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PokéPark 2 Intro Wants to Be the Grimmest There Ever was
Just when you think you’re getting a happy, high-pitched Pokémon adventure, the newest —out today—starring Pikachu and friends opens with this fearsome prophecy of doom. The ominous tone of the ambient music could be from a Dead Space and that dialogue feels ripped from some super-serious JRPG. But fret not: there will be dancing.
By Evan Narcisse Published February 27, 2012 -
Ten Ways to Make the Next Pokémon Games the Very Best, Like No One Ever Was
With Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 on the way, commenter Daemon_Gildas has submitted a timely list of suggestions for freshening up a franchise that hasn’t changed all that much in the past 16 years. Dear Nintendo and/or Game Freak, I’m going to give you a list that would make the Pokémon series kick SO…
By Mike Fahey Published February 27, 2012 -
Pokémon Black and White 2 Catch All the Western Gamers This Fall
Announced this weekend for a June release in Japan, the first pair of main series Pokémon titles with the number two in the title will be hitting North America and Europe this fall. Fans can expect plenty of surprises in Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2, the tag-team sequels everyone was certain would be…
By Mike Fahey Published February 27, 2012 -
The Anatomy of Amazing LEGO Pokémon
LEGO builder Mike Nieves has put together these two awesome Pokémon models, one showing Gyarados ready to bite someone’s face off, the other a Magikarp stripped bare to the bones. Literally. So if you’ve ever fancied yourself as a Pokémon osteologist, a rare but dignified branch of Pokémonology, take notes. retinence’s photostream [Flickr, via Brothers…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 27, 2012 -
Pokémon Black 2, Pokémon White 2 Coming This Summer
As promised, Junichi Masuda, the director of Pokemon Black and White appeared on Japanese TV show Pokémon Sunday today to announce the next entries in the Pokémon series. They are Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2 The games are scheduled to release in June for Nintendo DS systems, in Japan. DSi and 3DS players…
By Owen Good Published February 25, 2012 -
Pokémon Director Teases New Game Announcement This Weekend
News of the next Pokémon game could come as soon as this Sunday. Junichi Masuda, one of the original minds behind the popular role-playing game series and the director of Pokémon Black and White, the series’ most recent entries, will appear on TV Tokyo’s Pokémon Smash Sunday morning to make “a very important announcement,” he…
By Jason Schreier Published February 24, 2012 -
This Pokémon Rap Is Hot Like Charmander
I know. You’re skeptical. “Another Pokémon rap? This is going to be terrible,” you’re thinking. But this video, released yesterday by game TV channel The Game Station, is surprisingly awesome. (Except for that last line about masturbation. That part is super-awkward.) It’s worth watching, if only so you can go up to people and say…
By Jason Schreier Published February 22, 2012 -
Pokémon Company Responds to Fake iPhone Pokémon Game
In the wake of a rather high-profile App Store scam involving a Pokémon game (or at least its title screen), the Pokémon Company has issued a statement saying it’s on the hunt for the bad guys. “We continue to combat the unauthorised release of games, applications and merchandise that trick our fans into purchasing something…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 22, 2012 -
The iPhone’s Pokémon is Gone. Here’s How to Get Your Money Back.
Despite the fact we warned you, the lure of playing Pokémon Yellow on an iPhone proved too much for many, who sent the scam to second spot on Apple’s App Store charts Well, it’s gone now. And thousands of people paid $0.99 for something that shows a title screen and then crashes. If that’s you,…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 20, 2012 -
The Dorkly Weekly: The Horrible Fate of the Leftover Pokémon
The folks at Dorkly pride themselves on the ability to solve gaming’s great unsolved mysteries. For example, if Ash chooses Charmander and Gary chooses Squirtle, what happens to Bulbasaur? Oh. Oh. That happens to Bulbasaur. I always suspected, but I guess I didn’t really want to know. At least it’s not animal cruelty; Bulbasaur is…
By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2012 -
Bogus Pokémon Yellow Game Is Now Number Two on the Apple App Store
Early this morning, we wrote about the surprise appearance of a Pokémon game on Apple’s iOS storefront. Y’know, the one that’s apparently a broken scam? Despite that, developer QEAB’s Pokemon Yellow is sitting at #2 on the App Store’s Paid Apps chart, right behind the fully-functional and actually-pretty-good Grand Theft Auto III When downloaded on…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 20, 2012 -
Can You Catch All the Puns in This Adorable Pokémon Love Song?
“I wrote a love song using only Pokémon puns,” reads the Reddit entry for YouTube user HelloIamDanica’s pocket monster-stuffed ukulele ballad. There are several words in that sentence I would normally avoid, but her music has moved me, and I think it could move Mewtwo. Oh god, it’s infectious! Sure it’s incredibly corny, but there’s…
By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Weirdo Pikachus in Tokyo, Taking Trains and Eating Burgers
Tokyo is pretty normal. Though, sometimes, there’s the occasional oddness. In year’s past, people would simply mutter to themselves, “Boy that was strange.” Now they take photos and paste them on the internet. Progress! This weekend, a group of individual dressed as Pikachu, along with a sole Ash cosplayer, took to the Tokyo streets, popping…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 20, 2012 -
Pokémon on iTunes. Hello Scam!
While Pocket Monsters company GameFreak brought its monsters to iTunes last summer with Pokémon Say Tap?, this is not that app. Rather, this app is from “The House of Anime” and Daniel Burford. The hell? A quick iTunes search shows that this is the same outfit responsible for app versions of Digimon and Yu-Gi-Oh, including…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 20, 2012 -
The Quality of Life in Virtual Worlds
They say that in life, nothing is certain but death and taxes. The cost of living in the real world seems to get harder each year as prices go up and the rich get richer. We, the little people, just have to deal with it. Virtual worlds don’t have troubles like ours, though. Sure, they…
Patrick Davidson Published February 20, 2012 -
What Pokémon Would Look Like as Classic Disney Characters
Canadian artist Beth Turnsek is the one to thank for these amazing Pokémon images which reimagine the Japanese series in her own charming style, which resembles classic animated films. What’s cool about this series is that she’s gone through and drawn her favourite pocket monster from each variety, so you’ll find a single Earth Pokémon,…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2012 -
Turns Out Pokémon‘s Diglett is a Cthuloid Hell-Monster
Ignorance is bliss—an adage worth keeping in mind for any Pokémon trainer. If you’ve subdued, captured, and are now deploying a faithful Diglett, just don’t ask questions. Picture its subterranean sections being identical to the cute upper-torso you see sprouting above the earth so cutely. Of course, for you trainers who simply cannot bear to…
By Pierre Bienaimé Published February 9, 2012 -
Truly Nerdy Snow Sculptures
The Taj Mahal built in snow? Aizuwakamatsu Castle? Taiwan’s National Palace Museum in ice? Meh! (Okay, all these are pretty cool, but stick with me.) The Sapporo Snow Festival isn’t only frozen famous landmarks, it also showcases some of the geekiest snow sculptures on Earth. When statues aren’t falling on visitors—a rare occurrence—the Sapporo Snow…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 8, 2012 -
Is This the Most Daring Pokémon Rip-Off Japan Has Seen?
In years past, whenever Pokémon knock-offs appeared in other countries, Japanese netizens would post them online to laugh and point. This time, it’s not a foreign rip-off. It’s homegrown. Dubbed Pokedan Monsters (yes, really), the social game features over 1,000 monsters, monster rearing, and monster battles. Sound familiar? If the title was not enough, the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 1, 2012