Pokémon (originally "Pocket Monsters") is a series of role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company. Over the years a number of spin-off games based on the series have also been developed by multiple companies. While the main series consists of RPGs spin-off games encompass other genres such as action role-playing puzzle fighting and digital pet games. Most Pokémon video games have been developed exclusively for Nintendo handhelds video game consoles dating from the Game Boy to the current generation of video game consoles.