The Pokemon Center in Shibuya, Tokyo has new lines of merchandise coming to their storefront. The first line of merch is branded as Pokemon GO Lab (based off the popular mobile game of course) and includes shirts, hats, ID Card Case, and other little goodies: Also Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo is adding some Pokémon GO
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Pokemon Sword and Shield gets a pretty nifty new event for all players: because it’s the first day of December, all sections of the massive Wild Area are currently locked into snowy weather. This means that the Pokemon encountered in the grassy areas will be primarily Ice types such as Sneasel, Cubchoo, Vanillite, and Vanillish
Pokemon Sword and Shield feel like the middle evolution of most Pokemon lines. It’s pretty charming and has a solid base but looks and feels a bit off in some way, like Quilladin or Drizzile. This has been a title rife with pre-release controversy and shows the clear growing plains Game Freak has experienced in
Pokemon Center Shibuya, which just opened its door a couple days ago, has one of the coolest displays I have ever seen: a full blown giant Mewtwo inside an incubation chamber. The display is absolutely gorgeous, with cool steel and blue futuristic aesthetics which are somewhat based off the chamber’s design in the first Pokemon
Despite fan frustration at the lack of some Pokemon and moves as well as a few calls for a boycott, Pokemon Sword and Shield have still proven itself to be a massive success. In its launch weekend alone, the pair of new games sold over 6 million units, with 2 million of those copies being
Despite outcries from some in the community to boycott the latest Pokemon entries, it seems as though Sword and Shield have gotten off to one of the strongest starts from a sales perspective in the history of the franchise. In its first week of availability, Pokemon Sword and Shield lapped the competition on the UK sales chart. Pokemon Sword
Things have been a bit rocky for Pokémon Sword and Shield. Originally, Game Freak found fans getting upset about the fact the new game wouldn’t include all Pokémon from previous games. Things escalated when players who got hands on the game early started leaking character models that appeared to be reused assets from Pokémon Sun and Moon
Pokémon Sword and Shield came out last week, giving fans the weekend to jump into the idyllic British-inspired setting. While the build-up to launch found Game Freak wading through the controversy surrounding the leaked character models, it seems there’s a new and odd annoyance that has been discovered within the game. No, this isn’t more
Pokemon Sword and Shield, the latest installment in the wildly popular franchise, launched just this weekend. And at Nintendo NYC, it released in style with tons of merchandise and brand new displays at the official Nintendo store. For those who couldn’t be there in person, however, new photographs of the launch event were released by
Update: Many Japanese players reported that they lost saves with this bug, so I initially got confused, my bad. Technically, it shouldn’t be possible because the Switch only stores game saves on the console’s internal memory. And you normally can’t copy saves from the internal memory to your SD card and then delete the saves
Pokémon Sword and Shield is due to launch this week, but ahead of launch, there’s already an angry hashtag trending within the walls of Twitter. The hashtag has sparked a large number of tweets calling developer Game Freak liars after leaks surfaced apparently confirming that the game reuses Pokémon models from previous games. It’s worth noting,
Even though Pokemon Sword and Shield don’t formally release until later this week, the game has reportedly already found its way into the hands of some players. As such, more information about the latest games in the beloved series have started to come about, but this latest news might not be something that some prospective players will
So you already know the next-gen of Pokemon is starting later this week with Pokemon Sword and Shield on Switch. And you might have noticed how the trailers released for the game are pretty different in Japan than in the rest of the world. As such, the Japanese Official Pokémon YouTube channel published on November 11
The Pokemon Company released this pretty cool online journey tool on their official website, which allows you to recreate moments from your own personal Pokemon journey. You start by choosing from one of several regions — ranging from Red and Blue version’s Kanto all the way to Alola region of Sun and Moon. Then you
Toby Fox announced on his Twitter account on November 1 that he contributed to Pokemon Sword and Shield‘s development: he made a track for the game. Hey, I'm finally allowed to announce this: I was asked to compose a track for Pokémon Sword & Shield! It's a huge honor to be asked to be part
