In Japan pokemon is known as pocket monsters. How does pocket monsters and pokemon relate and why are they called that?

satguru

Pocket monsters, remove certain letters, and you get po-ke- mon----- A simple abbreviation! May 07 06, 5:59 PM

zbeckabee

Yup...just like satguru said..."Okay! So what is Pokemon you ask? Well, Pokemon stands for Pocket Monsters." http://www.monstermadness.com/Books/Pokemon/custom May 07 06, 6:27 PM

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