Through the Years: Pikachu & the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Today marks Pikachu’s 17th consecutive appearance in the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade! And although seventeen isn’t an especially exciting or important number, I thought we could take a look back at the parade and Pikachu’s multiple appearances! also because #newsdrought The Parade: A Brief History The roarin’ twenties were a rather glamorous time in America’s … Read more

Pokémon GO Travel Event + Pokémon Bank Update

Niantic has officially announced the Pokémon GO Travel event! From now until to November 26th, trainers across the globe must work toward the goal of collectively catching 3 billion Pokémon in Pokémon GO! As the week progresses, and more ‘mons are caught, rewards will start to roll out: At 500 million Pokémon caught we’ll get … Read more

Weekly Wrap Up 11/13-11/19

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 November 13th to November … Read more

Amazon Reviews are Tanking for Ultra Sun & Moon

While many of us have enjoyed our foray back into Alola in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon on the Nintendo 3DS which was released just days ago, not all fans have been happy with their purchase. Japanese gamers who expected more than an end-game scenario and expanded regional Pokédex have taken to Amazon to vent their … Read more

USUM Pokémon Bank Support Coming + Release Goodies

It’s been announced that the latest Pokémon games for the Nintendo 3DS, Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, will be able to use the storage app Pokémon Bank at the end of November. Currently you can import Pokémon from past games into your copy of Ultra Sun or Ultra Moon, but it requires having a copy of either Pokémon Sun … Read more

HAPPY POKÉMON ULTRA SUN & ULTRA MOON RELEASE DAY!

I don’t use caps in titles very often, but when its the release day of a new Pokémon game you better bet I’m keeping my pinky close to the CAPS LOCK key to shout about all the GREAT NEW STUFF waiting for Pokémon fans. After months of eagerly anticipating the enhanced version of last year’s … Read more