Internet personality, boxer, and Pokémon investor Logan Paul recently spent $6 million dollars on a very rare Pokémon card and then wore that card during his WrestleMania 38 appearance. Why? Because the internet and speculators have destroyed reality. 27-year old Paul first teased his Pokémon card accessory on April 2 when he revealed he was …
For one brief, shining moment in time over 20 years ago, Pokémon ascended from the anime/video games plane where it normally resides and became something more. Something fancier, something jauntier. And then, just as quickly as it rose, it slipped right back down again, and most folks now forget it ever happened at all. I’m …
This project is both impressive and cute.Screenshot: みおっぺ/羊毛フェルト/YouTube/Kotaku You know what’s cuter than regular Pokémon characters? Fuzzy Pokémon characters! Beloved Pocket Monsters look even more adorable in felt. Needle felting is, as Craftsy explains, “the process of transforming wool into 3D objects using a barbed needle.” To create needle felting crafts, it’s necessary to “agitate” …
Image: Epic / Kotaku Yesterday, Epic launched the next season of Fortnite, and announced that for the following two weeks all the money it makes from in-game purchases in the popular battle royale will be donated to charities supporting humanitarian efforts in Ukraine. Now, just 24 hours later, and with 13 days remaining, Epic has …
The Pokémon card craze isn’t slowing down anytime soon, it appears. Case in point: Someone recently spent $125,000 at auction on a single, extremely rare Magikarp card that was part of a Japanese Pokémon Snap promotion back in the 90s. As spotted by NintendoLife and first reported by Ludkins Media, a very rare Magikarp Pokémon …
My kids ate a bunch of Pokémon bread. Screenshot: 김용녀/YouTube/Kotaku For the first time in about twenty years, Pokémon bread has gone back on sale in South Korea. And the snacks are flying off the shelves. The Pokémon anime didn’t debut in South Korea until 1999 due to the country’s ban on Japanese goods. The …
Screenshot: Pokemon Last year a Georgia man was charged by federal prosecutors after allegedly lying to apply for a Covid disaster loan, then turning around and spending it on a single Pokémon card. He has now admitted his guilt and been sentenced to prison. As we wrote in 2021: Vinath Oudomsine, from Dublin, Georgia, has …
Something is off. Image: Game Freak There’s a new Pokémon game, which means there are also new Trainers in addition to new starters. Whenever a new entry is announced, there’s always a split between those who think they’re great, and those who find them wanting. But with Gen 9, it feels like there are more …
Screenshot: The Pokémon Company / Kotaku Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, the next two games in the mainline Pokémon series, are coming to Nintendo Switch later this year, The Pokémon Company announced during today’s Pokémon Presents. The reveal came at the very end of the 14-minute livestream that showcased news for a variety of different games, …
Image: The Pokémon Company / Kotaku Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s Gen 9 starters have been revealed and they include a cat, a baby croc, and a duck. Do you have a favorite? I certainly do and it’s not my usual type. The surprise reveal of the next mainline games in the Pokémon series comes just …