The biggest announcements of the 2019 Pokémon Press Conference were probably Pokémon HOME, Pokémon Sleep and Pokémon Masters. I’m going to briefly explain each here in the post, but I have created a dedicated page for them all that have more concrete details. Pokémon Home Pokémon HOME is a service akin to Pokémon Bank which … Read more
The wait is finally over! A Pokémon Direct has been announced for June 5th and is set to share around 15 minutes of information on the upcoming Sword & Shield games for Nintendo Switch. While we really have no concrete information on what to expect, we think it’s likely we’ll see a few new Pokémon … Read more
Following the release of Pokémon Black & White in Japan, magazine Nintendo Dream published an interview with Ken Sugimori of Game Freak discussing the design inspirations of various Pokémon from the Unova region. This wasn’t covered by fansites much (although Bulbapedia’s trivia section contains excerpts for some species), but finally a translation of the May … Read more
The developer of the main Pokémon series, Game Freak, has offered some insight into their development structure within the company. In an interview with VGC, they talked about the teams that make up the company and their new R&D division which has helped them to develop even more games simultaneously. Pokémon Sword & Shield are … Read more
The winners of UNIQLO’s UT Grand Prix 2019 have been revealed. Over 18,000 designs were submitted from all over the world and all winning t-shirts can be found here. The shirts will go on sale June 24 in-store and online. UPDATE: The winner has been disqualified for selling his design previously. No shirt will appear … Read more
Players may notice some new items in the Pokémon GO shop. On sale now are the Mossy Lure, Glacial Lure and Magnetic Lure which can be affixed to Poké Stops and will attract different species of Pokémon. Each is currently sold for 200 Poké Coins. They also serve another purpose however; they can trigger evolution … Read more