Suddenly, we’re really frightened by the game’s promise that there are Pokémon all around us.
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Clever Pokédex Easter egg finally pays off as sleepy Pocket Monster’s true power is revealed for first time in Pokémon Sun and Moon.
Overseas shopping trip leads to creation of Japanese NPO that deeply respects the sentimental value of old-school video games.
I am a paper-tape music box that plays “Winter Journey’s Tale” in steady plinks so you can revisit that snowy vista.
Planet-hopping platformer’s infinite levels likely to disappear from the Internet very soon.
Encountering Pokémon in real life via Pokemon GO is cool. Lapras on the edge of extinction due to poaching? Not so much.
Journey from Tokyo to Rio de Janeiro recreated in the style of Nintendo’s classic games
These Pocket Monsters look good enough to literally eat.
Giant Pokémon bed makes it easy to fall asleep, hard to move around.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stunned the world at the Rio Olympics closing ceremony with a cosplay performance dressed as Mario.
This Romain Jerome watch with a classic pixelated Mario face is available for a limited time for Mario super fans with a lot of cash to blow.
This plushie of Kirby’s video game co-star wasn’t broken, but it got fixed anyway.
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