Pokémon (ポケモン, Pokémon, English pronunciation: /ˈpoʊkeɪmɒn, ˈpɒkimɒn/; often spelled incorrectly as "Pokemon") is a media franchise owned by The Pokémon Company. It is based on the concept of hatching, catching, playing with, staying with, befriending, defending, raising, trading, training and battling with hundreds of different creatures. The concept was made by Satoshi Tajiri, Pokémon's creator. It is represented in many types of media, most famously video games, a still-running anime series, manga, and a trading card game. There are eight regions in the Pokemon games. Although there are 913 different Pokémon, most people will know of the mascot of the company, an electric mouse Pokémon known as Pikachu.
The video games have sold more copies than every other series except Nintendo's Mario series.