Pokémon

Despite Takedown, Pokémon Uranium Creators Say It’s ‘More Alive Than Ever’

There’s something about playing Pokémon Uranium that feels strangely illicit for a game about collecting cute critters. The developers behind the massive fan project took down the ‘official’ download last weekend to avoid any potential legal action by Nintendo, so the only way for me to play the game was to track down someone else…

Venusaur gets a lot of flak for being a gross, warty toad who’s kind of trash after the third Pokémon gym. He’s also my favorite Pokémon (fight me). At Otakon last Saturday, Chelsea (@lordcreepypeepee) cosplayed the cutest damn Venusaur I’ve ever seen. Now, look me in the eye and tell me Venusaur isn’t the very…

Pokémon Sun and Moon Producer Bombarded With Pokémon Go Comments

Okay, let’s get this straight. California-based Niantic develops Pokémon Go. Tokyo-based Game Freak makes the Pokémon video games. Got it? Because that’s probably why Game Freak co-founder Junichi Masuda can’t help you with your Pokémon Go problems! In a post on his official blog, Masuda acknowledged that he did collaborate on Pokémon Go’s game design,…

Comparing The Pokémon Anime In Japanese To Its English Dub

If you’ve ever wanted to know how the latest Pokémon anime stacks up to the Japanese original, here’s your chance to find out. Besides the language and the voices, the biggest difference appears to be that the English dub lacks much of the audible oomph that the Japanese original has, especially when the soundtrack cuts…

A New Way To Play Pokémon Go

Simone Giertz, Queen of Stupid/Awesome Internet Robots, has an idea on how to make playing Pokémon Go a little easier. A custom helmet. And I like it. Its three pillars: Safety. Convenience. Sex appeal. I….I kinda want one. Just for Netflix, though.

Pokémon Uranium Creators Pull Game After A Reported 1.5 Million Downloads

After nine years of work on Pokémon Uranium, the fans who made it have removed all download links for the game from their website (h/t Christian), saying they want to respect Nintendo’s wishes that the game no longer be distributed, despite the fact that (according to them) it’s already been downloaded 1.5 million times. Although…

Pokémon Go Player Finds A Use For All Those Pidgeys

There are too many pidgeys in Pokémon Go. Man, fuck a Weedle too.

Pokémon Go Players Are Breaking Gyms With An Egg Glitch

Eggs aren’t supposed to do anything in Pokémon Go, other than eventually produce a new baby critter. Some players, however, are taking advantage of a new exploit that forces eggs to mess with the entire game. Reports around the web are circulating that some players are finding unbeatable gyms. Somehow, players have figured out how…

Artist Is Hiding Tiny Pokémon Around Pokéstops

Dallas artist Nichole’s Nerdy Knots has started making cute little knitted pocket monsters and leaving them hidden around town in Pokémon Go Pokéstops. There are no plans to sell these; she’s just leaving them lying around for kids and fans to discover on their own, while encouraging others to download her plans and make their…

Ash Could Finally Win A Pokémon League

For the past twenty years, Ash has been losing. To date, he’s never won an official Pokémon League, but that could change this month. Ash might finally win his first one. Increasingly, Ash has upped his game and has been more formidable in the anime than in year’s past. This season, Ash and his Greninja…

Raichu’s New Form Already Has Fan Art 

Surfing Raichu! Today, we got confirmation that Raichu’s Alola incarnation is real in Pokémon Sun and Moon, but ever since the leaks hit, people have been fascinated with the character’s new surfing form. Okay, okay. It looks more hovering than riding the waves, but who cares? This is ELECTRIC SURFING. And surfing on its tail!…

Latest Pokémon Sun and Moon Leaks Confirmed In New Trailer

Is Pokémon Sun and Moon the leakiest game of 2016? Not sure, but for the past few days, Sun and Moon leaks have reportedly shown new characters. Today we can confirm that those leaks were true. Team Skull is Sun and Moon’s antagonist organization: This is Plumeria. Guzma is Team Skull’s leader. New Pokémon include…

After Nine Years Of Work, Fans Release Their Own Pokémon  Game

Pokémon Uranium, one of the more interesting attempts by fans to build an all-new Pokémon game, is finally finished! We wrote about it a few years back, not just because of the length of time it’s taken the team to put it together, but for how ambitious the whole project is. It has a tropical…

A Very Pokémon Way To Charge Your Phone Battery

Spencer Kern, a man so handy we’ve featured his work before, has seen people’s Pokémon Go battery woes and decided to do something about it. Using a combination of woodwork, 3D printing and some electronics, he’s built this very lovely Pokécenter-themed charging station. The Pokécenter shell is hiding a solar generator, which stores enough juice…

A Haunted Sandcastle Pokémon Exists, It Seems

Oh. My. Goodness. It seems as though a sandcastle Pocket Monster is coming to the upcoming 3DS title Pokémon Sun and Moon. In the upper corner of the below image, you can see the small Ghost/Ground type Pokémon called Sunabaa (スナバァ), which is a riff on the Japanese word for sandbox, sunaba (砂場). Sunabaa evolves…

Niantic Is Testing A New ‘Nearby’ System For Pokémon Go [UPDATES]

The most wanted feature in Pokémon Go is back, at least for some users. Pokémon Go now has a new update, and it changes the following: The biggest and most interesting change has to be the new Nearby system, which is now named ‘Sightings:” UPDATE 11:56PM: Actually, this image from neoGAFFer Toki767 seems to be…

Pikachu lights up a Ferris Wheel in Japan. To help celebrate the now seemingly annual “Pikachu Outbreak” event, everybody’s favorite electric rodent is appearing on Cosmo Clock 21 wheel in Yokohama.

Particle, the same guys behind that neat wi-fi Lord of the Rings sword, have made a “cellular-connected Pokéball”. It’s a real world Pokéball that wiggles when it detects a nearby rare Pokémon in Pokémon Go

The Pokémon Anime’s New Ending Theme Is Nuts  

Here’s the new closer for anime Pokémon: XY & Z. Get ready to overdose on Pikachu, ketchup, and cuteness. Above is a 33-second sample from the official site. Here’s the full song via Twitter user Maru_run33: The track is Pikachu’s Song, which Kotaku previously introduced. Its bonkers lyrics are only surpassed by this ending animation.…

This is cosplayer Shan Claw as Umbreon. You know, the hunky, Ancient Egyptian Pokémon.