Pokemon has had plenty of collaborations over the years to promote events, grand store openings, new games, and more. But this brand new collaboration announced by The Pokemon Company featuring its global IP and Vocaloid singing sensation Miku Hatsune is one of their most unique team-ups to date: The upcoming collaboration event will be for
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As 2019 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games and what were their personal highlights within the last year. Unlike the official Game of the Year 2019 awards for DualShockers, there are little-to-no-rules on our individual Top 10 posts. For instance, any game — not just
Pokemon Sword and Shield is bringing in the holiday season with a brand new Max Raid battle featuring Pokemon’s unofficial holiday mascot Delibird. Delibird is an Ice/Flying type that has a signature attack called “Present,” which has unpredictable results ranging from inflicting major damage to even healing the target instead. Defeating Delibird in Max Raid
Some brand new sales numbers made their debut thanks to The NPD Group, and so far Pokemon Sword and Shield is continuing to break its franchise global sales records. According to the Twitter thread from Mat Piscatella, a video game industry analyst at The NPD Group, the latest installment in the long running series has
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
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
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
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
In a new trailer for Pokemon Sword and Shield, we get details on new items, changes to special supplements, and more. The first new item shown off are mints, which can increase a certain stat for your Pokemon. For example, a modest mint is used in the trailer which increases a Pokemon’s special attack skill.
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
Nintendo has held some kind of Nintendo Direct in September nearly every year since the program’s inception, and 2019 will be no different. People have been speculating about a new Nintendo Direct ever since an officially licensed Overwatch Nintendo Switch case leaked on Amazon, and today Nintendo finally confirmed on Twitter that one is coming
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
Are you attending E3 2019 next week and have been wondering what Nintendo will have for you to play at its booth? Well, wonder no longer. Nintendo revealed earlier today a portion of its lineup that will be available to play at E3 and as you might have been able to guess, it contains most
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
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
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.
The May 2019 issue of Coro Coro Comic, releasing on April 15, has been leaked early today, as it always happens with such magazines. In it, Nintendo and Game Freak announced that a contest will be held regarding the upcoming new Pokemon games on Switch, Pokemon Sword and Shield. The contest will ask Japanese Pokemon fans
While video games films are usually horrible, Detective Pikachu has the potential to buck that tend. The upcoming films has two enjoyable trailers and a funny video featuring Ryan Reynolds under its belt so far and already looks much more stylish than any other video game movie based on a popular franchise. The production crew
It’s well-tred ground that Pokemon manage to live a pretty cushy life inside the Pokeballs that entrap them — but what if we could get a visual representation of that? Professional crafter Crafts Jungle has brought that to life, with Pokemon themed terrariums that are excellent additions to your desk space. Doubly so if you are eagerly awaiting
After nearly a year of anticipation, The Pokemon Company, Game Freak, and Nintendo finally lifted the veil this morning on Generation 8 of the Pokemon franchise. Pokemon Sword and Shield, the latest entries in the series set to release later this year on Switch, will take players to the Galar region, a locale that seems to be