Pokémon

Without Pokémon, We Wouldn’t Have Japan’s Nerd Heroine

Japanese nerd heroine, Shoko Nakagawa, loves Pokémon. And for good reason. Pocket Monsters gave her a reason to live. A regular host every Sunday on Japan’s Pokémon Smash! (Formerly Pokémon Sunday), Nakagawa has described her selection as Pokémon Captain (ポケモン部長) for the show as a dream come true. She has also noted that while her…

Nightmare Pokemon That Look Like They’re Straight Out of An Acid Trip

If Hunter S. Thompson was a Pokemon trainer, pxlbyte figures he might’ve written “Fear and Loathing in Viridian City.” Alas, that isn’t reality—and perhaps the closest we have to that fantasy are these freakish yet beautiful takes on iconic Pokemon by AnemicAngel Up above we’ve got Pikachu of course, only he’s not at all as…

If NHL Logos Were Redone With Pokemon…

Then they’d probably look a little like these emblems created by benjamagnus—which are clever even if you don’t follow hockey stuff too closely. And if you do follow hockey, you might even think some of these are better than the original logos! Personally, I’m a fan of the Detroit Red Wings’s logo reimagined with Pidgeotto…

Why These Underdogs Are Actually The Best Pokemon EVER

One of the most popular memes on the web are the low quality yet highly passionate infographics that argue why some unlikely thing is actually the most amazing thing ever—often with tons of swearing and caps lock. Perhaps you’ve seen a few Pokemon ones? They’re not new, after all, and if you’ve ever seen Magikarp…

Dorklyhas the answer to the biggest mystery in Pokemon: what does the bottom of a Diglett looks like?

So…after watching Fennekin, one of the starters in Pokemon X & Y, use the move “Glow Punch” in the latest Pokemon trailer, any bets on whether it is (or evolves into) a fire/fighting type…just like the last few fire starters? I’m sure that for many, the mere idea elicits a reaction much like the end…

Being An Adult Pokemon Trainer Must Suck

Imagine you’re an adult in the Pokemon world. You have a family, you have bills to pay, and you have a love for Pokemon. So you battle, even though it might not be the most “responsible” thing to do. You can swing it, right? Not when there’s a bunch of young punks going around who…

Pokemon’s Legendary Problem

News is that next month, select GameStops across the US will distribute shiny rare Pokemon: Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina according to Siliconera.The idea, in a way, is cool and yet indicative of an absurd problem Pokemon has when it comes to legendaries. Let me put this into context: every generation, a new set of legendaries…

Nervous Girl Fumbles Easy Pokémon Jeopardy Question

And the award for Video On The Web Most Likely To Make You Say ‘Aww’ Today goes to This Video, featuring a young girl who clearly knows the answer to a Jeopardy question, but gets nervous and fumbles it away. Sorry, Erin. If I were in charge, you’d get the money anyway, and so would…

A Most Unusual Pokemon Peripheral for the 3DS

This is Pokemon Tretta Lab for Nintendo 3DS. The app is a free download, but the hardware costs 3,800 yen (around $38). In Japan, there are coin-operated Pokemon games that use chipped plastic pucks. Players put the pucks on a mat on the machine, and the mat “reads” the pucks. So, for example, if you…

Boy Does Pokemon’s Professor Oak Have Some Messed Up Nightmares

What would Pokemon’s Professor Oak dream of? Having a complete Pokedex, perhaps? According to jaxamoto, he’d have slightly NSFW dreams of adventure with none other than terrible explorer Ash Ketchum. Also, Oak would have an accent. Listen, it’s a nightmare. Just go with it…stick till the end, too, there’s one final joke in there. Pokemon…

Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred Lines’ + Pokemon = Oh God, This Parody Song

Frankly, I’m surprised it took this long for someone to do a superbly nerdy take on the ever-catchy Blurred Lines. Don’t we have likea billion nerdy takes on Call Me Maybe? Thankfully (?) NateWantsToBattle brings us this rendition of popular pop song Blurred Lines, and it’s all about competitive Pokemon battling. I can’t decide if…

Level One Bidoof Defeats A Pokemon Champion In A Most Humiliating Way

Did you think defeating the Elite Four with a Magikarp was impressive? That Magikarp was level 100. At that level, you can tank through most things. This Bidoof owned by ImEpicToast is level one, and yet it manages to defeat one of Pokemon‘s fiercest foes, Cynthia—who is the champion of the Elite Four in Diamond,…

This Ridiculous Pokémon Load Time Is Fake

There’s a new Pokémon game. It’s called Pokémon X/Y and recently gameplay was showed off on Japanese television. Don’t worry; the game doesn’t appear to have ridiculously long load times. The above GIF is a fake! This is gameplay footage that has been given a long “Now Loading…” screen. As several Kotaku commenters have pointed…

Catch This Trailer for the Newest Pokémon Anime

Debuting on Japanese TV in 1996, the Pokémon anime keeps going and going! Here’s the trailer for the upcoming Pokémon X/Y animated series. Once again the series features Ash Ketchum, but of course, the Pokémon X/Y Pocket Monsters are new. Of course! The Pokémon X/Y anime debuts this October in Japan. Pokemon X & Y…

Pokémon developer Game Freak is teasing something. On their official website, there’s a glowing silhouette surrounded by Japanese text: “That popular game that is played around the world, will be reborn in a surprising collaboration!” This collaboration is, apparently, coming “soon.” [via Siliconera]

With This Amazing Mod, Your Cube World Pets Can Become Pokemon

One of Cube World’s neat features is that it lets you collect as many pets as you’d like. Under normal circumstances, you might already be tempted to catch ’em all—they’re so cute! I imagine that if you install this Pokemon mod, which changes the models of mobs in Cube World to Pokemon, that inclination will…

The Everyday Life of a Pokemon Trainer, In Heartwarming Comic Form

One of the things the Pokemon games aren’t particularly good at is showing the small, everyday moments a Pokemon trainer must experience while on their journey to become the very best. Enter The Link Cable Series by Brian Wolf, which is “a small series of small stories about small moments between Pokemon trainers and their…

Summer’s Here, So Cover Yourself with Bugs!

This is Shoko Nakagawa. In Japan, she’s a famous popstar and TV personality. She appears in Nintendo commercials and voices Pokémon characters. She also likes putting cicadas on her hair and face. Note: This article has content some readers might find objectionable—especially after they’ve eaten. Nothing quite says summer in Japan like the inescapable cicada…

League of Legends As A Pokémon Game Is One Big Headache

xChinnNin takes the gameplay mechanics of Pokémon and blends them with some intense MOBA action to form what looks to be a nerve-wracking nightmare. Interesting concept though, since both League of Legends and Pokémon are about summoning creatures to fight against others — just in a slightly different way. If League of Legends was a…