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Here's Your Damn Pokémon Puzzle League

This week's update for the Wii Virtual Console brings what many consider to be the best Pokémon title for the Nintendo 64, which is extremely odd considering it's really just Tetris Attack (Panel de Pon) with Pokémon painted over it. Pokémon Puzzle League (1,000 Wii Points) features Ash, Brock, Misty, Pikachu, and all of their adorable little friends playing Tetris Attack. It's got story modes, continuous play, timed play, animated cutscenes, and even 3D puzzles to keep the gameplay from falling flat. If puzzles and Pokémon aren't your cup of tea you can always check out this week's other release, Renegade for the NES (500 Wii Points), a beat-em up with a unique story about a guy who has to fight his way through several street gangs to rescue his kidnapped girlfriend. Girlfriends were such a liability in the late 80's.

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Why Does Pikachu Look So Content?

I mean...I knew Pokemon bred. It's a staple of the series. But, you know...I always thought it was Nintendo-style breeding, which just happens. Not real-style breeding, where...urgh. Full pic is after the jump, not because it's NSFW, just because it's NSF...brains. More »

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No Way Should Pokemon Be This Cute. Like, Ever.

Too cute. Must. Be. Stopped. Here's a fan created reworking on the Clannad anime. Originally a PC point and click visual novel, the smash hit Clannad has been spun off into anime and manga. Above, the ending of the Clannad has been given an unbelievably cute reworking. That, like we said, must be stopped. For those who have never seen the original saccharine-heavy ending theme, hit the jump. It's subtitled, too. Let the singalong commence! More »

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New Pokemon Game Hinted At

Guessing game time. The latest issue of monthly manga CoroCoro Comic has a teaser that runs a Pokémon timeline that hints at a new game going on sale this year. CoroCoro states there will be more info in the text issue. The chart lists each pair of Pokémon titles followed by the "remake." So, logic tells us it'll probably be a follow up to Diamond/Pearl Want to know went it'll go on sale? My guess is this summer in Japan, because they'll need a game to tie to the annual Pokémon anime. Kids on summer vacation need to stuff to watch and play!
Third Diamond/Pearl Game [Midnight Gaming via NeoGAF via DS Fanboy]

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Don't Smoke At All With Pokemon

Quitting smoking is hard! There are numerous ways to help folks kick the habit. Some of them work, some don't. For DS Fanboy reader and smoker of five years Dan, here's what's working for him:

decided that every time that I wanted a cigarette, I would turn on my DS and play some Pokémon. But the thing about going from two packs a day to cold turkey is that at first, you always want a cigarette. So the first three days, I did nothing but play Poémon non-stop. My routine was to sleep extra late (because if I'm not awake, I'm not craving a smoke), play Pokémon for about 8 hours with breaks to stretch and eat, read Pokémon walkthroughs, F.A.Q.s, strategies, and websites, and then sleep... After the initial push, it just required the willpower to keep playing Pokémon instead of smoking.

Dan has made it forty days without a cig. Years back, I used to smoke like one or two packs of Nat Shermans a day. But I quit cold turkey, which was insanely hard, and I physically felt ill — like I was going through withdraw. (Probably was!) Actually, it was Mrs. Bashcraft telling me this that made me quit: "When people who don't smoke leave a movie theater, have dinner or get off an airplane, they don't want a cigarette." Obvious and simple, but something about how smoking controlled what I did rang true and got me to quit.
Trading Pokemon for Smokes [DS Fanboy via Boing Boing]

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Pokemon Event Threatened, Event So Cancelled

April Pokémon card game events in Tokyo, Nagoya and Fukuoka have been cancelled after a blackmail letter threatened to disrupt the Tokyo event. The blackmail letter only mentioned the April 12th and 13th Tokyo event, but the Pokémon Company decided to nix the April 20th Nagoya and April 29th Fukuoka events as well. Says a spokesperson:

We thought the safety of our customers is our top priority. We deeply apologize for the cancellation.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has begun investing the case and whether multiple individuals are involved with the blackmail. If so, the police hope to catch 'em all.
Pokemon Event Cancelled [Mainichi] [Pic]

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Say It Better With A Pokemon Trophy Telegram

In Japan, when you want to send an important message and letters or email or faxes won't cut it, there is another option: The Pocket Monster Telegram. For only ¥2,100 (US $20), residents of Western Japan can send Pokémon telegram trophies to each other. Think about it. That's magical. More »

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Nintendo Goes After Paper Pirates

Sure there's plenty of video game and computer game piracy going on around the world, but what about those nefarious paper pirates? The nairdowells who spend their days copying Pokemon trading cards, not digital assets.

Well Nintendo is on to them too.

In one case on March 26, law enforcement in New York raided seven stores that were known fronts for faux Pokemon cards, seizing thousands of cards and making several arrests. In another earlier this month a Chinese production facility was raided and nearly 1.2 million Pokecards seized.

