--Pokemon are a mystical creature that have powers based on certain elements. Currently there are seventeen different types of Pokemon in the Pokemon world. Pokemon can evolve into a bigger stronger version of themselves.The seventeen different types of Pokemon are Water, Fire, Electric, Grass, Ice, Flying, Normal, Dragon, Dark, Steel, Poision, Psychic, Ghost, Bug, Ground, Rock, and Fighting. --What makes Pokemon so special is that there can a combination of any two types of Pokemon. There are currently 493 Different Pokemon so that means there ate 493 different combinations of the the types mentioned earlier.What makes Pokemon so special is that there can a combination of any two types of Pokemon. --Pokemon can evolve to become better than they were before, but you can stop them form evolving. if you stop a Pokemon from evolving they will learn certain moves faster than others. Pokemon can have up to three evolution, but not all of them evolve though.