Pokémon (species)/Games

Pokémon have been, from the very beginning, spoken of as friends and partners to the humans of the Pokémon world, helping them with various tasks from constructing buildings to exploration. Many people in the Pokémon world take Pokémon with them on a to gather Badges and compete in the various Pokémon Leagues as s, using them in battles against Pokémon both owned by other Trainers and found in the. In the Alola region, Pokémon and Trainers instead take on trials in the island challenge on their journey. In addition, there are many different in which Trainers can compete together with their Pokémon, such as Pokémon Contests and the Pokéathlon.

Across the seven generations of, Pokémon are typically found in one of five manners: encountering them in tall grass, finding them in caves or , going fishing for them, ing on water, or trading with an NPC. These are often joined by several more ways in which to encounter Pokémon, such as ing trees, obtaining and hatching s, or using the Poké Radar. 