Official Nintendo Magazine Says Pokémon’s 8th Generation Coming 2018

Spain’s Official Nintendo Magazine has mentioned the upcoming Pokémon game for the Nintendo Switch in a section highlighting the console’s exclusive games. Fans quickly noticed that the blurb included the fact that the game is noted as the first of the 8th generation. Normally it is not a contentious issue whether or not a game falls … Read more

New Pokémon Rumble Trademark Surfaces

Pokémon Rumble fans should be excited to hear that Game Freak and Creatures, Inc have filed a trademark application in Japan for the phrase “ポケスク” (PokéSuku). In Japanese the series is known as Pokémon Scramble (ポケモンスクランブル / Pokemon Sukuranburu) and is often abbreviated. Hopefully this means that there are plans in the future for a … Read more

Latios & Latias Land in Pokémon GO [UPD]

The next wave of Generation III Legendary Pokémon is coming to GO! Starting later today the Legendary Eon Pokémon Latios and Latias will begin their stint as Level 5 Raid Bosses across the world! However which one you encounter will be dependent on your region: North America, South America and Africa will be home to … Read more

RUMOR: The Mysterious Lapras Image Revealed UPD

REMEMBER: Rumors are NOT confirmed information. This is not something to get your hopes up or down over; we recommend you treat everything skeptically and assume that it is false. We write about rumors because they offer fun and exciting angles to discuss. We recently wrote about an image circulating amongst Chinese and Taiwanese fans and … Read more

Pokémon Plushie Teased as a New Reveal: What Could It Be?

A product listing for an upcoming plushie which ties into the new Pokémon film Everyone’s Story has fans excited about just what it might be. The most obvious candidate to get a plushie would be the as-of-yet-announced Pokémon Zeraora. Some fans though have sworn up and down that Eevee related PR campaigns and movie teasers are … Read more

Japanese Through Pokémon: Your One-Stop Poké Shop

Japanese Through Pokémon is a column dedicated to exploring the Japanese language through the context of Pokémon. Our goals are two-fold: help our readers gain a more well-rounded understanding of the series by learning about its Japanese roots and also to help people learn more about the Japanese language itself. This is written without any … Read more