Pokémon

All The Nintendo Consoles In Pokémon Games Over The Years

Lots of elements reappear in Pokémon games across generations—but one of the very first things we experience in every Pokémon game has to be going up to our television and finding a game system hooked up. It’s always a Nintendo system—typically whatever was new at the time. Pokemon X & Y, for example, puts a…

Pokémon X and Y Community Solves Shiny Hatching—and Crowdsources It

For those who can’t get their hands on the magic machine that auto-finds shiny Pokémon for you, there’s the next best thing—a crowd sourced database that will pair trainers in Pokémon X and Y to eggs guaranteed to hatch a shiny. It will depend upon the good will and cooperation of the Pokémon community, particularly…

Cheating In Pokémon Is Complicated. It May Also Be On Its Way Out.

Back when news broke that Pokemon X & Y had been hacked,there was an immediate panic about how that would affect players. Would hacked Pokemon start circulating in trades? Would people get sucked into battles with hacked Pokemon that were impossible to beat with normal Pokemon? While being able to generate Pokemon through external means—we’re…

These Pokémon, made by the digital artists of iheartjlp, look really dark and make me feel they’re from a not-so-shiny alternate universe rather than from one of the well-known regions. The Jigglypuff on the top right, for example, looks quite serious. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,funniest…

If Pokémon Were a Musical Set in College

Oh my, would that be awesome. This insanely catchy musical number is the product of a labor of love between several YouTubers, Pokémon fans, and talented singers, and shows us what a real-life Pokémon University would look like. Or rather, what a Pokémon-themed, actually watchable High School Musical would look like. Quite a step up…

A Simple Tool That Shows You Every Pokémon’s Strengths and Weaknesses

Typically, if you wanted to know what a Pokemon’s strengths and weaknesses are, you’d need to memorize itor Google it. Now you have a third option: the Pokeffectiveness tool. All you have to do is visit this website and type in a Pokemon’s name. The website should automatically narrow it down to the Pokemon you’re…

The Machine That Finds Shiny Pokémon For You Just Got Even Better

Last week, we showed you amachine that someone built that found rare colors of Pokemon for them—all without having to to be present for the boring parts of the special shiny-finding process. It was impressive….but this new machine right here? It’s even better. As a quick recap: the original machine made by dekuNukem used a…

More Than 200 Music Tracks From Pokémon X And Y For Only $10

The recent release of Pokémon X and Y didn’t just give the game a graphical overhaul. The music is better than ever before as well, and now you can buy all 3.5 hours’ worth of it on iTunes for a piddling $9.99. The Pokémon X & Pokémon Y Super Music Collection contains 212 tracks, to…

So That’s What Happens When Repel Wears Off In Pokémon

We might experience hundreds of random encounters over the years in Pokemon games, but everyone seems to remember one specific kind of encounter: Zubat ones. It always happens a little like this: You’re deep in some cave somewhere. Your Pokemon are hurting bad; you need a Pokemon center. You’re almost at the end of the…

Easy Ways To Remember Pokémon Weaknesses In X And Y

Pokémon may seem like a simple game to outsiders, but fans know how complex it can really get. With the release of Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, there are now a total of 718 pocket monsters to choose from. Each one can learn dozens of different attacks, and their strengths and weaknesses can vary greatly.…

China’s Answer to Pokémon Is… In Space

Pokémon is huge. The Chinese people love it, I love it. But with the console ban, China hasn’t had any legally translated copies of Pokémon until recently, with the Chinese versions of X and Y. How has China lived without Pokémon? They created their own, in the shape of a free to play online browser…

Good Lord, With Over 700 Pokémon, The Pokerap Has Become Massive

Electrode, Diglett, Nidoran, Mankey, Venusaur, Rattata, Fearow, Pidgey, Seaking, Jolteon, Dragonite, Gastly, Ponyta, Vaporeon, Poliwrath, Butterfreeeeee! …wait, there’s more than just these Pokémon at the start of the Pokerap? No way. Oh, but there are. Many, many more—while many of us have only memorized the first part of the famous Pokerap (a song featured in…

Using Pokémon To Teach Safe Sex Is Super Effective

Colleges that provide easily-accessible free safe sex supplies are already rad, but it certainly doesn’t to do something a little more playful than ‘here are a bunch of baskets with condoms, dental dams and other fun stuff,’ too. Case in point: the mysterious college that Redditor ParadeOfTigers attends, which uses Pokémon references to promote safe…

That new Pikachu game starring…Pikachu apparently has a title. A recent Japanese trademark Nintendo filed lists “Meitantei Pikachu” (名探偵ピカチュウ) or “Great Detective Pikachu.” This might or might not be the game’s final title.

Whoa, Someone Built A Machine That Finds Shiny Pokémon For Them

Finding Pokémon in rare, shiny colors is a time consuming process. The average person probably won’t even attempt it. But what if there was a machine that found shiny Pokémon for you? Maybe that sounds ridiculous, but someone actually built such a thing. The video above shows the handiwork of dekuNukem, who built what they…

Whoa, Mega Charizard Y and male protagonist Calem from Pokemon X & Y just got a hundred percent more realistic and detailed thanks to the talented deviantART artist Charlie Romeo So much so that at first it seems more like Monster Hunter or Final Fantasy fan art, and not something inspired by a Nintendo 3DS…

Nobody Knows What The Deal Is With The Ghost Girl In Pokémon X & Y

Gather ’round the fire, boys and girls. Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this story…the tale of the mysterious Pokemon ghost girl. Pokémon games are full of secret stuff, that much is true. But usually, the scary stuff is reserved for the fake ‘creepypasta’ stories you see floating around the web…

Three New Mysterious Pokémon Discovered In X & Y

The hacking community has been busy lately, with news breaking on the 26th of October that some people managed to decrypt the special Pokémon files that make up X & Y. Since then, curious Pokémon pictures are circulating of Pokémon that are not actually currently available in X & Y. The question on a lot…

The Best Charizard Costume Around, Hands Down

Surely there will be some costumed pets tonight, given that it’s Halloween. Many of these pets will be dressed at video game characters. But none will be as awesome as Salsa the bearded dragon here, who is dressed up as Charizard from Pokemon. Salsa is owned by piochips, a pet owner who is dressing up…

Proof that Nintendo Still Rules Japan

If there’s ever been any doubt, this should settle it. Over the past decade, Nintendo hasn’t been doing well in Japan – It’s been dominating. The Wii U is not exactly selling like gangbusters right now, but Nintendo’s probably playing a long game. In this week’s Weekly Famitsu, the magazine took a look at the…