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After Pokemon Winds and Waves reveal, series boss has a very straightforward plan for future releases: "I believe what we must continue to do is keep making fun games"

Tsunekazu Ishihara reckons the original games resonated with fans because they were "designed as an adventure close to the one that players live in"

Everything announced at the Pokemon Presents February showcase to celebrate Pokemon Day 2026

Everything announced at the Pokemon Presents February showcase to celebrate Pokemon Day 2026

Pokemon Day 2026 is here and we're covering the Pokemon Presents stream live to look out for the release of FireRed and LeafGreen – and the rumored reveal of Pokemon Gen 10

Pokemon Red and Green boss says the iconic RPGs required "a great deal of trial and error" to realize Game Freak's "simple concept," fuelled by childhood nostalgia

Pokemon Red and Green boss says the iconic RPGs required "a great deal of trial and error" to realize Game Freak's "simple concept," fuelled by childhood nostalgia

Game Freak only had "limited resources" to work with, too

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Pokemon boss says a "major driving force" behind his thinking while producing "the next game" is how the iconic RPG series "has the power to connect the world"

"We will continue doing our best to deliver new Pokemon worlds to people all around the world"

Nintendo sent a crack team of unimaginably talented developers including Shigeru Miyamoto to the Mario's Picross studio to "personally" teach the plumber's aura

Nintendo took the development of the Game Boy puzzle game very seriously

I can't believe we nearly got a NSFW Pikachu design

I'm glad Nintendo didn't get its way.

'I won't show those illustrations to anyone as long as I live': Nintendo of America suggested giving Pikachu 'huge breasts' when Pokémon first came to the US, and no, it wasn't a mistranslation

I have an idea to redesign Pikachu! Well, actually, two ideas. Big ones.

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Nintendo of America suggested giving Pikachu "huge breasts" during localization according to The Pokemon Company's CEO, who "won't show those illustrations to anyone as long as I live"

Nintendo of America suggested giving Pikachu "huge breasts" during localization according to The Pokemon Company's CEO, who "won't show those illustrations to anyone as long as I live"

"Pikachu was changed into a character shaped like a kind of a tabby cat"

Pokemon Company CEO responds to fans calls for more rare cards to be printed: "Those items are seen to be valuable [...] it's not our place to say that they're not"

Pokemon Company CEO responds to fans calls for more rare cards to be printed: "Those items are seen to be valuable [...] it's not our place to say that they're not"

Pokemon Trading cards are stupidly expensive

Pokemon "will go downhill" if "we become complacent and go with the flow" says CEO, who hopes the series could last another 70 years

Pokemon "will go downhill" if "we become complacent and go with the flow" says CEO, who hopes the series could last another 70 years

Will it make it to its 100th anniversary?

Everything announced at Pokemon Presents 2025

Everything announced at Pokemon Presents 2025

Pokemon Legends Z-A! Pokemon Champions! More!

The CEO and president of Pokemon co-developer have both stepped down

The CEO and president of Pokemon co-developer have both stepped down

Creatures Inc. undergoes a leadership change

The most expensive Pokémon cards in the world

The most expensive Pokémon cards in the world

You might want to dust off your old Pokémon card collection

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The 5 Most Expensive Pokémon Cards Worth Checking Yr Dusty Old Binder For

The 5 Most Expensive Pokémon Cards Worth Checking Yr Dusty Old Binder For

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Everything that happened at the Pokémon World Championship 2022 from exciting announcements to next year’s competition

World Championship 2022 at ExCel London has ended but there’s great things to look forward to. Here’s a round-up of what happened and what to expect.

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