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The Old-School Pokémon Trading Card Game Comes To Switch Online
8.8.2023
Nintendo Switch Online gets its first Game Boy Pokémon game on August 8 by way of the trading card RPG adaptation, Pokémon Trading Card Game. For anyone who’s too overwhelmed by the prospect (or the cost) of buying and collecting actual Pokémon cards and doesn’t have time to mess around with...
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...
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Giving Rare Charizard Away For Free
26.7.2023
The Pokémon Company is giving all Pokémon Scarlet and Violet players a formidable Dark–Tera Type Charizard in honor of card expansion pack Scarlet & Violet—Obsidian Flames’ release on August 11. Read more
Police Catch Bombing Suspect After He Left Behind Pokémon Cards
22.6.2023
A man suspected of building and detonating multiple explosives in Maryland was arrested by police after they connected some Pokémon cards left behind at a bomb site to him.Read more
Pokémon Legends: Arceus Should Be The Template For The Series' Future
24.6.2022
It’s clear that throughout its 26 year-long run, the Pokémon games have maintained a level of consistency that plenty others wish they could replicate. Truth is, this steady pace comes at a cost: the low-key quality of life buffs found in every entry often fall by the wayside come next time. As...
Some Pokémon Fans Think Scarlet And Violet’s Hot Professors Are The Villains
2.6.2022
In the mainline Pokémon games, there’s always a professor, and they’re always a mentor. It’s practically inviolable at this point. But some fans think the (hot) professors in this year’s Pokémon Scarlet and Violet might actually be the villains. Yes, this is just a theory, but it’s not...
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Seems To Offer Better Character Creation Options
2.6.2022
Of all the details revealed in yesterday’s Pokémon Scarlet and Violet news, one of the more subtle highlights was revealed in fleeting glances. For the first time in the franchise, it looks like character customization might have begun to acknowledge a neglected section of its fanbase. Read more
New Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Trailer Features Hot Profs, 4-Player Co-Op, And Lechonk, The Hero We Deserve
2.6.2022
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Everything We Know About Pokémon Scarlet And Violet’s Legendaries
1.6.2022
Hot professors! Four-player co-op! Lechonk! Today, the Pokémon Company dumped a trove of info about the next mainline Pokémon versions for Switch, Scarlet and Violet, including the release date (November 18, 2022). But a new trailer also pulled back the curtain on the two new version-specific...
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Will Have Different Version Professors, Four-Player Co-Op
1.6.2022
Today, the Pokémon Company announced the release date for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. It’s out for November Switch on November 18, 2022. Here’s a new trailer, featuring something brand-new for the series: not one but two professors.Read more
New Pokémon GO Card Is Really Ditto In Disguise
20.5.2022
The upcoming Pokémon GO expansion for the trading card game includes Melmetal VMAX, the original legendary birds, and a wild new Ditto transformation that is unlike anything the TCG has ever seen before. I’m sure it will be extremely rare to find and also incredibly satisfying for those that...
Pokémon x Converse Sneaker Collab Looks Lovely
11.5.2022
Pokémon and Converse Japan have announced a collaboration that will see four pairs of Chuck Taylors released, each one—appropriately, given the shoe in question—paying a coloured homage to the series’ earliest roots.Read more
Pokémon GO Mega Evolution Revamp Might Finally Make It Useful
26.4.2022
After years of bemusement, Niantic is finally overhauling Pokémon GO’s lackluster Mega Evolution systems, adding levels and bonuses to give players a reason to engage. This, they say, will make it easier to use the mightier monsters in the game, while adding more reasons to do so. It’s already...
The Pokémon Company Buys Its Trading Card Manufacturer While Demand Soars
20.4.2022
The Pokémon Company has announced that it will be acquiring The Millenium Print Group, the manufacturer that has been printing the Pokémon trading card game since 2015. According to a press release put out by TPC, Millenium will remain autonomous, while benefiting from TPC’s investments...
Forgotten Pokémon Musical From 2000 Gets 68-Minute Documentary
1.4.2022
For one brief, shining moment in time over 20 years ago, Pokémon ascended from the anime/video games plane where it normally resides and became something more. Something fancier, something jauntier. And then, just as quickly as it rose, it slipped right back down again, and most folks now forget...
Pokemon GO's Creators Want Players Back Outside, Despite The Outcry
29.3.2022
Recent changes to Pokémon GO have yet again stirred controversy. The nerfing of Incense, and the halving of Community Day, have once more sent out a signal that Niantic wants the mobile game to return to its pre-pandemic form, before some of its audience is ready. We spoke to POGO’s live game...
Mythical Pokémon Arceus Is Finally Coming To Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl
15.3.2022
Fifteen years after their original release, it will finally be possible to get Arceus in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl via an update coming to the Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl remakes. But you’ll need Pokémon Legends: Arceus to do it. Read more
Every Confirmed Pokémon In Scarlet And Violet So Far
28.2.2022
Later this year, Game Freak will release Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, the ninth generation of mainline Pokémon games, rounding out an absolutely killer 2022 lineup for the Nintendo Switch. In addition to a true open-world set in a Mediterranean-inspired region, they’re set to increase the total...
Why Some Fans Might Dislike Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's New Trainer Designs
28.2.2022
There’s a new Pokémon game, which means there are also new Trainers in addition to new starters. Whenever a new entry is announced, there’s always a split between those who think they’re great, and those who find them wanting. But with Gen 9, it feels like there are more who aren’t exactly blown...
Pokémon Presents: All The Big News You Need To Know
27.2.2022
It’s exactly 26 years since the first Pokémon games released in Japan and the developers of the series lived up to the hype of this year’s international Pokémon Day by offering up a ton of updates on current games and one major surprise reveal: new mainline entries Pokémon Scarlet and Violet...