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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…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 18, 2013 -
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…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 18, 2013 -
Kotaku East
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…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 17, 2013 -
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…
By Gergo Vas Published July 16, 2013 -
Pokemon Trainer Goes Through Entire Elite Four With Just A Magikarp
It’s not uncommon to find playthroughs where a player decides to go through an entire game of Pokemon with something silly, like Bidoof. But Magikarp, a fish Pokemon that’s largely taken as the most useless Pokemon ever? That’s a whole other level of insanity. Still, it can be done. This (sometimes sped-up) video shows Meikachuchu…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 15, 2013 -
Pokémon Modded to Skyrim for Some Reason
Just because you can do something, that doesn’t necessarily mean you should. That didn’t stop Steam user DJSuperGenius from adding Pocket Monsters to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim The mod’s description might explain better. No, wait, strike that. Nothing can explain this. Pokémon? In Skyrim? Yes, you read that correctly. You now can Battle Pokemon,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 15, 2013 -
Professor Sycamore Introduces Five New Pokemon And More For X And Y
Who are those five Pokemon? Let’s ask Professor Augustine Sycamore, the latest in a long line of tree-named Professors, making his debut in Pokemon X and Pokemon Y this October. Hit the jump for new gym leaders, Team Flare, and an all-new gameplay vid. He speaks for the trees, the good Professor Sycamore, the mentor…
By Mike Fahey Published July 12, 2013 -
Kotaku EastThe Smelliest, Stickiest Pokémon Food Money Can Buy
In Japanese supermarkets, it’s not uncommon to see Pokémon branded food. Usually, it’s regular food, but with a Pocket Monster label slapped on it. There’s one Pokémon food, however, that currently stands out. And boy, it stinks. This is Pokémon branded nattou. Nattou (納豆) is made from fermented beans. It’s a slimy food that, if…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 12, 2013 -
The Original Starter Pokemon, Bickering Over Being Chosen
If (most) Pokemon could talk, I imagine that the start of all games would go down a little like this video by Shippiddge. Lobbying, arguing, childish fights, silliness—all so that you’ll pick one specific Pokemon over the other one. Charmander all the way, FYI. I’m a fire Pokemon kind of woman. The rock gym is…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 11, 2013 -
A Pokemon Religion Would Be Pretty Freakin Hilarious
Let’s say you made up a religion based on Pokemon—such an undertaking would probably require you to look at the lore of the game. As far as the Pokemon world is concerned, Arceus is the Pokemon that (possibly) created the universe. A legendary god, if you will. The “Mewsus” Twitter account takes that lore and…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 10, 2013 -
How Ash Ketchum’s Character Design Has Evolved Over The Years
The Pokemon television series has been around for a while now—long enough that Ash Ketchum’s character design has changed a number of times over the years (sometimes, not so subtly—the same goes for Pikachu). Now that there’s a new game coming, there’s also a new anime series to go along with it. Said season starts…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 8, 2013 -
Six Champions Emerge from Pokémon U.S. Nationals
Six champions were crowned in Indianapolis this weekend at the largest ever Pokémon U.S. Nationals ever staged. The winners, and the next three finalists, will all travel to Vancouver, in August, for the 2013 Pokémon World Championships. The winners, by division. (By the way, it’s weird to me that someone born between 1998 and 2001…
By Owen Good Published July 7, 2013 -
Pokemon Aren’t The Only Ones That Evolve. So Do The Fans.
A Pokemon fan has many stages as they grow older. Evolutions, if you will—which Dorkly illustrates with a funny comic about the different types of Pokemon fans that exist. Mind, these aren’t all the possible Pokemon fans out there. But surely you’ve met some of these, yeah? Which would you say you are, if any?…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 5, 2013 -
The Latest New Pokemon Is A Cold, Dead Thing
In the interest of appeasing those who would rather keep all of the new Pokemon coming in X and Y later this year a surprise, we’ve employed a time-tested technique of obscuring the latest reveal. It’s a Ghost type. It’s also a Steel type. And it’d be right-at-home in the hands of a DC Comics…
By Mike Fahey Published July 5, 2013 -
Kotaku EastPokémon’s Creator Talks French Inspiration, Reveals New Pokémon
In Paris, France, the Japan Expo, Europe’s largest public event related to Japanese pop culture, is currently taking place. Junichi Masuda, Game Freak founder and both director and composer for the Pokémon games, recorded a video message to mark the occasion. After introducing himself (in French, no less!), Masuda talks about his own travels to…
By András Neltz Published July 5, 2013 -
Kotaku East
There’s Another New Pokémon 3DS XL, You Know
Nintendo isn’t releasing one new jumbo-sized Pokémon XY 3DS handhelds for Japan, but two new 3DS XL units. Previously, Kotaku posted the blue and black one that features two new legendary creatures—Xerneas and Yveltal. Here’s the other! It’s in “Premium Gold” and only available at Pokémon Center retailers in Japan this October when the game…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 4, 2013 -
Mega Man, Made Out Of 97 Rubik’s Cubes
Anyone can grab some colored Post-It Notes and bust out some impromptu pixel art. It takes real skill to transform 97 mini Rubik’s Cubes into a pixel-perfect Mega Man. Impressed? Wait until you see his Pokemon. YouTube user and Rubik’s Cube expert Kyudan2 has been quietly busting out these incredibly impressive works of puzzle art…
By Mike Fahey Published July 3, 2013 -
Here’s Every Single Pokemon Fusion Possible
You can spend a ton of time on Alex Onsager’s amusing Pokemon fusion website, trying out as many Frankenstein combinations as you can think of. Or, if you’d like, you can take a look at the work of Redditor B_Stiles, who took the liberty of making every single combination possible for you. If that sounds…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 2, 2013 -
Pokémon Evolve. So What’s Up With Crocodiles?
It’s a good question! I mean, Darwinism holds that species evolve over time. Yet some creatures – sharks, crocodiles, cockroaches – have gone unchanged for millions of years. There must be an explanation for this. And whaddya know, here it is. MiniMation No.1 – “Hold B Button” [YouTube]
By Luke Plunkett Published July 2, 2013