Since 1996 and the release of Pokémon Red and Blue, fans fo the Pokémon series have been able to explore a new region of the Pokémon world with each new iteration, with inspirations ranging from different Japanese islands to the bustling city of New York. As the anime follows the video games fairly closely, it would be safe to assume that the regions shown in the RPG series are all the world has to offer....
As fans will know, the Pokémon series isn’t especially keen on change. When it comes to the central concept and mechanics, not much has changed since Generation I (for better and for worse). Nonetheless, certain crucial quality of life changes have been made in the two decades since, which is something to be truly thankful for. One major one is that TMs now have unlimited uses. With Pokémon Sword & Shield, though, Game Freak added TRs (Technical Records), which can be used just once....
For the most part, the world of Pokémon is a happy-go-lucky place where humans and wild, superpowered animals peacefully coexist. However, those who know the franchise bet know that it is filled with dark corners and disturbing secrets. Some of the franchise’s Pokédex entries are basically condensed X-Files episodes. Certain subplots, such as a mission where Ditto replaces humans, feel torn from the pages of EC Comis. Oh, and there’s always Lavender Town....
The beloved Pokémon GO has been a massive hit for what seems to be eons now, even though it’s only been a few years. When it was released, it was a massive global phenomenon. Everyone was outside their houses trying to capture this cute little Pokémon on their phones. Initially, when it was first released, only a Generation 1 Pokémon could be found and caught, now Generation 4 Pokémon are in the game....
One of the research tasks during Pokémon GO’s Sinnoh Throwback Event requires trainers to catch a ground-type Pokémon. Here’s how to get it done. This week marks the fourth and final throwback event in Pokémon GO. Each week, trainers have been able to revisit various regions from the franchise via nine different levels of challenges. Each level features three research tasks, and completing them will earn players rewards and encounters....
As with the games, evolution is a huge deal in the Pokemon anime. Pokemon don’t evolve that frequently in the animated adventures, making it a big thing when they finally do. There have been some memorable evolutions over the years, with some of them coming from the anime’s first season. The Indigo League adventures saw a lot of things happen. With plenty of challenges and new allies met along the way, Ash’s early adventures in Kanto were full of notable events....
The official Pokemon Center stores are famous in Japan for selling high quality Pokemon merchandise to patrons. While official Pokemon Center stores popped up in London, New York, and Paris, the physical stores for those locations have since closed down. Thankfully, the Pokemon Center website acts as an official way to buy high-quality Pokemon merchandise online. Now, the Pokemon Center website has announced its official line of merchandise and apparel for Halloween 2020....
Pokemon GO users can finally begin transferring all of their favorite teammates into the latest “main” games, Pokemon Sword and Shield. That being said, the feature involves a few steps, and an intermediary app as well. Pokemon Trainers hoping to take Pokemon from Pokemon GO to Sword, Shield, or any game aside from Let’s GO Eevee/Pikachu, will first have to download the Pokemon Home mobile app. Using the app’s mobile version, players can receive Pokemon from Pokemon GO and thereafter decide which other game to send them to....
Pokemon GO trainers are currently busy racing around and taking advantage of the bonuses, increased spawns, and special Battle Raid bosses that are a part of the Sinnoh Celebration week event, but the next festivity is already right around the corner. As the countdown to Pokemon GO Tour: Kanto continues, players will revisit the Hoenn region starting next Tuesday. The Hoenn Celebration event in Pokemon GO is going to be very similar to what players have already seen in the Unova and Sinnoh Celebrations....
November is jam-packed with events for Pokemon GO players to participate in and the rate of special bonuses and features is only going to increase as the holiday season approaches. Now that the first of this month’s two Community Days is in the rearview mirror, a new week of excitement is here. To kick things off, Monday marks another Legendary Raid rotation that is bringing three exciting bosses back to Gyms around the world....
