 Some of the general concepts were featured elsewhere in the franchise before being introduced to the games; double battles appeared in the anime long before appearing in the games, and Pokémon Abilities are similar to the Pokémon Powers introduced in the "Pokémon Trading Card Game", which also introduced Shiny Pokémon, the phenomenon of Pokemon being different colors than the original.Pokémon competitive play is where players around the world battle each other with Pokemon however, it requires some strategy involving having pokemon with high stats  and picking supereffective moves.Each game in the "Pokémon" series takes place in a fictional region of the Pokémon world and begins with the player receiving a starter Pokémon from that region's Pokémon Professor.