Editing Pokémon (section)

===Video games===
{{Main|Pokémon (video game series)|List of Pokémon video games}}
''Pokémon'' video games have been released in a wide variety of genres. The [[role-playing game]]s (RPGs) developed by [[Game Freak]] are considered the core series of the franchise.<ref>{{Cite interview | title=Pokémon Born Anew | url=https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/3ds/pokemonxy/0/1/ | series=[[Iwata Asks]] | interviewer-first=Satoru | interviewer-last=Iwata | interviewer-link=Satoru Iwata | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826090818/https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/3ds/pokemonxy/0/1/ | archive-date=26 August 2022 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=Inside the Minds behind Pokémon! | url=http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/vg_pokemonxy_gf_interview-2013-10-04/ | website=Pokemon.com | date=4 October 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008075239/http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/vg_pokemonxy_gf_interview-2013-10-04/ | archive-date=8 October 2013 | url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | first=Keza | last=MacDonald | title=Pokemon's Master Speaks | url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/02/16/pokemons-master-speaks | date=16 February 2011 | website=[[IGN]] |  archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626030202/http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/02/16/pokemons-master-speaks | archive-date=26 June 2018 | url-status=live}}</ref> Various spin-off games also exist, such as ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]]'', a [[Roguelike|roguelike RPG]] series, ''[[Pokémon Ranger]]'', an [[action RPG]] series, and ''[[Detective Pikachu (video game)|Detective Pikachu]]'' (2018), an [[adventure game]]. ''Pokémon'' games, in particular the core RPGs, are commonly classified in generations. For example, [[Junichi Masuda]] referred to [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl|''Diamond'' and ''Pearl'']] (2006) as Gen 4,<ref>{{Cite tweet | first=Junichi | last=Masuda | author-link=Junichi Masuda | user=Junichi_Masuda | number=1052350316681654273 | title=シンオウ地方、初ゲットのポケモンはビッパでしたー！(^^) #PokemonGO #Gen4 #シンオウ地方 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20230317091742/https://twitter.com/Junichi_Masuda/status/1052350316681654273 | archive-date=17 March 2023 | url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Pokémon X and Y|''X'' and ''Y'']] (2013) as the 6th generation.<ref>{{Cite web | first=Junichi | last=Masuda | title=No. 233 | website=gamefreak.co.jp | date=21 January 2013 | url=https://www.gamefreak.co.jp/blog/dir_english/2013/01/index.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323055202/https://www.gamefreak.co.jp/blog/dir_english/2013/01/index.html | archive-date=23 March 2020 | url-status=live | quote=Pokémon X and Pokémon Y–the evolved sixth generation of Pokémon.}}</ref>

Until 2011, ''Pokémon'' games were released exclusively on [[Nintendo video game consoles|Nintendo's consoles]]. With the rise of the [[smartphone]] during the 2010s, [[the Pokémon Company]] also began developing, publishing, and licensing ''Pokémon'' titles for the mobile phone market, most notably ''[[Pokémon Go]]'' (2016), an [[augmented reality game]] developed by [[Niantic, Inc.|Niantic]] that spawned a worldwide craze in the summer of 2016.<ref name="Newzoo_report" /><ref name="Makuch_(2016)" />

According to the official website of [[the Pokémon Company]], {{as of|2024|March|lc=y}}, over 480 million ''Pokémon'' game units have been sold worldwide.<ref name="In_figures">{{Cite web | title=Pokémon in Figures | website=corporate.pokemon.co.jp | url=https://corporate.pokemon.co.jp/en/aboutus/figures/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20240524190452/https://corporate.pokemon.co.jp/en/aboutus/figures/ | archive-date=24 May 2024 | url-status=live}}</ref>