Mega Evolution Making a Comeback?
With the advent of the Crown Tundra DLC expansion dropping on October 22nd, many Pokémon from the National PokeDex are returning to the games. Of these returning Pocket Monsters, a significant number are those who had Mega Evolutions in the past two generations of the games (XY and Sun & Moon/Ultra), which has encouraged a […]
Major Pokémon Home Errors Resolved
Gamefreak appears to have quietly addressed massive errors for Pokémon Home. The problems have been affecting thousands of players since the Pocket Monster cloud storage and transfer service dropped four days ago. Issues involving players being unable to link their respective Nintendo Network IDs with Pokémon Home on mobile devices were mostly resolved within the first 48 hours. […]
Pokémon Home Launch Day Blues
In a surprise event, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company International released the much anticipated Pokémon Home application for both the Nintendo Switch and mobile (iOS and Android – sorry those of you still holding onto your Blackberry; troglodytes). We’ll have a full write-up of the application soon, but the long and short is that it […]
Nintendo Direct – January 2020 Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass and More
This morning’s dedicated Pokémon Direct revealed a wealth of new Pokémon information. President and CEO of The Pokémon Company, Tsunekazu Ishihara, kicked off the 20-minute stream with a reveal of a remake of the 2006 games Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team in the form of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon DX. This remake […]
Competitive Pokémon Primer
Most gamers are aware that Pokémon is the largest-grossing multimedia franchise out there. Across the trading card game, video games, anime, and numerous toys, Pokémon is a real powerhouse. What many may not be aware of, however, is its budding competitive facet. To be clear, there has been a “competitive scene” for Pokémon since the […]
REVIEW: Pokémon Sword and Shield
How is it that a single development team manages to keep the hits coming with virtually every single release? Pokémon has had its good seasons and “bad” seasons, but even those who have sold less than others are still massively successful on a global scale. Coming to meet controversy head-on after being one of the […]