Nintendo published the Japanese overview trailer for Pokemon Sword and Shield. Other versions of the trailer have yet to be published, but this is Pokemon we’re talking about, a series which didn’t change that much after two decades, so you won’t miss anything even if you don’t understand the language. Plus I’m here to summarize
Just under one year ago, Nintendo introduced us to a brand new IP from Game Freak called Town. Unfortunately, we have barely heard anything about the title since then outside of the fact that it was still slated for 2019. Town finally reemerged during today’s Nintendo Direct, and we got to see more gameplay and
I consider Pokémon to be one of my favorite gaming franchises of all time. Like a lot of gamers, I have played games from every generation of Pokémon experiencing both its highs (Pokémon Gold/Silver and Crystal) and its lows (Pokémon Black/White). Pokémon Crystal is probably the game I have put the most amount of hours in gaming history. And
It’s not every day we wake up to some fun Pokemon news—this Wednesday morning, the Pokemon Company and Game Freak revealed a number of new tidbits for Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield on Nintendo Switch through a Direct presentation. Among the biggest pieces of news were four-player raids, a “Wild Area,” and the new Legendary
Ever since Pokemon Sword and Shield were revealed in February, Pokemon fans have been dying for more information and a release date. Fortunately, today’s Nintendo Direct focused on just that, and ended with the confirmation that Pokemon Sword and Shield will release for Nintendo Switch on November 15, 2019. For those of you who aren’t
With Pokemon being the worldwide phenomenon that it is, the Pokemon Center locations around the world have become popular tourist destinations for fans of the series, and now a new location for the series of themed shops will arrive in Shibuya later this year. During The Pokemon Company’s press conference that shared new projects and
While Pokemon has always been most well-known for its handheld games (along with the upcoming Sword & Shield on Nintendo Switch), more recently Pokemon has been bridging the gap to mobile thanks to huge successes like Pokemon GO and Quest. However, the series seems to be taking another step forward with a newly-revealed title coming later this year called Pokemon Masters. During The
While Pokemon Sword and Shield are finally bringing a new generation of Pokemon to Nintendo Switch sometime in 2019, they are not the only Pokemon games arriving on the hybrid console this year. During today’s Pokemon 2019 Press Conference, a new Pokemon Detective Pikachu game was confirmed for Nintendo Switch. Announcement 1⃣ Can’t wait to
Nintendo revealed today that more information on Pokemon Sword and Shield will be revealed through a Pokemon Direct. The announcement was made simultaneously on the various Nintendo official Twitter accounts. The new Pokemon Direct will be happening on June 5, at 6.00AM PT, 9.00 AM ET. It will last around 15 minutes and reveal plenty
While Nintendo is poised to have a strong 2019 lineup, one title supposedly coming this year that we haven’t heard much about is the tentatively named Town. Coming from Pokemon developer Game Freak, this game was confirmed in a short segment of September 2018’s Nintendo Direct. Unfortunately, the game was not discussed much then and
Have you ever wanted to own all 100 Johto Pokemon in plush toy form? Well your hypothetical prayers have been answered, as these adorable generation 2 pocket monsters will be available for purchase on June 8th at the official Pokemon Center in Japan. But, you say, I don’t live in Japan and will miss out
The Pokemon Company announced on May 15 Pokemon Rumble Rush for iOS and Android. The game’s official site was opened as well. The game already launched in Australia, meaning it’ll probably launch in the next few hours in other regions. The game is titled Pokemon Scramble SP in Japan, and the Japanese official site mentions it’ll launch
A while back a collaboration between Pokemon Company and Bandai Namco was leaked, which resulted in an extremely cute Eevee Tamagotchi eventually being released in Japan. This special edition Tamagotchi is similar to the model Bandai released for the pocket pet’s 20th anniversary: The size, weight, and design are comparable to the classic version and
The Detective Pikachu trailers that have been put out before the film’s release have differed in both tone and the channel they were on. The official Warner Bros. YouTube channel releases the more standard trailers for the film while Ryan Reynolds uses his personal channel for the more unique, and usually funny, videos promoting Detective
Takara Tomy is releasing a new Pokemon PokeBall-shaped toy on April 27th, one which comes with some hilarious and over-the-top promotional art and video. The video depicts a young child as he plays with the toy and throughout it, we get treated to some extreme artwork that would fit in better with an adult anime.