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[[File:Pokemon website logo.png|thumb|200px|Logo used for the website until the 2010 overhaul]]

[[File:2000pokemonworld.png|thumb|200px|Logo used for the website in 2000]]

==History==

On January 27, 2014, the website experienced yet another major overhaul of content and design. The basic layout was "simplified" along with the full incorporation of what had also been separate [[#Trading Card Game|Pokémon Trading Card Game]] websites, including the incorporation of the current user customizable [[#Trainer avatar|Trainer avatar]] system that allows users to define their owner visual look and style. The update also updated the [[#Online Pokédex|Online Pokédex]] by implementing a similar ''Basic'' and ''Advance'' search criteria and browsing options that were originally introduced in the 2010 [[#Trading Card Database|Trading Card Database]]. The update additionally expanded the ability to centrally manage all user Pokémon accounts through Pokémon.com as well as children accounts under the [[#User profile|User profile]]. Later incremental updates also introduced the ability to add and follow ''"Friends"'' and earn additional rewards through the [[#Stamp|Stamp]] reward system.

==Website versions==

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==Website sections==

Once logged into with a user account, a "picture" appears at the top of the left ''Side navigation bar''. This picture represents the user's current [[#Trainer avatar|Trainer avatar]] if they have set one in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online. The Side navigation bar provides access to the following information:

* A ''"[[#User profile|User profile]]"'' section where users may adjust settings, add and manage accounts for their children, and centrally manage other Pokémon accounts,

* A ''"[[#Attend Events|My Play! Pokémon]]"'' section for viewing user information about organized [[Play! Pokémon]] activity.

The User profile section provides access to user setting not necessarily specific to the Pokémon.com website itself as a left-hand side menu. It is a central repository for all Pokémon user accounts.

* ''"Profile overview"'' contains general account settings.

* ''"Pokémon TCG Online Settings"'' provide user access to setting not directly available in the downloadable [[Pokémon Trading Card Game Online]].

* ''"Pokémon GO Settings"'' provide user access to legal information about the [[Pokémon GO]] app.

===Pokédex===

{{main|Pokédex}}

The Pokédex entry for a given [[Pokémon]] also includes suggested [[Pokémon anime]] television episodes and [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] cards featuring that given Pokémon, allowing user to explore that Pokémon in other media.

The Trading Card Database allows users to search for specific Pokémon cards, browse all cards of a specific type, or browse all cards in a given [[List of Pokémon Trading Card Game expansions|Expansion]] starting with {{TCG|EX Ruby & Sapphire}}. "Basic Search Mode" allows for searches based on ''{{DL|Pokémon Trading Card Game|How to play|Card Name}}'', ''Card Text'', ''{{DL|Evolution|In the TCG|Evolutions}}'', and ''{{TCG|Type|Energy Type}}''. "Advanced Search Mode" allows for additional search criteria based on ''Card Type'' ({{TCG|Pokémon}}, {{TCG|Trainer card|Trainers}}, and {{TCG|Energy card|Energy}}), ''[[Rarity]]'', ''Format'' ({{TCG|Standard format|Standard}}, {{TCG|Expanded format|Expanded}}, and {{TCG|Unlimited format|Unlimited}}), ''[[List of Pokémon Trading Card Game expansions|Expansions]]'', ''{{DL|Appendix:Glossary (TCG)|Hit Points}}'' or HP, ''[[Retreat cost|Retreat Cost]]'', ''{{TCG|Attack|Total Attack Cost}}'', ''{{DL|Appendix:Glossary (TCG)|Weakness}} and {{DL|Appendix:Glossary (TCG)|Resistance}}'', ''{{TCG|Attack|Attack Cost Energy Type}}'', and ''[[:Category:TCG illustrators|Card Illustrator]]''. Card lists are presented in a browse-able grid-like format. Selecting a given card provides a full picture of the front of that card as well as a copy of the information found on it, a browse-able Trading Card Database link to the entire card's Expansion, a browse-able Trading Card Database link to other cards illustrated by the card's [[:Category:TCG illustrators|Illustrator]], and a scrollable list of other cards with the same card "Name".

Before the 2010 overhaul, the television section simply provided a synopsis of Pokémon anime episodes. After the overhaul, a continuously cycling selection of episodes, which may be viewed online, are interspersed with synopsis summaries and screenshots for every episode and movie.

===Play! Pokémon Events===

==Pokémon Global Link==

{{main|Pokémon Global Link}}

==Pokémon Trading Card Game Online forum==

* The user's current [[Trainer Token]] total, which takes the user directly to the ''"[[#Trainer avatar|Customize Trainer]]"'' shop when selected,

* A ''"Messages"'' and ''"[[#User profile|User profile]]"'' section when selected, where users may adjust settings, add and manager accounts for their children, and centrally manager other Pokémon accounts,

* A ''"[[#Attend Events|My Play! Pokémon]]"'' section for viewing user information about organized [[Play! Pokémon]] activity.

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* '''Minigame Mastery: Pokémon Pulse:'''

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* '''Screen Sharing''' (Level 1 to 10) — Watch the same Pokémon TV episode on Pokémon.com as one of your [[#Pokémon Trainer Club|Pokémon Trainer Club]] friends.

==Errors==

* The blurb in ''[[EP075|Round One - Begin!]]'' uses the one in ''[[EP073|Bad to the Bone]]'' instead.

* The site once stated that [[Jessie]] was 12 years old. She is 25.

* In an article for ''[[DP103|Jumping Rocket Ship!]]'', the site referred to [[Ash's Staravia|Ash's at-the-time Staravia]] as Staraptor.

** "Catching the Legendary Mew will require lots of luck!" while showing a picture of the {{p|Mewtwo}} encounter in [[Cerulean Cave]].

*** Similarly, a comment for an image on [[Pokémon Emerald Version]]'s subpage states "The [[Kanto]] region has never looked better!". Pokémon Emerald took place in [[Hoenn]]. This comment was later removed.

* In the game Gothita's Portrait Panic sometimes a picture of {{p|Victini}} will be displayed, but it will say {{p|Foongus}} in the caption underneath.

* In the Trainer store, a {{p|Scraggy}} costume was labeled "{{p|Scrafty}} Costume," and a {{p|Roserade}} costume was labeled "{{p|Roselia}} Costume."

==Trivia==

* Despite the overhaul the site received in early January 2010, the old version was made available for a limited period of time at http://origin.pokemon.com/. This also affected links that got broken with the revamp, making them available again, only at a different address.

** However, since the old version is no longer available, all old links are once again broken.

* The only time the site refers to itself as ''"Pokémon.com"'' (with the acute accent), excluding logos, is if the user clicks on an external link on the {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}} website.

==External links==

* [http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokedex/ Online Pokédex]

* [http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/ Collated News and Announcements]

==References==

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[[Category:Pokémon meta]]

[[Category:Websites]]