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Kotaku East
Here, Catch All These Brand New Pokémon Toys!
At the recent Chara Hobby event outside Tokyo, a whole slew of new Pocket Monster toys were on display. Many of the toys, viewable in the above gallery, will be in crane games in Japanese arcade games. Snag ’em if you can! 【キャラホビ2012】「ポケットモンスター ベストウイッシュ」、サトシ＆デントがフィギュア化 [インサイド] Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 27, 2012 -
The Mystery of Pokémon Trading Finally Revealed
It’s 2012. We take stuff like the transfer of data for granted. But back in the day, for kids, trading Pokémon between Game Boys seemed like a little big of magic. Magic that’s explained, in great detail, above. It’s the Link. Cable. puraspokeweas [via Tiny Cartridge]
By Luke Plunkett Published August 26, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Squirtle, You and Your Pokémon Friends Are Creepy
Cute? These Pocket Monsters aren’t cute. They’re creepy. But that’s the point: artist Vaughn Pinpin redesigned the first generation of Pokémon starters if they were characters in a Tim Burton movie. The result is brilliant—creepy, but brilliant. Pinpin is planning to re-do the first 151 Pocket Monsters in the Pokédex all dark and quirky like.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 24, 2012 -
A Hypnotic Video Showing All 151 Original Pokémon Being Stitched Together
The Bayeux Tapestry might be a big deal for the French and English, but come on. It’s old, the people look rubbish and it’s not even a real tapestry! It’s embroidery, just like this epic image of all 151 original Pokémon, and if I had to choose between which one I’d hang on my wall,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 23, 2012 -
You Try to Give Them An Education, and They Steal Your Damn Pokeball
Commenter GiantBoyDetective is going to cry, because little kids can be dicks. In today’s Speak Up on Kotaku he tells the sad story of misplaced trust and children that need a good spanking. Something happend today. Something that made me so angry I almost cried out of frustration in front of my 6th grade class.…
featuring GiantBoyDetective Published August 21, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Is It Possible to Make Pokémon More Adorable? More Beautiful? Yes, It Seems.
Because, let’s face, it: Pokémon are already pretty damn cute. Yet, Japanese artist Ginger Ale is turning up the adorable meter up to ten (eleven?) for this series of Pocket Monster art. Love the pastels, and the whole watercolor look. There’s a nice children’s book vibe going on that really doesn’t exist in the games…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 21, 2012 -
Pokémon vs Zombies: Now With “Gameplay” Footage
No doubt inspired by these recent gifs on the very same topic, reader Steve has gone and made a video with “gameplay” footage of the greatest game that never existed: Pokémon vs Zombies. What makes it great isn’t just the fact it’s combining two blockbuster series. It’s that it’s combining two series that, as you…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 21, 2012 -
The Pikachu 3DS XL Is Just Too Adorable
Squeal! Holy smoke, this Pikachu 3DS XL is too cute. Not only that, it’s hard to get. See, this Pikachu 3DS XL will only be sold at the Pokémon Center stores in Sapporo, Tohoku, Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, and Fukuoka. The “Pokémon Center Original Nintendo 3DS XL Pikachu Yellow” is priced at ¥18,900 (US$239). The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 17, 2012 -
Americans Are the Best Pokemon Video Game Players in the World. We Just Suck at Cards.
Just as the U.S. dominated the medal count at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, our boys brought home the golden Pikachu cup in all three divisions of the 2012 Pokémon World Video Game Championships in Hawaii this weekend. The trading card game? Not so much. As expected, 2010 and 2011 World Champion Ray Rizzo…
By Mike Fahey Published August 13, 2012 -
Kotaku East
The Queen of Pokémon Will Gross You Out. Again.
Like clockwork, every summer in Japan, you can hear cicada, or “semi” (セミ), throughout the country. That buzzing cry is something that people instantly associate with the season. And like clockwork, idol Shoko Nakagawa is back this August with more stomach-churning cicada photos. Yay? See Nakagawa, who is Japan’s queen of Pokémon, collects cicada skins—and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 13, 2012 -
It’s Not A Glitch. It’s A Feature. It’s Art. It’s Beautiful.
We lacked a campfire, but that didn’t stop us from telling tall tales about the incredible—but completely true, I swear!—things that happened to us while we played our favorite games. Forget about title recommendations, or stories of overcoming difficult challenges. That impressed nobody at recess. The gold was in glitches, and we panned endlessly for…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 10, 2012 -
When a PlayStation Hit-Maker Created a Facebook Game…They Tried Not To Pull a Zynga
If you buy the argument that there are people who make real video games and there are people who make things that merely pose as video games—and if you are convinced that these fake “games” threaten to undermine real video games—then a game called Outernauts should have filled you with hope. Outernauts is a science-fiction…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 6, 2012 -
Nyan Cat? No, This is Nyan Pokémon
And so we come full circle. First, Chris Torres creates the Nyan Cat. Then he turns 151 Pokémon into cats. Now artist Simon Johnson has turned the original cat video into one starring said Pokémon, a feat he says took him 150 hours and over 4000 individual images. Nyan cat – All 151 Pokemon [YouTube,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 6, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Do You Like This Pokémon Reimagining? Would You Buy This Stuff?
Japanese illustrator Momo Okada is everywhere of late. She’s done collaborations with Hello Kitty—and now, her take on Pokémon is getting its own line of products called “Poké Momo” for the Pokémon Centers in Japan. Okada’s illustrations look like “yura kyara”, which are the local mascots created to promote cities, towns, and rural villages in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 3, 2012 -
The New Side Stuff In Pokémon Black and White 2 Might Be What Hooks Me This Time
Pokémon Black and White had one goal: to recreate the feeling of wonder and awe many of us felt over a decade ago when first setting out to be the very best on our Game Boy bricks. So, the setting was new: Unova, a locale based on the urban metropolis of New York. Naturally, the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 1, 2012 -
You Gotta Catch All These Pokémon Trainers! (No, Really, You Do)
Pocket Monsters isn’t only about monsters. It’s also about those Monster Ball packing characters. You know, trainers Over the generations, there have been a host of Pokémon trainers. Some of them have become iconic—such as Ash Ketchum, Misty, and Hilda. Being iconic in gaming means there are countless numbers of folks who enjoy dressing up…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 1, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Kids, Stop Sticking Your Fists in Pikachu’s Mouth
This is a thing, I guess. Children in Japan continue to cram their hands in Pikachu’s open mouth—most recently, at a Pokémon event in Kyoto with celebrity Shoko Nakagawa. STOP IT, KIDS, JUST STOP IT. ピカチュウ、ギザカワユス♪ 中川翔子さんが京都駅の一日駅長 [産経]
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 31, 2012 -
The Dorkly Weekly: Team Rocket Saves the Day?
When Team Rocket appears and your Pokemon rejoice, that’s a sure sign that your training skills need a little work. Oh Rusty, dear, sweet Rusty; you’re such a suck-bucket. For more sick and twisted video game comedy, follow the link to Dorkly.com
By Mike Fahey Published July 30, 2012
