Over the weekend Nintendo held a Pokemon Sword and Shield Players Cup III tournament, and you can reap the benefits. As is the case with these sorts of events, folks can grab a free reward: a Dream Ball. Wait, is that a big deal? Well,...

It's been 22 years... Pokemon Snap came out in 1999. Feel old yet? The weird little project that could from HAL Laboratory has withstood the test of time, spurring myriad think pieces about how great the game is and how there should eventua...

I'm always itching to jump back into Pokemon Sword and Shield, even though I've pretty much exhausted everything I can do at this point. Whether it's messing around with expeditions or hopping into new Max Raid Battles, the call of get...

It's April Fools', which means I should be laughing and smiling more. But I'm not! The "holiday" has become somewhat of a farce in recent years, with publishers trying to get in on the "fun" by marketing real games that end up disappointing...

If you played the Pokemon Trading Card Game as a kid, you remember those classic backgrounds. You know, the plains, or the trees? The things that looked like they were straight out of Digital Blasphemy? Well, they kind of wer...

Periodically, the powers that be share out Pokemon Sword and Shield codes and events in lieu of more expansion content. I mean, we could still get that! We had a season pass already and two expansions, but for now, players are relying ...

Pokemon Go has been around since mid-2016, and it's been aggressively selling a number of microtransactions ever since. One of the most contentious elements is the egg system, which is like a pseudo loot box; and has managed to evade legisl...

[Update: The Pokemon pens are gone! But Nintendo has also added two Mario 35 rewards into the mix: a "three year journal" and a pencil case. You can find them here.] In what is becoming a biweekly event, there are now new physical My Ninten...

So! The Pokemon Company showed off a lot of new franchise news recently, and confirmed two new games. Well, one brand new game and one set of remakes for Diamond and Pearl. Although each generation has its fans, Diamond and Pearl ...

Cblogs of 2/27 to 3/5/2021 -RedHeadPeak misses Dead Space like many of us. -LaTerry shares the March Band of Bloggers prompt about what pulls you back into games. -Gamingnerd looks at the history of Pokemon throughout the ages. -Virtua Kaz...

For several years, Pokemon Go existed in this sort of phantom zone; where it didn't really connect with any mainline games at all. The Pokemon Company was clearly trying to gauge whether or not it was a hit and worth the effort to brin...

Since the November 2019 launch of Pokemon Sword and Shield, Game Freak has done a decent job of running various max raid events, as well as doling out items for random celebrations. Some of them require a "community goal" of sorts (a modern...

Growing up, I had a friend who was very into the Star Wars Customizable Card Game. He carried two binders with him throughout the fifth grade: one for his school work and one for all of his cards. I don't know if he actually played it ...

Cblogs Recap: Week 8 -Gamingnerd takes an in-depth look at the many generations of Pokémon for its 25th anniversary. -Gamingnerd writes about The Legend of Zelda series in celebration of its 35th anniversary. -Kerrik52 deep dives i...

In the 25 years since its original inception, the Pokémon universe has grown from just a handful of lead critters to a ridiculous menagerie of monsters. The designs tend to get a little weirder and more abstract as the developers run...

Pokémon pretty much has it made. It has a huge history, and enough nostalgia to mine forever. Having a good cadence of "remakes, and new stuff" is pretty much perfect at this point. And they delivered both today. Here's a full recap,...

Back in middle school, I remember my classmates saying Pokémon was just a fad. It was 1998, school had just started up again, and the anime had just started up in preparation for the arrival of Pokémon Red and B...

Welcome to the weekend, folks! May I be the first to wish you a very happy Pokémon Day... PokéDay? Well, whatever it is, I hope for all of you budding trainers out there it's a fun one. Pokémon is such a social game, bu...

The Pokémon Company wowed us with another Sinnoh-region announcement today beyond the Diamond and Pearl remakes: a brand new game coming in 2022. This one takes place in an "older" Sinnoh region where "Pokémon roamed as t...

Well, The Pokémon Company didn't waste any time today! This isn't like one of the more recent presentations that gave us a Pokémon MOBA that still isn't out yet. Oh no, they learned their lesson this time. The Pearl and D...

Every so often, Game Freak does mystery gift giveaways for free creatures in Pokemon Sword and Shield. Okay, it's mostly just different types of Pikachus. Okay, it's basically all Pikachu, all the time. But at the very least you're get...

Pokémon Day might not be until February 27, but in lieu of anyone having to do any work on a Saturday, The Pokémon Company has announced that it will be hosting a brand new "Pokémon Presents" live stream presentation to...

As the global COVID-19 pandemic continues into its second year, we are already starting to see the rescheduling of multiple events previously postponed in 2020. Among these are the Pokémon World Championships, which for a second year...

"Essential business" GameStop is at it again with their old tricks. This time it actually is an old trick, as the retailer is trying to get people into their stores for a Pokemon distribution. During a global pandemic. A shiny Pok...

I've had so-so luck over the past year and a half collecting all the free Mystery Gifts Nintendo and the Pokémon Company have sent out for Pokémon Sword and Shield, and there's a good chance I would have missed this one t...