Many collectors are looking to diversify their collections or discover emerging categories before they reach the level of demand we're seeing with Pokémon. While rare Pokémon cards are selling for millions in some instances, its competitors are catching on as collectors look for their next up-and-coming investment.
The Yasukuni Shrine commemorates the Japanese people who died in conflicts from 1869 to 1954, and thus includes the soldiers who died as part of Japan's forces fighting for the Axis powers in World War II, many of whom were charged with the most serious of war crimes. As such, it's a very controversial site, both within and without the country, and it causes serious stirs whenever anyone of prominence chooses to make a public visit.
but thanks to the opening of Pokemon's first ever amusement park on 5 February, this year, they are likely to come earlier. Unlike the rollercoaster-filled thrills of Tokyo Disney Sea or Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, PokePark Kanto is essentially a forest populated by models of the creatures from the perennially popular games. Nestled in the quiet Tokyo suburb of Inagi, half an hour from the city centre, the park is a walkable forest with more than 600 Pokemonin it.
Finally, we are one step closer to a full-on Pokémon land coming to a theme park in the United States. Universal Studios Japan just made the first move in making our Poké friends into an amusement park staple. Pokémon International and USJ are expanding their collaboration by creating "an unprecedented, innovative experience" that will first debut at Universal Studios Japan before expanding to other theme parks globally.
Plenty of Pokémon fans and engineers have created working Pokédexes complete with image recognition to let you scan toys and art to identify your favorite monsters . BigRig Creates and Mr. Volt have taken this a step further, creating what they're calling the "World's Smartest" Pokédex, capable of not only recognizing Pokémon, but giving you data about them from the games, acting as a voice assistant, and much more.
Though this glitch isn't exclusive to one of the randomly selected Hyperspace maps, this odd attack pathing does seem to occur most frequently on the one that has a mostly open field with one or two large scaffolding structures on the edges of the area. These maps are made up of the "dreams" of Lumiose City citizens, so they manifest as distorted images of the actual metropolis, mashing together different areas with no rhyme or reason.
Someone finally built a life-sized Pokéball you can actually climb inside, and honestly, it's about damn time. For nearly three decades, we've been throwing these things at Pidgeys and Rattatas without ever really knowing what happens when that button clicks and the whole thing seals shut. The anime gave us vague red-light-energy-conversion-something explanations, the games treated it like a loading screen, and the trading cards just showed them closed. The mystery has persisted through 1,000+ Pokémon species, countless regional variants,
I've put maybe five or six hours into , and I spent maybe two of those hours desperately searching for two items: Raichunite X and Raichunite Y. These two Mega Stones would allow Raichu, my favorite Pokémon who has never gotten any respect , to Mega Evolve into one of two forms. I had been begging Game Freak for Mega Raichu for so long, I had honestly given up hope that my boy would get a superpowered transformation in , then they gave him two.
Ever since The Pokémon Company , the Animal Crossing -style life sim game has seemed a little off. Your character is helping rebuild a small town so Pokémon can live there, but the space is filled with desecrated buildings, and humans are nowhere to be found. Fans have been speculating that the cozy game might not be so cozy after all, and that it may take place in a post-apocalyptic version of the Kanto region from the original games. Now, a leak may have confirmed this.
tendency manifests in statements and gestures that are, at their best, a bumper sticker tagline about how Republicans are a bunch of Dementors from Harry Potter , or at worst, literal fascist propaganda dressed in 's imagery . Even just yesterday, as we headed into election night, the official social media accounts of the Democratic party were using my favorite song from KPop Demon Hunters to paint President Donald Trump as an agent of the evil, soul-eating demon Gwi-ma, and it gave me the ick.
We talked about how, in the '90s, Game Freak probably wasn't designing the world of its monster-taming RPGs to be interrogated, or expecting the core concept of capturing magical monsters in balls to become the source of a heated moral quandary. Established norms like dumping your unused Pokémon in a PC box were probably not meant to make a kid think about the existential dread their seventh-favorite monster might experience in captivity, where they had to put it because they could only hold six Poké Balls on their belt at a time.
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As mentioned in GameSpot's review of the latest Pokemon title, Legends: Z-A can easily be considered a sequel to generation 6 titles Pokemon X & Y--it's set in Lumiose City just five years after the events of that game, and brings back many of that game's characters, Pokemon, and even Mega Evolutions. Looking back, the game's status as a sequel has always been right there in the name--
In one of the most unexpected and exciting crossovers of the year, HUMAN MADE has announced its debut collaboration with Pokémon, merging streetwear heritage with pop-culture nostalgia. The announcement instantly sparked waves of excitement across fashion and gaming communities alike-two worlds that rarely intersect so seamlessly. Founded by NIGO, HUMAN MADE has long carried an aura of craftsmanship and authenticity, defined by its meticulous attention to detail and a love for vintage Americana.
With strikingly similar aesthetics and game mechanics to Pokémon, the game has been accused of plagiarism by fans and lawyers alike. And according to ex-Capcom dev Yoshiki Okamoto ( Monster Strike, Folklore), you-yes you-shouldn't even be playing until and unless the lawsuit is settled in Pocketpair's favor. "I don't want the world to think [ Palworld] is acceptable," Okamoto said, urging folks not to play the game.
This week, Homeland Security posted a video to X of an arrest compilation. In between footage of ICE agents handcuffing people at their homes and in their cars are clips from the OG Pokemon TV series, with the famed "Gotta catch 'em all" theme playing in the background. When Ash Ketchum looks up at the sky, the text "The Department of Homeland Security" populates the screen in Pokemon's iconic yellow-and-blue font. As a Poke Ball closes, the camera zooms in on wrists in cuffs. And at the very end of the video, those arrested appear as Pokemon cards with their "crime" described under their picture.
A new Pokemon pop-up shop will be coming to the London Natural History Museum in early 2026, and fans of all things pocket monsters can expect exclusive items to be sold here. Can fans also expect to compete for these items with scalpers who view opportunities like this as an opportunity to make some quick cash? If previous Pokemon events are any indicator, probably.
