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This New Scarlet And Violet Pokémon Is Unexpectedly OP
13.12.2022
Pokémon has a new meta contender in town, and it’s…a cute mouse family? That’s right. In addition to having unsettling in-game implications like how parents hatch out of a single egg, the Tandemaus line is also incredibly powerful: its signature move can exceed the base power of attacks such...
How To Get Every Legendary In Pokémon Scarlet And Violet
12.12.2022
Wherever you’ve fallen in your Pokémon journey in the month since Pokémon Scarlet and Violet were released—either sticking to the grind or protesting some of the year’s most flagrant bugs—you’re still under the shadow of a 24-year-old refrain: gotta catch ‘em all. Though Scarlet and Violet...
Pokémon Cards Get Rid Of Those Hideous Yellow Borders After 23 Years
9.12.2022
The date for the all-new Pokémon Scarlet & Violet TCG cards has been revealed, along with some really excellent news: International cards are losing their godawful yellow borders! Woo-hoo! We’re at last getting the gray/silver Japan enjoys, along with a bunch of other quality-of-life...
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Punishes Fans For Being Filthy Casuals
7.12.2022
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is school-themed in almost every way, including the Pokémon League challenge. Except there’s one curveball once you collect all the badges: You have to pass a job interview. I passed by answering conservatively, but tons of other players are failing the test for the most...
The 9 Most Busted Games Of 2022
7.12.2022
2022 was a huge bummer of a year for a lot of reasons, and buggy video games only exacerbated that feeling. It really does suck to shell out $60 or, as is quickly becoming the norm, $70 on something that is fundamentally broken at launch, especially if that something was created under exploitative...
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet’s Passive EXP Hack Feels Too Cruel To Use
6.12.2022
Farming experience points has never been easier. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet introduced a “Let’s Go” function that allows your leading Pokémon to auto-battle roaming opponents in the overworld. But if you want to take your laziness a step further, there’s a passive farming hack that lets...
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Saves Its Worst Technical Disaster For Online Raids
5.12.2022
We’ve chronicled the many, serious issues with Pokémon Scarlet and Violet since its release last month, but there’s one aspect—worse than any other—that has not received enough attention: Its abysmal online raids.Read more
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Contains One Of The Greatest Facts Of All Time
2.12.2022
Within the many, many aspects of the new Pokémon Scarlet And Violet (PSV), from its Gym campaign to its Titan-battling storyline, is one feature that is easily forgotten: its Academy lessons. For the most part, that’s for a good reason—they’re astoundingly boring. But there’s one moment, in...
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Patch Divides Players Over Whether Anything's Fixed
2.12.2022
Rumors are swirling that Nintendo may have underplayed its hand with yesterday’s Pokémon Scarlet and Violet patch announcement, with some suggesting that the worst of the framerate issues have been significantly improved. In our own very unscientific tests, it looks like this might at least...
You Only Have A 1 Percent Chance Of Getting This Scarlet And Violet Troll Pokémon
2.12.2022
Dudunsparce is already the biggest joke of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s Pokédex. There’s almost no visible difference between this new Pokémon and its pre-evolution Dunsparce save for an extra segment on its body. Even still, yours could be special. So if you really want to catch ‘em all,...
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet: The Kotaku Review
1.12.2022
While I motorbiked off three consecutive cliffs in Pokémon Scarlet, I was forced to confront a hard reality about myself: I struggle with change like anyone else. I talk big about wanting innovative gameplay but, in a Pokémon title at least, I wanted the familiar comforts of knowing exactly what...
These Upcoming New Pokémon Cards Are The Most Beautiful Ever Made
1.12.2022
The final set of Pokémon TCG cards for the Sword & Shield era had made some impressive noise, before we’d even seen a card. Celebrating the end of the V, VSTAR and VMAX generation, the Japanese VSTAR Universe, and English-language Crown Zenith, are sets that said they were going all-out...
Nintendo Finally Acknowledges The Buggy Mess Of Pokémon Scarlet And Violet
1.12.2022
As has been much chronicled, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet was released in a messy state. Riddled with bugs, crashes, clipping, pop-up, and abysmal framerates, it was so unfit for purpose that many attempted to get their money back. Nintendo has been characteristically quiet on the matter, previously...
15 Of The Most Messed Up Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Pokédex Entries
30.11.2022
Say what you will about the performance issues with Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (PSV), it can’t take away from some of the Pokédex entries. While it’s so easy to just glaze straight past the in-game descriptions as you send another new Pokémon’s book spinning to the virtual shelf, it’s often worth...
This Scarlet And Violet Pokémon Might Commit Murder And Fans Are Obsessed
29.11.2022
Sometimes Fairy-type Pokémon look cute and are cute. Other times they look cute and they want to kill you and your entire family. Tinkaton falls squarely into the latter category. In fact, it even has a preferred victim: the spooky-looking Corviknight. Read more
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Duplication Glitch Creates Endless Items
29.11.2022
Pokémon is no stranger to item duplication glitches, and players have already discovered some big ones in Scarlet and Violet. While an earlier version of the exploit required precise button press timing and a lot of hassle, a new and improved version lets players endlessly multiply their rarest...
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Look Goofy Without Voice Acting
29.11.2022
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet may be pretty busted, but they’re also a lot of fun. Being able to choose where to go next and take on quests and gym leaders out of order is a breath of fresh air. The story’s quite decent, too, with one major drawback: none of the dialogue is voiced. Usually I’m all...
Fuecoco Is The Best Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Starter, Unless...
28.11.2022
The persimmon-hued Pokémon Fuecoco is dumpy, with pointed buck teeth sticking out of its gaping mouth. Its arms are small and probably inflexible, and it bumbles around Pokémon Scarlet and Violet on its stone-sized toes, trying to gobble burnt-up fruits. What a dummy. But Fuecoco also leaks...
Welp, Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Players Found A Way To Kiss Their Monsters
28.11.2022
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet may be plagued by a bevy of technical exploits and glitches, but fans of the monster-collecting RPG are still enjoying Paldea’s open world. You can hang out with your monsters in a variety of ways across the new region,, including having a picnic. Some players, however...
Don't Make This Mistake And Prevent Your Pokémon From Evolving In Scarlet And Violet
28.11.2022
If it happened to me, then it can happen to you. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s worst evolution method is preventing players from evolving their beloved Pawmo and Rellor over hours and dozens of levels. By the time I went on Reddit to figure out why my Paldean electric mouse wasn’t evolving, he...