan
IV	Intellectual Training Drill Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Letter and Number Intelligence Game	April 21, 2007 Japan
IV	Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Search for Pokémon! Adventure in the Maze!	September 17, 2009 Japan
V	Pokémon Best Wishes: Intelligence Training Pokémon Big Sports Meet!	December 4, 2010 Japan

Perdue Farms

Gen.	Game	First release
III	Pokémon Team Rocket Blast Off	2006 United States
	Pokémon Poké Ball Launcher	2006 United States
	Pokémon Seek & Find	2006 United States

Self-contained games

Pedometers

Gen.	Game	First release
I	Pokémon Pikachu	March 27, 1998 Japan
II	Pokémon Pikachu 2 GS	November 21, 1999 Japan
IV	Pokéwalker	September 12, 2009 Japan

Toy games

Gen.	Game	First release
I	Pokémon Electronic Hand-Held Yahtzee	1999 United States
	Pokémon Poké Ball	? United States
	Cyclone 2	? United States
III	Cyber Poké Ball	? United States
III	Cyber Pokédex	? United States
IV	Digital Poké Ball D & P	? United States

Miscellaneous arcade games

Gen.	Game	First release
I	Dance! Pikachu	December 1999 Japan
II	Pikachu's Great Surfing Adventure	2000 Japan
II	Pokémon: Crayon Kids	July 2001 Japan
III	Pokémon: Wobbuffet Fell Down!	2006 Japan
IV	Pokémon Get Round and Round	April 2010 Japan
V	Pokémon Tug of War Tournament: Absolutely Get Medal!	? Japan
V	File:Medal World machine.jpg Pokémon Medal World	January 17, 2012 Japan
VI	File:Battle Nine Machine Front.jpg Pokémon: Battle Nine	July 8, 2014 Japan
VI	Pokkén Tournament	2015 Japan

Applications

Gen.	Game	System	First release
I	Monthly Coin Toss: Pokémon Card Magazine		April 1998 Japan
I	Pokémon Project Studio Red and Blue		November 9, 1999 United States
III	Game Boy Advance Video		2004 North America
III	Pokémate	Mobile	June 5, 2006 Japan
V	Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Official Strategy Guide Book		2012 Japan
V	Pokémon TV		February 12, 2013 North America
VI	Camp Pokémon		October 21, 2014 North America, Europe, Australia
VI	Pokémon Style		February 15, 2015 Japan

Pokédex series

Gen.	Game	First release
V	Pokédex 3D	June 6, 2011 North America
	Pokédex 3D Pro	July 14, 2012 Japan
	Pokédex for iOS	December 6, 2012 Japan

Tech demos

Gen.	Game	System	First shown
III	Pikachu: DS Tech Demo		May 12, 2004 North America

Other games

These are other games that feature Pokémon franchise elements significantly, and are authorized to do so.

Gen.	Game	System	First release
V	HarmoKnight		September 5, 2012 Japan

Super Smash Bros. series

Gen.	Game	First release
I	Super Smash Bros.	January 21, 1999 Japan
II	Super Smash Bros. Melee	November 21, 2001 Japan
IV	Super Smash Bros. Brawl	January 31, 2008 Japan
VI	Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS	September 13, 2014 Japan
VI	Super Smash Bros. for Wii U	November 21, 2014 North America

External links

On Bulbagarden forums

Pokémon video games discussion forum

Core series games and DLC

Gen I

Gen II

Gen III

Gen IV

Gen V

Gen VI

Gen VII

Gen VIII

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Sword and Shield Expansion Pass (DLC)

Gen IX

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The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero (DLC)

The Teal Mask

The Indigo Disk

Legends: Z-A

Pokémon games

Core series • Side series • Spin-off series • Pokémon mini • Standalone spin-offs • Betas • Demos

Spin-off series
Pikachu series:		Hey You, Pikachu! • Channel • Dash

TCG:	Game Boy TCG series:	Trading Card Game • Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!

	Play It! series:	Play It! • Play It! Version 2

	TCG Client series:	Card Game Online • Trading Card Game Online • Trading Card Game Live

	Misc. TCG:	Say Tap? • Card Game: How to Play DS • Card Game Entry Battle Card Game Gacha • TCG Card Dex • Digital Raid Battle Assistant Trading Card Game Pocket

Super Smash Bros. series:		Super Smash Bros. • Melee • Brawl • for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U • Ultimate

Snap series:		Snap • New Pokémon Snap

Picross:		Picross NP Vol. 1 • Picross (GBC) (canceled) • Picross (3DS)

Pinball series:		Pinball • Pinball: RS

Puzzle series:		Puzzle League • Puzzle Challenge

Trozei series:		Trozei! • Battle Trozei

Mystery Dungeon series:		Red Rescue Team & Blue Rescue Team Explorers of Time & Explorers of Darkness • Explorers of Sky Blazing, Stormy & Light Adventure Squad Gates to Infinity • Super Mystery Dungeon • Rescue Team DX

Ranger series:		Ranger • Shadows of Almia • Guardian Signs

Puck series:		Battrio • Tretta (Tretta Lab) • Ga-Olé • Mezastar • Frienda

Rumble series:		Rumble • Rumble Blast • Rumble U • Rumble World • Rumble Rush

PokéPark series:		PokéPark Wii • PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond

Detective Pikachu series:		Detective Pikachu • Detective Pikachu Returns Playground: Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Pokémon games Core series • Side series • Spin-off series • Pokémon mini • Standalone spin-offs • Betas • Demos