Buffy Silverman - The World of Pokémon

Lerner Publications Minneapolis

Buffy Silverman

The World of Gaming

The World of

Pokmon

To Emma, my favorite Pokmon trainer

Copyright 2018 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The Cataloging-in-Publication Data for The World of Pokmon is on file at the Library of Congress.

ISBN 978-1-5124-8310-9 (lib. bdg.)

ISBN 978-1-5415-1199-6 (pbk.)

ISBN 978-1-5124-8314-7 (EB pdf)

Manufactured in the United States of America

1-43327-33147-8/22/2017

Contents

Chapter

Pok mon: The Early Days

Youre walking on the beach when the phone in your hand vibrates. The screen shows a Psyduck waving its arms near the water. You aim, throw a Pok Ball, and the Psyduck is yours!

People of all ages enjoy catching Pokmon.

People have been catching and trading Pokmon for more than twenty years. Pokmon appear in video games, card games, and lots of other places. They may look like unusual birds or cats. Some resemble dragons or dinosaurs. Theres almost no end to the variety of Pokmon creatures.

People who play Pokmon are called trainers. As a trainer, your goal is to catch Pokmon. Then you train them by using them in battles so they level up and grow strong.

Pikachu is one of the most popular Pokmon.

Fans played the original Pokmon games on a handheld device called a Game Boy. Nintendo released these games, called Pokmon Red and Pokmon Green , in Japan in 1996. Together, the games introduced Pokmon.

Neither version of the game actually had Pokmon. To catch them all, a trainer with Pokmon Red had to trade with someone who had Pokmon Green . A Game Boy cable let players link their devices and trade Pokmon. Trainers could also enter their Pokmon into battles with each other.

These trainers had a blast trading Pokmon on their Game Boys!