Pokémon

Pokémon Make For Badass Mecha

Because Lugia, leader of the Legendary Birds, who can tear cliffs down with one wave of its wings, apparently isn’t terrifying enough by itself. So now here it is in the form of a flying death robot. The mecha-mon were posted to r/pokemon by the artist, derangedhyena. There’s five pieces of artwork in total, depicting…

Pokémon X, Y & Z Is the Newest Pokémon Anime Series

Guess we’ll get to see that latest legendaryin action. Animated action. The upcoming animated feature film has been teasing a green blob character, and now we’re getting a weekly animated series with the five different forms. Pokémon X, Y & Z kicks off in Japan on October 29. To contact the author of this post,…

Lucha Libre Pikachu Looks Badass In The Pokémon Fighting Game

Why have one Pikachu in your Pokémon game when you can have two? I was ready to react to “Masked Pikachu” with “Fuck Pikachu,” but after watching its trailer, I’ve decided that actually, this version of the yellow mouse is pretty awesome. Masked Pikachu makes more sense to include than normal Pikachu, who otherwise looks…

Fan Game Will Let You Bring Horrible Pokémon Fusions To Life

Mashing together unlikely pairings results in hilarious Pokémon—that’s exactly why Alex Onsager’s fusion website, which lets people create Frankenstein Pokémon with a few easy clicks, blew up the internet a while back. I have a feeling fusions are about to make a comeback in 2015, though—and it’s all thanks to a cool upcoming fan game.…

The Newest Legendary Is Actually Five Different Pokémon In One

It might be in the running for “most ridiculous Pokémon yet.” If you play Pokémon at all, then you’re probably already familiar with Zygarde. It looks like this: Well, as it turns out, that’s actually one of many different forms that this Pokémon can take. First, the Pokemon starts out as a cell. Then it…

I’d Have Loved Some Pokémon Nesting Dolls Growing Up

I remember having an original, “fat” Pikachu plushie, which was nice enough, I guess. But as far as gameplay goes,matryoshka dolls are on a whole other level. At least compared to plushies. Pikachu and its ilk above are part of a series called “Pokétryoshka,” created and recently posted on Tumblr by Michael Myers of Drawsgood…

Good Pokémon GO Joke, Square Enix Montreal

Here’s a cheeky tweet from the makers of Lara Croft GO, a very good mobile game and successor to Hitman GO. Those games both come from Square Enix Montreal and now share a suffix with the upcoming and completely unrelated mobile game Pokémon GO from Niantic, The Pokémon Company and Nintendo. The Square folks don’t…

Pokémon Go Could Be Amazing (And Maybe A Bit Dangerous)

The words “alternate reality game” were the last thing some hardcore Pokémon fans wanted to hear last night. I understand why. It’s a spin-off. It’s on mobile. You can’t play from the comfort of your own home. And yet! Pokémon Go could be the shot in the arm that the monster-collecting series needs. The key…

New Pokémon Game Takes Place In The Real World

Today, the Pokémon Company unveiled its latest Pocket Monster experience. It’s called Pokemon Go “The day has finally come when Pokémon appear in the real world,” Pokémon designer Junichi Masuda said of the ambitious project. Here’s the debut trailer. The game is being developed by Niantic, a former Google start up known for it’s augmented…

I Wish There Were Pokémon Toys Like This When I Was A Kid

So Pokémon wasn’t a thing in North America until I was 25—the point still stands. Younger me could have learned a lot from Battle Moves Pikachu. How to dodge, for instance. I recently got a chance to play with a pair of Pokémon toys from Tomy that should either be in stores now or in…

Rihanna, The Pokémon Gym Leader

Some days, Rihanna looks casual. Other days, she’s a fashion icon. On this day, she was a Pokémon Gym Leader. While the photo is from last May, it wasn’t until this month that Twitter user Buildacastle pointed out that it looked like The Pokémon Company designed her outfit. Tumblr site Green Glasses created some brilliant…

An Official Pokémon Card Based On Fan’s Art

Artist James Franzen entered the Pokémon Art Academy contest, and hey, he was one of three winners for North America! Nice one, James. In addition to internet fame, though, he also got a super sweet prize: 100 copies of an actual official Pokémon card featuring his art. They’re the only 100 copies, so…yeah, all these…

Pokkén Tournament is The Pokémon Game I Always Wanted

The summer of 1998 found me weeding through my parents’ recycling for a peanut butter jar. Once I had found one and cleaned it out, I scrawled “Pokémon” on the side in permanent marker. I wasn’t exactly sure what Pokémon was, but according to Nintendo Power, it was the next big thing. A butter container…

Pokémon Look Really Cool As Giant Mechs

Japanese artist 太斗· converts Pokémon into giant Japanese robots. And not just random ones, either, but characters from the Zoids universe. It’s a franchise that’s really popular in Japan in the form of model-kits. And indeed, they all look like images of an assembled mecha from a model-kit’s instruction manual. To contact the author of…

That Pokémon Slowpoke Song Is Kind of Messed Up

Remember the official Pokémon reggae song that wasreleased last year in Japanese? Today, it was translated/tweaked so that it’s in English—which means we can take a closer look at the lyrics. And, well…they’re kind of uncomfortable! Let me preface this by saying that we all know that people eat Pokemon. That’s just a fact. In…

Dancing Pikachus Sure Are Hypnotic

You thought the marching Pikachus were mesmerizing? They were! And so are these dancing electric rodents. Just. Look. At. Them. These clips were taken at last month’s Pikachu festivities in Japan—with YouTube users swapping out the Pocket Monster songs for pop tunes. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him…

In June, designer Karolin Gu started drawing one Pokémon a day, posting the results on Instagram in what she calls “The Tiny Monsters” series. She’s currently at Tentacool, ie. #72, and plans to eventually draw every Pokémon in existence. Only a few hundred more to go! You can follow her progress here Thanks to Tianlin…

The Pokémon Company File Stupid Lawsuit Against PAX Party

The Pokémon Company, the business devoted entirely to managing all things Pokémon, has filed one hell of a lawsuit against the organisers of a PAX party that had been scheduled to go down last week. As Motherboard reports, the Unofficial Poke’mon (sic) PAX Kickoff Party is in trouble for two things: the first is using…

Pikachu Uses Doorway. It Wasn’t Very Effective.

Here’s a hilarious brief scene from PAX, witnessed by Kinda Funny’s Tim Gettys. Poor Pikachu. Nobody thought to check if the doorways were big enough, huh? Contact the author at [email protected]

The Pokémon Anime’s Intro In GTA V

God save all the regions of the Pokémon universe with Trevor in it as a trainer. Youtuber Merfish recreated the original 1997 anime’s opening with GTA V characters, and the only cute thing in it is Michael dressed up as Pikachu. There’s also a side-by-side comparison: To contact the author of this post, write to:…