Pokémon I

Playing videogames is probably my biggest hobby since my childhood, when I used to play 'Bubble Shooter', 'Spyro', 'Banjo Kazooie' and 'Crash Bandicoot', exclusive titles for Play Station 1.

A few years after, Play Station 2 began to be sold, and I played superb videogames like 'Final Fantasy VII', 'Kingdom Hearts' or 'Van Helsing'. But today I'd like to focus on one of the most famous videogames saga, developed by Game Freak: 'Pokémon'

'Pokémon'  is a really popular videogame saga with six game generations. You begin as a trainer who must choose his/her first pokémon to start the adventure. After it, you travel through a region (Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Teselia and Kalos, depending on the generation we are playing to) full of wild pokémon, trainers and a 'Team' with evil and selfish objectives that we must stop, just as 'Team Rocket', 'Aqua and Magma Team' or 'Team Galactic'.

There are two principal objectives: the first one is to complete the Pokédex, some kind of register of every pokémon that live in the region.

The second one is to pass eight Pokémon Gym to have the chance to challenge Elite Four and become the Pokémon League Champion fighting with your team pokemon, that have been by your side since the beginning of your trip.

But the game does not actually end if we become the Champion: there are more challenges after the League, and even if you complete your Pokédex, you'll be able to find more pokémon that you haven't faced before.

I'll write another post about 'Pokémon' next week, in which I'll explain some basic mechanics and explain why I disagree with people who think that 'Pokémon' is a children game.