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Pokémon Scalpers Are Already Ruining The World Championships
14.8.2025
The exclusive Pikachu Plush is one of many items already showing up on eBay for more than twice the original price
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Everything You Need To Know About Playing Pokémon Scarlet & Violet On Switch 2
12.8.2025
Modern Pokémon games have struggled quite a bit on the original Switch, so how does it fare with new hardware?
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McDonald’s Pokémon Promotion Ends In Utter Chaos
11.8.2025
The Japanese Happy Meal sold out in its first day, largely thanks to scalpers
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Pokémon TCG Pocket‘s Allegedly Plagiarized Cards Are Finally Replaced
8.8.2025
Brand new versions of the Ho-Oh and Lugia immersive cards are now in the set
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Ah, Crap, Is Pokémon Using AI-Generated Art To Promote One Of Its Next Big Events?
7.8.2025
A new piece of promo art has fans suspicious about how it was made
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Nintendo Of America Once Suggested Pokémon Company Should Give Pikachu Big Naturals, It’s Claimed
6.8.2025
A decades-old interview with The Pokémon Company’s CEO has put a fan dispute to rest
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GameStop Is Reselling Your Graded Pokémon Cards In Ridiculously Priced Mystery Boxes
4.8.2025
The $60 boxes appear to mostly contain around $30 to $40 worth of cards
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The Most Expensive Cards In Pokémon TCG's Black Bolt And White Flare
30.7.2025
Pokémon TCG’s Black Bolt And White Flare might be an anticlimactic ending to the Scarlet & Violet era, but some of the cards included are fetching extraordinary prices. We’ve compiled the top ten highest selling cards in the split sets.Read more
Pokémon TCG Pocket Apologizes, Pulls New Cards Following Plagiarism Accusations
30.7.2025
When accusations of plagiarism are made, there’s usually an awful lot of back-and-forth, denials from all sides, and rarely clear-cut satisfaction. But after yesterday’s claims by a Chinese illustrator that his artwork had appeared in Pokémon TCG Pocket’s brand new set, Wisdom of Sea and Sky,...
Ranking Blizzard’s Proposed Overwatch 2 Collabs By How Much I Do Or Don't Want Them
29.7.2025
Overwatch 2 loves a collaboration. Blizzard has spent more time dressing up its heroes like characters from other worlds than nurturing its own lore, and that means fans can expect more themed skins in the future. If there’s one thing Overwatch fans can count on, it’s that Blizzard will find a...
Plagiarism Concerns Hit Pokémon TCG Pocket Over Ho-Oh Card Art
29.7.2025
A Chinese Pokémon fan has noticed that a piece of fan art of Ho-Oh that they say they created appears to have—based on leaks—been mirrored and included in the forthcoming Wisdom of Sea and Sky set, coming to mobile app Pokémon TCG Pocket tomorrow.Read more
Fans Think Nintendo May Have Accidentally Revealed Multiplayer For Pokémon Legends: Z-A
28.7.2025
Pokémon Legends: Z-A is just under three months away, and as far as we know, the RPG is a single-player game similar to Pokémon Legends: Arceus. However, Nintendo has added some information to the game’s eShop page that has fans speculating it might secretly have some kind of multiplayer...
5 Switch-Exclusive Games That Run Better On Switch 2 (Without A Patch)
23.7.2025
The Nintendo Switch 2 is already one of the most successful consoles ever launched, and with it came a roster of exclusive launch games that we can only describe as…a little lackluster. Don’t get me wrong, I am the target audience for a new Mario Kart and a remaster of a throwback 3DS RPG. And with...
It Took Me 10 Minutes To Hit A Paywall In The New Free-To-Play Pokémon Puzzle Game
23.7.2025
I know “free-to-play” is often a misnomer, and these games should actually be called “free-to-try,” but I haven’t played one that felt as blatant in its efforts to extract money from me as Pokémon Friends in a hot minute. The puzzle game/plush collector is cute and clearly geared toward young...
Pokémon is Updating Its Iconic 'It's Super Effective' Line For The First Time Ever
22.7.2025
If you’ve ever played a Pokémon game, you’ve probably heard the phrase “It’s Super Effective!” at least once in your life. It’s used to communicate to the player that an attack has struck an opponent’s elemental weakness. So if my Raichu brings down the Thunder on a water-type Pokemon, the text...
Pokémon's Unbelievably Bad Summer Showcase Leaves Fans High And Dry
22.7.2025
This year, The Pokémon Company took the unusual step of announcing today’sPokémon Presents nearly two months in advance, way back on May 28. Usually revealed to be happening with just a few days notice, this peculiar two-month run-up suggested that big things could be in store. Oh my goodness,...
Wait, The Free-To-Play Pokémon Puzzle Game Is Not Free On Switch?
22.7.2025
As is often the case with Pokémon Presents, The Pokémon Company made some announcements during its showcase this morning that initially sounded like cool and fun new things but gradually got worse as the reality became clear. Pokémon Friends, a new puzzle game in which you solve old-fashioned...
New Switch 2 Pokémon Legends: Z-A Bundle Will Save You Some Extra Money
22.7.2025
Tuesday’s big Pokémon Presents showcase was a dud, but one good thing that did come out alongside it is a new Switch 2 bundle that swaps out Mario Kart World for Pokémon Legends: Z-A. It’s $500 and ships when the game comes out on October 16.Read more
Everything We Saw At Today's Pokémon Presents Showcase
22.7.2025
It’s time for another Pokémon Presents, the twice-a-year presentation The Pokémon Company puts on to tell the world about some of the projects it has in the works. This is usually where we get a bunch of updates on live-service games like Pokémon Unite, TCG Pocket, and Go, as well as a more...
Here's How To Watch Tomorrow's 24-Minute Pokémon Presents, And DJ Pikachu Beforehand
21.7.2025
It feels like such a long time since we had any big Pokémon news. Back in February we had our last chunk of information about this year’s Switch game, Pokémon Legends: Z-A, but since then all has been tremendously quiet. Could tomorrow’s extra-long Pokémon Presents be about to give us something...