Pokémon is a popular video game series developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo. The first Pokémon game was resale back in 1996 on February 27. First Pokémon games were released for the Game Boy in Japan. Since then, there have been several successors and each game brought something new to keep gamers engaged with the game. This is a role-playing game (RPG) where you will be a budding Trainer with an aim to make a team of Pokémon characters by battling and capturing wild Pokémon. Even after several different Pokémon games in the past 24 years, the core idea remained the same.
As per sales data, Pokémon is the second best-selling video game franchise in the world. It is also the world’s largest media franchise with games, anime series, movies, and merchandise.
This game series is ruling for more than 2 decades and people are still crazy about this game. If you are interested in Pokémon games and want to know all the games that belong to the main Pokémon games series, here is a complete list of Pokémon games in order. There have also been several spin-offs released for PC, consoles, handheld, Arcade, and mobile phones. Since those games are not considered the part of the main series, we are not including spin-offs in this list.
Pokémon Games In Order
Game | Release Year | |
Pokémon Red, Green and Blue | Game Boy | 1996 |
Pokémon Yellow | Game Boy | 1998 |
Pokémon Gold and Silver | Game Boy Color | 1999 |
Pokémon Crystal | Game Boy Color | 2000 |
Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire | Game Boy Advance | 2002 |
Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen | Game Boy Advance | 2004 |
Pokémon Emerald | Game Boy Advance | 2004 |
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl | Nintendo DS | 2006 |
Pokémon Platinum | Nintendo DS | 2008 |
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver | Nintendo DS | 2009 |
Pokémon Black and White | Nintendo DS | 2010 |
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 | Nintendo DS | 2012 |
Pokémon X and Y | Nintendo 3DS | 2013 |
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire | Nintendo 3DS | 2014 |
Pokémon Sun and Moon | Nintendo 3DS | 2016 |
Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon | Nintendo 3DS | 2017 |
Pokémon Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! | Nintendo Switch | 2018 |
Pokémon Sword and Shield | Nintendo Switch | 2019 |