Did Gladion win? Did Ash? Spoilers: it was Ash! In a surprise ending, Ash took home the Alolan League trophy and is officially a Pokémon Champion! Many fans have awaited the day that Ash would win a major region’s Pokémon League, and that day has finally dawned. Unfortunately, that makes us wonder… what’s next? Ash … Read more
Pokémon teams written in the stars! In this series, I will match Pokémon who share characteristics with zodiac signs across six different placements. At the end of this series, you’ll be able to generate a Pokémon team that matches your star chart! Is astrology real? Will Farfetch’d get an evolution in Galar? Probably. It’s Virgo … Read more
Welcome to Lorekeeper’s Logs! This series hopes to delve deep into the strangest lore of the Pokémon world and investigate the unexplained, the unanswered, and the unknown. For our first Pokémon mystery, we’re heading to a fan favorite region– so turn on the radio, and hop on the Bullet Train to Johto! Goldenrod City’s Radio … Read more
When Pokémon Red & Blue Versions first hit store shelves in the late 1990s, it was a different world: the dot-com bubble had yet to burst as the allure of the information superhighway led to extreme growth in internet usage. Meanwhile games journalism was primarily limited to magazines such as Nintendo Power and Electronic Gaming … Read more
In this recurring series, I’ll analyze the origins of Pokémon designs, their culture, and their historical allusions to British culture. In the August Pokémon Direct, we learned a lot of information about characters and Pokémon, including Weezing. It was revealed that they have a Galarian form in Pokémon Sword & Shield. Weezing’s design is based … Read more
This is a guest post by Alex Crawford who worked with our Twitter followers to create a comprehensive list of the best Pokémon games! In 1996 Pokémon Red and Green were released in Japan, and two years later Red and Blue were released in North America. These games would go on to spawn one of … Read more