Pokémon's World
Pokémon live in a special land near the sea. There are forests, mountains, and open land with cities with names like Pewter City, Viridian City, and Pallet Town. Pokémon can be found in the wild or they can be acquired from a breeder or trainer.
In all, there are 150 species of Pokémon. Twenty-two are basic Pokémon which remain as they are. The remainder are based on 55 elementary species that evolve one or two times to become more powerful monsters. However, each individual Pokémon has a unique personality.
Although they are called pocket monsters, Pokémon will not fit in a normal pocket. The smallest of the monsters are Diglett, a mole like creature resembling a brown toe, at 8 inches and 2 pounds, and Gastly, a nearly invisible ball of poison gas, at 4 feet 3 inches but only weighting 3.2 ounces. At the other end of the scale are Onix, a snake made of rock, that is 28 feet 10 inches and weighs 463 pounds, and Snorlax, a rather lazy bear looking creature of 6 feet 11 inches but weighing 1014 pounds.
Pokémon love to fight. They only fight each other and the battle ends when one has lost too much energy to continue. Each species has a unique combination of techniques it uses and other techniques it is good or bad against. For example, Pikachu, the yellow mouselike creature seen with the main human hero in the video games, cartoons, and books, is an electric type of Pokémon. It uses thundershock and growl as it's main fighting techniques but can also use a thunder wave, quick attack, swiftness, agility, and thunder in a fight. It is good against water or flying Pokémon but does not do well against electric, grass, or dragon ones.
When a person become 10 years old, they are eligible for a Pokémon trainers license. This allows them to buy, capture, and train these creatures. A normal Pokémon team would consist of six Pokémon. Due to the size and weight of these creatures, it would be difficult for an average 10 year-old to carry them around. Poké balls, which may be purchased at your local Poké Mart, are red and white balls which will hold one Pokémon and make it easy to carry. Pokémon will always enter their ball when told to do so, except Pikachu, which does not like to be inside a ball. In addition to the ordinary ball, there are also Great Balls, Ultra Balls, Safari Balls, and one Master Ball, which is the strongest and should be used to capture only for the most difficult Pokémon, such as Mewtwo, a genetically engineered psychic fighter.
Each Pokémon trainer is issued a Pokédex. This handy device contains the name, descriptions. techniques, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the 150 species of Pokémon.
