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Hacker Builds Machine To Trade Pokémon With Himself

Trading Pokémon typically requires another person to swap monsters with you. But, sometimes trading with someone else is a hassle. And that’s why one guy decided to make the whole trading process easier for himself. Check out Pepijn de Vos‘s Arduino creation, which acts as a pseudo Game Boy that can hold Pokémon. He can…

By Patricia Hernandez Published February 17, 2015

Twitch Plays Pokémon Faces Its Toughest Challenge Yet

A year later, the hilarious social experiment that is Twitch PlaysPokémon is still alive. After playing through pretty much every game in the series, Twitch Plays Pokémon is tackling the game that started it all once more—but with a twist. Right now, thousands of people are playing the same game of Pokémon Red. The game,…

By Patricia Hernandez Published February 16, 2015

How Items In Pokémon Would Actually Work

The fine folks at Dorkly imagined how Pokémon items—that usually are just a few pixels with a short description—would actually look like. Here’s the “Ring Target” (moves that would otherwise have no effect would land on the Pokémon that holds it) above, and a few more below. To see all of them head over to…

By Gergo Vas Published February 16, 2015

Culture

A New World Record For Catching The Original 151 Pokémon Quickly

Most people never catch all of the original 151 Pokémon in Red and Blue. But one Pokemon speedrunning category challenges players to do exactly that—and without trading, too. Check out the new world record for catching all of the Pokémon in Red and Blue. It comes in at 2:20:19, and it’s performed by Shenanagans Smash,…

By Patricia Hernandez Published February 13, 2015

Wild Theory Explains Pokémon’s Biggest Mysteries

The twist at the end of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire doesn’t just make the Pokémon timeline bonkers. It might explain some of the stuff that Pokémon fans have been wondering about for years. For those of you that don’t know, in the extra chapter included in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, players are…

By Patricia Hernandez Published February 10, 2015

The Best Pokémon For Each Situation

With over six hundred pocket monsters to choose from, not all Pokémon are made equal. Some Pokémon are better than others. And if you’re looking for the very best Pokémon you can own, your choices are limited. But what do we mean when we say “best Pokémon?” Certainly, there are better designed-Pokémon than others. There…

By Patricia Hernandez Published February 9, 2015

Wwwwwhen A Twitch Stream Donation Goes Horribly Wwwwwrong

Pokemon streamer SherwoodLIVE (via Reddit) finds out the hard way why having a simulated voice announce donations is a bad idea. Dubwee dubwee dubwee dubwee.

By Mike Fahey Published February 8, 2015

The Best Pokémon Cosplay

You wanna see the very best? Okay, here you go. Here is a round up of some of the most outstanding Pokémon cosplay the internet has to offer (thanks, internet!). Some pics are old. Some are new. Some are accurate recreations, while others are reworkings of Pokémon characters. They’re all wonderful. Oh! And if you…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 5, 2015

The Most Popular Pokémon Used By Top Players, In One Image

Not all Pokémon are made equal. Some Pokémon are used more than others, and even elite Pokémon players have their favorites. Posted by Reddit user on r/Pokemon, here’s a look at the most popular Pokemon used by top players on Pokémon Showdown. For those that don’t know, Showdown is an online battle simulator used by…

By Patricia Hernandez Published February 4, 2015

Weirdness Ensues When 32 Fans Re-Animate The Pokémon Intro

You’ve got two types of animators here, basically: the ones doing straight-up recreations of the first Pokémon opening’s iconic shots, and the ones with… different ideas. Inspired by the similar Moon Animate Make-Up project, Pokémon ReAnimated comes from an Ottawa-based group of 32 animators, headed up by Spencer Moreland, who also edited the whole thing,…

