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Pokémon Go Fest 2023 Is A Reminder The Game Is Meant For A Big City
21.8.2023
Pokémon Go Fest 2023 was a surreal experience for someone who has only had a passing relationship with the mobile ‘mon collecting game since it launched in 2016. On the bus back to Manhattan from Randall’s Island Park, I sat surrounded by people from all walks of life brought together by Pokémon...
Pokémon Go Fest 2023 Is A Reminder The Game Is Meant For A Big City
21.8.2023
Pokémon Go Fest 2023 was a surreal experience for someone who has only had a passing relationship with the mobile ‘mon collecting game since it launched in 2016. On the bus back to Manhattan from Randall’s Island Park, I sat surrounded by people from all walks of life brought together by Pokémon...
The Pokémon Battle Gimmicks, Ranked From Worst To Best
14.8.2023
Nearly every mainline Pokémon game has changed up how we engage in battles alongside our favorite little (nongendered) guys. Whether pitting multiple monsters against each other at once or full transformations for your team, each Pokémon game puts a specific twist on its fights. But even though...
New Wiglett Pokémon Plush Looks A Lot Like Something Else
10.8.2023
Good news: The Pokémon Company released a Wiglett plush on its official Pokémon Center store. Bad news: it looks like a dick. Not a human dick, but, like, the Platonic ideal of an alien dick the U.S. government doesn’t want us to know about. Read more
Pokémon Sleep: The Kotaku Review
9.8.2023
I don’t think Pokémon Sleep is for people like me. By that, I mean adults with a relatively consistent sleep schedule with things to do as soon as they wake up. Adults who don’t want to be bombarded with numbers and thoughts of collecting Pokémon the moment their eyes open. But I definitely see...
The Old-School Pokémon Trading Card Game Comes To Switch Online
8.8.2023
Nintendo Switch Online gets its first Game Boy Pokémon game on August 8 by way of the trading card RPG adaptation, Pokémon Trading Card Game. For anyone who’s too overwhelmed by the prospect (or the cost) of buying and collecting actual Pokémon cards and doesn’t have time to mess around with...
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...
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Giving Rare Charizard Away For Free
26.7.2023
The Pokémon Company is giving all Pokémon Scarlet and Violet players a formidable Dark–Tera Type Charizard in honor of card expansion pack Scarlet & Violet—Obsidian Flames’ release on August 11. Read more
Police Catch Bombing Suspect After He Left Behind Pokémon Cards
22.6.2023
A man suspected of building and detonating multiple explosives in Maryland was arrested by police after they connected some Pokémon cards left behind at a bomb site to him.Read more
Pokémon Legends: Arceus Should Be The Template For The Series' Future
24.6.2022
It’s clear that throughout its 26 year-long run, the Pokémon games have maintained a level of consistency that plenty others wish they could replicate. Truth is, this steady pace comes at a cost: the low-key quality of life buffs found in every entry often fall by the wayside come next time. As...
Some Pokémon Fans Think Scarlet And Violet’s Hot Professors Are The Villains
2.6.2022
In the mainline Pokémon games, there’s always a professor, and they’re always a mentor. It’s practically inviolable at this point. But some fans think the (hot) professors in this year’s Pokémon Scarlet and Violet might actually be the villains. Yes, this is just a theory, but it’s not...
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Seems To Offer Better Character Creation Options
2.6.2022
Of all the details revealed in yesterday’s Pokémon Scarlet and Violet news, one of the more subtle highlights was revealed in fleeting glances. For the first time in the franchise, it looks like character customization might have begun to acknowledge a neglected section of its fanbase. Read more
New Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Trailer Features Hot Profs, 4-Player Co-Op, And Lechonk, The Hero We Deserve
2.6.2022
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Everything We Know About Pokémon Scarlet And Violet’s Legendaries
1.6.2022
Hot professors! Four-player co-op! Lechonk! Today, the Pokémon Company dumped a trove of info about the next mainline Pokémon versions for Switch, Scarlet and Violet, including the release date (November 18, 2022). But a new trailer also pulled back the curtain on the two new version-specific...
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Will Have Different Version Professors, Four-Player Co-Op
1.6.2022
Today, the Pokémon Company announced the release date for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. It’s out for November Switch on November 18, 2022. Here’s a new trailer, featuring something brand-new for the series: not one but two professors.Read more
New Pokémon GO Card Is Really Ditto In Disguise
20.5.2022
The upcoming Pokémon GO expansion for the trading card game includes Melmetal VMAX, the original legendary birds, and a wild new Ditto transformation that is unlike anything the TCG has ever seen before. I’m sure it will be extremely rare to find and also incredibly satisfying for those that...
Pokémon x Converse Sneaker Collab Looks Lovely
11.5.2022
Pokémon and Converse Japan have announced a collaboration that will see four pairs of Chuck Taylors released, each one—appropriately, given the shoe in question—paying a coloured homage to the series’ earliest roots.Read more
Pokémon GO Mega Evolution Revamp Might Finally Make It Useful
26.4.2022
After years of bemusement, Niantic is finally overhauling Pokémon GO’s lackluster Mega Evolution systems, adding levels and bonuses to give players a reason to engage. This, they say, will make it easier to use the mightier monsters in the game, while adding more reasons to do so. It’s already...
The Pokémon Company Buys Its Trading Card Manufacturer While Demand Soars
20.4.2022
The Pokémon Company has announced that it will be acquiring The Millenium Print Group, the manufacturer that has been printing the Pokémon trading card game since 2015. According to a press release put out by TPC, Millenium will remain autonomous, while benefiting from TPC’s investments...
Forgotten Pokémon Musical From 2000 Gets 68-Minute Documentary
1.4.2022
For one brief, shining moment in time over 20 years ago, Pokémon ascended from the anime/video games plane where it normally resides and became something more. Something fancier, something jauntier. And then, just as quickly as it rose, it slipped right back down again, and most folks now forget...