I-Pokémon ihlala ingumxholo wencoko nganye yeenoveli zayo, ayinakuba yenye indlela, sisaga esahlala singanyanzelekanga kwiminyaka edlulileyo. Ukongeza, iNintendo iyayazi indlela yokusebenza kakuhle nayo, izisa utshintsho ngokuthe ngcembe, ngendlela eya kuthi iqhubeke ukuvusa umdla wabasebenzisi ngaphandle kokuphulukana nomxholo weSaga. Inyani yile yokuba i-Pokémon iLanga kunye neNyanga ibe lolona tshintsho lubaluleke kakhulu kwiqela leNintendo kule meko, nangona kunjalo, kukho isibambiso "somonakalo", kwaye Ukuthengiswa kweNintendo 3DS kukhule ngama-361% okoko kwasungulwa umdlalo wokugqibela kwiPokémon franchise.
Umdlalo uye watshintshwa kwinqanaba lomzobo kunye nokudlala okuthe kwafumana ukugxekwa okumangalisayo, akunakuba kuncinci, kwaye umdlalo ubusi obumsulwa. Kwelinye icala, Asenzi zimpazamo, i-361% yeyokuthengisa kwe-Nintendo's console ephathekayo ikhulile, Kwiveki ephelileyo babethengiswe ngokungenasiphelo, kwaye sithetha ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo ngenye yezona zinto zithengiswa kakhulu kwimbali, kuba iNintendo 3DS iyimpumelelo ngenxa yomgangatho wayo, ukuhlala kwayo kunye nokuzonwabisa. UNintendo uyaqhubeka nokuba ngukumkanikazi wezixhobo eziphathwayo ukusukela oko waba nguMdlalo woMfana.
E-Japan, akukho ngaphantsi kwe-1,9 yezigidi zeekhatriji zePokémon iLanga kunye neNyanga ezithengisiwe, kuphela ngexesha losuku lokumiliselwa, kungoko sinokulindela ukuthengisa okuninzi ngakumbi, lakuba nje lifikile ixesha leKrisimesi, ngokuqinisekileyo iPokémon iLanga neNyanga ziya kugcwalisa iishelufa ze amaziko okuthenga. Ngamafutshane, yayiyiveki erekhodiweyo yeNintendo 3DS, eye yafikelela kwinani elingaphezulu kwe-100 lezigidi zemidlalo ethengisiweyo, umphezulu ozifikelelayo kuphela iingcebiso ezimbini zobunzulu obungenakuthelekiswa nanto, ezinje ngeSony's PlayStation 2 kunye nomanduleli welaptop ekuthethwa ngayo, iNintendo DS.