Pokémon

A Few Surprising Ways That Pokémon and Science Influenced Each Other

While the creatures in Pokémon aren’t real, that doesn’t mean they’re not based on real things or scientific concepts. Heck, there are even scientific concepts named after things in Pokémon, amusingly enough. DYKGaming walks us through a bunch of fascinating facts about Pokémon and science in this video and if nothing else, it’s harder not…

The Miraculous Progress of ‘Twitch Plays Pokémon’

It has been nearly five days since Twitch Plays Pokemon, a stream that lets users collectively control a Pokémon game via chat commands, started broadcasting to the world. Since then, the stream has had over sixty thousand people watching and playing at once—as you might expect, it’s been a chaotic, awe-inspiring ride so far. And…

A Journey Through Bootleg Pokémon Games

JonTron has made a career out of playing terrible games so you don’t have to. Which is great, because how else were we going to sit through these awful, bootleg Pokémon titles and crack jokes? This is practically charity. Spanning several Nintendo consoles and handhelds, there have been quite a few awful cash-ins on the…

Thousands Of People Are Playing A Single Game of Pokémon Together

Being a Pokémon master takes time and patience—beating a game in the franchise usually takes at least a couple dozen of hours. Now imagine trying to beat a Pokémon game while thousands of other people also control your avatar. Now imagine that these thousands of people will do whatever they want to your avatar, as…

The Pokémon Company makes Mythical Pokémon Diancie official. Three days after the Serebii report, like clockwork, the latest pocket monster movie star is confirmed. They also confirm theonce-hiddenPokémon will be coming to Pokémon X and Y at a later date, but won’t tell us when or how because they’re mean like that.

Nintendo just announced Pokémon Battle Trozei for the 3DS eShop. Trailer right here!

Maybe A Pokémon MMO Wouldn’t Be As Awesome As We Think

Okay, let’s say Game Freak decides to take the plunge and finally give us the Pokémon MMO that so many people clamor for. It would be amazing! …or so we hope. While obviously lots of things about a Pokémon MMO would be great, it’s kind of funny to think about the crappy things that could…

Mystery Pokémon Found Hidden In X & Y’s Code Is Star of Upcoming Movie

Officially, there are 718 known Pokémon…unless you count the three mysterious Pokemon found in X & Y’s code, that is. While we reported the existence of unannounced Pokémon back in November of last year, it wasn’t until last night that we started hearing details about what the deal with these Pokémon is. Obviously, if you’d…

Snow Pikachu Evolves into a Macho Hunk

Aw, snow Pikachu is so cute! So small. And now, let’s see what he looks like in his evolved snow type. Yikes! This muscle-bound Pikamacho comes courtesy of Japanese Twitter user Haadoken. So, thank him for that. I guess? Here are some more strapping snow sculptures from Haadoken: ハードケン [HK2899] To contact the author of…

Crazy-Impressive Nail Art Inspired By South Park, Pokémon And More

Kayleigh O’Connor turned a bad habit into a good one when she realized she could actually design the fake nails she glued on to prevent herself from biting at her fingertips. And, my, has that hobby blossomed. She has an impressive array of designs—that are, sure, a bit impractical—all over her deviantART page, using a…

Pokémon Bank is Finally Live

Pokémon Bank is now available on the Nintendo eShop, ending a delay more than a month long. The Bank allows players to store and manage up to 3,000 pokémon online, even moving them between Pokémon X and Y. The app is free to download and use beginning today through March 14. After that, a $4.99…

The Most Worthless Pokémon Could Still Kill You Dead

Magikarp is, fins down, the most worthless Pokémon of them all, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t capable of transforming your upper body into a fine paste. How can this be? I’ll let the deadly Pokémon experts at VSauce3 answer that question. They go into exhaustive detail about how a seemingly harmless Magikarp description element…

Here’s 21-year-old illustrator Piper Thibodeau’s rather cartoony reimagination of the Kanto starter Pokémon. Compared to Charmander in the third picture, Squirtle and Bulbasaur both look so grumpy and bored, you might consider not using them in battle at all. Squirtle’s evolution line is in the top pic, here’s Bulbasaur and Charmander. Head over to Cryptid…

Little Kid Is Upset Pokémon Aren’t Real, Writes To Santa For Advice

Bless children and their earnest, trusting hearts. Without kids, who would keep the idea of Santa Claus alive? There’s always a point, of course, at which most children find out that Santa Claus isn’t real. That’s exactly what makes this letter written by a kid, shared by Kinnell’s father on Twitter, so heartbreaking, though: In…

Lucario, The Badass Aura Pokémon, Is Returning to Super Smash Bros.

After debuting in Brawl, the high-risk-high-reward Pokémon fighter is now confirmed to be part of the new Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U. The official Japanese website released several shots of Lucario in action. They are, predictably, quite awesome. Yes, even the one where they do yoga. Take a look: And, as per…

Super Bowl Player Spent All Week Playing Pokémon

The week before the Super Bowl in NY/NJ, some NFL players spend their time on the field. Others like to party it up in New York’s lavish nightclubs and restaurants. But Nate Irving? Nate Irving likes to play Pokémon The Broncos linebacker revealed this juicy tidbit in a Wall Street Journal article published today. Some…

Pokémon NPCs Say The Most Bizarre Things

The characters populating the world of Pokémon are kind of…special. Some will make you laugh. Some will make you scratch your head. Some will just be kind of random—but that’s exactly what makes them so good, as far as fans of the franchise are concerned. I mean, how iconic is the line about comfy shorts?…

Snorlax Makes an Excellent Pillow

Snorlax. Sleeping. Pillows. It makes sense, doesn’t it? That was likely the thought process behind this actual Snorlax pillow. As spotted by Tomopop, the Snorlax cushion has been recently put up for pre-order by ToysLogic, a US-based online toy shop. Manufactured by Banpresto, a Namco Bandai subsidiary which specializes in toys, the cushion weighs just…

See How Powerful Your Pokémon Are In X & Y

Not all Pokémon are made equal—one Magikarp may kick way more butt than other Magikarp, even if they’re the exact same level. That’s because every Pokémon has hidden stats called “IVs” attached to things like their “attack” and “speed”—and there’s a way to tell what these values are in-game. Pokémon X & Y have been…

The Pokémon Mash-Up Of My Dreams

“Nintendo should make a Pokémon MMO” is usually the suggestion people like to default to when coming up with ideas for what Nintendo should do with the Pokémon franchise. But, to me at least, that’s not nearly as awesome of an an idea as a potential Pokémon x Animal Crossing game is. Think about it!…