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The Best Mario Ever, Rise Of The Ronin, And More Of The Week's Hottest Takes
17.3.2024
The third week of March was an eclectic one for gaming news. We’re still hyped for Unicorn Overlord, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and the upcoming samurai adventure Rise of the Ronin. But we’re a little less enthusiastic about the new Star Wars remasters. These are the flaming hot takes you need...
The New Pokémon Anime Proves Leaving Ash Was The Right Decision
12.3.2024
It’s been over a year since The Pokémon Company announced that Ash Ketchum, the long-time protagonist of the anime series, would be leaving the show and making room for new heroes. After a few final tribute episodes to Ash, who had led the show for a quarter century, Pokémon Horizons took over...
Pokémon Actor Veronica Taylor Talks 26 Glorious Years Of Ash Ketchum
2.2.2024
When Veronica Taylor was called to audition for a Japanese cartoon in 1998, she had no idea what to expect. Heavily pregnant and living in New York, the 33-year-old actor had just finished a run of commercials, soaps and theatre productions, before a chance call from her acting coach sent...
Palworld’s Pokémon Modders Return With Sarcastic Non-Infringing Mod
30.1.2024
Palworld, and the infamous mod that changed its Pokémon-like creatures to actual Pokémon, have entered some sort of Inception-style vortex of copyright-violating complexity. After Nintendo DMCAd the living juices out of ToastedShoes’ mod, the group has returned, their work adapted, to now fill...
Pokémon Company Issues Statement About Palworld, Says It Will 'Investigate'
25.1.2024
The Pokémon Company has released a statement about Palworld, the survival game colloquially called “Pokémon With Guns” whose familiar creature designs have courted controversy since well before its January 19 launch. Well, we can assume the statement is about Palworld and the allegations...
Nintendo DMCAs Palworld Mod That Makes Everything Pokémon
23.1.2024
Well, it was fun while it lasted. Nintendo has taken action against the Palworld mod that would have made the “Pokémon With Guns” label much more literal. So if you were hoping to play Pocketpair’s monster-taming survival game as long-time Pokémon anime protagonist Ash Ketchum capturing...
After Playing Palworld For 6 Hours I Still Haven't Shot A Pokémon With A Gun
22.1.2024
Over the weekend, I downloaded Palworld on my PC. I was excited. After all the weird trailers and screenshots showing Pokémon-like creatures using assault rifles or being shot with handguns, I was ready to earn official Xbox achievements as I killed Pokémon facsimiles using modern guns. It...
Modders Have Already Put Actual Pokémon In Palworld
22.1.2024
Even before it entered Early Access on January 19, Pocketpair’s monster-collecting survival game Palworld was widely being referred to as “Pokémon With Guns.” But mere days after launch, modders have already taken steps to really drive the comparison home by adding actual Pokémon characters to...
Pokémon Concierge Has The Best Vibes Of Any Show In The Series
3.1.2024
Pokémon Concierge is concentrated delight and whimsy cutting through Netflix’s rancid vibes. While the streaming service has been more than willing to cut jobs within its animation branch and has opted to use AI to fill in the gaps it’s created while raising its subscription price, Concierge...
The Week In Games: What’s Coming Out Beyond Pokémon: The Indigo Disk
11.12.2023
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The New, Ash-less Pokémon Anime Is Finally Getting Its English Dub
29.11.2023
The Pokémon anime is entering a new era after sunsetting longtime protagonists Ash and Pikachu earlier this year. The newest series, Pokémon Horizons, follows heroes Liko and Roy, and has been airing in Japan since April. After an excruciating wait, it’s finally making its way to the west with...
The 9 Best Pokémon TCG YouTubers To Follow
13.10.2023
Anyone surprised by what manages to become popular on YouTube clearly hasn’t been paying attention. From magnet fishing for trash, to trampolining off high platforms, there’s a channel with over a million subscribers for everything. So it shouldn’t shock anyone that when it comes to watching other...
Detective Pikachu Returns: The Kotaku Review
10.10.2023
Detective Pikachu Returns, the new Switch adventure from Nintendo, is not great at a lot of things. It’s incredibly simple for an adventure game, only looks about as good as the original 3DS game did seven years ago, and even when it has its own take on things, a lot of its big twists have been...
The Pokémon Anime’s Spookiest Episode Aired 25 Years Ago Today
2.10.2023
The Pokémon franchise doesn’t scare me that often. Sure, when I see Pikachu take a hard hit in a battle, I’m scared for his health. When Giratina shows up to fight my beaten-down team at the end of Pokémon Legends: Arceus, that’s also terrifying because I’m running low on Pokémon to fight back....
These Pokémon-Themed Skateboards Are Selling for $20K
26.9.2023
We’re pretty used to eye-watering prices for Pokémon TCG cardboard products, but how about for Pokémon skateboards? A recent collab between the pocket monster company and Santa Cruz Skateboards, which sold out in literal seconds, saw thousands of people buying sealed, unknown decks, which are...
An Ode To Pokémon’s Ash Ketchum
5.9.2023
On September 8, Ash Ketchum’s final Pokémon episodes will premiere on Netflix. After 25 years and over 1,200 episodes, the anime has retired its long-time protagonist and is moving on to new main characters Liko and Roy as they embark on a journey throughout the Pokémon world. Depending on who...
An Ode To Pokémon’s Ash Ketchum
5.9.2023
On September 8, Ash Ketchum’s final Pokémon episodes will premiere on Netflix. After 25 years and over 1,200 episodes, the anime has retired its long-time protagonist and is moving on to new main characters Liko and Roy as they embark on a journey throughout the Pokémon world. Depending on who...
10 Things You Should Never Say To A Pokémon Fan
7.8.2023
Pokémon fans come in all shapes and sizes. There are the competitive sickos, the shiny hunters, or the lore nerds that just want to learn more about Game Freak’s world with each game. On top of that, there’s anime watchers, card game collectors, Pokémon Go players whose biggest touchstone with...
Fairy Pokémon Have Become A Queer Calling Card
26.6.2023
Fairy Pokémon are technically the new kids in town, but the series’ most recent type has been around for a decade. The eighteenth type was introduced in Pokémon X and Y, and not only did it give a new, reliable counter to dragon Pokémon, it also recontextualized several old Pokémon by changing...
The New Detective Pikachu Game Still Exists And It's Coming This Year
21.6.2023
Detective Pikachu has more mysteries to solve. The Pokémon spin-off sequel still exists and is just a few months away with a Switch release date of October 6, 2023. Read more