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But it’s also one of the first times that Pokémon, the most lucrative media franchise of all time, addressed the climate crisis.
Today, there are eight generations of Pokémon games and, depending on how you count them, about 900 individual monsters.
Just as Pokémon has mimicked the real world, it’s influenced it, too.
In 2002, researchers reported that more children knew pokémon species than real ones like badgers or oak trees.
Recently, the 24-year-old Pokémon franchise has begun to grapple with the very real perils of climate change.