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25 years later, here are 25 things we love about Pokemon

By Darryn Bonthuys
February 26, 2021
in :  Features, Gaming
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More than just a game, Pokemon is a media empire which has expanded beyond the humble Gameboy cart that the original game was coded onto. How do you even sum its impact up? By taking a quick look at what has made Nintendo’s pocket monster series so popular over the ages. Here’s 25 things that we love about Pokemon.

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Pokémon Sword and Shield are NOT reusing animations from older games

By Darryn Bonthuys
July 15, 2019
in :  Gaming
5

According to the same fans who presumably want to know why Game Freak can’t just do their job properly and create custom animations for each Pokémon and the attacks they can use which would result in literally thousands of unique animations, the models for this generation’s pocket monsters are lifted straight from the previous 3DS games. Not so!

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Here’s how Pokémon Go is influencing Pokémon Lets Go Pikachu and Eevee

By Darryn Bonthuys
June 4, 2018
in :  Gaming
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Essentially a remake of Pokémon Yellow, the Eevee and Pikachu chapters in the next Pokémon games aren’t just your regular RPG of exploration and conquering the Pokémon league. They’re also pinching a lot of ideas from the mega-popular Pokémon Go, combining two massive games into one experience.

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Pokémon Sun and Moon expresses the “beauty of diversity”

By Darryn Bonthuys
October 20, 2016
in :  Gaming
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Pokémon has evolved to be more than just a pocket monsters game.With Pokémon Sun and Moon,it's all about communication and diversity.

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Pokémon Red and Blue almost never got made

By Darryn Bonthuys
February 4, 2016
in :  Gaming
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The original Pokémon games almost never got finished. That’s according to Pokémon's Junichi Masada, who revealed how bad PCs almost killed the franchise.

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Pokemon X & Y soundtrack lasts 3.5 hours

By Zoe Hawkins
August 15, 2013
in :  Gaming
5

Pokemon X & Y soundtrack is coming to iTunes in November.

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Pokémon Black and White gets an official sequel

By Darryn Bonthuys
February 27, 2012
in :  Gaming
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Pokémon is now getting proper sequels for the successful Black and White versions of their popular games, a first for the long-running franchise of battling pocket monsters.

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