Pokémon

Almost A Year Later, Pokémon X & Y’s Ghost Girl Is Still A Mystery

Pokémon X & Y are rather happy-go-lucky games—that is, with the exception of a mysterious ghost girl that managed to freak players out last November. You’d think that by now, almost a year after her discovery, we’d know what her deal is…but no. She’s still somewhat of an enigma. Some background, in case you’re not…

The Pokémon Remakes Grant Players The Power Of Flight

Because there’s no better time to drop fresh Pokémon news than minutes after a major preview embargo lifts, The Pokémon Company gives us “Soar” a new ability that allows players of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire the ability to fly through the air on the backs of Mega Latias and Latios. Securing Latios…

One Of The Worst Pokémon Games Is Getting Remade, And It Looks Good

If we absolutely had to pick the worst Pokémon game, I wouldn’t blame anyone for putting Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire high on the list. Don’t get me wrong—I love those games to death, they defined a chunk of my childhood. But looking back, even I can admit that Ruby and Sapphire aren’t exactly the best…

Shiny Gengar haunts U.S. GameStop locations today.Today through October 26, trainers with a copy of Pokémon X or Pokémon Y can receive a special code card containing Shiny Gengar holding a Gengarite Mega Stone at participating GameStop locations. Don’t miss out, as I doubtlessly will.

Pokémon trainers have a long journey ahead, a post-apocalyptic or at least really dark one, according to kevinbolk‘s superb gloomy drawing on DeviantART. Here’s the full pic of the trainer and his master balls: Pokemon: The Trainer With No Name by kevinbolk [DeviantART] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of…

Nothing Says Traditional Japanese Food like Pokémon

During the New Year’s holidays, Japanese people eat a traditional food called osechi ryouri (お節料理). This is a very important meal, so why not eat it Pokémon style? The New Year holidays are the biggest of the year in Japan. The entire country shuts down, and folks unwind with family. For well over a thousand…

The Pikachu Bed of Your Dreams

Pikachu is so cute that you might just want to snuggle up with the Pocket Monster and go to sleep. Well, now you can. Available via Mercari, this is the Pikachu Bed. It weighs 15 kilograms (33 pounds) and has a washable cover. Oh, and it looks like everyone’s favorite electric rodent. While this might…

Mulan’s ‘I’ll Make A Man Out Of You,’ But About Pokémon

I can barely handle this Li Shang version of Ash Ketchum. Heck, I can barely handle most of this parody of Mulan’s iconic song, ‘Make a Man Out Of You.’ It’s just too good. EsquirebobAnimations packs this video with a ton of clever references to Pokémon, and the process involved with training Pokémon—all in the…

Pokémon‘s Johto Region As A Middle Earth-Style Map

Artist Adam Rufino created a Middle-Earth-styled version of Johto, the setting of the Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal games. Really cool details, and it also reminds me of all those 2nd edition Dungeons & Dragons maps of the Forgotten Realms. Johto Map by Adam Rufino [Behance] To contact the author of this post, write to:…

Getting Started With The Pokémon Trading Card Game

Every year I watch the Pokémon National Championships, and every year it gives me the itch to return to the Pokémon Trading Card Game something fierce, but with store shelves flooded with countless colorful card packs, I didn’t know where to start. So I turned to The Pokémon Company for help. Why did I need…

The iPad version of the Pokemon Trading Card Game—already out in Canada—now has a U.S. release date of September 30.

Pokémon Would Make Awesome Monster Hunter Enemies

I feel like the Pokémon games’ assessment of what would happen if the world were overrun by giant super-powered creatures is a little… optimistic. DeviantArt user Arvalis—of Pokemon-as-giant-friggin’-dinosaurs fame—has taken to pointing a Monster-Hunter-fication beam at some of his favorite no-longer-pocket-sized monsters. The result? Creations like this awesome Charizard, a beast of majesty, harrowing size,…

The Sound And Fury Of 251 Angry Pokémon

The first venture into full 3D for the second generation of pocket monsters, Pokémon Stadium 2 gave fighting poses and battle cries to all 251 Pokémon from the first and second generations. Now they’re all in one video. YouTuber MasterOfHyrule utilizes what I can only imagine is a heaping pile of disposable free time, all…

Official Pokémon Card Game for iPad Just Launched On Canadian App Store

The Pokémon Trading Card Game just showed up on Canada’s iOS app store. This means that it’s likely heading to other territories soon too. The Pokemon Company announced it during the Pokemon World Championships last month. For now it’s iPad-only, but it syncs up with the long-running desktop version Here the first details of what…

Seven Types Of Pokémon Players

It’s easy to find ourselves and our playstyle in Dorkly’s latest comic with seven of the most typical Pokémon players represented. Poor shinies… Being a Pokémon owned by some of these trainers must be brutal. Click here for more Dorkly comics The 7 Types of Pokemon Players [Dorkly] To contact the author of this post,…

A Life-Sized Pikachu Plush Toy Is Going On Sale

You could say that’s pretty big. You can say it’s even as big as Pikachu really is, because, well, it is. Japanese clothing chain Beams is offering a life-sized 6-kilogram (13.22-pound) stuffed Pikachu. I had no idea Pikachu was so damn heavy! However does Ash lug that creature around all the time? According to Beams,…

OK, Maybe Pokémon Shaming Is A Bit Cruel

Just like real pets, Pokémon wouldn’t be perfect. But it’s much harder to shame them for any mistakes when you can actually hear the Pokémon explaining what happened! They’re too cute! Damn you, Silly Filly Studios. Maybe we shouldn’t Pokémon shame at all. Or maybe Pikachu should stop shitting the bed. Either one would work.

The Original 151 Pokémon, Recreated in Minecraft

Minecraft, being a block-based builder, has always been a favorite outlet of pixel artists everywhere. Like this enterprising player, who set out to painstakingly build replicas of the 151 original Pokémon in-game. Each Pokémon took redditor QueenMercury thirty minutes to three hours to build. This isn’t the first time somebody’s recreated the original 151 in…

Thank Pokémon for the Cool Transparent 2DS Handhelds

I’ve always thought the Nintendo 2DS looked, well, terrible. These new 2DS handhelds don’t. Transparent hardware is terrific-looking, and these 2DS units are no exception. According to Eurogamer, the Transparent Red and Transparent Blue 2DS handhelds will be released in Europe when Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire go on sale in late November.…

Pokémon’s Pallet Town In The Sims 4

Pallet Town, the home of Professor Oak and a total of 8 people might be small with its original three buildings, but that’s just the right size to make a Sims version possible. Trunkleton, the creator of this build, was really careful with the details, even indoors, on this 50×50 lot: Here’s “Gen IV” Pallet…