Happy Year of Legendary Pokémon! …you guys still care about these distributions, right? For those stateside, from today until May 25th you can head to your local Gamestop and pick up a serial code for Xerneas (Moon/Ultra Moon) or Yveltal (Sun/Ultra Sun)! For those outside the States, check out where you can snag a serial … Read more
Brand new Research Tasks as well as an all new event are now available in Pokémon GO! From now until May 14th, Fighting-type Pokémon, such as Machop and Makuhita, will appear more frequently in the wild as part of the Battle Showdown! To go along with the theme of battling, Trainers will receive several bonuses … Read more
Weekly Wrap Up is our end of the week digest of smaller news stories that are just as important, but didn’t get a dedicated post! If you’d like to get real time updates about what’s mentioned here you can follow our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages. Here’s what you missed from April 23rd to April … Read more
One of the thrills of collecting Pokémon TCG cards is opening a booster pack and getting a rare holographic cards that shimmers under direct light. A new patent has been filed by Nintendo which seems to seek to replicate that effect digitally and which has already been used in Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun and … Read more
This week was a fairly packed with Switch news from Nintendo, including the retirement of their president, Tatsumi Kimishima, and the rise of their upcoming president, Shuntaro Furukawa! We wish him the best of luck in running the company! As for the Nintendo Switch, here’s the news: Nintendo LABO is Released Nintendo LABO is now available worldwide! … Read more
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