Latest Reviews of The Pokémon Company Games
Review Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket (Mobile) - A Breezy, Beautiful Take On TCG, Gacha Aside
Ironically, no trading allowed
Digital card games like Marvel Snap have seen a lot of success in recent years with short, satisfying matches that you can finish in a few minutes. The mobile release of Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket almost seems like a direct answer to this trend. From uncomplicated card text to simplified rules, it axes much of...
Review Pokémon Sleep - A Snore-Fest In Mostly The Right Ways
Is this a game to sleep on?
Pokémon Sleep has been a bit of an enigma ever since its reveal in 2019 and nobody quite knew what to make of it or even how it could possibly work. After years of silence, finally, in 2023, we have the game so we’ve fully got to grips with what's on offer, and it is definitely an interesting one. We’ve spent over a...
Review Pokemon Unite (Switch) - Pokémon Divides In Free-To-Start MOBA
Fun, in the right circumstances
Since the original release of Pokémon Red and Blue on the Game Boy, The Pokémon Company has consistently tried to take its successful monster-collecting RPG through many different iterations, genres, and applications. Pokémon has taken forays into genres such as digital/physical card games, the Mystery Dungeon...
Cold Pokémon go brrr
Pokémon Sword & Shield is now finally complete with the release of The Crown Tundra, the second part of the DLC pass to go alongside The Isle of Armor. But how does it stack up compared to its great – if inconsistent – main game? Well, we'll tell you, because we’re nice like that. We have to be honest, our first...
Review Pokémon Café Mix (Switch) - Perfectly Pleasant Free-To-Play Puzzle Action
Make the perfect Pikabrew
If you thought the only thing The Pokémon Company had in store for you this month was a new way to get frustrated while brushing your teeth, you’re sorely mistaken. Pokémon Café Mix is another free (well, free-to-play) title for Pokéfans to wet their whistle with, and this one’s an actual game rather than an app...
Mini Review Pokémon Smile (Switch) - You've Gotta Brush 'Em All
"Mee-outh, that's white"
Brushing your teeth is boring. It’s dull when you’re an adult and it’s even worse when you’re a kid, because you’d really rather be playing with your Thunderbirds toys or Cabbage Patch Dolls, or whatever cross-media property young people are into these days (look, we don’t know, we haven’t been kids for a...
Review Pokémon Sword & Shield - The Isle of Armor (Switch) - A New Wild Area Worthy Of Your Interest
Fits the base game to a TT
Whenever a series attempts DLC for the first time, you’re sure to find a select few individuals pining for the olden days when you got a whole game in a single package – conveniently forgetting the fact that Street Fighter II had no less than seven different iterations – but if a game sells well and there’s enough...
Review Pokémon Masters - One Of The Best Pokémon Mobile Games, But Still Not Quite There
Gacha catch 'em all
While The Pokémon Company has been on mobile phones doing games and apps since 2011 – long before Nintendo seriously considered going mobile – it has never jumped into what many believe is the secret sauce to securing a successful mobile game: Gacha-style mechanics. These are games where you get characters through random...
Review Pokémon Rumble Rush (Switch) - A Simple Free-To-Play Outing That Only Hardcore Fans Will Love
Get ready to rumble
Pokémon Rumble Rush is the fifth in the Pokémon Rumble series and the first to enter the mobile fray. This game takes the mechanics of the series to new levels by providing another Pokémon “Game as a Service” Experience, and unlike the previous Pokémon Rumble games, there’s not much of a story to this game. You get sent...
Review Pokémon Gold And Silver (3DS eShop / GBC)
Golden oldies
Pokémon Gold and Silver are the second generation instalments in the Pokémon series; released at the turn of the millennium, the games arrived just a few short years after their predecessors, Pokémon Red and Blue. Boasting a whole new world to explore, 100 new monsters (bringing the total to 251), and an entirely new cast of...
Latest The Pokémon Company Articles
News Pokémon Cards Return To U.S. McDonald's Happy Meals Today
Scalper no scalping
McDonald's and The Pokémon Company have today announced another crossover event that sees a limited range of Trading Cards appearing in Happy Meals across the United States until late February. Starting today, fans in the US can pick up a four-card Pokémon TCG booster and sticker activity sheet with every Happy Meal, and if...
News Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket Details New Trade Feature, Arriving This Month
New booster packs are also being added
Late last year, The Pokémon Company announced it would finally be adding an anticipated feature to the mobile app Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket in January 2025. It's now been reconfirmed the trading feature will arrive "this month" - with the team also detailing what exactly you can expect from this new...
News Trainer's Pokémon Cards Make A Comeback In Upcoming Scarlet & Violet TCG Expansion
Juuust the two of us
The Pokémon Company has announced its next Scarlet and Violet Trading Card Game expansion, 'Journey Together', which sees 'Trainer's Pokémon' cards make a comeback. The set launches on 28th March 2025, consisting of over 180 cards with more than 40 Trainer's Pokémon in there. This includes the likes of N’s Zoroark ex,...
