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If Only Modern Pokemon Games Looked Like This
Yes, Pokemon X & Y looks excellent, visually. But even so, looking at the photoshop handiwork of Justin—Bieber, it’s hard not to fantasize about an entire Pokemon game in this particular style, with backgrounds like these. I mean, it’s gorgeous! So much detail. Take a look: Granted, we don’t have to leave the sprites to…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 5, 2013 -
One Great Pokémon Illustration Per Day. Here Are The First Seven.
The intimidatingly-talented Kotaku reader Stormborn (Bonny John on Tumblr and Deviant Art) has been drawing one Pokémon per day for the past week. You can find each of these entries over at our reader-run sister site, TAY. But for your viewing convenience, here are the first seven for you to cycle through. Bulbasaur! Ivysaur! Venusaur!…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 4, 2013 -
Watch Today’s Special Pokemon X/Y Nintendo Direct Right Here
Satoru Iwata and Junichi Masuda in the same room, talking about Pokemon. A paid online Pokemon storage. New mega Pokemon. There’s even a few neat retrospectives—a great deal of fascinating stuff for any Pokemon fan. You can watch it all above, and make sure to chime in with your favorite parts below. Pokemon Direct 9.4.2013…
By András Neltz Published September 4, 2013 -
Charizard, Venusaur and Blastoise Will Have Mega Evolutions
In today’s Pokemon-themed Nintendo Direct, it was announced that not only will players receive the original starters from Red and Blue in Pokemon X & Y—Bulbasaur, Charmander Squirtle—but these Pokemon, once fully raised, will be able to Mega evolve. Take a look: Additional info, from the Pokemon website: when mega evolved, Venusaur’s ability becomes “Thick…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 4, 2013 -
Pokemon X and Y Lets You Store Pokemon Online… For an Annual Fee
Today, Nintendo announced a new downloadable 3DS companion app for their upcoming Pokemon X and Y versions. It’s called Pokemon Bank, and it’s used to store in-game Pokemon in the cloud. Pokemon Bank allows you to store Pokemon in online boxes—100 boxes, meaning 3000 Pokemon in total, which is far more than the game’s in-built…
By András Neltz Published September 4, 2013 -
Pokémon Rumble U Is Much Better With NFC Toys. Weird.
The coolest feature of Pokémon Rumble U only works with the $3.99 collectible figures purchased separately from the $17.99 downloadable title, making it a mediocre game with optional improvement. Interesting idea. In Pokémon Rumble U, players can collect and battle up to 649 different Pokémon by picking up capsules in the game’s various story arenas.…
By Mike Fahey Published September 3, 2013 -
The Original 151 Pokemon, Redone As Monster Hunter Icons
Why did Gryphon-Shifter combine Monster Hunter and Pokemon? Heck, why not? The distinct icon style works fantastically with the Pokemon from Red and Blue—so much so that I kind of want to see all Pokemon in this style! Alas, for now, the first 151 will have to do: You can see more of the artist’s…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 2, 2013 -
Maybe A Dark and Gritty Pokemon Wouldn’t Work
Oh, sure, many of us would love to see Game Freak try for a more mature Pokemon, just to see what it’s like. But could it even work? Or would it just seem ridiculous to take the elements of Pokemon and try to make them dark? I’m starting to have my doubts after looking at…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 1, 2013 -
More Pokemon Drawn From Memory, Without Erasing
First blayzeon proved that a faulty memory could be a funny thing by showing us what the Pokemon from the first two generations look like if drawn without looking at a reference. Now they’re back with third gen Pokemon drawn from memory, and it’s just as silly as the first time we saw the project.…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 30, 2013 -
Let’s Open Up Some Pokémon Rumble U Figures
Pokémon Rumble U is available for the Wii U today, capitalizing on the Game Pad’s near-field communications feature to give players the ability to import special toys directly into the game. I purchased seven of these special blind bagged toys. Let’s see who we got. Note that I don’t have access to the game yet,…
By Mike Fahey Published August 29, 2013 -
The Original 151 Pokemon, Drawn From Memory, Without Erasing
Normally having gaps in your memory is a bad thing, but in the case of blayzeon‘s sometimes-faulty memory? It’s pure entertainment. You can see that in action in this Pokemon project, where blayzeon drew up all the original 151 Pokemon from memory—which we’ve seen before—but this time, there was no erasing. Whatever was drawn out…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 28, 2013 -
Five Life Lessons I’ve Learned From Pokémon
I’ve grown up — rather fondly, I might add — with Pokémon. Over the years the several different hundreds of pocket monsters have become my dear friends. Simply settling into a new game (like I’ve recently done with Black) is a comfort to me. In a tumultuous, changing world, I find solace in the fact…
Brittany Vincent Published August 27, 2013 -
Polygonal Pokémon Are The Best Pokémon
Artist Jan Carlos Garcia made these great Pokemon, stripping their designs back into a low-poly design that would have made the best early-90s virtual reality game ever made. Or, now that I think about it, the best low-poly fan update of Pokémon Snap for the Oculus Rift that nobody’s actually made yet. Low Poly Pokemon…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2013 -
The Pokémon Theme Song Is The Right Choice For An Adorable Proposal
Things can go easily wrong when you’re using the Pokémon theme song at a convention to propose to your girlfriend, but in this case it was absolutely just the opposite. A young guy named Michael surprised his girlfriend Rebecca, and the cameras of GeekBomb were lucky enough to capture it. Pokemon Proposal at PAX Australia…
By Gergo Vas Published August 26, 2013 -
These Fake Pokemon Ads Will Make You Wish You Could Buy Rare Candy
First, there were Pokemon travel posters that advertised vacation locales around Kanto. Now Chuz0r adds to that through a variety of ads for items as well as locations we visit in the games—from antidotes to the Pokemon center itself. Almost makes you wish you could spend money or visit some of these places, eh? For…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 23, 2013 -
Oh Wow, This Is The Snazziest Pokémon Game Yet
Straight outta Germany, here’s nine minutes of adorable new footage from Pokémon X, the latest entry in Nintendo’s longrunning animal abuse simulator series. Shot by the folks at NTower, this footage shows how we’ll prod and poke and battle creatures in Pokémon X, which comes out for 3DS in October alongside Pokémon Y. And for…
By Jason Schreier Published August 22, 2013 -
Kotaku East
For Japan’s Nerd Heroine, Pokémon is a Bridge Between Strangers
Shoko Nakagawa, Japan’s own nerd heroine and queen of Pokémonhasn’t exactly had an easy upbringing. Her school life after elementary school was mostly filled with rejection and alienation from classmates due to her being different. But staying true to her love of Pokémon has paid off in spades as she recalls in her new book,…
By Toshi Nakamura Published August 22, 2013 -
Going to PAX? Go Hands-On With Pokémon X and Y
PAX-goers will be the first in North America to get their hands on Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, Nintendo said today in an announcement of its activities at the expo less than 10 days away. Nintendo’s presence at PAX will include a dedicated Pokémon Gaming Lounge, located on the second floor of the Washington State…
By Owen Good Published August 21, 2013 -
Kotaku East
The Best Pokémon Reenactment of the Summer
Some Pokémon characters are fairly easy to bring to life. Other characters are quite difficult and certainly no day at the beach. That is, unless you are already at the beach. The above image is a recreation of Dugtrio, a Mole Pokémon, facing off with Machamp, the multi-armed macho Superpower Pokémon. The reenacted version isn’t…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 21, 2013
