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This Week In Video Game Comics

This week, Kotaku brings you the Sony and Nintendo-themed comics hitting shops this week. Plus Sonic. Always, plus Sonic. Click the thumbnails for more details. Free Realms #1 (of 12) Written by J.S. Lewis. Drawn by Jon Buran. Summary Via Publisher Wildstorm Entertainment: SONY teams with WildStorm and best-selling fantasy author J.S. Lewis (the Grey…

By Stephen Totilo Published October 7, 2009

Pokemania Still Running Wild In This Tokyo Store

See the Pokemon Chopsticks. Pokemon Play-Doh. Pokemon dolls. Pokemon Lanterns. Pokemon Toy Cars. Pokemon Magic Tricks… The Pokemon Chair…. and more. We have images and videos here of the intense amount of Pokemon in Tokyo’s Kiddy Land toy store. The last two thumbnails in this gallery are videos. Watch them. They are key to understanding…

By Stephen Totilo Published September 22, 2009

Bakugan: Contender to the Pokemon Throne?

“There it is!” The three words electrifies the crowd. The children swarming in the front yard of the Denver suburban house run to the curb. They crane their necks, point, howl with excitement. The one-ton truck eases its way through the last turn and straightens, a 42-foot trailer in tow. As the truck rolls down…

By Brian Crecente Published September 21, 2009

Pokémon Menstrual Pad, Yours for Eight Bucks

If you’re an environmentally conscious Pokémon fan on the rag, or know someone who is, have I got the gift for you. That, dear readers, is a blue flannel custom made Pokémon-themed menstruation pad. Don’t worry, Pikachu won’t end up like Sissy Spacek in Carrie, he’s on the other side of the battle. I think.…

By Owen Good Published September 19, 2009

Ernie Hudson Talks Pokemon Strategy (No, Really)

Actor Ernie Hudson might be best known for his role of Winston Zeddemore in the sci-fi comedy franchise Ghostbusters. But there is much more to the man that that. There’s Pokémon. Here, Hudson tells website Everything is Terrible! about his Pokémon card game strategy — just to make our heads exploded, we think. What, is…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 16, 2009

Oh Kanye, You’re So Opinionated

As seen on Go Nintendo.

By Luke Plunkett Published September 16, 2009

Pokemon Sells Nearly 1.5 Million In Two Days

DS titles Pokémon Soul Silver and Heart Gold went on sale in Japan on September 12. Pokémon DS games? Bet lots of people bought them. In they’re first two days on sale, Soul Silver and Heart Gold sold 1,408,980 copies of the game. The title sold out at locations across Japan, so the demand is…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 15, 2009

China Rips Off Pokemon, Naruto And Digimon

The country’s state-run television channel China Central Television is airing an anime that appears to be ripping off Japan’s Pokémon, Naruto and Digimon franchises. This is not the first time Japanese anime has been copied by Chinese broadcasts, reports website Record China. Both Crayon Shin-chan and animated film 5 Centimeters Per Second has been reworked…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 14, 2009

Pokemon Gold/Silver Remakes Are Selling Well, It Seems

Over the weekend, Nintendo released Pokémon Heart Gold/Soul Silver. The games were packaged with pedomters call Poké Walker. Sales were brisk in Tokyo’s Akihabara, and the game sold out at area retailers Yodobashi Camera, Sofmap and Messe Sanoh. This weekend’s release was much akin to the Fire Red and Leaf Green Gameboy Advance remakes of…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 14, 2009

The Limited Edition Pokemon World Champs DSi

The Pokemon World Championships held recently in San Diego were a source of laughter, yes, but for die-hard fans they’ll also have been a source of envy if this Pokemon DSi is any indication. Handed out in strictly limited quantities, it’s probably as visually pleasing an offspring of Pokemon and San Diego as you’re going…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2009

Your Pokemon Card Game Championship Winners Are…

As seen on Famitsu.

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 21, 2009

Pokemon: The Ride

As seen at the Montana Fair in Billings, Montana by reader Erik.

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 18, 2009

Johnson And Johnson And Pikachu

As seen in my shower this morning. And no, I was not naked when I took this picture.

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 13, 2009

All Aboard The Pokemon Animated Movie Publicity Train

The JR Yamanote train as seen on Shibuya 246.

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 6, 2009

The Everything Disease: A Forensic Analysis of the Popularity of Pokemon

Pokemon, aka “Pocket Monster Trainer”, is the undisputed Biggest Video Game Property currently existing in the nation of Japan. We can attribute its bigness to a variety of factors, the most important and controversial of which is perhaps “everything”. Today, we’re going to discuss everything, and we’re also going to discuss what I like to…

Tim Rogers Published August 6, 2009

Pikachu, In Awesome Custom Van Form

As seen on Flickr via kimonobox.

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 31, 2009

Gloves?! Pikachu Doesn’t Wear Gloves!

As seen on MaximumPC.

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2009

Comic-Con 2009’s Sexiest Cosplay…

…is not this Pikachu girl. Imagine something two-hundred times cuter than she is. Someone so gloriously sexy that we couldn’t place them on the front page for fear of riots. Brace yourself, and continue. Yes, this man is the sexiest gaming cosplayer at Comic-Con 2009. It’s a shame he has to hang out with that…

By Mike Fahey Published July 24, 2009

Gotta Catch All The Pokemon Bullet Trains!

As seen on Shibuya246.

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 23, 2009

Pokemon Anime Makes It Into Guinness Record Book

Even before the latest Pocket Monsters movie opened in Japan, it was already a hit — so much so that the anime has earned a place in the Guinness Book. Pokémon: Arceus To The Conquering of Space-Time is the world record holder for the animated motion picture with the most advance ticket sales. Before it…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 21, 2009