Pokémon

Mega Pokémon, Hanging Out With Their Kids

Aww. Who knew that badass mega Pokemon acting like caring, loving parents could be so sweet? Take this Charizard using its tail to help lil Charmander toast its marshmallow, for example. Artist arkeis-pokemon has a whole bunch more where that came from, too: Adorable. You can check out more of arkeis-Pokemon’s work here.

Google Is Awarding People The Title Of Pokémon Master

Remember Google’s Pokémon April Fools gag? There was more than just map-searching behind it, because those who took part and captured every single one of the critters are now being rewarded for their efforts. Reddit user tinygrump got sent this from Google last week. The letter is nice, but the business cards are priceless (seems…

Don’t Fall for This Pokémon World Cup Hoax

Yesterday, a tweet from what appeared to be a FIFA World Cup Twitter account said the Japanese soccer team arrived in Brazil in a Pokémon jet. And people fell for it. Lots of people. The tweet was retweeted over 7,000 times. USA Today, The Sporting News, SB Nation, The Toronto Sun, and even CBS Sports…

Who’s dropping jewels? It’s Mega Sableye, the newest Mega Evolution that will be showing up in the Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire remakes coming out this fall.

Pokemon Butt Meme Finds Its Way into a Supermarket…Again

This is Froakie. In Japan, his name is “Keromatsu” (ケロマツ), with “kero” referring to “ribbit” in Japanese. Yet, a couple of supermarkets have mixed that up with something else: Ass. As you can see in the image uploaded by Twitter user zinrai_bastar, this isn’t Keromatsu bread. Oh no, it’s “Ketsumaro” bread, with “ketsu” (ケツ) meaning…

Pokémon’s New Mega Evolutions, In Action

We’d heard that the new Pokémon remakes would include megas for Mudkip and Treeko. But now we can see what they’re like in the actual game. Neat, eh? In fact, there’s a whole bunch of new footage of Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire—Hoenn is looking like a great place to return to: Admittedly, though, I…

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are due out in November, but what day in November? That would be November 21., giving players plenty of time to play the remakes over the Thanksgiving break. Thoughtful, that Nintendo. Want some footage?

Test Your Anime Knowledge! How Old Are These Characters?

It’s test time. Or rather, pop test time. Let’s see how much you know about the ages of anime and manga characters. Below is a selection of comparison images collected from Naver (here, here, and here) and from elsewhere online. Do you know which characters are older? Which ones are younger? Yes, sometimes the characters…

Snorlax Makes an Excellent Bed

Remember when we said Pocket Monster Snorlax made a wonderful pillow? Well, he makes an even better bed. Dubbed “Monster Bed,” this isn’t a licensed product. It is, however, a wonderful custom-order handmade bed from South Korean Etsy seller iamknight. Yours for US$288. That doesn’t include shipping, though. It does include cute. Monster Bed(Custom Order)…

To Stream Pokemon, You Must Be Serious

Are you into playing Pokemon? What about streaming it? Because Twitter user Gon_z sure is. Just check out this set-up. Gon_z streams Pokemon on live channel NicoNama in Japan, hence the monitors and multiple consoles. It looks like someone has caught them all. ポケモンプレイ環境自慢は基本 [Gon_z] To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com…

Mudkip and Treecko Have Mega Evolutions In The New Pokémon Remakes

That’s not all: as suspected, Groudon and Kyogre will have new forms in the new Pokémon remakes, Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire. The information comes from CoroCoro magazine scans posted by Pokemon website Serebii. According to Serebii, Mega Sceptile (aka Treecko’s mega) is a Grass/Dragon type Pokemon and will have the “Lightning Rod” ability. Mega…

Lego Pikachu

Lego Pikachu by Lego Junkie: Via Lego Junkie You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Omega Intro: we haven’t seen much of the new Pokemon remakes, but someone’s already animated the footage to look like a cartoon. Awesome. (Via AlyMation)

My Big Day Out at the Pokémon National Championships

A boy is crying in front of me. He’s being spoken to by an official-looking woman in a red and black t-shirt, a sad toothy grimace etched across his wet face. His mum stands next to him, listening patiently. Every few moments she turns to her son and repeats what’s just been said in a…

Even Pokémon Think Taking Turns In Battles Makes No Sense

If you think about it, waiting around and letting someone attack you while you do nothing is kind of silly—and undoubtedly, the Pokémon we throw into battle feel that way about turn-based combat, too. Here’s a funny video by Shippiddge, where Pokémon decide to stop playing by the rules and just fight normally for experience…

Grown Man Impersonates 151 Pokémon

Brock Baker is a man of many voices. In this case 151 of them. Like the dude says, he doesn’t exactly fit the demographic of an actual Pokemon voice actor, so it’s quite the achievement. If you want to see more of Brock’s work, here’s a compilation of Simpsons characters he took a swing at…

Final Fantasy Characters As Pokémon Trainers

With a little redesign, Final Fantasy characters would make pretty cool Pokémon trainers. You just have to find the matching Pokémon for them. Artist Andrew Ryan did just that. Gotta love Barrett with his Pokéball launcher arm. Here are the characters from Final Fantasy VIII, with the same design: And the characters of Final Fantasy…

Remember, People Eat Pokémon

As cute as they are, and as childishly innocent as the world they inhabit may seem, it’s always worth keeping in the back of your mind the fact that people eat Pokémon A fantastic article on Modern Farmer looks at this secretive and unsavoury practice, drawing from both precedent (Slowpoke Tail) and conjecture (there’s not…

Pikachu Is Finally Reunited with His Great Love: Ketchup

Among Pokemon fans, it’s well-known that Pikachu loves ketchup. Heck, back in 2000, Heinz even released a special edition ketchup with Pikachu on the bottle. But the character hasn’t been seen eating it in the anime for years. That is, until last night. As a refresher, here are scenes of yore featuring Pikachu eating ketchup.…

Pokeball Engagement Ring Box

Paul Pape is currently specializing in custom made engagement ring boxes, including this pokeball. Read on to see more of his designs, including Minion, TARDIS, and Sorting Hat boxes: You can see more of Paul’s designs at his Tumblr You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos…