Buff blade boys and sexy Squirtle catch the eyes of attendees at Japan’s biggest otaku event.
Pokemon (Page 43)
Comiket sizzled on opening day with hot beauties from favourites like One Piece, Love Live!, and even Pokémon.
A new region, eight gyms, 150 new Pokémon, and the added Nuclear Type make for a completely new adventure.
Four prefectures in Japan team up with Pokémon GO developer Niantic to speed up their recovery.
Korean netizens unearth a Korean mobile game that seems to be a blatant ripoff of the wildly popular Pokémon Go, except it predates Niantic’s megahit by five years.
A variety of adorable Pocket Monsters have already served as the inspiration for delicious-looking drinks.
It not only looks cool, it’ll help you catch slippery Pokémon too!
Equipped with his very own hands-free Poké-Han device, Nick was able to catch a rare Farfetch’d Pokémon he’d never seen before.
It turns out there are two species to see at the awesome Pokémon event.
Mr. Sato takes a stroll through the shopping arcade of Asagaya Station in Tokyo for this year’s Tanabata festival and bumps into none other than The Donald himself!
While athletes go for the gold, what fans want to take home is this exclusive piece of Pokémon Olympic memorabilia.
He’s caught ’em all in the U.S., Europe, Hong Kong and Australia, and now we get to find out what the gamer’s been up to in Japan, the birthplace of Pokémon.
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