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
“I’ll Flare Strike for 230.“ “Full Blitz for 150.” These are two of the phrases you could hear as early as the first attack of the game in the Pokémon Trading Card Game’s current Standard Format. The current state of the game is a perfect example of what people in the gaming community call “power … Read more
The Pokémon Company have released a tweet announcing the next instalment of the Galar research updates. An all-new Pokemon has been… revealed. The official Sword & Shield website appears to have been disrupted by this Pokémon and features mysterious loading bars and a glitched image. Clicking on the image loads a clip of Rotom’s cry. … 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
One of the biggest appeals to playing Pokémon these days is building a team, forming complex strategies, and challenging others to competitive Pokémon. However, this may be the precise reason that Pokémon, especially its competitive scene, has been becoming more insular over the past few generations. Pokémon is notoriously hard for new players to join. … 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