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Meltan Revealed To Be The First Mythical Pokémon That Evolves (Into An Absolute Unit)
You know Meltan, the weird little hex-headed mythical Pokémon that started showing up in Pokémon Go last month? That’s not even its final form. Get enough Meltan together and they merge to form the massive Melmetal. In the latest Meltan Research Update on the official Pokémon YouTube channel, Professors Willow and Oak witness the evolution…
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That Mysterious New Pokémon Finally Has A Name: Meltan
Over the weekend, this weird-looking Pokemon began popping up in Pokémon Go. Players wanted to know more about it, but they couldn’t even catch it; when they tried, the creature would often turn into a Ditto. No shortage of memes and conspiracy theories ensued, but this morning Nintendo introduced the creature in a new Pokemon:…
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Eevee Is What Pokémon Is All About
The heart of what makes Pokémon games so enduring is the sense of adventure and self-discovery. Each game begins with its adolescent protagonist taking a rite of passage, their first voyage into the wider world as their own person. In their own ways, every Pokémon game is about finding yourself and establishing yourself in the…
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A YouTuber Is Collecting Every Time Team Rocket Has Blasted Off
Despite how many times they try, Team Rocket can never beat Ash in the Pokémon anime (except for this one time). Usually, they end up rocketing into the sky, shouting that they’ve “blasted off again!” One intrepid fan has done their best to catalogue each time Team Rocket has blasted off. It’s mesmerizing. YouTuber Preston…
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Popular Pokémon Fan Game Creation Tool Disappears After Nintendo Cracks Down
Pokémon Essentials, a robust resource for making Pokémon fan games, has been removed from the internet following a takedown notice from Nintendo. Losing this resource is a harsh setback for would-be makers of Pokémon fan games. Essentials takes the form of a file that works with the PC build-your-own-RPG game RPG Maker XP. But rather…
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Twitch Will Stream Months-Long Pokemon Marathon Starting Next Week
Over the next several months Twitch will stream the first 932 episodes of the Pokemon anime series, as well as every movie. The livestream will begin August 27 and last into 2019, the company announced today, making it not only the longest TV-like marathon Twitch done to date but also a perfect test of the…
By Ethan Gach
