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In the real world, there are many types of '''Pokémon merchandise'''. | In the real world, there are many types of '''Pokémon merchandise'''. These various types of merchandise includes books, {{pkmn|games}}, [[Pokémon Trading Card Game|trading cards]], plush toys, {{pkmn|playing cards}}, and even [[Welch's Pokémon Jelly Jars|jars of jelly]]. The Pokémon Company, an affiliate of Nintendo with [[Tsunekaz Ishihara]] as its president and CEO, handles licensing and marketing for the Pokémon franchise within Asia, and its subsidiary, [[The Pokémon Company International]], is responsible for managing the franchise outside of Asia. | ||
The games are the modern-day Pokémon franchise's first line of merchandise, and have some prevalence throughout other franchises, at least in the understanding that it brings in new Pokémon to be used in other facets of the franchise with each new Generation. However, the game's established canon has been known to variate throughout the other facets of the Pokémon franchise, with some depictions being truer to the game's depiction than others. The games are very popular, and, in the case of the series often thought as the 'main' series, usually released in pairs, unless the game is a third version. Along with the 'main' series are side series, such as the Pokémon Ranger series. The books are chiefly made as novelizations, chronicles, and guides for the anime series and its movies, but there have the been the occasions where the plots of some books are merely based on the anime, with original stories. | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The largest collection of Pokémon merchandise has over 12,000 pieces. | *The largest collection of Pokémon merchandise has over 12,000 pieces. | ||
Revision as of 23:22, 5 January 2010
In the real world, there are many types of Pokémon merchandise. These various types of merchandise includes books, games, trading cards, plush toys, playing cards, and even jars of jelly. The Pokémon Company, an affiliate of Nintendo with Tsunekaz Ishihara as its president and CEO, handles licensing and marketing for the Pokémon franchise within Asia, and its subsidiary, The Pokémon Company International, is responsible for managing the franchise outside of Asia.
The games are the modern-day Pokémon franchise's first line of merchandise, and have some prevalence throughout other franchises, at least in the understanding that it brings in new Pokémon to be used in other facets of the franchise with each new Generation. However, the game's established canon has been known to variate throughout the other facets of the Pokémon franchise, with some depictions being truer to the game's depiction than others. The games are very popular, and, in the case of the series often thought as the 'main' series, usually released in pairs, unless the game is a third version. Along with the 'main' series are side series, such as the Pokémon Ranger series. The books are chiefly made as novelizations, chronicles, and guides for the anime series and its movies, but there have the been the occasions where the plots of some books are merely based on the anime, with original stories.
Trivia
- The largest collection of Pokémon merchandise has over 12,000 pieces.
