Enlarge / Pokémon Legends: Arceus is as close as we’ve ever gotten to an open-world Pokémon game. (credit: Nintendo) Last year’s by-the-numbers Pokémon Diamond and Pearl remakes did even less than most Pokémon games to spruce up plus modernize the series’ decades-old formula. That’s understandable for a remake of a 2006 Nintendo DS game, but […]
A judge just denied the appeals of two Los Angeles Police Department officers fired from their patrol jobs in 2017 after reportedly playing Pokémon Go while on duty. On Friday, Judge Mary H. Strobel of the California Court of Appeals upheld the claim that former LAPD officers Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell were legitimately fired for playing Pokémon Go while on duty […]
Enlarge / Visitors view a 10-meter-tall Pikachu glass and steel sculpture in Shanghai, China On November 28, 2021. (credit: Getty Images | Future Publishing) A California appeals court has upheld the firings of two Los Angeles Police Department officers who failed to respond to a robbery in progress and instead went searching for a Snorlax […]
Enlarge / Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl come with big visual upgrades over the 2007 Nintendo DS originals, but as remakes go they don’t deviate much from the source material. (credit: Nintendo) Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield may have disappointed some of the series’ most devoted fans with their truncated Pokédexes, but that doesn’t seem […]
Enlarge / … and you’ll neeeeeveeeeerrrr waaaaaaalk allooooooooooone. The first and last time Nintendo collaborated with location-based AR company} Niantic, the result was the worldwide mega-phenomenon Pokémon Go . Five years later, the companies are working together once again to see if they can recapture the magic with a new augmented reality game based on […]
I have no gun, but I must shoot. [credit: Nintendo ] When you get down to it, “shooting” in a video game is really just a way of projecting a directed line of intent from your character to another visible point on the map. This basic fact is a large part of why shooting a […]
A vast, ancient wilderness ready to be explored. Today’s online Pokémon Presents stream, which celebrated the series’ 25th anniversary, included at least one major surprise: the announcement of a new, more action-oriented Pokémon game set in a period resembling feudal Japan. Pokémon Legends: Arceus is in full development by Game Freak and is targeting an […]
Expand / Here is hoping Nintendo does not also look at those tattoos a breach on its own intellectual property. (charge: DigitalPrincess/Tiktok) Nintendo has now already issued a cease-and-desist order contrary to a favorite social networking influencer for utilizing Pokémon branding and vision in her manage and goods. However, while the influencer previously called”Pokeprincxss” admits […]