Pokémon merchandise

In the real world, there are many types of Pokémon merchandise. The various types of merchandise include books, games, trading cards, plush toys, playing cards, and even jars of jelly. Pokémon merchandise is distributed in many countries, including Italy, Finland, and the Philippines. 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.

Games

Main article: Pokémon games

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 introduces most new Pokémon that are 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.

Books

The books are mostly made as novelizations, chronicles, and guides for the anime series and its movies, although there have been the occasions where the plots of some books are merely based on the anime, with original stories. Other Pokémon books include activity books, sticker books, and drawing books.

Trading Card Game

Main article: Pokémon Trading Card Game

The Pokémon Trading Card Game, often, abbreviated as the TCG, has many sets, with the first one being the Base Set. It has different types than the Pokémon games, with many types being represented as related types. Cards in the Trading Card Game usually have one or more attacks, with many attacks involving a coin being flipped. They sometimes have a Poké-Body or a Poké-Power. The cards have many different illustrators.

Pokémon manga

Main article: Pokémon manga

There are many types of manga, with notable ones including Pokémon Adventures and Pokémon Pocket Monsters. Most Pokémon manga follow the events of the games, though some have their own plot.

Other

There has also been other types of merchandise. These include foods with Pokémon images and themes, such as pasta, annuals, and multiple board games.

Trivia

• The largest collection of Pokémon merchandise has over 12,000 items.

This article is part of Project Merchandise, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all Pokémon toys, dolls, books, and collectible merchandise.