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Pokemon EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag This Pikachu ski mask is fifteen kinds of horrible 42 There are young girls buried in the back yards of America that most likely have this image as the last thing they ever saw. It's allegedly a Pikachu ski mask but it looks like something only a pe... Are you man enough for this PokePark Wii video? 28 Nursery-room appropriate music? Check. Japanese guy saying "Ackushun Addvenchu-aaahhh"? Check. Gamecube quality graphics. That's an affirmative. Put them all together, and you know what we've go... Yep, Pokemon Park Wii is a retail game 22 Last time we posted about Pokemon Park Wii: Pikachu's Great Adventure, there was some confusion about if the game would come to retail or a be WiiWare title. If it was a WiiWare title, then the g... Art Attack Friday: Jublin 10 Art Attack Friday is your weekly look at videogame fan art created by a talented artist.Prepare to have your heart broken as today's Art Attack artist shows no mercy to your favorite Pokemons. Ju... God of Pokemon DLC coming next month to Toys R Us 36 No, its not Bidoof, though I could see why some may worship that cute/ugly little mongrel. It's the other guy, Arceus; he's the God of all Pokemon. I still think he looks more like a bad cross be... Winners of the limited edition Pokemon shirts GET! 15 Awesome graphic shirt site, Teextile, had a few not-Pokemon T-shirts left over and wanted to give their remaining supplies over to the Destructoid community. We came up with a simple little conte... Pokepark looks graphically horendous 52 The above video features new footage of Pokepark for the Wii from a segment of a Japanese show called Sunday Poke... *ahem,* excuse me... SUNDAY POKEMON NEWS! From the actions of the person in a... Nintendo announces Pokepark for Wii 31 As rumored last week, Nintendo today officially announced Pokepark for the Wii. Very little was said about the game, but a briefing held for retailers last week had a few loose-lipped attendees, ... Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver sells 2 million already 29 Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver released only two weeks ago in Japan but has already managed to accrue two million sales. These latest games are remakes of Gold and Silver, generally cons... Pokemon 'Emergency Room' T-shirt is depressing 19 As the T-shirt expert here at Destructoid, I make it my duty to bring you the hottest gaming shirts around. Our fashion market is filled with Hot Topic garbage designs so we have to search high a... Brighten up your period with this Pokemon menstrual pad! 80 Is it your time of the month? You on the rag? On the blob? More importantly, have you ever wanted to bleed out of your minge and onto Pikachu's face? If you answer in the affirmative to these que... Protip: This is not how you use a Pokewalker 32 Pokémon SoulSilver and HeartGold launched this Saturday in Japan, and already people are finding ways to cheat. The image above is somebody using the Pokéwalker -- a pedometer that'... Pokeman Heart Gold/Silver screens are pretty cute 41 I like how your average gamer will turn up their nose at the Pokémon franchise like they're too good for it, yet the series still ranks among the best selling portable titles of all time. ... Pokemon Rumble coming to WiiWare 19 WiiWare has been hit or miss with its games, but the Wii's downloadable service will soon be getting a high profile visit from one of the biggest franchises Nintendo has. Pokémon Rumble wa... Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver has video/art 48 It's no surprise that people are pumped for the release of Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, being as they are a pair of remakes for what is considered the best generation of the entire fr... Pokemon SoulSilver, HeartGold coming Spring 2010 39 To no one's surprise, Nintendo has announced that more Pokémon titles will be making their way to the Nintendo DS. Prepare yourself -- Pokémon SoulSilver and Pokémon HeartGol... Geek chic: This Monster Hunter jacket is too much to handle 18 Oh yes, it's time for another edition of Geek Chic where we look at gaming related fashion. This Monster Hunter jacket is ridiculously hot. With that said though, I’ll never be caught weari... How Pokemon Red is blatantly better than Pokemon Blue 155 Pokémon Red is blatantly better than Pokémon Blue and if you disagree with me you are a spastic. Some of you may feel that one can't successfully draw discrepancies between two game... Hands-on with Pokemon Scramble and the death of a friendship 17 Pokemon Scramble is a 4-player RTS/beat 'em up that just hit Japanese WiiWare. Though many are sure to hate it because 1) it's a Pokemon game and 2) it's got low-poly character models in the styl... Wanna see Pokemon Gold/Silver? Watch this crap 24 You'd like to see some of the Pokemon Gold and Silver remake in action, wouldn't you. Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver are headed to the DS and DSi in 2010 as tenth anniversary remakes, but you... Pokemon Cheeseburgers! Also, Japan gets McWiFi 15 No, they're not cheeseburgers with Pokemon in them, though if you flattened a Pikachu and threw it atop a Dugtrio, it would kind of look like a Cheeseburger. It's too bad that Dugtrio looks...lik... Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver getting magic pedometer 43 Just in case you needed more incentive to pick the Pokémon Gold and Silver remakes this fall, let it be known that you will be getting a bonus pedometer packed into the box. Speaking as so... E3 09: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky is cute 4 The Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games have been pretty okay by me. They're at least something different than the normal formula, and I really like being able to take that little peek into the world o... Would you play a Pokemon action game? 48 GameFreak pretty much has it made with the established Pokémon formula. Ten years on and the series is still going strong, even after the huge Pokémania craze died down. Despite sti... How Pokemon avoided steroid abuse 37 We all know Pokémon as the cute and cuddly game in which pocket-sized monsters fight for your approval. However, according to Nintendo president Saturo Iwata, the worldwide smash hit could... First gameplay footage of Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver 77 Although Pokémon Heart Gold and Soul Silver were confirmed a few days earlier than expected, Japan's Poké-centric television program Pokémon Sunday continued the festivities ... Other Worlds Than These: Pokemon 34 [It's time for another Monthly Musing -- the monthly community blog theme that provides readers with a chance to get their articles and discussions printed on the frontpage. -- CTZ]  &n... Pokemaniacs rejoice: Pokemon Gold/Silver remakes confirmed 84 Hey, remember that little rumor about remakes of Pokémon Gold/Silver coming to the DS? It's no longer a rumor, as they have been confirmed today by both Yahoo! Japan and the official Japan... Rumortoid: Pokemon Gold/Silver remake coming 64 I am reliably informed that this is a big deal to Pokémon fans. While Pokémon Gold/Silver was one of the few main Pokémon games I never actually owned, it is said by some to ... Pikachu can see your insides: Pokemon X-ray machine 12 Mobile X-ray machines are scary to Japanese children, I guess. But Pokemon aren't. So that's why Japanese company Shimadzu has created a Pokemon-themed X-ray machine, using art from the game Poke... Team Rocket does NOT want to corrupt your Pokemans 27 At the top of the week, we ran a story called "Team Rocket is real and wants to corrupt your Pokemans." The story concerned a malevolent prankster who was distributing a hacked Pokemans... Team Rocket is real and wants to corrupt your Pokemans 34 This is quite a demented story to start your week. The Nintendo World Store launch party for Pokémon Platinum in New York was the source of drama when a fake "mystery gift" was u... Pikachu fetish gear for the special pervoid in your life 35 What is this I don't even ... ?As I struggle to find the right words, look upon this horrific blend of yellow cuteness and grotesque perversion, an inflatable rubber fetish suit known as The Pika... Pokemon Platinum preorder will net you a Giratina figure 11 [As originally posted on Tomopop]I'm not going to lie to you -- I know almost nothing about Pokemon (other than the fact that I make a squeaky noise of delight whenever I see a Charmander). In fa... Time to find a little kid to borrow: New Pokemon DLC coming soon to Toys R Us 40 I'm 32, and I still like love Pokémon. I've been to a ton of Pokémon events, and at each one, a parent of a young Poké-fan has approached me with something along the lines of... Japan: where you can wear your love of Pokemon on your face 12 Japan, Japan. The land where a man can throw worms about on a train just to see women scream and the penalty for a teacher cutting himself in front of his students is merely a slap on the wrist, ... Terrifying Pikachu freak woman is terrifying: Meet Pikabellechu 63 Jesus Christ. The above picture is quite possibly everything that is wrong in the world condensed into one horrific, shameless sea of yellow. Dear readers, I bring you Pikabellechu -- a 32-year-o... Toys 'R' Us wants to show you its Pokemans 32 All Toys “R” Us stores across the United States and Puerto Rico will be giving away a free Dragonite Pokemons this weekend. Just go to any Toys “R” Us tomorrow and Sunday ... Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia screenshots and information: Oi, pay attention! 18 Yes, I know it's not as exciting as The Conduit (first "party," haha Cammie) or the new Mario & Luigi (yay!), but some of us weren't around to get the good stuff so we're left with ... What if: Pokemon characters as Dragon Quest monsters 14 Over at Japanator, we're always checking out cool things, and so in my usual perusal of the Japanese blogocube, I came across this little video originally from Nico Nico Douga of what Pokemon mon... Pokemon Platinum trailer looks a lot like Pokemon Diamond and Pearl 26 [video]99366:149[/video]We haven’t heard much about Pokemon Platinum since the initial announcement made in Famitsu back in May. From the scans we’ve seen so far the game appears to b... Limited edition Pokemon Dialga/Palkia DS lite coming to North America 17 Looks like the once-Japanese-exclusive Dialga/Palkia Pokemon DS Lite is on its way to North America. Reader Spindash54 sends us images of next week's GameStop marketing, which displays an image o... Protein named after Pikachu 11 Ever sit back and wonder about the cultural effects that videogames have on us? Here’s some food for thought. According to the Anime News Network, researchers at Japan’s Osaka Bioscie... Eight terrible things that Pokemon wrought 65 As you know, I have been celebrating my childish love of Pokémon by posting a series of articles based on the wacky Japanese collect-a-thon franchise. This will be the last of my Pok&eacut... Raving Rabbids, a seizure, and possible Parliament restrictions 11 According to Sprong, the House of Commons recently debated laying down laws that would force developers to make sure their games will not cause photosensitive seizures. Conservative John Penrose ... Thirty rubbish Pokemon: Red/Blue edition 131 As readers will know, I recently confessed my closet Pokémon fandom and am celebrating my newfound liberation with a selection of Pokémon-themed articles for those who also like to ... Six ways in which Pokemon really bothers me 74 Believe it or not, I really like Pokémon. I've been a big fan of the series since I was a child, but even though my interest in the series diminished as I got older, I still find myself di... Kickass Pokemon shirts for the adult fan 37 I am under no illusion -- Pokémon isn't for children. Sure, it's all dressed up like cute and cuddly schoolyard fun, but once you break through the plush surface, you find mystical statist... GameStop offering exclusive Pokemon character 23 If you like rare Pokémon and haven't firebombed your local GameStop yet, you may be in for a bit of a treat: the last two weekends in June, you can stop by your local store equipped with y... My Pokemon Ranch Impressions: Let me show you them 23 Hey, you know those wacky new Nintendo Miis that everyone (in 2007) is talking about? My Pokémon Ranch, a "game" where Miis and those already cute/ugly cash cows known as Pok&eac... Let me show you Pokemans Platinum: My Pokemans Platinum, let me show it to you 40 Proving that Nintendo is not running out of precious stones and minerals to name its games after, Pokemon Platinum has been revealed for -- shockingly -- the DS. Courtesy of good ol' Famitsu (the... Game Debate to the Death! Favorite Pokemon species and Pokemon game? 169 In the last debate, we discussed which Mario Kart tracks from the past gave us the best memories. Spanning three consoles with dozens of courses to choose from, it was a good topic to finish... And now for your daily WTF: The realistic Pikachu 85 So you've seen the realistic take on Super Mario and the realistic take on Bowser. Sure, both of those were creepy, but I think I've found something that tops both of those. This realistic Pikach... Web site for Everyone's Pokemon Ranch Wii channel updated: Cute-o-phobes despair 55 Last year, Nintendo announced an upcoming Wii channel that would allow owners of Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl to transfer their Pokemon from either DS game over to their Wii for purposes of ... Alert Fox News: Ten-year-old mugs a younger classmate for his Pokemon cards 61 Here's a weekend special for you, sure to be taken by tabloid media outlets like Fox News and warped into an anti-video game manifesto. In Redwood City, California, a ten-year-old boy recently ca... Darkrai.com goes live: Pokemon's reputation continues to plummet 26 The Pokemon games are solid turn based RPGs. They also feature a world that is at times a clever parody of our own. Where humans in our world are obsessed with silly things like football and poli... Weekend Destructainment: Sexy topless Wii fun! 41 A couple of weeks ago, a sexy video series of two girls playing the Wii topless (link NSFW) and oiled up made the rounds on the Internet. It was a little too much for us to post, but a new toples... President of Pokemon steps down. Pokemon have presidents now 42 The President of Pokémon USA, Akira Chiba, will be resigning at the end of the year to pursue other opportunites. It's likely that you've never heard of Chiba, nor even care, becaus... Pokemon Snap comes to the Wii Virtual Console soon 18 I've been critical of the Virtual Console for a while, but one thing that can calm my tortured soul is the announcement of more N64 titles on the ethereal game service. In a rare move, Nintendo h... Oh snap! Virtual Console games to get new Wii specific functionality? 64 Next week, underrated Nintendo 64 game Pokémon Snap will be coming to the Wii's Virtual Console in Japan. 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