Pokemon GO players are just two short days away from the first ever two-day Community Day weekend event. This month puts Eevee in the spotlight and the featured Pokemon will have a three hour window on both Saturday and Sunday, when players can catch tons of the normal-Type and hopefully even secure a handful of shiny spawns to evolve. The Eevee evolution is unique in that the Gen 1 creature can evolve into a handful of different powerful Pokemon....
Pokemon GO developers release a stealth update that restricts playing the game while moving at certain speeds, even if the player identifies as a passenger. Pokemon GO has been getting a lot of positive attention from the community lately with its first successful Halloween event drawing in additional players and revenue and highly-anticipated features finally arriving in the mobile AR game. There is even even evidence in the code that Niantic is preparing to introduce gen 2 Pokemon to the environment soon....
Today, The Pokemon Company International announced the spring expansion of the Pokemon Trading Card Game. Called Battle Styles, this expansion will introduce the Single Strike and Rapid Strike mechanics first seen in the Crown Tundra DLC for Pokemon Sword & Shield. The Battle Style expansion is bringing a new card type to the game, also known as Battle Style. Battle Style cards come in either Single Strike Style or Rapid Strike Style and can be used to build interesting new decks with unique synergy....
On Monday, December 14, politicians in the United Kingdom put forth a motion to ban increasingly unpopular scalpers and automated bots. This early day motion focuses specifically on the sale of gaming consoles and computer components. Early day motions are typically concise, single sentence declarations that aim to draw attention to specific issues. At this time, 10 members of the Scottish National Party have put forth their signature in support of the motion....
[Update: It seems that for once the rumors were right on the money, as EA announced the details for their upcoming Collector’s Edition, Deluxe Edition, and Standard edition for The Old Republic. As was stated yesterday, the Collector’s Edition will come with all the bells and whistles listed, though with a much more reasonable $150 price tag. There will also be an additional Deluxe Edition for $79.99, that will come with five virtual items, including the Flare Gun, Training Droid, personal HoloDancer, HoloCam and the STAP vehicle....
Is Apple really developing a car? Yes, it’s been exploring the idea since 2014 The project, Titan, has morphed over the years Currently, Apple is focusing on an autonomous car Will Apple’s car definitely be electric? Apple’s car has been rumoured to be an EV It will be compatible with the CCS standard Apple has a special interest in battery tech What will Apple’s car look like? It might not have a steering wheel or pedals It could have a roomy interior like Canoo’s Thought to include an iPad-like touch screen Is Apple building its own car?...
After Project Wingman’s successful release, developer Sector D2 immediately got to work on the hardest part of game development, which is fixing everything that went wrong after release day. As with any modern game’s release, there were a bunch of small, non-critical bugs that have been fixed in update 1.0.4, but there’s also been a major change to Project Wingman’s climactic final battle. We’re going to try and avoid major spoilers, but if you want to go into that final fight completely blind, you should stop reading here....
For the newest installment of the next generation of gaming consoles that launched in November of 2020, both Sony and Microsoft brought everything they could when comes to their powerhouse machines. Already, many major console sales records are being broken for both of the gaming systems worldwide. While gaming console scalpers have been making it harder for the general public to get their hands on the systems, the sales numbers are still doing fairly well....
The agonizing wait for more information about the PS5 might be over soon, as UK retailer Simply Games is letting customers know that pre-order information for the system could be released any day now. The PS5 is due to be released during the 2020 holiday season, but Sony has yet to release any solid information about the price of the system or its exact release date. This lack of information from both Sony about the PS5 and Microsoft about the Xbox Series X is incredibly frustrating to both fans and retailers alike, as it makes it impossible for people who want a console to budget for the remainder of the year....
Although gamers may be unwrapping shiny new PS4 and Xbox Ones today, we are disappointed to report that those consoles’ services might be slightly limited. Both the PSN and Xbox Live are down on Christmas, which is preventing gamers from connecting to any online services. While it’s unclear at this point whether the PSN and Xbox Live outages are simply a result of Christmas onrush or a direct attack, hacker groups are nonetheless taking credit....
