top 10 facts - Pokemon

                          

1.When Pokemon creator Satoshi Tajiri only a child in [gorge] catching insects as a hobby as he got older Tajiri decided to transform his hobby into a video game, and he called it the po po capsule monsters Tajiri was heavily inspired by a TV show from 1967 that aired in Japan called Ultra seven in which the protagonist used guiding monsters contained within small capsules to help him fight Okay, seriously what the hell is going on in this show Okay moving on but the name capitals Monsters had some trademarking issues So the name was changed to Pocket Monster instead which in aggravated form becomes Pokemon

2. "Where do the meat in the Pokemon universe come from?" it's a question that's been asked over and over again by fans And it's only been met with vague replies So without an official answer from Nintendo and only the games and anime to go on the horrifying truth Seems to be that the people in the Pokemon universe eat Pokemon while there are real animals in the world they seem to be very rare almost to the point of extinction as they are not Often seen or mentioned neither in the games nor the anime And it has been hinted at specific Pokemon are actually eaten some even being considered delicacies for example a pokemon called Farfetch'd are noted for making a good meal and were nearly hunted to extinction because of this Ultimately leading to them not being so rare also in the anime It's indicated several times that fish like Pokemon are caught and eaten Such as the magikarp then again it might not be that strange as Pokemon are Essentially animals in their world where some are kept as pets and others might get eaten Back

3. in 2005 there was a gene in the human body named Pokemon however a Nintendo threatened to sue the center that discovered it after they found out the gene could cause cancer Something Nintendo did not want to be associated with and so the center was forced to rename the gene and now it has the much more spectacular name ZBTB7 but Fear not we still have Pikachurin a protein in the human body named after the iconic Pokemon

 

4. Currently there are 718 revealed Pokemon in the franchise and if we look at the official list we can see that Bulbasaur is listed at the very top with the national Pokedex number 0 0 1 logically that would mean bulbasaur was the first-ever pokemon created right? Wrong. We have all the way down to number 112 where we'll find Rhydon which is the actual first ever pokemon created There are even early sketches of Rhydon when Pokemon was still called capsule monsters

5. Pokemon can be defined using. What is called types currently there are 18 different types Normal, Fire, Fighting, Water, Flying, Grass, Poison, Electric, Ground, Psychic, Rock, Ice, Bug, Dragon, Ghost, Dark, Steel, and Fairy types function as a way to tell what a Pokemon can and cannot do more Specifically what type of abilities it has in terms of defense and offense Pikachu for example is of the electric type and a pokemon can only have one or two types if a pokemon Existed and had every type it would interestingly enough only be weak to rock types. The most common is the water type which consists of 124 Pokemon the least common is the ghost and fairy type with only 34 Pokemon each

6. This is the most valuable Pokemon card out there It's called the Pikachu illustrator or Pokemon illustrator and only 6 copies were ever created It was originally given away as a reward for those who had a winning entry in a Japanese Pokemon contest in 1997 only Japanese versions of the cards exist and they are valued at approximately $20,000 however recently one of the cards showed up on eBay for a whopping $100,000 that's a lot of paper for another piece of paper

7. In 2001 the small South Pacific Country in the Niue Printed official legal coins with several Pokemon characters featured on the back to celebrate the franchise to find one today though could be quite difficult as they are very rare and the coins are considered a collector's item

8.A Very noticeable feature about the character named Brock
 in a long-running Pokemon anime is the fact that his eyes Naturally appear closed however there have [been] a few brief moments where they have appeared open But the few times they have many viewers have complained about it being almost a little eerie judge for yourself

9. Ash the main protagonist of the anime series has the last name Ketchum It's a play on the words catch 'em as in the show's Tagline "Gotta catch 'em all" in the Japanese version of the anime though the protagonist is known as Satoshi of the Pokémon creator Satoshi Tajiri And on that note the rival of the main character Gary Oak is known as Shigeru paying homage to the creator of games such as Mario and Zelda Shigeru Miyamoto

                                    

10. There are many reasons why people start practicing sports strangely enough Pokémon is one of them at least for this guy when Ashley Mackenzie was 11 years old He got into a fight with another kid when he tried to take his Charizard card for those of you Don't know Charizard was like the shit back then but after being defeated He did some research and found the kid had used judo moves on him He went to the local judo club and after confronting his attacker and getting his Pokémon card back Mackenzie realized that judo could be something for him today all thanks to that one Charizard card Mackenzie is a judo champion.