Pokémon

Watch The Pokémon National Championships Live, Right Here

The very best Pokémon video game and card players in the United States have converged in Indianapolis, Indiana this weekend to see who gets to lose to players from other countries in August’s World Championship. Let’s watch. Unlike other global competitions I could mention, the U.S. actually has a pretty good shot at taking home…

Pokémon Wonder If We Actually Love Them, You Know

When a Pokémon takes one of our available six slots in a game, it’s not always an inclusion born out of love. Maybe we just need a specific type of Pokémon to deal with a threat. Maybe it’s just a temporary inclusion, the best Pokémon we can find at that point in the game. Maybe…

Pokémon Art Academy Will Teach You How to Draw Pokémon

So, you like Pokémon? Are you looking to learn how to draw or to improve your drawing? Well, Pokémon Art Academy can help you with that—as long as you’re drawing on the 3DS anyway. Good – Teaching By Doing It is no secret that I am just abysmal at drawing. In truth, I’m barely competent…

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Japan Is Getting One Piece Airplanes. They Kind of Suck!

At least the flight attendants will apparently wear straw hats just like One Piece character Luffy. I guess. According to Naver and Excite, five of Japanese carrier Skymark’s Boeing 737s will get a One Piece decal. This isn’t a complete decal wrapping or paint job like the Pokémon jet. Here is All Nippon Airway’s Pokémon…

Colorful ​Pokémon Dress Lets You Wear ‘Em All [Update]

Who knew Pokémon could be so fashionable? This dress from Poprageous purports to include “literally EVERY Pokemon character.” From the look of the dress, I’m guessing that means they included all 151 well-known Pokémon, and not the full 700+, but I haven’t counted. Regardless, that is a lot of Pokémon to fit on a single…

Introducing ‘Pocket Monster,’ For All Things Pokémon

Between the games, anime, and strong fan-following, what can contain the behemoth that is the Pokémon franchise? Since the release of Pokémon X & Y, we’ve covered the franchise regularly—we’ve done everything from break stories like Twitch Plays Pokemon to posting all the neat cosplay the franchise inspires. It’s not enough. Every day, there are…

When Pokémon Look Like Their Masters

Logan Faerber did these fantastic Pokémon images, in which ” trainers reflect their Pokemon in some subtle way, such as hair style, body shape, pose, etc.” You can see more of Logan’s work at his personal site

The Tropical Island Dilemma: Challenging Video Games’ Stereotypes

According to video games, the only thing I’m interested in—when I’m not being lazy—is sunshine, fun and carefree living. In the world of video games, this is the stereotypical Caribbean person. Many video games I’ve played leave me with that all too familiar sentiment. Often, their portrayals extend beyond this idea of a sameness in…

We Love Lilly’s Amazingly Terribad Pokémon Art

Pokémon just wouldn’t be Pokémon without a rival to constantly challenge you. Thus, even drawing game Pokémon Art Academy has a rival—a girl named Lilly. But while I thought I was the worst artist in the world, Lilly proved me wrong. Her art is terrible—so terrible, it loops all the way back around to wonderful.…

A Week with Pokémon Art Academy Actually Improved My Drawing Skills

When I first sat down with Pokémon Art Academy over a week ago, I decided to do a little experiment. I drew the first three drawings of the game freehand on a notepad as I came across them. Then today, I tried again—and I’m truly surprised at the improvement. It’s funny, as I was drawing…

Just so you know, actor Mark Ruffalo – of The Avengers fame – has a favourite Pokémon. And that favourite Pokémon is Squirtle.

​Pokémon‘s Pallet Town Has Never Sounded So Smooth

Everyone loves video game town themes. They’re so relaxing; there’s no need for tension or strife, because we’re safe at home. We don’t have to fight battles or solve puzzles; it’s time to take it easy. The Pallet Town theme from Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow is a particularly relaxing town theme, and it’s made all the more…

Pokémon’s Beefiest Misty Cosplay

Kind of looks like Misty has been working out, huh? This hunk-tastic rendition of Misty comes from cosplayer “Zee ‘JiNxXx’ Kotwal,” photographed above by Beethy. Kotwal can deadlift 484 lbs, making him possibly the brawniest Misty cosplayer out there. And yes, there are more pictures: (E Photography) You can check out more of Kotwal’s cosplay…

Watch As I Attempt to Draw Pokémon

I may be the single worst artist on the face of the planet. So let’s see if Pokémon can teach me to draw in Pokémon Art Academy Pokémon Art Academy was released in Japan for the Nintendo 3DS on June 19, 2014. It will be released in Europe on July 4, 2014; Australia and New…

Ash From Pokémon Has The Body Of A Greek God

Seems like running around the Kanto Region paid off or Ash simply knows the secret of the perfect six-pack. I hope he’s not on some special Pokémon diet. This is the figurine in question that goes into Pokémon territory where no trainer has been before. via TheRandomInMyHead [Tumblr] To contact the author of this post,…

The Best Pokémon 3DS Drawings Aren’t the Most Accurate

Nintendo 3DS game Pokémon Art Academy aims to teach players how to draw Pocket Monsters the right way. But what if you don’t want to learn to draw the right way? What if you just want to screw around? You can do that, too. As Kotaku previously covered, the game gives player tips on how…

​How Steam Sales Are Like Pokémon

Here in the midst of the Steam Summer Sale, it can be easy to lose sight of why we’re buying so many games. Is this really about actually playing things, or is it just about collecting ’em all? Dorkly‘s got another way of looking at things: Steam sales are just like Pokémon. A lot of…

A Diary of My First Day at Pokémon Art Academy

Dear Diary, after Mom kicked me out of the house because of my radical views on the role of Pokémon in our society, I didn’t know what I was going to do with my life. Everything in our world seems to rely on Pokémon slave labor—from construction work to farming! Heck, even photography seems to…

Ten Moves You Should Never Teach Your Pokémon

Every Pokémon only has four move slots—and those slots are precious. You shouldn’t waste your slots with useless moves. Especially not these moves. TheJWittz teams up with competitive battler Shofu here to give you a top ten list of awful moves you should avoid at all costs. While you’ll have to watch the video to…