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List of Pokémon video games

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ99485876
Source-derived summary

Pokémon is a series of role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company. Over the years, a number of spin-off games based on the series have also been developed by multiple companies. While the main series consists of RPGs, spin-off games encompass other genres, such as action role-playing, puzzle, fighting, and digital pet games. Most Pokémon video games have been developed exclusively for Nintendo handheld and home consoles, dating from the Game Boy to the Nintendo Switch 2.

Main series games/remakes

Spin-off games

Pokémon Stadium series

Trading Card Games

Pokémon Card GB series

Play It! series

Other Games

Pinball games

Mystery Dungeon series

Ranger series

Rumble series

Snap series

Puzzle games

Pokémon Puzzle League series

Pokémon Trozei series

Other puzzle games

PokéPark series

Pikachu series

Detective Pikachu games

Pokémon Mini games

Arcade games

Puck series

Pokkén Tournament

Mezastar

Friends

Mobile games

Pokédex 3D and Pokédex 3D Pro

Pokédex 3D is an app available for download from the Nintendo eShop. It is a Pokédex, which displays information on Pokémon from Black and White as well as a 3D model. Only a few Pokémon are initially available, and more can be unlocked through means such as SpotPass and StreetPass and AR cards.

On April 21, 2012, Nintendo announced that there would be a National Pokédex version called Pokédex 3D Pro. It was released in Japan on the Nintendo eShop on July 14, 2012, and internationally on November 8, 2012.

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