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The 10 Biggest Kotaku Posts Of 2022
26.12.2022
What did Kotaku readers click on this year? Once you see the list of 2022's top 10 posts below, the topics likely won’t be too surprising. Things like Pokémon, hentai, and and fast food are practically internet catnip. You might read about them even as you curse your curiosity about these...
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...
This Pokémon's Got An Evolution After 23 Years, And It's Such A Troll
11.11.2022
With Pokémon Scarlet and Violet now about as comprehensively spoiled as a game can be prior to release, especially after yesterday’s 22-and-a-half hour livestreaming of the game, people are starting to dive into some of the nitty gritty spoilers you may not think to ask about prior to release. Most...
Clean A Demon's Sex Toys In This Punk Slice-Of-Life Game
20.10.2022
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Store Says Man Stole Pokémon Cards, Then Tried To Sell Them Back
9.9.2022
Selling stolen goods to the place you took them from in the first place may not be the most brilliant of thievery plans, but it certainly saves on police paperwork. This is the alleged crime of a Washington man, who the Bellingham Herald reports stole a whole bunch of Pokémon and Magic:...
Here Are Pokémon Scarlet And Violet’s Exclusives (So Far)
4.8.2022
Vulpix or Growlithe? Zangoose or Seviper? Ever since Arceus made the world in its image, Pokémon fans have had to grapple with a huge choice: which version to get. That quandary will remain in place for the latest games, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.Read more
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s New Gym Leader Makes Fans Sexually Confused
3.8.2022
When the Pokémon Presents stream showed off a new ice-type gym leader for the first time, many fans thought the trainer, Grusha, was a girl. But official materials eventually revealed that the leader of Glaseado Gym is actually a man who uses he/him pronouns. Some fans were startled when they...
Here’s Every Pokémon Scarlet, Violet Purchase Perk To Know Before You Buy
3.8.2022
The Pokémon Company has commanded a steady stream of information about Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet, out November 18 for the Nintendo Switch, since February to encourage maximum mouth frothing. Today, it encouraged more extreme-level mouth frothing with its Pokémon Presents livestream and...
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet's Fidough Is A Good Boy Everyone's Already Fallen In Love With
3.8.2022
Today’s Pokémon Direct brought us a slew of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet news, and of course within that were glimpses of some freshly revealed Generation IX monsters. The stand-out being the inexplicable Fidough, a cute little puppy that’s seemingly...uncooked bread?Read more
Meet The Sunny Pokémon Scarlet, Violet Rival You'll Soon Be Mercilessly Stomping
3.8.2022
The Pokémon Company came through today with a roughly 20-minute livestream detailing various Scarlet and Violet information, including the rival you’ll encounter across both games.Read more
That Massive Pokémon Scarlet, Violet Leak Looks Plausible After The Latest Official Trailer Drop
3.8.2022
The latest info dump for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet will likely only add fuel to the fire for rumors and speculation about the upcoming games. That’s because it confirms Pokémon in the Gen 9 entry will be able to transform into more powerful crystallized versions of themselves. That detail...
Pokemon Scarlet, Violet's Legendaries Are Goddamn Motorcycles, Here's The Open World You'll Explore
3.8.2022
Pokémon fans didn’t have to spend long scouring blurry leaked images for details about Pokémon Scarlet and Violet versions. Today, during a Pokémon Presents livestream, Nintendo showed off a ton of footage for November’s Switch-exclusive tent poles.Read more
Competitive Pokémon Now Allows Mythicals, And It Changes Everything
2.8.2022
Competitive Pokémon trainers are both excited and terrified at the recent rule changes in the video game championships (VGC), where players compete against one another via Pokémon Sword and Shield in an array of leagues. Mythical Pokémon are now allowed for official tournament play for the first...
Pokémon Presents Big Info Dump Announced Amid Alleged Leaks
1.8.2022
The Pokémon Company announced its next Pokémon Presents livestream will take place on August 3. The upcoming info dump on Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and other Pokémon games comes just in time as fans, desperate for new details, pour over a recent flood of alleged leaks for the earlier than expected...
Police: A Half-Million Dollar Pokémon Card Collection Heist Was Just Called In
27.7.2022
We’re an odd species, what with our predilection for scarcity, even if that scarce item is a piece of cardboard with a cartoon drawn on it. So it is that 62-year-old South Carolina resident Christopher Polydorou is alleged to have had his home broken into, and his $500,000 Pokémon card collection...
Logan Paul Turns Most Expensive Pokémon Card In The World Into An NFT
8.7.2022
In a new video, YouTuber and professional wrestler Logan Paul shared how he purchased an exceedingly rare Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon card from 1998, which PSA grading company rated a minty ten and for which Paul paid a whopping $5,275,000. The video also reveals the harrowing truth: He’s turning...
What Yu-Gi-Oh Meant For Immigrant Duelists
7.7.2022
Yu-gi-oh never reached the same heights of global mainstream acceptability as Pokémon. The art had a bold style that never fell in line with mass market appeal, and each generation of cards came with a new convoluted ruleset that often stumped even the most dedicated fans. Yet the trading card game...
The Creator Of Yu-Gi-Oh Has Died
7.7.2022
Manga artist Kazuki Takahashi, best known as the creator of the Yu-Gi-Oh series (and the popular card game it’s based on), has been found dead.Read more
Summer Games Done Quick Raises Over $3 Million For Charity
4.7.2022
Summer Games Done Quick, a charity speedrun marathon that was back with an in-person event for the first time in a few years, was held between June 26-July 3 in Bloomington, Minnesota. And at the end of the week, once all the runs were done, the event had raised an enormous $3 million...
Pokémon Go Studio Cancels Projects, Cuts More Than 80 Staff As It Struggles To Find Next Hit
29.6.2022
The mobile game company behind Pokémon Go, Niantic, is struggling to find its next big hit. And now, a new report claims the studio canceled multiple projects and laid off staff members in an effort to “streamline” operations.Read more