Nintendo says that during the past 16 months alone more than 47 million counterfeit pokemon cards have been seized at facilities around the world. One seizure alone in China netted 26 million cards.

"Pokémon wants to send a message to importers and producers that we will not stand for the distribution of fraudulent Pokémon product," says Pokémon spokesperson, J.C. Smith. "Pokémon is committed to ensuring our fans receive the quality product they've come to expect."

Wait, hold the phone! Pokemon have a spokesperson? Where the hell have they been during the long plight of the caged Pokemon. Why haven't they had a word with Gabe?


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Behold! The Pokedress

It's dress time! We love dress time!! Here's a Pokémon cami halter top one piece with a banded bottom. Thrilling, we know. For those unable to picture how this lovely dress would appear on a mannequin, hit the jump for that.

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151 Pokemons (Let Me Show Them To You)

We don't like posting auctions here. Because some other asshole makes money, and not us assholes. But for this we'll make an exception. Over at Yahoo! Auctions, one individual is auctions off 151 Game Boy Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition and Japan only Pokémon Green. These are the first generation Pokeé+mon. And 151 cartridges, that's a whole Pokeédex worth! The seller points out that the non-mint cartridges don't have instruction booklets or boxes, are grimy and scribbled on and make good dominos.
Pokémon Auction [Yahoo! Auctions]

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Wear Pikachu On Your Head!

That's not just a Pikachu baseball cap. Oh, no. It's a fitted Pikachu baseball cap! This officially licensed Bioworld made hat will ship this summer. Heads will never be the same.

Hit the jump for another Pikacap.

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Pokemones Are Not Oral Sexy Obsessed, Just Kissing Crazy

Yesterday, we brought word of "Pokemones", the androgynous, public-orgy-havin', Poké-watchin' Chilean youths. Well, according to Newsweek. And what does Newsweek know! It's only Newsweek. Chilean reader Juan writes:

STOP STOP STOP STOP!!!!
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Chile's Bi-Sexual, Orgy Having Pokemones

Cross cultural exchanges are always fun — especially when sex is involved! Over in Chile, gender-bending teens called "Pokemones" hold public oral sex orgies called "ponceo." Says 15 year-old Natalia Fernandez:

Ponceo is about having fun... This time I had seven partners.

Poneco sounds like it's about having more than fun, it's about having STDs! The "Pokemones" take their inspiration from *you guessed it* Pokémon. These Chilean boys and girls mix and match androygynous fashions and are very much tuned into web culture. Apparently, they're the first urban tribe born during the internet age. "I guess we don't really think about politics or anything," says 16 year-old Valentina Espinosa. "We're not for anything, but we're not against anything, either—well, except our parents getting mad at us for being Pokemones." Of course we wonder if they say "I choose you" during those public orgies. That's only polite, no?
Rebels Without Cause [Newsweek via a geek by any other name] [Pic]

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Order New Pokemon, Get Pokemon Guide

Ordering Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time or Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness early? Nintendo wants to give you stuff — namely a guide. Not just any guide, but a limited edition Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers Guide that contains tips, interviews and an original manga by Pokémon game art director Ken Sugimori. Yes, Nintendo want to bribe you. Hit the jump for the full press release!

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Fake Pikachu Brings Iraqi Children Happiness

This one is for a good cause. For the kids. Blog A Geek By Any Other Name was watching a fluff CNN piece about an Iraqi kids TV show. The clip showed how the show was a refuge from the war and let kids be, well, kids. Fair enough! Then guess who appeared? PHONEY FREAKAZOID PIKACHU! Yay!! A reporter interviewed one of the Iraqi kids who said that she really loved Pokémon. We bet she'd love the real ones even more.
Even Iraqi Kids Love Pokémon [a geek by any other name via Japanator]

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Pikachu Zapped With 10,000 Volt Electricity

Cruel, fitting or just plain awesome? YOU DECIDE.

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More Pokemon Ranch Details

Nintendo have gotten around to giving us all some new details on Pokemon Ranch (formerly Pokemon Farm), one of the first WiiWare games ever announced. Turns out anyone who wants to import their Pokemon from Diamond and Pearl onto their Wii can store up to 1000 of them in the "ranch", and once there, "interact" with them via activities. Like...sitting around a campfire with them. Seriously. I don't know about you, but prior to this update, I was a little concerned by this game. Now? That screenshot has me terrified.
Pokemon Ranch [via Go Nintendo]

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Pokemon Valentines, Now With Razor Blades

When one Floridian woman picked up some Pokemon valentines at her local Dollar General, her son spotted something peculiar sticking out from the bundled lollipops: razor-sharp chunks of box-cutter blades. Luckily he noticed the metal protrusion before he handed a lollipop to his sister for her tongue to go all Bulbasaur.

I'd always laughed at the warnings of razor blades in candy. But I guess that, yes, some people do hate children, or at least Pokemon, that much.

Woman Finds Razor Blade Inside Valentine's Day Candy
[WFTV via GoNintendo]