To be straight up about it, this article will not help you get Mew on Pokemon Red nor will it tell you how to be the best at Pokemon Sapphire, but rather it is an analysis of the Pokemon series collectively and the cultural trends in the series.

Pokemon: Gotta Catch 'Em All

The catchphrase of the series is an interesting one, signaling the addictive nature of the series as players attempt to catch every Pocket Monster, contracted to Pokemon, available. The thing that is particularly interesting about this is that the monsters basically equate to animals in the real world, along with our cultural understanding of them. This includes a strong tendency to anthropomorphize them, or in other words the creatures of Silent Hill have very human qualities. In essence, this is something we also tend to do to our pets by dressing them up and otherwise treating them in a generally human manner. As such Pokemon can really be seen as representing very clearly human relations with animals. One interesting part of the Pokemon world is the suggestion that the Pokemon enjoy it, which indeed they seem to after being fought and hurt enough that they can be captured. This is basically in line with the general view that animals enjoy our company, after we essentially capture and 'tame' them from their natural environment.

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