▸ 很多hěn duō人rén都dōu喜爱xǐ ài“宝可梦bǎo kě mèng”，但是dàn shì你nǐ知道zhī dào宝可梦bǎo kě mèng的de故事gù shì是shì如何rú hé开始kāi shǐ的de吗ma？

Many people love 'Pokémon', but do you know how the story of Pokémon began?

▸ 故事gù shì要yào从cóng日本rì běn的de一个yī gè小男孩xiǎo nán hái说起shuō qǐ。

The story starts with a little boy from Japan.

▸ 他的tā de名字míng zi叫jiào田尻智tián jì zhì。

His name is Satoshi Tajiri.

▸ 小时候xiǎo shí hou，他tā最zuì喜欢xǐ huan做zuò的de事shì就是jiù shì在zài森林sēn lín里lǐ捕捉bǔ zhuō昆虫kūn chóng。

When he was a child, his favorite thing to do was to catch insects in the forest.

▸ 他tā觉得jué de发现fā xiàn各种gè zhǒng不同bù tóng的de虫子chóng zi，然后rán hòu跟gēn朋友们péng you men交换jiāo huàn收集shōu jí，乐趣lè qù无穷wú qióng。

He felt that discovering various different insects, then exchanging and collecting them with friends, was endlessly fun.

▸ 后来hòu lái，田尻智tián jì zhì长大zhǎng dà了le，

Later, Tajiri grew up,

▸ 他tā居住jū zhù的de城市chéng shì不断bù duàn扩张kuò zhāng，

the city he lived in constantly expanded,

▸ 森林sēn lín渐渐jiàn jiàn被bèi高楼gāo lóu和hé马路mǎ lù取代qǔ dài，

forests were gradually replaced by high buildings and roads,

▸ 昆虫kūn chóng也yě越来越yuè lái yuè稀少xī shǎo。

insects also became increasingly rare.

▸ 这zhè让ràng他tā感到gǎn dào有些yǒu xiē失落shī luò。

This made him feel somewhat lost.

▸ 他tā由衷yóu zhōng地de希望xī wàng，现在xiàn zài的de孩子们hái zi men也yě能néng体验tǐ yàn到dào他tā童年tóng nián时shí捕捉bǔ zhuō昆虫kūn chóng的de那份nà fèn快乐kuài lè。

He sincerely hoped that today's children could also experience the joy of catching insects from his childhood.

▸ 于是yú shì他tā想xiǎng：

So he thought:

▸ “如果rú guǒ我wǒ能够néng gòu创造chuàng zào一种yī zhǒng游戏yóu xì，

If I could create a kind of game,

▸ 让ràng孩子们hái zi men在zài游戏yóu xì中zhōng同样tóng yàng感受到gǎn shòu dào捕捉bǔ zhuō和hé交换jiāo huàn的de乐趣lè qù，

letting children feel the same fun of capturing and exchanging in the game,

▸ 那nà该gāi多duō好hǎo！”

that would be great!

▸ 20世纪èr shí shì jì90年代jiǔ shí nián dài初chū，他tā与yǔ朋友们péng you men共同gòng tóng创作chuàng zuò了le一款 yī kuǎn名为míng wéi“口袋妖怪kǒu dài yāo guài”（后来hòu lái正式zhèng shì称为chēng wéi“宝可梦bǎo kě mèng”）的de游戏yóu xì。

In the early 1990s, he and his friends together created a game called 'Pocket Monsters' (later officially known as 'Pokémon').

▸ 在zài这个zhè ge游戏yóu xì世界shì jiè里lǐ，玩家wán jiā可以kě yǐ探索tàn suǒ广阔guǎng kuò天地tiān dì，捕捉bǔ zhuō各种gè zhǒng可爱kě ài的de“怪兽guài shòu”，训练xùn liàn它们tā men，并bìng与yǔ朋友们péng you men交换jiāo huàn。

In this game world, players can explore vast lands, catch various cute 'monsters', train them, and exchange with friends.

▸ 1996年yī jiǔ jiǔ liù nián，宝可梦bǎo kě mèng游戏yóu xì率先shuài xiān在zài日本rì běn正式zhèng shì发售fā shòu，很快hěn kuài便biàn风靡fēng mǐ全国quán guó。

In 1996, the Pokémon game was first officially released in Japan, and soon became popular nationwide.

▸ 此后cǐ hòu，更多gèng duō形态xíng tài各异gè yì的de宝可梦bǎo kě mèng被bèi创造chuàng zào出来chū lái，至今zhì jīn种类zhǒng lèi已yǐ超过chāo guò一千种yī qiān zhǒng！

After that, more Pokémon with various forms were created, and to this day, there are over a thousand species!

▸ 1997年nián，宝可梦bǎo kě mèng动画dòng huà系列xì liè也yě诞生dàn shēng了le。

In 1997, the Pokémon anime series was also born.

▸ 故事gù shì的de主角zhǔ jué名叫míng jiào“小智xiǎo zhì”，他tā还hái有yǒu一位yī wèi可爱kě ài又yòu勇敢yǒng gǎn的de宝可梦bǎo kě mèng伙伴huǒ bàn“皮卡丘pí kǎ qiū”。

The story's protagonist is named 'Ash', and he has a cute and brave Pokémon partner 'Pikachu'.

▸ 皮卡丘pí kǎ qiū因yīn其qí独特dú tè的de魅力mèi lì赢得yíng dé了le无数wú shù人rén的de喜爱xǐ ài。

Pikachu won the love of countless people due to its unique charm.

▸ 渐渐jiàn jiàn地de，宝可梦bǎo kě mèng超越chāo yuè了le游戏yóu xì和hé动画dòng huà的de范畴fàn chóu，发展fā zhǎn成为chéng wéi一种yī zhǒng风靡fēng mǐ全球quán qiú的de文化wén huà现象xiàn xiàng。

Gradually, Pokémon transcended the scope of games and anime, developing into a global cultural phenomenon.

▸ 所以suǒ yǐ，下次xià cì当dāng你nǐ沉浸chén jìn在zài宝可梦bǎo kě mèng的de世界shì jiè时shí，不妨bù fáng回想huí xiǎng一下yī xià：

So, next time when you are immersed in the world of Pokémon, why not recall:

▸ 这个zhè ge风靡fēng mǐ全球quán qiú的de游戏yóu xì，其qí最初zuì chū的de灵感líng gǎn，

this globally popular game, its initial inspiration,

▸ 仅仅jǐn jǐn源于yuán yú一个yī gè小男孩xiǎo nán hái想要xiǎng yào重现chóng xiàn童年tóng nián捕捉bǔ zhuō昆虫kūn chóng乐趣lè qù的de单纯dān chún愿望yuàn wàng。

merely originated from a little boy's simple wish to recreate the fun of catching insects in his childhood.

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