Pokémon Pokopia review: Possibly the most charming Pokémon game yet

One of the biggest issues with mainline Pokémon games is that you're often so focused on catching, battling and trying to be the very best that you don't have time to stop and smell the flo [...]

Pokémon Pokopia, an Animal Crossing-esque life sim, will hit Switch 2 on March 5

Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are trying something a little different with Pokémon Pokopia. It’s a life sim game in the vein of Animal Crossing. Nintendo unveiled the game during a Direct in Se [...]

Pokemon Pokopia is so damn cozy

Pokémon Pokopia can be described as a pocket monster-themed take on Animal Crossing with a hint of Stardew Valley thrown in for good measure. And if you're like me, that alone is probably enough [...]

Pokémon Legends: Z-A feels like a strong step forward for the series

The Pokémon series has had staying power ever since its debut in the 1990s, but it has felt especially popular in recent years, thanks to Pokémon GO and the resurgence of the trading card game. Give [...]

Another Game Freak leak claims to show the Pokémon roadmap

Days ahead of the next Pokémon game release, Centro Leaks is back with another batch of possible leaks about the franchise. The source claims that the same hacker behind last year's so-called Te [...]

It's time for Game Freak to finally give Pokémon some proper voice acting

Ever since making the jump to the Nintendo Switch, there's something that's bugged me about practically every modern Pokémon game, a feeling that has only intensified after spending countle [...]

Pokémon Champions will hit Switch and Switch 2 on April 8

Pokémon Champions — a battle-focused game along the lines of Pokémon Stadium — now has a release date, and it's pretty darn soon. It will hit Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 on April 8. A mobi [...]

Mario, Metroid, Virtual Boy and more: all the biggest announcements from today's Nintendo Direct

Whenever there's a Nintendo Direct in September, you can be pretty sure that it'll be a major edition of the showcase. Given that Friday's one was scheduled to be about an hour long and [...]

Claude isn’t a great Pokémon player, and that’s okay

If Claude Plays Pokémon is supposed to offer a glimpse of AI's future, it's not a very convincing showcase. For the past month and counting, Twitch has watched Anthropic's chatbot stru [...]