Pokémon

10 Things You Might Not Know About Pokémon

You might know that Pokémon is based on insect collecting, and that the games are based on different regions in Japan. That Pokemon trivia is easy. But I bet there are some factoids you don’t know about, even if you’re a hardcore fan. Buzzfeed put together a video that’s full of fun Pokemon facts, including:…

Hellboy As A 16-Bit Game

Hellboy by Drew Wise, who has created many video game t-shirt designs, including one celebrating Twitch Plays Pokemon: You can buy many of these t-shirts at The Yetee Via R/Gaming You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

The Next McDonald’s Happy Meals Have Pokémon Inside

McDonald’s has been kicking child-sized value meal ass as of late. Fresh off of a double team of Skylanders and My Little Pony and now in the midst of an Amazing Spider-Man 2 adventure, the fast food chain’s next choice is Pokémon X and Y. Not only are we getting a nice little selection of…

Left 4 Dead Featuring Bioshock Infinite Characters

One of a series of illustrations by Yhrite imagining Book, Elizabeth, and the Luteces in the world of Left 4 Dead. Click through for more, including illustrations blurring the line between Bioshock, Bioshock Infinite, and the films of Studio Ghibli. Here are a few of his illustrations blurring Columbia and Rapture: And here are a…

The Video Game Conference That Let Me Say Goodbye To A Departed Friend

There it is. The bench. That exact park bench. It’s one of the very first places where I said hello to a friend who would change the course of my entire life. And now I’m saying goodbye. Lost Levels is an annual “un-conference” that takes place outside in a park just up the street from…

Being a Pokémon Trainer vs Being A Pet Owner

Pokémon games make being a Pokémon trainer look like an absolute fantasy—especially next to owning a real pet. And sure, there are some aspects about being a Pokémon trainer that aren’t as messy as what comes with being a real pet owner. You can heal ‘mon for free. They come in all sorts of cool…

​The Pokémon Theme As An R&B Slow Jam

The Pokémon theme is an iconic part of many people’s childhoods — a perfectly catchy intro to a classic cartoon. But sometimes you gotta slow things down a bit and really jam it out. From Scott Bradlee (the guy who put together the sad clown version of Royals by Lorde) comes a ’90s slow jam…

10 Great Video Game Easter Egg Collections

Happy Easter, everybody! I’m guessing not many people will be choosing to read the Internet today instead of testing the limits of human chocolate consumption, but just in case, here are some amazing video-game-themed Easter eggs I found on the Internet. Some of them even come with instructions. Enjoy the weekend. See you on the…

Cosplaying Nintendo Characters

Pikachu and Toad from Jorge Vargas’s new collection of illustrations. See Princess Peach and more below: Pikachu/Rush Toad/Piranha Plant Princess Peach/Sakura Bomberman/Ryu Knuckles/Falco Kirby/Space Marine Previously: A Link to the Past Running on a Galaxy Gear watch You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs…

Realistic Pokémon Snap Would Give Me Nightmares

Hey that’s not the Mewtwo and the Cerulean Cave I remember from the Pokémon games. This—otherwise amazing—redesign by DeviantART artist arvalis is way more creepy. It reminds me of those combat-free horror games (Outlast, anyone?), mixed with the N64 classic, Pokémon Snap I don’t want Pokémon to be real anymore. What Lies in the Cerulean…

It’s Dangerous To Go Alone, Take One Of These

Don’t leave home without a Pokemon Previously: NBA teams redesigned with Pokemon-themed logos You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

All NBA Logos Redesigned With Pokemon

Micah Coles gave all NBA teams (plus the Sonics) Pokemon-themed redesigns: No, he won’t be selling t-shirts: Previously: SNES Commercial Featuring A Young Paul Rudd You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Why The Ending of Every Pokémon Game Is Garbage

You go through the trouble of collecting all 8 badges and defeating the Elite Four—and in some cases, sometimes you even try to catch them all. But what for? Pokémon games sometimes treat you rather poorly after doing all that work, when you think about it. Sure, new areas and quests open up, and in…

Pokémon and Attack on Titan Are A Bizarre Match Made In Heaven

What if, instead of unsettling humanoid titans, we had giant Pokémon in Attack on Titan? And what if Pokémon had guns we could shoot? And what if those guns shot Pokeballs? Questions that have kept us all up at night, I’m sure—and Arcane Kids is here to answer with Pokémon Millennial Edition. Because of course…

Take note, board game fans: Southern Hobby Supply has revealed two new Monopoly sets (via NWR)—one themed after Pokémon, the other, Legend of Zelda. Both will be released on August 21.

An Entirely New Way To Play Pokémon

Pokémon, in first person, played with an Oculus Rift plus a ‘virtual reality treadmill’ called the Virtuix Omni—which allows you to walk around naturally in a game. This is the future, folks. This is probably the most ‘realistic’ way to play Pokémon, too—imagine running through tall grass when your entire party is almost wiped out,…

The Wonderful World of Glitch Pokémon

You might know about the Missingno glitch from Red & Blue, that backwards L shape that players could encounter and catch despite not being a ‘real’ Pokémon. You might even know about the infamous Mew glitch. But these aren’t the only creature-related glitches you can find in Pokémon, amazingly enough. Glitch Pokezine is a collection…

Grown Man Arrested for Stealing a Child’s Pokemon 3DS

Thirty-two year-old Seiji Saihara was arrested for allegedly stealing a ten year-old boy’s Nintendo 3DS XL. It wasn’t just any 3DS XL, however. It was a limited edition Pokemon one. According to Sankei News, the incident apparently happened this past February in the city of Nishinomiya, which is near Kobe, Japan. Saihara allegedly stole the…

The Ten Best Bosses In Pokémon

The Elite Four, as we all know, is the final challenge every Pokémon trainer has to face at the end of a game. But after six generations, we’ve seen a ton of Elite Four trainers and champions—and some of these are definitely better than others. Here’s TheJWittz‘s picks for the best Elite Four trainers, a…

Too Bad These Condoms Aren’t Real

Frankly, I’m surprised that nerdy condoms like this don’t actually exist. Not because I want to use them or anything, but because I’m sure that someone hilariously would. Hell, they could probably work as a dorky conversation starter or something. Or ruin the mood completely, depending on who is involved, I guess. The condom designs…