is a media franchise owned by The Pokémon Company. It is based on the concept of catching, playing with, befriending, raising, trading, training and battling with hundreds of different creatures. The concept was made by Satoshi Tajiri, "Pokémon"<nowiki>'</nowiki>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 these games. Although there are 890 different types of Pokémon, most people will know of the mascot of the company, an electric mouse Pokémon known as Pikachu.