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Japan’s Pikachu Cafe Serves Pikachu Burgers and More

Japan already has loads of Pikachu- and Pokémon-themed products, whether that’s soft drinks, candy, or even curry. But typically, those simply have a Pocket Monster slapped on the labelling. The official Pikachu Cafe is a tad different. Opening this weekend in Tokyo, the limited-time “Pikachu Cafe” will be servicing up Pikachu-themed eats that are supposed…

Name And Publicly Shame Your Most Useless Pokémon

As awesome as owning Pokémon would be, it would undoubtedly come with some drawbacks—just like owning real pets would. But if the newest Pokémon trend is anything to go by, it would be kind of hard to stay mad at our Pokémon. Right now, tons of artists are taking the “pet shaming” meme and are…

Check Out Pikachu’s New Cosplay Outfits

Though we detailed some of this last week, here’s some footage of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire’s new mega, secret bases, and yes, Pikachu dress-up. Too cute. Here’s what The Pokemon Company has to say about the Pikachu cosplay: First introduced in Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, Pokémon-Amie returns in Pokémon Omega Ruby and…

You Can Dress Up Pokémon In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Oh My God

And now for the cutest thing I’ve seen all week: scans of Japanese magazine CoroCororeveal that the upcoming Pokémon remakes will have some form of dress-up, presumably for the contests feature included in the original games. While you’ll have to visit Pokémon news website Serebii to see the scans, they show an adorable Pikachu dressed…

It’s hard to capture in a drawing exactly how badass Charizard is, but Genzoman managed to do it. The Chilean artist, whom long-time Kotaku readers might know for his excellent video game-related art, apparently picked Charizard because it’s his son’s favorite Pokémon. Charizard by Genzoman [deviantART] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning,…

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Yup, The Pokémon Remakes Will Totally Have More Megas

Primal Reversion won’t be the only type of evolution featured in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire—we’ll also be seeing some new mega Pokémon. Obviously, if you don’t want to be spoiled on what these megas are, you should probably stop reading now! According to Anime News Network, the newest issue of Japanese magazine CoroCoro…

Taking Pokémon Cosplay To The Next Level

Dressing like a Pokémon trainer is only part of a good costume. You also gotta get your Pokémon pals right—and this group of cosplayers nails it. Check out these pictures of 4 Itchy Tasty Cosplay head Brett Horn at this year’s Anime Expo. He created a bunch of to-scale Pokemon puppets, modeled above by a…

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What Happens When Pokémon Realize They Don’t Need Humans

Pokémon are smart creatures—frankly, I’m surprised they let humans boss them around at all. What if Pokémon fought back against the humans, and started using each other as trainers? It’s kind of a silly premise, but this video by Shippiddge made me laugh—especially when it came to what humans sound like to Pokémon. Plus, I…

Pokémon As Colossal Beasts From Attack on Titan Are Unsettling

Attack on Titan eyes make everything a lot creepier. Beth Emery, an artist on DeviantART, drew a few mash-ups, and even the cutest Pokémon like Jigglypuff or Bulbasaur would look, well, unsettling with Titan features. That Colossal Titan and Cubone mashup is really great though! Attack on Titan Pokémon by zsparky [DeviantART, via TinyCartridge] To…

Yay, One Of Pokémon’s Best Features Is Coming Back

One of the best things about Ruby and Sapphire was “secret bases”—a feature which let players decorate their own special space, ala Animal Crossing. Alas, secret bases aren’t in the newer games, X & Y-but they’ll be in the upcoming remakes, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. From the Pokemon website: Super-Secret Bases are an awesome…

The Brazil-Germany Match, Explained Via Pokémon

If you’re having trouble understanding what happened in the World Cup today, then perhaps this highly scientific Pokémon image of Mega ‘mon versus baby Pokémon can break it down for you. Makes sense to me, at least. (Via Will Thompson)

The Excellent Pokémon Art Academy Art of the Past 24 Hours

The new game, Pokémon Art Academy, allows you to upload your Pokémon artwork to the Miiverse. As the game released in PAL territories last week (and Japan two weeks before that), there are already scores of artwork to browse though. Some of it is pretty amazing—even just in the last 24 hours on the Japanese…

Fans Are Pissed About Alleged Cheating In The Recent Pokémon Tournament

Astute Pokémon fans noticed something interesting during the Pokémon National Championships this past weekend—something that seemed like it should have been impossible without the use of cheating. Attempting to cheat at Pokémon tournaments isn’t new: literally thousands of people have been caught in the act before. Nevermind the huge prevalence of hacked Pokémon online, be…

Here’s How to Draw Pikachu

Can you draw Pikachu? Do you want to learn how? Pokémon Character Art Director Ken Sugimori is here to teach us all. On The Official Pokémon Channel, Sugimori gives a step-by-step explanation as to how to draw the iconic character. If you are interested in learning how to draw more Pokémon characters, then perhaps Pokémon…

The Pokémon Trading Card Game for the Game Boy Color is making its way to the 3DS eShop… in Europe. The game will arrive on Thursday, and will cost €5. We’ve contacted Nintendo to ask when (or if) the game will come to the US eShop, and will update you should they reply. (via Kotaku…

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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…