Ash Ketchum is a legend. Or at least he is now, after trying to become one for over two decades. After a ton of speculation that Ash would finally win the Pokemon League given that the series might be soft rebooted next season (se...

Late Thursday night, the official Pokémon Twitter account sent out this tweet: Not exactly the most unusual bit of social media advertising. Sword and Shield are just a few weeks away and The Pokémon Company and Nin...

I still can't believe there are 28 forms of Unown not only in Pokémon but also in real life, as officially licensed plush toys. I marveled at that fact earlier this year when the Pokémon Center in Japan started taking pre-orde...

While Lyle continues to accept art submissions for the abstract concept of politics, here's what's been in video games this past week: Another Nintendo Direct happened! Deadly Premonition 2 is actually happening, what a blessed timeline!...

Game Freak knows me too well. If there's a list of things to accumulate in a video game, I'm going to do my darnedest to fill it out, whether it's catching every last Pokémon in Galar or cooking up a storm. Today's Nintendo Direct f...

Pokémon Sword & Shield's new region is called "Galar," and we've seen quite a bit of it so far by way of gameplay trailers these past few months. But when the new season of the anime airs later this year, it's not going to be the...

I haven't yet taken the time to download the Pokémon Pass on my phone, but there's a reason to do so soon. Players will have a chance to snag a Shiny Solgaleo and/or a Shiny Lunala using the free app from October 21 through November ...

3v3 real-time RPG Pokemon Masters will be officially launching on iOS and Android next week. While we had a good assumption that the free-to-play mobile title would be coming on August 29, it's now been officially confirmed outside of the p...

[This week, Destructoid is presented by Mable & The Wood, a stylish, combat-optional Metroidvania that pits our shapeshifting pixelated protagonist against massive beasts and mysterious wonders.] Shapeshifting is a time-honored traditio...

If it's near the end of August it can only mean one thing: it's time for the Pokémon World Championship. Taking place in Washington D.C., this year's tournament brought the best Pokémon video game players, Poké...

The latest trailer for Pokémon Sword and Shield is all about the nitty-gritty of battling, including new held items like Room Service, hidden abilities, and the oft-highlighted Dynamax mechanic that can turn one of your Pokémo...

If you burned out on Pokemon Go (or never started), there's a new Pokemon mobile game coming to town very soon: Masters. The gist is you'll be syncing Pokemon up with trainers for battles and friendship, as the game takes a decide...

Nintendo promised more Pokemon Sword & Shield info this morning and by God, we got it! The big news this morning is the reveal of "Galarian Forms," which are very similar to the "Alolan" concept from the previous Sun &...

British Pokémon fans might want to get themselves down to London this Autumn, as The Pokémon Company has announced that a "pop-up" version of their mega-merch selling Pokémon Centres will be appearing temporarily, just ...

Speaking on Twitter, The Pokémon Company has announced that fans excited for upcoming Switch releases Pokémon Sword & Shield will not have much longer to wait for further info.In fact, you can expect some new details on th...

Developer DeNA has opened pre-registration on its upcoming mobile game Pokémon Masters, ahead of its official launch on iOS and Android devices August 29. Alongside this announcement, the team dropped a whopping six gameplay videos, ...

The Pokémon Company realizes there's a huge missed opportunity in not having Pokémon in China. Given China's affinity for mobile gaming, the obvious and easy candidate is Pokémon Go. That's a no-go, thoug...

As reported by Yahoo News and GamesIndustry.biz, Pokémon: Detective Pikachu is now the highest-grossing video game movie of all-time, with the Warner Bros. release having received its final burst of activity in a few smaller markets,...

Pokemon Go and One Piece are teaming up. I can just imagine you explaining to your grandma, who still plays Pokemon Go, what Gum-Gum Fruit and Straw Hat Pirates are now.  The two powers that be are getting together due to the...

Would you like the good news first or the bad news first? People always pick bad news, right? Get it out of the way and go out on a high note? Okay, here goes: Funko is at it again. The toy manufacturer that makes its nut by drowning the wo...

Although they tried to move over assets from the 3DS iterations of Pokemon, a Famitsu interview confirms that they had to start over from scratch. Amid errant concerns from fans that Game Freak just re-used 3DS assets, the developer dispels...

The Pokemon Company just dropped a Japanese trailer for Pokemon Sword & Shield, and it's basically an apology tour for the lack of a National Pokedex, if almost to say: "look at all of the classic Pokemon that are coming back!" Whi...

For decades now, Nintendo has produced special edition Game Boy/DS/3DS models for new mainline Pokemon games. It was an inevitability that collectors savored, as the little pieces of hardware would often sell out quickly and skyro...

Team Rocket might have hosted repetitive storylines in the original Pokemon anime, but they added a Looney Tunes element to the show that elevated it: plus, the 4Kids English voice team of Jessie, James, and Meowth (Rachael Lillis, Eri...

The Pokemon Company just dropped a new Japanese trailer for Sword & Shield, and among lots of new areas, we also get a good look at three new Pokemon (which were slightly teased during the E3 demo). In order of their appearance in ...