Initially announced on January 31st, 2020, Niantic announced it would begin testing new types of events during February 2020 – Pokémon Spotlight Hour and Mystery Bonus Hour. After testing and user feedback, Niantic combined both events into one and announced what Pokémon and bonuses would be featured in advance. Now,…
It’s still surreal to know that a live-action Legend of Zelda movie is being produced by Sony Pictures. With Nintendo and Sony being strong rivals in the console space, it’s almost as if we’re living in a bizarro world where cats and dogs live in absolute harmony. However strange the…
Have you ever wanted to sit on a giant beanbag Pokémon? No? Well, you might change your mind with these new additions to The Pokémon Center’s online store. Three new very large beanbag chairs are now available for pre-order and they include designs based on Jigglypuff, Gengar, and Lechonk. Lechonk,…
The official North American Pokémon Center has finally pulled back the curtain on the official Pokémon Sun & Moon starter plushes, and boy are they cute! You can order Popplio, Litten and Rowlet in both a standard 6.5″ size or a Trainer size that rangers from 11″ to 17″ in…
Trips to the Pokémon Center here in Sapporo, Japan are always a good time. While it’s not the largest store, the staff is always kind and the atmosphere incredibly true to the source material. Today’s trip was no different, but with a certain Mushroom Kingdom flair added into the mix….
According to a promotional e-mail sent out by GameStop this morning, the mega retailer will be hosting a “Pokémon Day” event early this week. In addition to the promise of “exclusive savings” on Pokémon merchandise, the event will also kick-off GameStop’s Genesect distribution for copies of Pokémon X, Y, Omega…
Calling all you collectors out there! There are three brand new 2DS hard case pouches coming to Japan soon. Brought to you by Hori, all three sport colorful designs from some of our favorite franchises: Super Mario Bros., Pokémon Sun & Moon and Animal Crossing. The hard pouches are slated…
Japan has really embraced the 2DS over these past few months. It seems like every other week a new 2DS bundle or special edition system is announced for the region, from Pokémon to Mario themes, and beyond. Now, yet another bundle is coming to Japan – this time, sporting a…
This week in the Nintendo eShop: Runbow goes deluxe, a boy loses touch with his shadow and the 3DS gets animated. Those of you hoping for a celebratory Halloween sale in the same vein of what Europe received last week are in for a grave disappointment. The best we’ve got…
Hardware Lime Green New 3DS XL with Super Mario World ($199.99) Pokémon Sun & Moon Solgaleo/Lunala Limited Edition New 3DS XL ($199.99 at GameStop) Accessories NES Classic Mini Carrying Case ($19.99 at Amazon) NES Classic Mini Joystick Controller by EMiO ($24.99 at Amazon) NES Classic Mini Turbo Controller by EMiO ($14.99…
According to PokéShopper, the Japanese company Banpresto has leaked a couple more upcoming plushes from Pokémon Sun & Moon. Coming in March of 2017, these plushes include Bewear, Mimikyu and Bounsweet, three Pokémon that have yet to see a merchandise debut. The first two plushes are set to be 26…
Get ready for a spooky adventure, trainers! The spook-tacluar Halloween Event is now live in Pokémon GO. The event consists of your Buddy Pokémon finding candy four times as fast, while catching wild Pokémon, transferring Pokémon to the professor, and hatching eggs will dish out double the usual candy. Halloween…
Pokémon Sun & Moon starter plushes hit Pokémon Center shelves in Japan a few weeks ago, and they just started popping up in GameStops in North America yesterday. It looks like we won’t have to wait much longer for a wider release of products as PokemonCenter.com just announced that more…
You may remember that back in May Japanese figure-distributor Good Smile announced a Phoenix Wright Figma, and showed it off with a grey-scale prototype. Now, many months later, we have color images and a planned release window – May 2017. Take a look at the gallery: There are definitely…
Toys”R”Us is having a special launch event for the final expansion of the XY series of Pokémon TCG – this expansion being, of course, Evolutions, the special re-release of the original Base Set that was released all the way back in 1999. While the expansion itself doesn’t release until November…
