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Pokémon Mystery Dungeons was accompanied by a plethora of suspenseful, poignant and awe-inspiring music that immersed the player into its rich, imaginative world. Arata Liyoshi and Kenji Ito were responsible for these new themes and tended to create unique leitmotifs through piano and violin that adapted and transformed through the games.

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The battle themes were some of the most enthralling music from the games. They pumped up the player and introduced a new level of tension to accompany some of the games’ most challenging obstacles. In particular, Cynthia’s battle theme from Diamond and Pearl and the champion theme from sun and moon are some of the best examples of electrifying and exciting music design.

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In particular, the route themes for Pokémon Diamond and Pearl remain fan favourites with magical and ecstatic combinations of trumpet and piano following the player’s journey through the Sinnoh region.

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The game series Pokémon Mystery Dungeon was later adapted into various other mediums.  In Japan on March 23 2007 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate! first aired. This was an anime that had been loosely based on the spin-off game. A manga series based on Pokémon Mystery Dungeon was also later released called Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team. The games were then released on Wii on August 4 2009 it was named Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Keep Going! Blazing Adventure Squad!, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Let's Go! Stormy Adventure Squad!, and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Go For It! Light Adventure Squad! The third game version was also adapted into an anime called Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness which aired in Japan on April 12, 2009.

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Pokémon mystery dungeon is a spin-off adaption of the original game. This adaption developed into three pairs of games. The first pair, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, was released on November 17, 2005. The second pair, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness was released on September 13 2007 in Japan. Finally the third version, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, was released on April 18 2009 in Japan. The games feature all 386 Pokémon from Generations I, II, III, VI, and V.

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The game has been adapted into clothing items such as onesies, jackets, socks, wallets, shoes, athleisure, and various other accessories. The game's trainers and Pokémon, Pikachu in particular, have been adapted into every type of clothing imaginable.

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The pop rock style Pokémon theme song or (Gotta Catch 'Em All) has become virtually synonymous with the franchise for western audiences and the phrase has become Pokémon's official English Slogan. Written by John Siegler and John Loeffler and performed by Jason Paige, 'Gotta Catch 'Em All' is the opening theme song for the first season of the English adaptation of the Pokémon anime.

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The Pokémon games have been adapted into figures, pins, and pixel pins. This merchandise depicts the characters as pins and figures relaxing, sleeping, and soaring. Figures of Pikachu eating pancakes and Chalamander relaxing by a river can be purchased.  Areas of the game, characters, and events have been adapted into purchasable merchandise.

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The summer of 2016 was defined for many by the Pokémon Go craze that enabled a whole new audience to interact and engage with the franchise. The mobile game encouraged players to leave their homes and wander outside in an augmented reality and catch randomly spawned Pokémon.

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Within the Pokemon Center the game has been adapted into keychains, Sitting Cuties, Plushies and extra large Plushies. Each Pokémon character is available for purchase. Other plushies also come with fun outfits such as 'Wedding Dress Pikachu'.

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The music within the Pokémon games has adapted and evolved with each new game produced. Junichi Masuda the composer of the music says that he tries to keep some elements the same such as the Pokémon center music or the music in the main towns whilst evolving other elements. The music tends to be 'simple and memorable' but the original game music has been adapted from the original games to create new songs and sounds to create feelings of tension etc. For instance, the music in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire incorporates a Timpani (a type of drum) to create a new, unique feel to the games. Each game had new elements incorporated into it but remained true to the original songs so that fans were not upset.

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First released in 1997 in Japan, the anime series was soon aired internationally and quickly gained a mass following. The series featured the young Pokemon Trainer and his journey to become a Pokémon master and 'catch 'em all'. Pokemon have announced that after 25 years and seasons  the series will come to a close in 2023.

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The television anime series was a large factor in the growth of the Pokémon franchise in countries outside of Japan; particularly in the USA. An entire generation of children growing up in the 1990s became familiarised with the IP and the English dubbed version became widely recognised. It is considered to be one of the first anime to be popularised into mainstream success for western audiences.

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The life and story of Ash Ketchum and his friends are adapted into a comical musical format available on YouTube in 2011. It is described as the true story of Ash Ketchum with added 'puberty confusion'.

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Debuting in 1997, the Pokémon Adventures manga was originally written and illustrated by Hidenori Kusaka before the illustration was taken over by Satoshi Yamamoto in 2021. The manga is based on the video game franchise and is divided into chapters that are set in each subsequent video game but with their own unique characters and stories. To date 15 chapters have been released and the manga is ongoing.

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While most spin offs are officially Nintendo licensed products. Fans of the franchise also have a got at imagining their own! Creating what is typically known as 'Fakemon' and even mod over official games to create their own regional stories.

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For players who cannot play the card game in a physical setting, there is an online version that links to the TCG card packs. Inputting codes from the physical packs allow players to gain access to these cards to use in a digital format.

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New Pokémon snap is the latest revival of a spin off game for the Nintendo switch, taking a minigame from an older game and transforming it into it's own game. You enjoy a safari where you work to find hidden Pokémon to take pictures of on your journey.

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There is much more to the Pokémon video game series than the main line stories, with spin offs covering different genres such as fighting games and small minigames there is a wealth of niche games to be discovered.

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On 27 February 1996, Pocket Monsters was released in a Red and Green version for the Gameboy, in Japan. The games were on a cartridge, and players could trade Pokémon using a cable to connect to each other's Gameboy.

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The latest instalment released 18 November 2022, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is a new take on the video game layout, portraying an open world adventure rather than the typical linear routes to fit in with the current market trend. Players are able to experience Pokémon in a new style of video game play.

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With the first movie (Pokémon: The First Movie) releasing in 1998, Pokémon branched into adapting stories from their game and combining it with the cast of the anime series (Ash Ketchum and Pikachu etc). In recent years the Pokémon film franchise spans over 23 animated movies and one live action. Being played in cinema theatres and various streaming services Pokémon creates a special event for new and old audiences to enjoy.

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Detective Pikachu (2019), a new spin on Pokémon's film franchise with famous celebrity figures playing a part of the cast (Ryan Reynolds as Detective Pikachu in the English Dub.) The film takes on a live action approach with 3D modelling for the Pokémon to blend in with the realistic setting. Overall, this movie grossed $433.9 million worldwide against a budget of $150 million.

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Pokémon pushed hard in advertising their first movies in the 1990s. Collaborating with various other industries to make promotional toys and collectables. The picture above is from their collaboration with Burger King to promote the first and second movies - Burger King offered beanie toys, light up figures and action cards. There was also publication of the movies soundtrack onto physical CDs, advertising in magazines and newspapers, special promotional trading cards and much more.

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The cards were first released in Japan on October 20, 1996, the original set contained 102 cards, with drawings by Ken Sugimori, Mitsuhiro Arita and Keiji Kinebuchi.

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Users were encouraged to both trade the popular cards and play with them. Players could battle their Pokemon using different cards and strategies to beat their opponents.

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Each card included some basic information about each 'Pokemon', a list of abilities and an image of the character. There are now 13,589 individual cards, many sets released with special editions or rare cards with shiny surfaces or different versions of the characters which increased the value over time. The most expensive card to date sold for $5.275 million in July 2021.

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The cards were and are still very popular. Many people had their first introduction to the franchise through the trading cards, growing the franchise exponentially.