News and updates spanning the Pokémon universe, including Pokopia, Winds and Waves, the 30th Anniversary, and the Pokémon TCG.
Nintendo’s modern design philosophy didn’t just appear out of thin air with its newest wave of Switch 2 releases—it was hiding in plain sight back in 2021. New Pokémon Snap (developed by Bandai Namco and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company) looks, on paper, like a safe reboot of a beloved…
Pokémon Champions has landed on Nintendo Switch as a free-to-start competitive battler designed to centralise Pokémon’s online fighting scene — and the critical verdict is already crystal clear: the battling fundamentals still slap, but the launch package is rough. Reviewers are praising its…
Pokémon Champions is now live on Nintendo Switch, and with Pokémon Legends: Z-A finally compatible with Pokémon HOME, the big question for competitive-minded trainers is simple: how do you actually get your existing Pokémon into the new battle simulator? The answer is Pokémon HOME—Champions doesn’t…
Pokémon Champions is live on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, and—amid all the launch-day noise—Mystery Gifts are one of the few universally good bits of news. Right now, there’s a code that hands every player the exact same free Machamp, and it’s a legitimately useful pickup for early team-building.…
Pokémon Champions is live now as a free-to-start competitive battle game on Nintendo Switch (with a mobile version planned for later in 2026), and the very first thing serious battlers want to know is simple: what can I actually use right now? The answer is surprisingly tight—186 usable Pokémon at…
A throwaway visual joke from the original Pokémon anime has quietly snowballed into one of the most defining creative choices in Pokémon Pokopia—and it’s a big reason the cozy life sim has landed as one of 2026’s standout hits. Game Freak, Omega Force, and Nintendo didn’t just make Ditto playable;…
Pokémon Pokopia is already settling into that cozy, “check in every day” rhythm—and now we’ve got a clearer picture of how its limited-time events are going to work. As of March 31, 2026, four in-game events have been identified (including a one-day April Fools’ quiz that rewards an Inflatable…
A newly translated developer interview has resurfaced a fascinating, frankly overdue truth about Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen: Game Freak wasn’t primarily chasing the boys who grew up on the original Game Boy releases. The remakes were deliberately tuned to appeal to girls and even older…
A woman working at Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo in Ikebukuro was fatally stabbed on March 26 in what police have described as an apparent murder-suicide, with the attacker also dying later in hospital. Japanese media are now reporting the suspect was the victim’s former boyfriend — and that he had…
Pokémon Pokopia is about to roll over from its first limited-time event into its second—and players have already found a way to jump the queue. With the current “More Spores for Hoppip” event ending tomorrow, impatient (or just curious) trainers on Nintendo Switch 2 can access the next event right…
