It's mid-December and, hoo-boy, money is changing hands. With cash registers ringing and people grabbing up stuff for Tat-mas, it's been a very profitable week for video game publishers. None more so that Nintendo, whose biggest release of ...

[Header Herabuff by @WaddleDurrr] Nick Franco's Pokémon: Hard Mode comics popularized the concept of the Nuzlocke, one of the most well-known self-imposed challenges among electric mouse enthusiasts. Its two simple rules --...

After a basic tease last week, Niantic has detailed the soon-to-launch Trainer Battles in Pokémon GO. You can face other Pokémon trainers by scanning the unique Battle Code associated with their account. "While Trainers will u...

Pokemon: Let's Go Eevee & Pikachu have been a success, managing to woo in a lot of veterans and appeal to a new generation of trainers. After positive sales numbers have been cascading for days now Game Freak team member and Let's Go&nb...

So Pokemon Let's Go is a lot better than some people thought it would be, combining some new sensibilities with old school flair. One of the biggest nostalgia hits is the soundtrack, which combs through a decades-long history with songs lik...

It can't be denied that most games have struggled with physical sales this year. The UK Charts have featured a lot of major titles that saw a serious reduction in the amount of physical units shifted, compared to their previous releases.Spa...

We're just days away from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and while director Sakurai has noted that there will not be any major surprises through launch, we are getting little tidbits here and there. Just this past weekend the Nintendo Australi...

A common thread in sports/sports entertainment is hyping up re-used events. Ignoring repetition is a great tactic, and now Niantic is once again bringing back the "legendary dump" event from last year. This time though, instead of just enco...

Pokemon Go is no stranger when it comes to using any advantage it can to win over new fans, and that includes taking the anime for all its worth. As of today new outfits are in tow (which are roughly 300 coins), clearly inspired by the like...

We're at the end of one of the biggest shopping weekends of the retail calendar. Did you spend a lot of cash? I didn't, but clearly I'm in the minority, as the UK video game charts have seen a bit of a shuffle following the high street spen...

Thanksgiving week was the perfect occasion for me to dive into a nostalgic and relaxed game like Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu. I knew that just like the originals, once the adventure started in earnest, I wouldn't want to stop. I block...

We live in a time when most people forty years old and younger were brought up adoring media that was designed to function as toy commercials, childhood companions, and near-religious texts at the same time. When I saw Michael Bay's Transfo...

In today's episode of Impulse, I sat down once again with Sam Mui from Infinite Backlog to discuss our brief thoughts on Pokémon Let's Go and what features we'd love to see carry over to the next mainline game. But, obviously, ...

I’ve grown increasingly exhausted of Pokémon with each generation, despite feeling the games are improving overall. From Gold through Pearl, I had unyielding optimism to "catch ‘em all" and excessively grind my team up fo...

I remember loving Tamagotchi's back when I was a kid. It was a huge fad that swept the nation and then promptly disappeared into the night. Fond memories. Somehow, though, a brand new Tamagotchi is being released and it will also mark the f...

Prettttty much everyone knows the words, or at least some of the lyrics, to the original Pokemon anime theme song. It's embedded in your brain and in the mind of singer Jason Paige, who re-appears from time to time to cover the tu...

I should've seen it coming, of course it was going to happen. We're the country who put Crash Bandicoot back on top, for months, two years in a row. Yes indeed, folks, Spyro the Dragon is flying high, as Spyro: Reignited Trilogy has succeed...

I don't remember exactly what compelled me to rush out and buy Pokémon Red before the craze began, but I vividly recall the day I went to Toys"R"Us after school and picked it up. I got to Mt. Moon in one sitting and promptl...

We died and went to Contest Heaven: Win a PDP Switch Fight Pad Pro Controller! With Super Smash Bros. Ultimate coming out in a few weeks, it sure would be nice to have a GameCube-style controller to relive the GC glory days, wouldn't it? PD...

The hex nut Pokémon, Meltan, is now obtainable in Pokémon Go. Niantic has given trainers a new "Special Research Task" quest that will reward them with Meltan at the end. Titled, "Let's Go, Meltan," the quest will be...

Never underestimate the power of fan art. Need proof that fan creations can score you a gig? Look no further than the upcoming Detective Pikachu film, which hired a fan artist during pre-production (per Kotaku). Through Talenthouse, pr...

Every piece of the puzzle that is the current timeline is wrong! So, while we try and piece it all back together, here's some of what happened in video games: Void Bastards looks magical! Detective Pikachu is my new nightmare fuel! Crack...

Today's contest lets you choose between Eevee and Pikachu for our Pokémon prize pack! We've done some really fun contests with the crew over at Fun.com, so we figured we'd get together to bring you guys another really awesome contest...

I can only imagine that Pokémon fans reacted to the news of a film adaptation for Detective Pikachu with a mix of skepticism and curiosity, with a bit of horror sprinkled in. Today, through the film's first trailer, Warner Bros...

Pokemon: Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee are both set to debut this Friday. Arguably one of the last big games of 2019 (outside of Fallout 76 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate), it's poised to potentially dominate the holiday charts, espec...