| The Pokémon Company 株式会社ポケモン |
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|---|---|
| Type | Affiliate of Nintendo |
| Founded | 1998 2001 (USA branch) |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan New York City |
| Key people | Akira Chiba Bruce Loeb Kei Taoka Lauren Emerson Maya Nakamura Paul Baron Lawrence Neves John Hershberger Satoshi Tajiri (Japanese Branch) Kaori Brand |
| Industry | Licensing |
| Products | Pokémon |
| Employees | US Branch: 100 (2006) |
| Website | http://www.pokemon.co.jp/ http://www.pokemon.com/ |
The Pokémon Company (株式会社ポケモン Kabushiki-gaisha Pokemon?) is an affiliate[1] of Nintendo set up as a marketing and licensing front for the highly successful Pokémon franchise. The video games, Pokémon Trading Card Game, and licensed toys are still being made by third and second party companies such as Game Freak and TOMY. According to their timeline, operations began in 1998 with the opening of Pokémon Center in Tokyo, before the actual trademark of "Pokémon, Ltd." was established in 2000. Since then, Nintendo has been marketing this branch as "The Pokémon Company". The US branch (Pokémon USA, Inc) opened in 2001 to handle licensing overseas. [2] Since 2001, nearly all licensed Pokémon products have ©Pokémon in the copyright acknowledgments with the usual three of ©Nintendo, ©Game Freak, and ©Creatures, Inc.
Listed Credits
Games
- Pokémon mini
- Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire
- Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
- Pokémon Channel
- Pokémon Box: Ruby & Sapphire
- Pokémon Colosseum
- Pokémon Fire Red and Leaf Green
- Pokémon Emerald
- Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
- Pokémon Dash!
- Pokémon Ranger
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
- Pokémon Trozei!
- Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
- Pokémon Battle Revolution
- Pokémon Battrio
Anime
- Pokémon (anime)
- Pokémon Chronicles
- Pokémon: The First Movie
- Pokémon 2000 - The Movie
- Pokémon 3: The Movie
- Pokémon 4Ever
- Pokémon Heroes
- Pokémon: Jirachi Wishmaker
- Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys
- Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew
- Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea
- The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon
- Mewtwo Returns
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out Of The Gate!
