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Pokémon Sun and Moon at E3: Battle Royal multiplayer, three new Pokémon [updated]

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 14, 2016
3 min

For its Electronic Entertainment Expo livestreaming presentation from Los Angeles, Nintendo’s Treehouse localization team revealed new information and showed off a new game mode for the upcoming 3DS games, Pokémon Sun and Moon.

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How Pokémon Go brings the pocket monsters to your neighborhood

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 10, 2016
9 min

Pokémon Go is ripping its monsters out of your pockets and imagination and placing them someplace you’ll be able to go out, walk to,...

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9 min

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Pokémon Go beta test starts today — here’s how battles work

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 25, 2016
2 min

The next big Pokémon release is coming to phones soon, and it’ll give you plenty of challenges in addition to catching ’em all. A field...

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2 min

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Watch 8 minutes of Pokémon Go’s augmented reality gameplay in action

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 26, 2016
2 min

Pokémon Go has launched in a closed beta in Australia and New Zealand, and that means we are getting our first look at real...

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2 min

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Pokkén Tournament takes Pokémon somewhere new: the fringe of fan fiction

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 15, 2016
7 min

If the idea of Pikachu dressed up in a luchador costume and fighting against other Pokémon on the deck of a ship where a...

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7 min

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The Pokémon World Championships are all about community

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 3, 2016
4 min

Never before have critical hits proven more dramatic than at the Pokémon World Championships. While the commentators quickly break down the obvious metagame-specific strategies...

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4 min

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6 celebrities that should play Pokémon in a live-action movie

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 3, 2016
4 min

The Pokémon franchise has had nearly 20 movies since 1996, but all of ’em are silly cartoons. It’s time for Hollywood to turn this series into a...

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4 min

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20 years have produced some seriously ugly Pokémon

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 1, 2016
3 min

Not all Pokémon are created equal. While Pikachu and Jigglypuff turn into adorable little mascots, others become embarrassing reminders of an artist’s bad day at the office. They don’t really hurt the franchise. Total sales for Pokémon have reached over 200 million.

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3 min

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Pokémon: a guide to joining the party 20 years late

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 28, 2016
4 min

The original games came out 20 years ago and spawned a franchise that stretches across cartoons (the show has over 900 episodes), movies (19 of them), a card game (that has 68 sets), and more. In total, the Pokémon brand earns $1.5 billion annually.

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4 min

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How you can send your Red, Blue, and Yellow Pokémon to Sun and Moon

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 26, 2016
2 min

Nintendo is finally enabling fans to bring their favorite Pokémon from the first generation of games to the 3DS. The company revealed today that players...

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2 min