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It Took Me 10 Minutes To Hit A Paywall In The New Free-To-Play Pokémon Puzzle Game
23.7.2025
I know “free-to-play” is often a misnomer, and these games should actually be called “free-to-try,” but I haven’t played one that felt as blatant in its efforts to extract money from me as Pokémon Friends in a hot minute. The puzzle game/plush collector is cute and clearly geared toward young...
Everything We Saw At Today's Pokémon Presents Showcase
22.7.2025
It’s time for another Pokémon Presents, the twice-a-year presentation The Pokémon Company puts on to tell the world about some of the projects it has in the works. This is usually where we get a bunch of updates on live-service games like Pokémon Unite, TCG Pocket, and Go, as well as a more...
Here's How To Watch Tomorrow's 24-Minute Pokémon Presents, And DJ Pikachu Beforehand
21.7.2025
It feels like such a long time since we had any big Pokémon news. Back in February we had our last chunk of information about this year’s Switch game, Pokémon Legends: Z-A, but since then all has been tremendously quiet. Could tomorrow’s extra-long Pokémon Presents be about to give us something...
There's A Life-Size Pikachu Statue, But It'll Cost Ya
15.7.2025
Life-size plushies are a well-established feature of Pokémon merchandise. This year has seen pre-orders open for a colossal Gardevoir cuddly, alongside a range of Eeveelutions that are bigger than your pet dog. But when it comes to the non-soft toys, the size tends to be far more modest. Until...
Pokémon TCG's Return Of Team Rocket Is A Triumph
16.5.2025
Oh it’s fun to have good news! The latest set from the Pokémon TCG, Scarlet & Violet Destined Rivals, is a top-notch collection of cards bursting with Team Rocket antics, which sports (in my limited experience, at least) pull rates I don’t believe we’ve seen in this era. Having torn open 55 packs...
The Hottest Cards In May's Team Rocket Pokémon TCG Set, Destined Rivals
5.5.2025
While the most recent Pokémon TCG set, Journey Together, may have been something of an anticlimax, the fervor surrounding the game has still ensured it’s close to impossible to buy. Individual cards may be more reasonably priced, but just buying the packs means pouncing on stores the moment they...
Pikachu Runs From The Cops In Massive Turkish Protests
27.3.2025
The whole damn civilized world as we know it is in a bit of a rough place right now. Name a country and there’s likely turmoil or some sense of impending doom on the horizon. Turkey in particular is facing some of the largest protests the country has seen in years following the arrest of Istanbul’s...
Fans Celebrate Surprise Lego Pokémon Tease: 'Free From Mega Bloks Hell'
18.3.2025
Lego has teased its latest video game mashup and this time it’s with Pokémon. There’s no release date beyond “2026,” no pricing info or other details at the moment, and it doesn’t really matter because whatever this is will probably sell out while it’s still in the pre-order phase. Are you ready...
It Took 10 Years For The Makers Of This Blatant Pokémon Rip-Off To Apologize And Pay $15 Million
21.2.2025
Pocket Monster: Remake was released back in 2015. The mobile game played almost identically to Pokémon, even using the art, names, and move sets form the existing franchise. A decade later, The Pokémon Company has finally reached a settlement with the Chinese devs behind the rip-off and gotten them...
Everything We Learned About Upcoming Pokémon Projects From That Massive Leak
16.10.2024
If you hadn’t heard, there was a massive data leak out of Game Freak, the team that makes the Pokémon RPGs and has its hands in most of the multimedia franchise in one way or another. As files and information gradually surface, most of what we’ve seen so far has been early assets and concept...
Pokémon GO's Big Weekend Accidentally Reminded Us The Game Used To Be Fun
15.7.2024
This weekend may have been deranged on previously unexplored levels, but it was also Go Fest in Pokémon GO, the annual event when the mobile game reminds its millions of players why they used to love playing. This year, as the app reaches new nadirs of money-grubbing banality, the event’s terrific...
Katy Perry, Stop, You're Embarrassing Pikachu
12.7.2024
Pop star Katy Perry, who you will know for one of the best pop albums of the 21st century with 2010’s Teenage Dream, has been chasing that high without replicating it ever since. In the past 14 years, Perry has been having trouble finding relevance in a pop space where she was once dominant,...
Where To Find Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree's Curseblade Meera Spirit Ash
21.6.2024
The Spirit Ash for Curseblade Meera summons the titular spirit to help you do battle, but it can only be found in Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. If you’d like to add this Spirit Ash to your collection, you’ll need to tackle a perilous dungeon and defeat a tough boss.Read more
This Might Be The Fyre Festival Of Pokémon Fan Conventions
4.6.2024
Pokémon has a rich history and spans across several mediums like video games, trading cards, merchandise, and more. So it would, in theory, be a perfect fit for fan conventions. The Pokémon Company hosts plenty of its own events like Go Fest for Pokémon Go fans and its World Championship...
Pokémon Fans Want Stephen A. Smith To Voice The New Pokédex
21.5.2024
The Pokédex has had plenty of different voices across the Pokémon franchise. This digital codex tells you all about the different critters you meet in the Pokémon world, and in the anime, it’s voiced. Original protagonist Ash Ketchum cycled through several variations of the Pokédex throughout...
The Best Mario Ever, Rise Of The Ronin, And More Of The Week's Hottest Takes
17.3.2024
The third week of March was an eclectic one for gaming news. We’re still hyped for Unicorn Overlord, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and the upcoming samurai adventure Rise of the Ronin. But we’re a little less enthusiastic about the new Star Wars remasters. These are the flaming hot takes you need...
The New Pokémon Anime Proves Leaving Ash Was The Right Decision
12.3.2024
It’s been over a year since The Pokémon Company announced that Ash Ketchum, the long-time protagonist of the anime series, would be leaving the show and making room for new heroes. After a few final tribute episodes to Ash, who had led the show for a quarter century, Pokémon Horizons took over...
Painful Cuts At PlayStation, A Big Pokémon Reveal, And More Of The Week's Top News
2.3.2024
This week was marked by more inescapable upheaval on the gaming landscape, as PlayStation announced massive cuts across its studios and canceled some games in development. But there was some lighthearted fun to be had as well, with Hideo Kojima sharing his amusing reaction to Oscar Isaac’s...
Pokémon Actor Veronica Taylor Talks 26 Glorious Years Of Ash Ketchum
2.2.2024
When Veronica Taylor was called to audition for a Japanese cartoon in 1998, she had no idea what to expect. Heavily pregnant and living in New York, the 33-year-old actor had just finished a run of commercials, soaps and theatre productions, before a chance call from her acting coach sent...
Palworld’s Pokémon Modders Return With Sarcastic Non-Infringing Mod
30.1.2024
Palworld, and the infamous mod that changed its Pokémon-like creatures to actual Pokémon, have entered some sort of Inception-style vortex of copyright-violating complexity. After Nintendo DMCAd the living juices out of ToastedShoes’ mod, the group has returned, their work adapted, to now fill...