Pokémon

The Real Pokémon Gym Is Even Better Than We Thought

A Pokémon Gym is opening this month in Osaka. We’ve already gotten a peek inside, and it looked okay! Now, we’re going to get a better look, and it sure seems terrific. Website Gigazinerecently visited the Pokémon Gym and took a series of great photos. Here’s a selection of them. [Photo: Gigazine] [Photo: Gigazine] [Photo:…

Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow Are Coming To 3DS

The original Pokémon games are coming to the 3DS, Nintendo announced today. They won’t be remakes, as everyone had guessed/hoped, but the games will have online functionality that will allow you to trade with others without needing a cable link. Ha.

Nintendo just announced Pokemon Picross. It’s a “free to start” downloadable 3DS game with a purchasable currency called Picrites. You can capture Pokemon by playing Picross and use their support skills to help you. It’s coming to the 3DS eShop in early December.

YouTuber Makes Cool Anime Emblems For Call of Duty: Black Ops 3

For many Call of Duty players, many of the first 5 hours of play time are spent in the emblem creator. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK YouTuber PrimalLIQUID has been putting together some great anime-themed icons to rock on the battlefield, including the Pikachu above. If you’ve ever spent more than 5 minutes…

Pokémon Theme Becomes Late Night Drinking Companion

Twenty years from now we’ll finda scruffy Ash Ketchum in a dimly-lit bar, nursing a bottle of scotch while this song plays in the background. Last yearScott Bradlee’sPostmodern Jukebox did a pretty good rendition of the classic Pokemon theme song as an R&B slow jam. Today’s jazz arrangement, featuring the powerful and sultry voice of…

Dark Mewtwo is officially Shadow Mewtwo. A new trailer for Pokken Tournament clarifies the title ofthis weekend’s mutated cat creature.

Pokémon Go Legendaries Need Legendary Locations

Pokémon Go will be a game where people have to travel to real-world locations and interact with others to capture Pokémon. This raises the obvious question where the very rare ones will be. So for a simple Caterpie for example hanging around the nearby park might be enough. But what about Mewtwo? Or Dialga? The…

Pokkén Tournament Evolves Mewtwo Into A Darker, More Powerful Form

Well, power is relative when it can be beaten by Gengar, but the new boss patched into arcade versions of the Pokémon fighting game is definitely a darker version of Mewtwo. (Update: the official name is Shadow Mewtwo.) Appearing in video footage onJapan’s NicoNico service (via NeoGAF), the boss fans have dubbed Dark Mewtwo looks…

If You’re Visiting Japan, Check Out This Pokémon Gym

In Pokémon, the Gym is where you can go to train your Pocket Monsters. In Japan, the Pokémon Expo Gym is where you can shop and interact with Pokémon. Opening this November in Osaka, Pokémon Expo Gym is similar to Pokémon Center stores in that it offers a whole host of things to buy. One…

The Banned Pokémon Episode That Gave Children Seizures

On December 16, 1997, an episode of the then-unstoppable Pokémon animated series was broadcast in Japan. Barely thirty minutes later, nearly 700 children were on their way to hospital. Total Recall is a look back at the history of video games through their characters, franchises, developers and trends. The episode, called “Electric Soldier Porygon”, is…

Steam’s Big Dinosaur Game Is Becoming More Like Pokémon

In Pokémon, capturing and battling monsters was only a part of the experience. Serious training often meant breeding creatures that could create more formidable beasts. Soon, you’ll be able to do something very similar in Ark: Survival Evolved…but with dinosaurs. According to the developers on the Steam forums, dinosaur breeding has been pushed live to…

Charmander is Bigger Than I Remembered

Looking at Pokémon on a tiny handheld screen messes with your perception, I guess. Maybe watching the anime would’ve helped. In any case, this lifesize (ie. 22 inches tall) Charmander was lovingly handcrafted by Nazegoreng, a plushie maker from Australia. It’s not the first Pokémon she’s made. Before we look at a few more, here’s…

Ronda Rousey Just Cosplayed As Pikachu

Ronda Rousey is a Pokemon fan. We’ve established this But Ronda Rousey’s fandom has just entered a whole new stratosphere. Ronda has just reached peak Pikachu. Watch, jaws agape as Ronda trains in a Pikachu outfit. Marvel at the fact she could beat your scrub arse dressed in a onesie. This looks as though it…

Pokemon x Destiny’s Child is something I did not know I needed, but hey, life is full of pleasant surprises. You can hear more of GRIMECRAFT’s remixes here

Pokémon’s Backstory Might Be Darker Than Most People Realize

The cute monsters are a distraction—there seems to be something much more sinister going on in Pokémon. Hardcore Pokémon fans know this as the “Pokémon War Theory,” which PBS Idea Channel recently outlined in the video above. To understand it, you have to take into consideration a weird quirk of the games: have you ever…

The Sims, In The Style of Pokémon

YouTuber Hat-Loving Gamer has imagined and animated a life simulation game based in the Pokémon world. So, yes, think The Sims meets Pocket Monsters. It has aesthetics of old Game Boy Pokémon games. Too bad we didn’t have this back then! A game with unhappy Pokémon, glitchy tiles and that cool custom UI would have…

Edward Snowden’s favorite Pokemon is none other than the glitch-tastic Missigno. An appropriate choice, if you know what the mysterious Missingno is.

Tiny Pokémon Fit on your Fingertip

Very cute but probably very easy to lose. Better not drop them. Or take them near couches. These polymer clay sculptures were created by Ruby Huang, AKA Lonelysouthpaw. She likes to make clay fanart, basically, sometimes selling the results through Etsy. Apart from these Pokémon, which she recently started uploading on Instagram under the #pinkymon…

Inside a Pokémon Dream House

Imagine a house that is covered entirely in Pokémon goodies. Wait. Don’t imagine it, watch it on television! This Sunday a new Pocket Monster themed program called Pokémon no Uchi Atsumaru? (or Meet Up at the Pokémon House?) debuts in Japan. As with previous Sunday morning Pokémon shows, this one will introduce new Pokémon news,…

Someone’s Making A Working Copy Of Pokémon Red In Minecraft

Well, this is pretty damn incredible. What you’re looking at above is a screenshot of an ambitious project undertaken by RedditorMagib1, who is using command blocks in Minecraft to rebuild Pokemon Red in its entirety. The result is a working Game Boy of sorts, which is pretty bonkers to think about. “This is meant to…