Pokémon

Here’s The First Footage Of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

The long-awaited remakes of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire were announced earlier this week, and now we have our first, incredibly brief look at the games in action. Fans from around the world packed themselves into YouTube livestreams of this week’s episode of TV Tokyo’s Pokémon Get TV for a chance to catch the first gameplay…

The Return Of The Worst Pokémon Trainer Ever

After more than a year on standby, Dorkly recently returned to continuing saga of Rusty, the Pokémon trainer who kept a dozen Bidoofs in a single ball, killed Snorlax with a Toyota Camry and drowned his Zubat trying to teach it Surf. As Rusty enters a Ghost Pokémon tower, past mistakes return to haunt him.

10 Pokémon That Should Get Mega Evolutions In The Remakes

With Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire releasing later this year, fans have already started excitedly speculating about all the third generation Pokémon that might get a mega evolution—and this is that we don’t officially know if the remakes will have any. But who cares! Speculating is fun. NateWantsToBattle gives us his personal wishlist…

Talented Kotaku reader Bonny John’s ambitious project—to draw one Pokémon per day—is about to end, as he just finished an amazing Mew fan-art as his 151st drawing in a row. Below is the full picture. Head over to the TAY post for some WIP shots, and check out the rest of the Pokémon drawings here…

Something To Light Nintendo’s Darkest Hour

Because…screw it, why not

The Internet Reacts To The New Pokémon Remakes

They said Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire would never get remade. That people should just stop clamoring for them, that all the places that people saw “evidence” of a remake was just silly, desperate. It was beginning to look like Ruby and Sapphire remakes were Pokémon equivalent of Half-Life 3*. And yet here we are: Hoenn…

Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire Remakes Announced For November

Two games from the long-running creature-collecting series are getting remadefor the 3DS. Here’s how Nintendo’s describing the upcoming titles: Announcing Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems! Prepare for an epic adventure exploring a world filled with Pokémon! Pokémon fans first enjoyed Pokémon Ruby Version and Pokémon Sapphire…

3D-Printed Pokémon Is All About Charm

That’s a pretty accurately designed 24″ long Onix that dug itself up out of Amphygory Design‘s 3D printers. According to the creators, it’s quite flexible, so unlike other 3D-printed Pokémon figurines, this one can be displayedthe way Onix appears in the games or the anime Here’s a short demonstation: 24″ Flexible Onix Model [AmphigoryDesign, YouTube]…

If Famous Books Were Actually About Pokémon

What do the people in the world of Pokémon actually read, you think? My guess is that they’d read the same things we do, only their versions of classic books have Pokémon in them. The reason I’m giving this any thought at all is because yesterday, Nintendo tweeted out stuff with the hashtag #pokemonbooktitles: Naturally,…

Pokémon Would Make A Safari Trip Much Cooler

Leopards and lions would no longer be the kings of the savanna if Pokémon were around. Here’s DeviantART artist Sebas, and his Pokésafari series, with a Nidoking above, and other tough ones below. Getting out of the car on a safari trip like this would be a bad idea: Pokesafari by Sebas [DeviantART] To contact…

The Original Pokémon Games, Brought Together On A Single Game Boy

Red version? Blue version? Naw. How about both? Check out this awesome modded Game Boy by Vadu Amka which mashes together all the versions of the original Pokémon games into one handheld device. Yes, even Yellow—and I’m not just talking about how that’s the cartridge inside the Game Boy. If we look at other pictures,…

Illustrations From The Glitch Pokezine

Illustration by Caitlin Rose Boyle for the 68-illustration Glitch Pokezine. See many more below, and learn how to support the project (and get a free Japanese Pokemon card): Glitch PokéZine features 68 illustrations by 68 artists, making it double the size of both Ghost & Ice PokéZine. The printing of Glitch PokéZine will be very…

100 Days Of The Same Dance, All At Once

For more than 100 days, YouTuber Project One Life performed the same dance routine in his bedroom. Then he spliced all of the footage together into a two minute video. The result is downright inspirational. He’s got some killer dance moves, this guy, though that’s coming from someone whose only dance move is the ‘sit…

MDugarchomp is an appropriation artist from Boston with a penchant for Pokémon and modernist painter Charley Harper Her latest big project, a trio of posters, depicts the Generation I starter Pokémon and their evolutions. If you wanna see more, check out the rest of her stuff at Tumblr, Etsy and/or deviantART Appoképriation [Etsy, via r/pokemon]…

Pokémon Google Maps Rewards Players Who Catch ‘Em All

Well, this is a nice surprise. Remember that time Google filled their Maps app with Pokémon for April Fools day? It looks like some of the people that caught every one of them are in for a treat. On April 15th, Google Maps shared the following over Twitter and Google+: According to Android Police, people…

Upcoming 3DS Game Pokemon Art Academy Teaches How To Draw Pokemon

Pokemon Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone will be released July 19 in Japan, and includes tutorials for drawing around 40 Pokemon. See how it works in the video below: Via Polygon and Gematsu You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Pokémon Characters, All Grown Up

As part of his series ‘All Grown Up’, DeviantART artist Isaiah Stephens imagined what the main characters of the Pokémon anime would look like as grownups I’m not sure I’d hang out with that creepy, Jigsaw-esque Pikachu, but he’s not the only who changed a lot. Ash’s sidekick Brock has finally opened his eyes! All…

I Wish Angry Birds Pokémon Were Real

Too bad it’s just a mashup by one talented YouTuber, Adrian Jensen, because his fan-made trailer is just full of cool ideas. Angry Birds Pokemon Gameplay Trailer [YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

New 3DS Pokémon Game Will Teach You How To Draw

Step one, draw some circles Teaching people to draw and paint on the DS has been the Art Academy series’ thing for quite a while, and the series’ newest installment will do the same… except with Pokémon. As noted by Siliconera, there will be over 100 Pokémon to draw and more than 40 types of…

Pikachu Versus The Hydreigon

Pokemon fan art by Dave Melvin. Click through for his takes on Pacific Rim, Alien, Alice in Wonderland and more. Visit his gallery for many more illustrations, including his takes on Metroid, Star Wars, and Gears of War. You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and…