The original Pokémon is a role-playing game based around building a small team of monsters to battle other monsters in a quest to become the best. Pokémon are divided into types, such as water and fire, each with different strengths. ... With experience, Pokémon grow stronger, gaining new abilities.
Pokémon is a game that’s simple to get into but fearsomely difficult to master, both on consoles and the trading cards. Through changing worlds and the introduction of hundreds of new characters one thing has stayed the same: the overall format. It’s sort of like riding a bike in that it never leaves you. If you knew about Pokémon in the 90s then chances are you’ll know a lot more about it now than you realise – you don’t forget that water Pokémon are strong against fire types and so on.