Tag Archives: Game Freak
Pokémon Platinum Review
Platform: Nintendo DS What’s important when you revisit a ten year old Pokémon game? There have been so many quality-of-life improvements over the years that going back to older games can feel a bit… rough. With that in mind, you might be wondering what on earth made me decide to plunge into Pokémon Platinum? Well, […]
Pocket Card Jockey Review
Platforms: Android, iOS, and Nintendo 3DS (reviewed) Game Freak may be most well known for the Pokémon series, but they’ve also released their fair share of other quirky titles. One of the latest to be added to that list is Pocket Card Jockey, a mash up of horse racing and solitaire. If that sounds a little […]
Get Lycanroc And Some Mega Stones For Pokémon Sun And Moon
If you’ve fallen out of playing Pokémon Sun and Moon, here are some reasons to at least dip your toes back in. First off, Gamestop is giving Lycanroc cards out that will give you a code to download one in its Midnight Form. Normally, you have to evolve Rockruff to level 25 in Pokémon Moon at night to get one, so Pokémon Sun players […]
Game Diaries: Adventures In Alola – Bridging The Gap
If you haven’t been watching the show or, at the very least, heard about it, Ash lost in the Pokémon League. Again. His Greninja, a Water/Dark-type, lost to a Charizard. Yup, even with the type advantage, Ash still blew it. If you play through the demo of Sun and Moon, when you start out, you get a […]
GAJ Game Club – Pokémon Sun And Moon – Part 1
Jason Arriola is joined by fellow Pokémaniac Vanessa Cahill to talk mostly about Pokémon Sun and Moon. Before they talk about their thoughts on the latest entry in the Pokémon series, they go over when they started playing the series and what their favorite entries in the series are. Also, can we get a damned sequel to Pokémon Snap finally?! […]
Game Diaries: Adventures In Alola – Sizing Up Your Rival
The first thing that really struck me with Pokémon Sun wasn’t the setting. It wasn’t the improvements in the UI and other quality of life stuff. It wasn’t even the new Pokémon. No, the first thing I noticed came a short time into the game. For those of you that played Pokémon X or Y, you might remember a […]
Game Diaries: Adventures In Alola – Picking A Starter
Pokémon Sun and Moon brings a new generation of Pokémon, the seventh, to the world. When an entry to the series adds more Pokémon to the hundreds of others, we’re given a few new starters to choose at the beginning of our adventure. Some turn out more popular than others in the long run. My personal favorite starters are […]
More Pokemon Sun and Moon Details Revealed
Today we got our first look at the villains we’ll be facing off against in Pokemon Sun and Moon. Let me introduce you to Team Skull. From left to right we have Plumeria (known as the “Big Sister of the group), Guzma (the leader), and a couple of grunts. More important than the bad guys, […]
Get An Arceus In August
This month, the mythical Pokémon being given away Arceus. It’s not as easy to get one as previous months, but that should be a given considering it’s Pokémon world’s version of God. Like the Darkrai giveaway back in May, you’ll need to get on down to your local GameStop (or EBGames if you’re in Canada) to get a card for […]
A Plethora of Pokemon Sun and Moon Details Announced
What a time to be alive! Today Pokemon fans were treated to a ton of information regarding the newest games in the series, Sun & Moon. In a trailer that debuted earlier this morning we found out which Pokemon would be available as starters, learned the name of the new region the games take place […]