As it did to many in my generation, Pokémon Snap left an indelible imprint on my childhood psyche. Even at a young, tender ...

If you've grown up watching the Pokemon anime series like me, chances are that in every Pokemon game you've pictured yourself as Ash Ketchum in some kind of way. Battling gyms, filling up your Pokedex ...

I don’t know how it started, but I name all my Pokémon trainers Glitch. Just like my trainers, the Pokémon games have undergone transformations between installments, some cosmetic, some substantial.

In 2022, there was a very real chance that the last video game I would ever play in my 41-year-old life was “Pokémon Violet” for the Nintendo Switch. Days after its release, I underwent lifesaving ...

I’m very early in Pokémon Legends: Z-A, but I just found something in Lumiose City I had to tell somebody about, or I might explode. The RPG’s map is small, but if you’re not looking in every corner, ...

Pokemon games have always been a bit of a mixed bag with storytelling. Many of the early games told a relatively similar story, one where you battle your way through gyms and defeat a Team ...

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As silly as this question might sound, some Pokemon do have some practical application in a military shoot 'em up. In fact, the most recent Pokemon generation probably has the best answer for me.

I don't want to say it'd be impossible for Capcom to screw up "Monster Hunter, but Pokémon," because in the decades since Pokémon's debut on the Game Boy we've never really seen an imitator come close ...

I’ve played almost every Pokémon game ever made. Those run the gamut from the traditional monster-catching RPGs to puzzlers and even a pinball game or two. It’s a varied experience. At today’s ...

Gold was the official protagonist of the first two Generation 2 games. Image credit: Game Freak Being a true 90s kid, I was all-in on the Pokémon hype the moment it started. The games, the anime, the ...

Battles are real-time, not turn-based. Battles are real-time, not turn-based. That still didn’t stop me from making a rookie error in Pokémon Legends: Z-A. I ...