Pokémon

There’s an Official Pokemon Pokedex in the Japanese iTunes App Store

The North American iTunes store is chock full of amateur Pocket Monster catalogs, assembling data from the popular Nintendo creature collecting series. They might soon be obsolete, should the official Pokedex for iOS released today in Japan make its way stateside. From what I can gather from the app’s official page, the iOS Pokedex is…

The Dorkly Weekly: Snorlax Must Be Weak Against Camrys

The tragically hilarious tale of Pokemon Rusty finally continues this week, as we learn the answer to the age-old question, “Can a human be healed at a Pokemon Center?” If the medical program in Pokemon-rich regions is this efficient, it’s only a matter of time before overpopulation destroys the planet. This is why we can’t…

You Won’t Believe How Shockingly Nerdy This Dating Party Was

Recently, in the city of Kuki, Japan, a speed-dating event was held for otaku (geeks). What made this event unique was that the participants wore masks as they looked for a prospective marriage partner. What better way to fall in love, than with someone with Chimchar on his or her face! In English, the event’s…

F**k You, Ugly Pikachu!

Earlier this month, the fifth annual Wenzhou International Animation Festival was held in China. There were cosplayers, anime, and truly frightening Pocket Monster statues. These photos appeared on Taiwanese site CK101, and show how pleased at least one attendee was with the large Pokémon pieces. The statues, which ranged from 2 to 4 meters tall,…

A New Voice for Pikachu

For fans of the Pokémon anime, Pikachu “talking” has always been pika-pika noise. And the voice of Pikachu has been Ikue Otani Yes, the Mystery Dungeon games have the Pocket Monsters talk to each other with in-game text. But this, this is just messed up. The newest entry’s latest teaser brings that to life with…

This Pikachu Hairstyle Is Utterly Terrifying

Spotted in a Japanese men’s fashion magazine, this hair and make-up job is Pikachu themed. It’s also frightening. The ears look like clip-on decorations—they were supposedly made with what’s called “sukige” (すき毛), which is fake hair that’s sometimes used for more volume. These were then colored yellow and black. The look is completed with face…

Charizard Sets Japan Ablaze with a Special 3DS XL

This isn’t a matter of having enough badges to train Charizard—you’re going to need to win a raffle to snag this limited edition 3DS XL. Between November 3 and November 26 at Pokémon Center retail shops across Japan (or via mail-in), you can enter to win the chance to buy this very special 3DS XL…

Upcoming 3DS title Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Magnagate and the Infinite Labyrinth goes on sale in Japan on November 23.

The Best Gaming-Themed Jack-O-Lanterns

Dedicated gaming fans can create high-quality fan art from pretty much anything. Even squash. Squirtle and Charizard come from the DeviantArt page of joh-wee, who has a truly astonishing array of carvings on her site (along with other art). Garrus is a painstaking work by Mass Effect fan and tumblr user weemiji, who created it…

This Is What It Looks Like When a Pikachu Explodes

This exploding Pikachu is not actually the creepiest of photographer Alan Sailer‘s explosions series. (That would be the doll head.) But it’s still plenty off-putting. Sailer is a photographer who specializes in high-speed images—in particular, high speed images of things being shot or blowing up. As he describes it, the destruction of an innocent Pokémon…

For Pokémon, Like Everyone Else, “Gender” Doesn’t Have to Mean “Sex”

There’s some fairly serious thought that goes into Pokémon gender. Especially since breeding and evolving is so important. But does it really matter? Gender isn’t sex, it’s a wonderfully elastic term, one that artist Maré Odomo explores ever so sweetly with this comic. BOY OR GIRL? [Attract Mode]

Congratulations, Ash, You Finally Caught Them All

Nice to see Dan Hipp back in the saddle, brightening up our day with amazing video game art. This time around, it’s a Pokémon piece, showing what happens when Ash finally gets around to catching them all. It’s…well, he’s entitled to celebrate it however he wants. This just isn’t quite how I pictured it. Wish…

Chun-Li Is Covered Up, But Clark Kent Isn’t

San Fransisco based artist Kevin Wada does a delightful take on Pokémon in his piece. Initially, I was only going to post this image. Then, whaddaya know, I lost an hour of my life as I went down the rabbit hole that is his wonderful Tumblr So here is more of Wada’s work! His work…

When Pokémon Walked the Earth, Like Dinosaurs

Growing up, I loved reading dinosaur books—you know, those books with colorful dinosaur illustrations that rattled off each creature’s vital statistics. Over on DeviantArt, artist RJ Palmer has done something similar, but with Pocket Monsters. And goodness, the results are spectacular. There have been lots of “realistic” Pocket Monster illustrations, but the 22 year-old art…

Drawing Pokémon Based On Their Physical Descriptions Alone Is Harder Than It Sounds

Artist Noelle Stevenson has never played a Pokémon game first-hand. She has, however, accepted the challenge of drawing several of the combative pocket monsters, based solely on physical descriptions provided to her by friends and blog readers. It turns out, accurately describing a creature that looks a lot, but not quite, like a duck wearing…

These Might Be China’s Worst Cakes. Let’s See Yours.

It’s not easy to make themed cakes. Spend any time online, and you’ll quickly become jaded from seeing all the amazing desserts. But don’t be! Chinese site RenRen.com has a funny story about someone who decided to buy a cute panda cake online. The result was horrific (you can see it in the above gallery).…

Pokémon Super-Fan To PETA: ‘You Guys Are Just Sick And Wrong’

Chris loves Pokémon games. He’s been playing them since he was 10 or 11. And he thinks the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are unethically treating his favorite gaming franchises. In the video here, he defends Pokémon and attempts to obliterate PETA’s argument that Nintendo’s popular franchises celebrates the subjugation of animals. PETA…

This Halloween, C-3PO and R2-D2 Are Dressing up as Pokémon (or Mario)

Artist Andrea Gerstmann has some ideas for Star Wars‘ most famous droids. In particular, what they can wear this Halloween. It’s a little cosplayception, what with them being characters within characters, but I like it. I can hear them arguing over them already. “What makes you think there are Princesses over there?” “Beep Beep” etc…

Humans Are The Enemy In This Ridiculous PETA Pokémon Parody

You! Person reading this! Scum human. Go play Pokémon Black & Blue, a new Flash game by the folks at PETA, noble heroes and the only people in the world who had the balls to point out how disgusting it is that Mario wears fur You will undoubtedly learn quite a lot from Pokémon Black…

Two Very Important Pokémon Facts

When you play Pokémon—no, when you just think about Pokémon—there are two very important things to keep in mind. You could say they are the most important things to keep in mind. One: “If you make your pets fight in real life, you’ll be arrested.” Two: “The police also frown on crushing pets into balls.”…