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Feature "Astonish Is Super Effective!" - How Pokémon Taught Me To Love Words

The Unown lexicon

"Enemy DUGTRIO used Fissure. It’s super effective!" I’m six years old, and I’m staring at Pokémon Yellow on my Game Boy Color screen, dumbfounded. This was my first time fighting Giovanni, the leader of Team Rocket, and he managed to one-shot my Blastoise with a move — a word — I’d never seen before. Fissure?...

• Tue, 8pm
• Features
• Pokemon
• Anniversaries
• Pokemon 30th Anniversary

Poll Box Art Brawl: Pokémon 30th Anniversary Edition

Generational Divide

'!' Whoops! Looks like you've walked into our path. The exclamation mark has already appeared above our heads. We challenge you to a very special edition of Box Art Brawl! Before we send out this week's competitors, however, let's recap what went down last time. Marking another significant Nintendo anniversary as Zelda turned...

• Sun 1st Mar 2026
• Features
• Polls
• Box Art Brawl
• Pokemon 30th Anniversary

Community Pokémon Turns 30 Soon - Send Us Your Pocket Monster Memories

I choose YOU

27th February marks the anniversary of Pokémon Red and Green in Japan, but this year's event is an extra special one: the Pokémon series is turning 30 years old. Yes, that little RPG about catching cute and not-so-cute monsters and doing battle with your pals has been going for three entire decades. In that time, it's evolved from...

• Wed 18th Feb 2026
• Community
• Pokemon
• Anniversaries
• Nintendo
• Retro

Poll What's Your Favourite Gen 1 Pokémon?

Kanto bright

On 27th February, Pokémon turns 30. That's three whole decades of exploring many and various regions to find monsters, battle monsters, and pocket monsters - and we've all got our personal favourites. And they're not always just our starter, either! Sure, you build up a special relationship with your first Pokémon each generation,...

• Sat 14th Feb 2026
• Polls
• Features
• Pokémon
• Retro
• Anniversaries

Book Review The History Of The Pokémon Games - A Light, Informative Blast To The Past

Gotta read it all

Believe it or not, Pokémon is turning 30 this year. Truth be told, it kind of makes me feel a bit better about my own age; whenever I add yet another digit, I can at least take some comfort in the knowledge that Pokémon isn’t too far behind. I must admit, though, I’m not on particularly good terms with Pokémon at the...

• Fri 30th Jan 2026
• Reviews
• Book Reviews
• Pokemon

Feature A Trip To Machida, The Real-Life 'Pallet Town' That Inspired Pokémon

Pokén around

The first generation of Pokémon games features some of the most iconic locations in the entire franchise. The eerie Lavender Town, the winding Viridian Forest, and the quaint Pallet Town where all players start their journey. Pallet Town isn’t just a fanciful creation, but draws real-life inspiration from Pokémon creator Satoshi...

• Tue 31st Dec 2024
• Features
• Pokemon
• Retro
• Japan
• Best of 2024

Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: Pokémon Yellow Version

And it was all yellow

Pika, Pika, Pi! Sorry, we've been on Doduolingo for too long. Roughly translated, we said 'Welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl!' Last week, we creased up the competition as we put two covers for Paper Mario: Sticker Star head to head. It was a relatively close one, but Europe and Japan's colourful box art walked...

• Sun 28th Apr 2024
• Polls
• Box Art Brawl
• Game Boy
• Pokemon

Soapbox Catching Legendary Pokémon The Old-Fashioned Way Was So Much Better

Mewsings

Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Kevin remembers a time when getting your hands on a legendary involved going on a real-life journey... The '90s were a fun time, weren’t they? AOL was brand new, The Simpsons was still...

• Sun 23rd Jul 2023
• Soapbox
• Features
• Pokemon
• Retro
• Best of 2023

Random Nintendo Apparently Wasn't A Fan Of Tiger & Hasbro's Pokédex Toy

"They didn’t like us very much"

Remember the original Pokémon Pokédex toy released by Tiger Electronics and Hasbro Toys back in the day? Well, apparently Nintendo's Japanese team made it an absolute nightmare to bring to market. Speaking to Johto Times recently, former Tiger & Hasbro senior game producer Chris Nicolella (between 1997 -...

• Fri 5th May 2023
• Pokemon
• Nintendo
• Game Boy
• Random
• Retro

News Pokémon Game Boy Titles Dominate 3DS eShop Charts Ahead Of Service Closure

Get 'em while you can

We're now nearing the end of the month and that means we're getting closer to the end of the 3DS and Wii U eShop service. If you haven't got around to making any last-minute purchases just yet, and are wondering what's hot on the 3DS eShop right now, the weekly sales chart for North America should help you out. As you can see...

• Sat 18th Mar 2023
• 3DS eShop
• 3DS
• Pokemon
• Game Boy
• Virtual Console