Will the 2DS Pokémon bundles entice you to buy one?

Nintendo will be releasing new colors of its 2DS console alongside the digital re-release of Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow for both the 3DS/2DS. The transparent Red and Blue seem to be similar to 2014’s versions which were released with Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, although these feature colored buttons similar to the New 3DS … Read more

Detective Pikachu Game Finally Announced

The title, translated from Japanese, is Great Detective Pikachu ~Birth of a new Combination~.  It will be released on the Nintendo 3DS via eShop on February 3rd in Japan. The game will retail for ¥1,200 or $10 USD. Download requires 6,400 blocks or 800mb of free space. Translated version of the trailer’s text: In a city … Read more

Red, Blue & Yellow won’t utilize unnecessary restore points

The virtual console release of the original Pokémon titles, Red, Blue and Yellow, on the Nintendo 3DS will not utilize some of the normal features Gameboy VC releases do. Restore points, which allow you to save a game from any point and resume play later, will not be available. This may be seen as a loss to … Read more

February issue of CoroCoro LEAKING

UPD: Ammended some details below in bold The February issue of popular children’s comic magazine CoroCoro is leaking in Japan. Details are just coming in so please bear with us as we update this post. Please refresh this article to see any updates. Movie XY & Z 2016 The next Pokémon movie is set to … Read more

LINE Adds Animated Pokémon Stickers

Some of you may have seen on our Twitter that a third set of Pokémon stickers had been released for the messaging app LINE. For those of you not acquainted with the app, it is a free messaging service for iOS/Android/PC and widely used throughout Asia. Part of its appeal comes from “stickers”, or large … Read more

Will Pocket Mortys be as fun as Pocket Monsters?

The popular animated Adult Swim cartoon Rick and Morty will be launching a spin-off mobile game called Pocket Mortys on iOS & Android and the game it takes inspiration from is pretty clear. Thought you all might enjoy the tongue-in-cheek take on our beloved Pokémon franchise. I also happen to be a big fan of Rick and … Read more