February 27th is ‘Pokémon Day’, but even though that’s technically tomorrow at the time of this post, it doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate early! Here are the events straight from the official press release (bolding mine): Pikachu will lead the Pokémon Day celebration in Pokémon GO. From February 26, 1:00 pm PST, to March 6, 1:00pm PST, any … Read more
Pokémon Company CEO and President Tsunekazu Ishihara sat down with Toyo Keizai for an interview about Pokémon GO as well as the upcoming Nintendo Switch console. The most interesting thing to come out of it is what he says about development for the main game series: そのため、ポケモンをスイッチへ出すとしたら、これまで通りのやり方ではいけない。私たちはポケモン本編以外にも、格闘ゲームの『ポッ拳』やダンジョンRPGの『不思議のダンジョン』などの派生タイトルを作っている。それらの中で、スイッチに適合しやすいものから順番に対応していこうと考えている Essentially they’re considering ways to bring Pokémon onto the … Read more
Hello everyone! We’re bringing you the results of the Pokémon Mascot Showdown! There were a lot of votes, and it was a very close call, but we have a winner. It’s Giratina, our favorite mascot from Generation 4! It won with 19% of all the votes! In celebration of Giratina, our supreme overlord, winning we’ve updated the site … Read more
A NeoGAF user has received their Nintendo Switch pre-order a whopping two weeks early and has taken the opportunity to upload a short video showing the initial set-up of the console as well as its menus.
There’s even a black system theme which will be perfect for late-night under the covers gaming!
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Pokémon GO is about to get even bigger! It has been announced that Pokémon GO is set to receive a huge update later this week with a ton of new content. New Pokémon: over 80 new Pokémon from the John region will soon begin appearing in the game New Evolutions: some Kanto Pokémon will be able to … Read more
The big confirmed news of the day is that Pokkén Tournament will be returning to the Pokémon World Championships 2017. It was noticeably absent from the schedule that was first announced for Worlds, but Japanese sources have confirmed that the fighting game will be returning again this year according to Serebii. Various tuning tweaks are slated to go live … Read more