Pokemon
The most important part of any new Pokemon game is, well, the Pokemon themselves, and Pokemon Sword and Shield is no exception. There are 400 pocket monsters...
In Pokemon Sword and Shield, there are 400 pocket monsters to catch. Filling out your Pokedex is as much a part of the experience as completing the story and becoming Galar’s newest Cham...
Pokemon Sword and Shield are here, and I’ve been making my way through the Galar region on my quest to be the very best there ever was. One thing that’s surprised me with this installmen...
Some Pokémon are basically animals. And then there are those like Mewtwo, who is basically an intellectual peer of philosophers like Sophocles, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche. In the world of Pokémon, Mew...
Pokemon GO is a numbers game when you get down to it. CP values represent your Pokemon’s overall strength, made up of Attack, Defense, and Stamina. But things like type advantages, STAB (same-t...
If you’d only ever watched the animated series, it would be easy to believe that the core theme of Pokemon is friendship. However, the games offer a very different story to that of Ash a...
America has always had a strange relationship with Japanese media and pop culture. From the weirdness of DiC’s Sonic Cartoons to everything about Digimon: The Movie, it’s plain to see that lice...
I really, truly cannot stress enough how excited I was for Detective Pikachu. The first trailer was released just days after I’d had major surgery, and it sent me into a giddy haze. I immediate...
The most important part of any new Pokemon game is, well, the Pokemon themselves, and Pokemon Sword and Shield is no exception. There are 400 pocket monsters...
Pokemon was a huge part of my life growing up. Even though I’ve fallen off of the franchise a bit, the upcoming release of Sword and Shield is getting me excited about it all over...
The most important part of any new Pokemon game is, well, the Pokemon themselves, and Pokemon Sword and Shield is no exception. There are 400 pocket monsters...
When I was in middle school, a substitute teacher confiscated a student’s Game Boy after catching him playing it in class. The kid got it back at the end of the day, but he noticed a terrible change:...
An exceptionally rare Pokemon trading card has been lost in (or stolen from) the mail, according to Pokemon TCG Youtuber/aficionado smpratte. The card, “Trainer No. 3,” is one of the...
For the series’ Switch debut, Pokemon Sword and Shield has introduced introduced a number of new features that shake up the standard standard formula in interesting ways. The most notable add...
Years ago, I found myself playing the role of a Pokemon gym leader at a convention. My duties as part of this unofficial Pokemon League included taking on challengers, being overly dramatic, and award...
Pokemon has a lot more strategic depth in its metagame than one might assume. A lot of work can go into crafting your dream team of up to six Pokemon in a single party. Each creature has a se...
For a long time, Pokemon challenge runs have tried to up the difficulty of the game. The classic example is the Nuzlocke, a ruleset that forces players to only catch the first Pokemon they en...
As the list of Pokemon grows, and the number of Pokemon types with it, keeping up with how each type interacts with one another can be challenging. Especially if you’re mainly playing Pokemon GO
