Pokémon
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Let’s Rank The Pokémon Starters, Worst To Best
Welcome to Exp. Share, Kotaku’s weekly Pokémon column in which we dive deep to explore notable characters, urban legends, communities, and just plain weird quirks from throughout the Pokémon franchise. This week, we’re going to attempt to rank all the starters from Red and Blue to Scarlet and Violet.
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Watch Ash Ketchum’s Japanese Voice Actor Absolutely Nail The Original Pokémon Theme Song
3Pokémon bids farewell to a legend next week. In Japan, the final episode of the two-and-a-half-decade-old Pokémon anime to star Ash Ketchum (or Satoshi, as he’s known over there) will broadcast, paving the way for a new series. But the voice behind the forever-young Pokémon trainer is sending him out in style.
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Oh No: Pokémon Could Be Getting Into NFTs
NFTs. Blockchain. The metaverse. It happened to other gaming companies, and it can happen to a Nintendo property, too — in fact, it just might. Last week, The Pokémon Company posted a job on LinkedIn that requires experience with NFT, blockchain, and the metaverse. When it comes to Pokémon, I wanted to catch ‘em all.…
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Scientists Name Newly Discovered Roach After Pokémon
Here’s a pocket monster that you probably wouldn’t want to catch. Scientists say they’ve confirmed the existence of a previously unknown cockroach species found in Singapore — a species they then decided to name after an otherworldly Pokémon that more than bears a passing resemblance to it. The real-life Pokémon is called Nocticola pheromosa.