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Canadian artist Beth Turnsek is the one to thank for these amazing Pokémon images which reimagine the Japanese series in her own charming style, which resembles classic animated films. More »
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Ignorance is bliss—an adage worth keeping in mind for any Pokémon trainer. If you've subdued, captured, and are now deploying a faithful Diglett, just don't ask questions. Picture its subterranean sections being identical to the cute upper-torso you see sprouting above the earth so cutely. More »
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A popular Zelda meme gets reworked for Pocket Monsters. More »
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The Taj Mahal built in snow? Aizuwakamatsu Castle? Taiwan's National Palace Museum in ice? Meh! (Okay, all these are pretty cool, but stick with me.) The Sapporo Snow Festival isn't only frozen famous landmarks, it also showcases some of the geekiest snow sculptures on Earth. More »
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In years past, whenever Pokémon knock-offs appeared in other countries, Japanese netizens would post them online to laugh and point. This time, it's not a foreign rip-off. It's homegrown. More »
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Remember Pokémon: Type Wild, the fan-made fighting game that took Pocket Monsters and made a 2D fighter for them? Here's some more gameplay footage. More »
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Pikachu is cute and all, but when it comes to battling Pokémon it doesn't get much better than Mewtwo. Players of Pokémon Black and White can witness this power first-hand starting February 12. More »
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The text is a little corny, sure, but the overall presentation was surely super effective. More »
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Aussie artist Barry Wazzy, who floored us with his photoshopped PokéBalls earlier in the month, is flooring us again this week with another helping. More »
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Herman Cain, whose campaign for the Republican presidential nomination included bizarre references to both SimCity and Pokémon, is officially out of the race. He was still on the ballot for Saturday's primary in South Carolina, though, and made a joint appearance with TV satirist Stephen Colbert in an effort to gin up votes for Colbert's own joke campaign. More »
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Pokémon don't faint. That's Nintendo blowing sunshine up your ass. They battle other creatures with elements, teeth and claws, and when one of them loses, they are beat up. More »
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Upcoming Pokémon game Pokémon Plus Nobunaga's Ambition is getting the usual array of Pocket Monster merchandising. More »
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Nintendo released another trailer for its upcoming collaboration with Koei Tecmo, Pokémon Plus Nobunaga's Ambition. More »
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This April the Light Grey Art Lab in Minneapolis, Minnesota will be transformed into the ultimate trainer fantasy, when 151 artists take on the 151 original pocket monsters in an all-out Pokémon Battle Royale. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5875990&view=rss&microfeed=true Boy, Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition is goofy! But don't write the DS game off just yet: it will have over 200 Pocket Monsters, selected from past Pokémon games. [忍之閻魔帳] More »
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The Poké Ball, the device which catches and holds Pocket Monsters, comes in various types. There are twenty-six variations, all different. Sadly, they're not real (neither are Pocket Monsters!). But what if they were? More »
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Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition has a release date: Mar. 17. The game is priced at ¥5,800 or US$75. More »
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Kim Jong-il passed away last month, leaving his manga-reading gamer son Kim Jong-un as successor. More »
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Thank website Doodle of Boredom and be glad Vader is out of the ladies room and back where he belongs: riding a Pocket Monster. More »
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A situation that's surely played out at hundreds of birthday parties over the years gains new life courtesy of the fine folks at Dorkly. More »
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Meet the Arnold family of Frankfort, Illinois, a five-person powerhouse of pure Pokémon battling power. This championship winning team stars in the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2012 as the Largest Competitive Pokémon Video Game Family. More »
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Nintendo tipped the world off to its coming software line-up last month, but it seems like they left a few aces up their sleeves as far as what's coming to the 3DS. More »
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A "Mocachu" as seen on GameTrailer's SideMission Twitter account. More »
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It was about three months ago that sixty-three year-old Toshinobu Takamoto noticed two bumps attached to a Japanese persimmon growing in his yard. More »
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It wasn't a dream. There really is a video game coming that crosses the world of Pokémon with that of Nobunaga's Ambition, a Japanese history series developed by Tecmo Koei. This is its trailer. More »
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For years now, a steady stream of new Pokémon games have been coming out. If you've played one, you basically know what you are getting yourself into. Not this time. More »
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You've got to save missing Pokémon in the upcoming Wii title. Those Pokémon, they always need some kind of saving or training or both. Here's a teaser filled with pocket monster cuteness to get you ready for the sequel to Poképark: Pikachu's Adventure. The game's out next February. More »
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Herman Cain delivered one of American politics' most bizarre WTF moments when he quoted the Pokemon movie during the press conference where he suspended his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Host Jon Stewart and the writers at The Daily Show take that moment and make it more WTF-er by offering up a few other lines from the toyetic feature film that the CEO candidate could've uttered. More »
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If the world was overrun with Pokémon, how would you handle it? Probably better than Scott here. More »
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If one didn't know better, it would be easy to think one-time presidential candidate Herman Cain is a gamer. His tax plan seems to be ripped straight out of SimCity and his go-to inspiration quote comes from a Pokémon movie. What gives? More »
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Republican Herman Cain quoted a Pokémon movie once more as he suspended his campaign for President of the United States today. More »
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You might look at a bruise as something to cover up. Hide it until you recover. One Twitter user saw something else: A Pocket Monster. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5861747&view=rss&microfeed=true The long rumored Pokémon: Gray inches closer to reality with a teaser in the latest issues of Japan's Jump magazine, hinting at an "astonishing announcement" on Dec. 17 at the Jump Festa event in Chiba, Japan. [Twitpic] More »
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They don't seem that similar aside from the fact they're printed on cards, and they were never really competition, either, but in October 2003 that didn't stop the companies behind Magic Cards and Pokémon battling somewhere other than the tabletop or the schoolyard. More »
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With a Victini-themed sweepstakes, the limited theatrical release of Pokémon the Movie: White-Victini and Zekrom, and a special December distribution event, players will be hard-pressed to elude the victory Pokémon this holiday, not that they'd want to. More »
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UPDATE - Video removed at request of persons involved. Some Yu-Gi-Oh fans were in their local Toys R' Us when they spotted a kid reacting...poorly to his mother's decision to not let him buy any Pokémon cards. More »
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Tokyo has a rat problem. Shibuya is crawling with "super rats". They're called "super", because the rodents seem highly resistant to rat poison. One thing these rodents aren't impervious to? Artists. More »
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Commenter Balmung of the Azure Sky has been thinking about Pokémon lately, and believes it's high time the franchise gets the modern-day makeover it desperately needs. How would you folks bring Pokémon up to date? Speak Up on Kotaku, I choose you! More »
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Pokémon Rumble Blast is the first Pokémon game for the Nintendo 3DS, but it's not a real Pokémon game any more than the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon or Pokémon Ranger games are. This is no role-playing game involving turn-based battles and gym trainers. More »
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After collecting non-combat in-game pets for nearly seven years, Mists of Pandaria will finally give players the ability to collect, level, battle, and trade these monsters in their pockets. Who will be the very best like no one on Azeroth ever was? More »
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