By András Neltz Published February 3, 2015

Kotaku East

Pikachu Keeps Loners Company at Pokémon Cafe

For some folks, eating alone is awful. But not at the Tokyo Pokémon Cafe, where Pikachu will watch you eat. As noted on Naver, people visiting the cafe solo get to sit across from a plush toy Pikachu. [Photo: snivylover] [Photo: future39_miku] [Photo: alpacapaca] [Photo: tetsukire] [Photo: aimia492] The Pokémon Cafe isn’t the first to…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 30, 2015

PSA: Remember To Download The Free Rare Pokémon Available Now

Are you playing Pokémon Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire right now? Good news. Game Freak is giving out a few rare Pokémon that you’ll want to pick up. All you have to do is go into the game, and select ‘Mystery Gift’ from the main menu, and put in a couple of codes. The code…

By Patricia Hernandez Published January 30, 2015

The Hidden Meaning Behind the Name of One Pokémon Region

Pokémon’s current series director Junichi Masuda has been working at Game Freak on the Pokémon series since the original Ruby and Sapphire, the source material for the two newest games, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Back then, he was what’s known as a “planner” in Japanese game companies:…

Keza MacDonald Published January 29, 2015

The Most Infamous Pokémon Bootleg

There’s Pokémon Crystal, the third game in the second generation of Pokémon games. And then there’s Pokémon Vietnamese Crystal, the bootleg version of the game with mistranslations. There’s a difference. Pokémon diehards have probably heard of Vietnamese Crystal, but for those of you that haven’t, it’s worth checking out. According to Bulbanews, back in the…

By Patricia Hernandez Published January 28, 2015

Kotaku East

The Pokémon Arcade Fighter Has a Dumb Controller

Geez. I know that Namco is trying to make Pokkén accessible to lots of players, but a control pad? For a fighting game you play in arcades? Really? Recently, Kotaku introduced this controller, along with several other new things revealed about the game. According to Namco’s Katsuhiro Harada, who heads up the Tekken team, the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 27, 2015

10 Cool Things We’ve Learned About The Pokémon Fighting Game Today

Much footage of Pokkén dropped last night, all of it featuring intense battles between monsters that Pokémon fans know and love. While we shared a trailer earlier today, it only scratches the surface of all the cool new things hidden inside of Pokken Let’s take a closer look, shall we? Trainers are still in the…

By Patricia Hernandez Published January 23, 2015

Bulbasaur Isn’t Neccesarily The First Pokémon

Trivia time! Which Pokémon came first? The answer may not be what you think. According to the Pokedex, the answer seems clear-cut: Bulbasaur, the cabbage-like Pokémon, is number one. So it’s gotta be the Pokemon that comes first, right? No, actually. The “first Pokémon” varies depending on how you look at it, and what criteria…

By Patricia Hernandez Published January 23, 2015

Watch Pikachu Lay The Smack Down In New Pokémon Fighter Trailer

The world got its latest look at Pokkén last night and, damn, it sure looks brutal. It’s no joke when pocket monsters rumble, yo. The fighting game version of the popular creature collection franchise got streamed last night, with a few new Pokemon characters revealed. Suicune and Gardevoir will be joining Pikachu in the martial…

By Evan Narcisse Published January 23, 2015

You Need Quantum Physics To Explain Pokémon‘s Timeline

We already know that, thanks to alternate dimensions, the official Pokémon timeline has become ridiculous. If you break it down using science, things only get even more bonkers. The Game Theorists pull out quantum mechanics to explain the nitty gritty of how Pokémon‘s lore explains all the different versions of Pokémon that exist in the…

By Patricia Hernandez Published January 21, 2015

Kotaku East

Eating Pokémon Food Can Be Frightening

Well, that certainly is scary. Website Omo69 visited the newly opened Pokémon Cafe Ω Ruby & α Sapphire in Tokyo, ordering the Pikachu rice omelette with blue “aqua sauce.” You can also order magma sauce, instead. This is the meal. Its official name is “Rice Omelette that Would Also Make Pikachu Smile.” And the aqua…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 21, 2015