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13 Things To Know Before Starting Pokémon Legends: Z-A
17.10.2025
Even Pokémon veterans will need to get used to some of the changes in Lumiose City
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You Can Farm Shinies In Pokémon Legends: Z-A Without Even Touching The Controller
17.10.2025
Shinies don’t despawn this time around, so if you’ve got a rubber band, you can farm while you make dinner
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Pokémon Legends: Z-A Has Changed Shiny Hunting Forever, And Not Everyone’s Happy About It
16.10.2025
A major quality-of-life improvement is making it easier than ever to find these alternate-colored guys
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GameStop’s Disastrous Shiny Pokémon Giveaway Somehow Got Even Worse
6.10.2025
The Shiny Miraidon and Koraidon distribution is a victim of artificial scarcity
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GameStop Giveaway Unlocks Shiny Legendary Pokémon For The First Time And It Goes Very Poorly
29.9.2025
The store is giving out free codes for Scarlet and Violet. Well, they’re supposed to be free
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New PS5 Model Ditches The Shiny Black Plastic Fans Hated
29.9.2025
Plus: Silent Hill F is selling well, GOG adds more classic games to its preservation program, Borderlands 4 is getting a robot DLC character, and Nintendo of America's new CEO seems fun
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Pokémon Scarlet And Violet's Switch 2 Upgrade May Have Broken Shiny Hunting, And Fans Are Conflicted
13.6.2025
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are among the handful of Switch games that got a technical upgrade on the Switch 2, and anyone who’s paid attention knows they are infamous for being absolutely busted on the original system. These games run like shit, are full of bugs, and that undeniable truth...
Pokémon Legends Z-A Comes Out In October, With $10 Upgrade For Switch 2
28.5.2025
Pokémon Legends Z-A, the much-anticipated sequel to 2022'sPokémon Legends: Arceus, and the first new full-scale Pokémon game since late 2022’s Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, finally has an official release date. It’s due to be with us on October 16, with pre-orders starting as early as June 5.Read more
Shiny New ZORA Token Loses Its Spark as Traders Remain Wary of VC-Backed Tokens
24.4.2025
Community first tokens, or those deemed to be fair launches, continue to be a favourite among traders who are wary of being exit liquidity for wealthy funds
Pokémon TCG Pocket's New Shiny Set Has A Card Locked Inside A $25 Bundle
27.3.2025
New sets are coming to Pokémon TCG Pocket at a frantic pace—Shining Revelry is the fifth collection added since the game’s launch at the end of October last year. It also marks the first time the gacha mobile game has locked a card inside one of its extremely expensive bundles: if you want...
Pokémon TCG Pocket Is Getting Even Rarer Cards To Hunt For
21.3.2025
Across Pokémon games, Shiny Pokémon are desired for their rarity. The most dedicated players spend hundreds of hours hunting for the variants to truly max out their collections. Pokémon TCG Pocket will now let the mobile card game’s players do the same with the introduction of the Shining Revelry...
Everything We Saw During The Pokémon Day Presents Showcase
27.2.2025
It’s that time of year when Pokémon fans get to have an early Christmas. It’s Pokémon Day, which commemorates the anniversary of the launch of the original Pokemon Red and Green in Japan in 1996. Each year, The Pokémon Company puts on a livestream to talk about upcoming games, updates on current...
Game Freak Is Giving Out Two Previously Unobtainable Shiny Pokémon
28.1.2025
If you’re the type of Pokémon fan who cares about collecting every variation of its 1,000+ monsters, that means constantly seeking out special events to receive a rare critter or searching for hours to find one with a low spawn rate hiding in the tall grass. Shiny Pokémon are the rarest of...
This Pokémon Streamer Has A Comeback Story For The Ages
11.7.2024
Shiny hunting in Pokémon games is a treasured pastime for the sickest of sickos looking for rare, alternate-colored critters. Some people get so into it that they’ll stream themselves running multiple instances of a game at once trying to track one down. Then there are those who are so dedicated...
Pokémon GO Is Refusing To Let Long-Time Players Come To Its Birthday Party
28.6.2024
Mobile game mega-hit Pokémon GOnever misses a chance to make an inexplicably dreadful decision. Its latest comes with the celebration of the game’s eighth birthday, where it has made the bizarre decision to refuse to allow access to long-time players who completed one specific quest back...
New Shiny Pokémon TCG Set May Have The Best Pull Rates Of All Time
25.1.2024
One of the great laments of the Pokémon TCG in 2023 was its return to brutal, unforgiving pull rates. After 2022’s Sword & Shield big finish, Crown Zenith, the Scarlet & Violet era ushered in the guarantee of a holo, but a vast diminishing in the chances of scoring anything better. Sets like...
The Most Anticipated Shiny Pokémon Cards In Paldean Fates
15.12.2023
Next month, January of space-year 2024, sees the release of a whole new set of shiny Pokémon cards. Paldean Fates, a muddle of reprinted cards from 2023's sets and a ridiculous 100 new shinies. It’s also going to feature a brand-new shiny Charizard, which is going to cost all of the money. However...
There's A New Shiny Charizard And It's Going To Cost Everything
24.11.2023
Next year is to bring us a whole new set of shiny Pokémon, when the Paldean Fates set hits streets January 26. We already knew it would, of course, contain a shiny Charizard. But now we’ve seen it, and oh god it’s going to cost so much money.Read more
The Short History Of Shiny Pokémon Getting Shiny Attacks
18.9.2023
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s first DLC, The Teal Mask, brings a handful of new ‘mons to add to your Pokédex, and one in particular is becoming a fan favorite: Dipplin. The grass/dragon-type Pokémon is based on a candy apple, and is drenched in a warm, red syrup. However, if you catch its shiny...
10 Things You Should Never Say To A Pokémon Fan
7.8.2023
Pokémon fans come in all shapes and sizes. There are the competitive sickos, the shiny hunters, or the lore nerds that just want to learn more about Game Freak’s world with each game. On top of that, there’s anime watchers, card game collectors, Pokémon Go players whose biggest touchstone with...