News Yes, We're Getting Closer To Pokémon Day
And you know what that means...
We're now in January and that means Pokémon Day 2025 is just around the corner. As always, this annual celebration takes place on 27th February and traditionally follows with all sorts of new and exciting announcements. In fact - it seems there's so much excitement this year that some fans around the world are...
News Feast Your Eyes On Some Of The Exclusive Merch Coming To London's Pop-Up Pokémon Center
Arriving next month
The Pokémon Europe International Championships return to London next month (20th-23rd Feb), and while we are, of course, very excited to see the cream of the competitive crop go head to head across a range of disciplines, the big selling point for many will be the pop-up Pokémon Center. Reservations for this one are expected...
News The Pokémon Center Has Dubbed 2025 "The Year Of Eevee"
Good eeveening
11 years ago, we had The Year of Luigi. Last year, we got The Year of Shadow. In 2025, it seems that Pokémon is finally getting its time to shine. Welcome to The Year of Eevee. Okay, this might just be a marketing slogan to sell some merch, but as Serebii's Joe Merrick flagged on BlueSky, The Pokémon Center website currently is...
News Pokémon Unite Adds Another Pokémon To The Roster This Month
Galarian Rapidash arrives
The free-to-play MOBA Pokémon Unite is still adding new Pokémon and the next one joining the roster will be Galarian Rapidash. This psychic/fairy-type evolves from a Galarian Ponyta and was originally introduced during the Pokémon Sword and Shield generation. This new pick in Unite is scheduled to join the fray on 23rd...
Feature A Trip To Machida, The Real-Life 'Pallet Town' That Inspired Pokémon
Pokén around
The first generation of Pokémon games features some of the most iconic locations in the entire franchise. The eerie Lavender Town, the winding Viridian Forest, and the quaint Pallet Town where all players start their journey. Pallet Town isn’t just a fanciful creation, but draws real-life inspiration from Pokémon creator Satoshi...
Feature The Company You Can Pay To X-Ray Unopened Pokémon Card Packs Speaks Out
"The technology is not going away, and people know what it can do"
The entirety of the trading card community — that is, people who collect, buy, and sell the Pokémon Trading Card game, sports cards, Magic: The Gathering, Disney, or literally any trading card game you can think of — has gradually become aware of what might be an existential...
Random Streamer Beats Pokémon's Most Difficult Challenge After 3,978 Attempts
Flareon achieves victory
Pokémon games have often been derided as being too easy for veteran players, which is why fan-made challenges such as Nuzlocke have become so popular over the years. There's one challenge, however, that's been described as the most difficult of them all, and it's taken streamer PointCrow a total of 3,978 resets over the...
Guide Pokémon TCG Pocket: Tier List & Best Decks
Now including Mythical Island
One of the most complicated parts of a new card game, digital or otherwise, is knowing which cards to pursue en route to building a competitive deck. For Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, what decks you should run highly depends on which cards you’ve pulled as there are so many. To help you start building to be the...
News Mew EX Heads To Pokémon TCG Pocket Next Week In New Booster Pack
Mew-sic to our ears
Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket has announced its first new Booster Pack, and it's coming to the game on 17th December 2024. The new expansion is called Mythic Island and stars Mew EX, alongside Celebi EX, trainer card Blue, Aerodactyl EX, Marshadow, Morelull, and a handful of other newcomers. New cosmetic items and new solo...
News Pokémon Announces Collaboration With Wallace & Gromit Studio
Coming in 2027
The Pokémon Company has just casually announced that it's working with Aardman Animation, the legendary British animation studio known for creating Wallace & Gromit. The project doesn't have a name yet — and we imagine it's a movie, TV short, or a series — but we'll have to wait a while to see it, as it's landing in 2027...
News Man Caught Selling Hacked Pokémon Sun Save Data Arrested By Japanese Police
Gotta catch 'em all
If you cast your mind back to earlier this year, you might recall that a man was arrested in Japan for selling modded data from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Well, it's clear that not everyone was paying attention to the repercussions, as last week, Japanese police announced that they had arrested a man on similar charges for...
News Palworld Developer Pocketpair Changes Pokémon-Like Summoning Mechanic
Nintendo's lawsuit claims it "infringes multiple patent rights"
Nintendo and The Pokémon Company filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the Palworld developer Pocketpair in September of this year. In a notable development, Pocketpair has now released an update for Palworld which changes the Pokémon-like throwing mechanic in the game. As...
News London's Pop-Up Pokémon Center Returns In February 2025
Shop 'til you drop
Brace yourselves, folks, and prepare to splash some cash. The Pokémon Company has announced that the pop-up Pokémon Center will be returning to the 2025 Pokémon Europe International Championships in London. The store will be open throughout the event at the ExCel London from 21st-23rd February 2025. We don't know exactly what...
