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So, You Wanna Take Down Pokémon Scarlet And Violet’s Elite Four
23.12.2022
Defeating the Elite Four and the regional champion in battle is a rite of passage in most Pokémon games, and that includes Scarlet and Violet. These are supposed the most-powerful Pokémon trainers in the Paldea region, and overcoming them and their teams is the only way to become the regional...
In 2022 The Pokémon Franchise Finally Began To Evolve Beyond Nostalgia
21.12.2022
Pokémon is in the midst of a generational shift, and no, I don’t mean how Pokémon Scarlet and Violet just kickstarted the franchise’s ninth generation. Looking back on the monster capturing series’ last 12 months, it’s impossible to overlook the shift in how Pokémon is presenting its world...
The State Of The Nintendo Switch In 2022
20.12.2022
Pokémon saved the Switch in 2022, which was also the year that the console officially started to feel old.Read more
The Best Way To Get Pokémon Scarlet & Violet’s Only Cinderace
19.12.2022
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s Charizard tera raid event has concluded, and Game Freak has already announced what’s next: Cinderace. The Galar fire-type starter is not typically available in these games, and as such, will only be available through this raid. If the Charizard raid is any indication...
The Secret To Training Powerful Pokémon In Scarlet And Violet
17.12.2022
For most players, Pokémon games are a pretty straightforward affair of attacking enemies’ weaknesses and scoring that sweet one-shot. But Pokémon can become incredibly overwhelming once you start playing competitively. What’s an IV? What’s an EV, if not the cute brown fox who can evolve into...
If You're Not Cheering In Pokémon Scarlet And Violet’s Raids, You're Doing It Wrong
14.12.2022
Tera raids in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are a team-based affair, and part of that teamwork comes from using cheers, a set of commands exclusive to these four-player boss battles scattered across the games’ Paldea region. However, in my experience grouping up with randos online, I’ve often found...
The Best RPGs Of 2022
14.12.2022
It was another banner year for role-playing games. Even as the genre beloved for dialogue choices, skill trees, and making the numbers go up gets slowly subsumed into every major blockbuster from Dying Light 2 to God of War Ragnarök, there were still plenty of standouts, both big and small.Read more
You Only Have A Few Days To Catch Pokémon Scarlet & Violet's Only Charizard: Here's How
13.12.2022
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is bringing back its limited-time Charizard the Unrivaled tera raid this week on December 16. The event will last until December 18, and it’s the only way for players to catch the iconic dragon in these games as of this writing. So if you want to add Charizard to your...
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
Most Influential Artist: Trevor and Violet Jones
5.12.2022
The artist couple collaborated for the first time ever on their painting of Alexey Pertsev, the developer arrested for his role in creating Tornado Cash
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...