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Pokémon Players Banned From Tourney For Using The Same Move In Protest
8.6.2023
Even if you don’t play competitive Pokémon, you may be familiar with the move Metronone, which sees a monster wave their fingers back and forth until they hit their enemy with a random attack from the wider compendium of moves. It’s a fun move in theory, but not a particularly effective...
This Pokémon Game Had Been Lost For Years, Until Now
7.6.2023
My first foray into the world of Pokémon as a kid was the Generation 3 games, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. So it brought me great pleasure to hear of a new project led by a group of video game preservationists, working to restore a lost web-browser-based Pokémon game that was released during...
What Your Favorite Pokémon Game Says About You: Brutal Callout Edition
29.5.2023
Everyone’s got a favorite Pokémon game. Whether it’s one of the mainline RPGs where you catch ‘em all and become champion, or one of the spin-offs that show new sides of the world and people’s relationship to the titular Pocket Monsters, the series has given people a lot of different ways...
You Can Get Special Pokémon By Connecting Scarlet and Violet To The Home App
18.5.2023
The Pokémon Company just announced that players who link their copies of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet to the Pokémon Home app can obtain special versions of the Paldea starters: Fuecoco, Quaxly, and Sprigatto. While you might already have all three from trading bred Pokémon with your friends, these...
This ‘90s Pokémon Ad Was Nightmare Fuel
15.5.2023
Over the years I’ve caught many a Pokémon memory. From my first glimpse of the poster for Pokémon: The First Movie in a movie theater as a young child, to facing the final boss of last year’s Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, my nearly lifelong experience with Game Freak’s multimedia franchise forms...
Janelle Monáe Wears Pokémon Onesie After All-Night Orgy In New Video
11.5.2023
Our national nightmare is over: Janelle Monáe’s new album is coming and ahead of its June release the star has released a new music video featuring a lot of nudity, sex, partying, and…a Pokémon onesie? Read more
Lost Pokémon Anime Episodes Rediscovered After 12 Years
2.5.2023
In the spring of 2011, Japanese broadcasters declined to air two episodes from the Pokémon anime due to a catastrophic earthquake. While the networks originally promised to air them at a later date, these episodes never materialized. Now, thanks to the efforts of a fan who tracked down a copy...
When A Beloved Pet Dies, Sometimes Pokémon Lets Us Immortalize Them
1.5.2023
I’ve played a lot of Pokémon games, but Pokémon Black and White were never really standouts to me. And yet, after over two decades of love for the monster-collecting franchise, the only tattoo I have of a Pokémon is Herdier, the normal-type “loyal dog” Pokémon that debuted in the DS games. But...
This Pokémon Has Billions Of Variations And It’s Breaking New Games
17.4.2023
Welcome to Exp. Share, Kotaku’s weekly Pokémon column in which we dive deep to explore notable characters, urban legends, communities, and just plain weird quirks from throughout the Pokémon franchise. This week, we’re looking at how Spinda, an unassuming critter from Generation III, went from...
We're Losing More Than We Realize When These Classic Pokémon Games Get Pulled
13.3.2023
Welcome to Exp. Share, Kotaku’s Pokémon column in which we dive deep to explore notable characters, urban legends, communities, and just plain weird quirks from throughout the Pokémon franchise. This week, we’re taking a look at the upcoming 3DS and Wii U eShop shutdowns and the effect they will...
Pokémon Fans Love This Gym Leader Because He's Just Like You, FR
6.3.2023
Welcome to the first edition of Exp. Share, Kotaku’s new Pokémon column in which we dive deep to explore notable characters, urban legends, communities, and just plain weird quirks from throughout the Pokémon franchise. This week we’re taking a look at one of the breakout characters from Pokémon...
A Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Bug Is Deleting Players’ Save Files
6.3.2023
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet launched in an incredibly rough state last November, and it seems that the latest patch has introduced an even bigger problem for its players. Fans on Reddit have reported that connecting to the Pokémon Go app or downloading the DLC has caused them to lose their entire...
The First Pokémon Season Without Ash Gets First Real Trailer
3.3.2023
Man, Ash and Pikachu are really leaving the Pokémon anime pretty soon, huh? With every farewell episode that airs in Japan and every new piece of information on the new animated series that comes out, the departure of the show’s long-time protagonists feels more and more real. If you were having...
Ash And Pikachu’s Final Pokémon Episode Will Bring Back Gary (And Your Tears)
2.3.2023
The Pokémon anime is wrapping up Ash and Pikachu’s 25-year-long story with a series of farewell episodes, and in each of them, the duo has been revisiting old friends from across the Pokémon world. However, it sounds like the final episode before the show hands off the torch to new protagonists...
The Best And Worst Parts Of Each Pokémon Game
7.2.2023
If you’ve played any of the Pokémon games, you know the series is a heavily iterative one. Each new game makes some notable (or not so notable) strides over the last. But while each of these games builds upon what came before, they’re also full of differentiation that gives them all their...
Pokémon Fan Says US Customs Destroyed $4,000 Classic Game
23.1.2023
An original, sealed copy of Pokémon Yellow, reportedly worth nearly $4,000, was ruined by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after its seal was not only cracked but its case broken and the front of the box sliced clean off in a wanton display of aggression against collectibles. The owner, who goes...
The Best Way To Get Pokémon Scarlet And Violet’s Only Greninja
17.1.2023
Like Charizard and Cinderace before it, Greninja is coming to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet through a seven-star tera raid at the end of the month. The limited time event will give you and your friends a chance to catch the Kalos water starter, but it will be a tough battle. While we still don’t know...
All The Big Pokémon Games, Ranked From Worst To Best
13.1.2023
Last year, we got not one, but two big Pokémon games in Pokémon Legends: Arceus and Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. It was a big year for the franchise, and despite some technical troubles, it feels like the series is truly evolving in some significant ways. As such, what better time to revisit...
Where To Catch Up On Pokémon Before Ash And Pikachu's Farewell
3.1.2023
The Pokémon Company has announced that Ash and Pikachu, the longtime protagonists of the Pokémon anime, are officially getting their walk into the sunset moment at the end of the current season. Liko and Roy, two new characters accompanied by Sprigatito, Fuecoco, and Quaxly, will take their place...
Pokémon Players Are Getting Wrecked By This Weird Little Crow Right Now
27.12.2022
While competitive players continue to plumb Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s strategic depth and tease out its tactical wrinkles, one creature has gotten a shocking amount of playtime over the last month: Murkrow. The unevolved flying dark type isn’t a heavy hitter and its stats are absolute trash,...