News Nab Some Sweet Promo Cards In Pokémon TCG Pocket's New Limited-Time Drop Event
Including a spicy full-art Venusaur
Gosh, the Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket new additions just keep coming thick and fast, don't they? Today, the game's first 'Drop Event' has got underway, giving you a chance to pick up some tasty promo cards by taking part in special promo battles. The Venusaur Drop Event runs from today until 13th December...
Random Pokémon Fan Crunches The Numbers To Settle Alpha Sapphire's "Too Much Water" Debate
Wait, the meme was true??
Back in 2014, IGN, like many outlets, shared its review of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. While the vast majority showered the 3DS remakes with praise, IGN was slightly more critical, awarding them a 7.8/10 and noting that they have "too much water" (among other criticisms, naturally). In case you haven't seen it...
News Pokémon TCG Pocket Sets Its Sights On "Inappropriate Player Names"
Some names are "causing discomfort to other users"
Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket has been available on mobile devices for a month now and it's a huge success story. While the game is chugging along just fine, it seems the development team has had to issue a notice about inappropriate player names. It seems some trainers have decided to create...
News Pokémon Fans Open Over 22,000 Cards In Record-Breaking 24-Hour Livestream
Happy Holodays
In celebration of the latest Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Trading Card Game expansion, Surging Sparks, The Pokémon Company has set a new Guinness World Record with a mammoth 24-hour livestream. With the assistance of 30 Pokémon content creators, the stream is now officially the longest unboxing livestream to date (previously held by...
News Pokémon Gold And Silver Celebrates 25 Years With Commemorative Plush
Featuring posable arms!
The Game Boy Color classics Pokémon Gold And Silver are now officially 25 years old and The Pokémon Company is celebrating with some new merch. If you have any fond memories of these titles or are just a fan of Pokémon Plush in general, you might be interested to know the Pokémon Center is now offering special...
News Pokémon TCG Pocket Trainer Drops $1,500 To Collect Every Single Card
"I will not be doing it again"
Since the arrival of Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket there's been all sorts of number crunching and simulations breaking down how long it could potentially take to collect every card in the game. Now, one Reddit user known as 'Weens4Life' has decided to test out the paid element and it's cost them a whopping $1,500...
News Pokémon Horizons Season 2 Arrives On Netflix Early 2025
Yeah Roy!
After Season One made its way West earlier this year, The Pokémon Company has today announced that Pokémon Horizons' second season will come to BBC iPlayer for the UK in January 2025 and on Netflix for other regions on 7th February 2025. Officially titled 'Pokémon Horizons: Season 2 - The Search for Laqua', the upcoming episodes will...
News Switch Online's Missions & Rewards Adds New And Returning Pokémon DLC Icons
Gotta collect 'em all
If you've been wanting more Pokémon avatars for your Switch, the Switch Online 'Missions and Rewards' program is now offering new and returning icons. As highlighted by Serebii.net, you can now get icons based on Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's DLC offerings. The first wave is now underway and will be followed by multiple other...
News New Limited-Time Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Distribution Is Now Available
Get 'em while they're hot
The Pokémon Company has kicked off the latest limited-time distribution event for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. This one will be sticking around until 1st January 2026 (so not all that "limited-time", then) and gives you the chance to grab some Evolution Stones or a handful of Vitamins. You'll want to use the code...
News Pokémon Cards Return To U.S. McDonald's Happy Meals Today
Scalper no scalping
McDonald's and The Pokémon Company have today announced another crossover event that sees a limited range of Trading Cards appearing in Happy Meals across the United States until late February. Starting today, fans in the US can pick up a four-card Pokémon TCG booster and sticker activity sheet with every Happy Meal, and if...
News Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket Details New Trade Feature, Arriving This Month
New booster packs are also being added
Late last year, The Pokémon Company announced it would finally be adding an anticipated feature to the mobile app Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket in January 2025. It's now been reconfirmed the trading feature will arrive "this month" - with the team also detailing what exactly you can expect from this new...
News Trainer's Pokémon Cards Make A Comeback In Upcoming Scarlet & Violet TCG Expansion
Juuust the two of us
The Pokémon Company has announced its next Scarlet and Violet Trading Card Game expansion, 'Journey Together', which sees 'Trainer's Pokémon' cards make a comeback. The set launches on 28th March 2025, consisting of over 180 cards with more than 40 Trainer's Pokémon in there. This includes the likes of N’s Zoroark ex,...
News Yes, We're Getting Closer To Pokémon Day
And you know what that means...
We're now in January and that means Pokémon Day 2025 is just around the corner. As always, this annual celebration takes place on 27th February and traditionally follows with all sorts of new and exciting announcements. In fact - it seems there's so much excitement this year that some fans around the world are...
News Feast Your Eyes On Some Of The Exclusive Merch Coming To London's Pop-Up Pokémon Center
Arriving next month
The Pokémon Europe International Championships return to London next month (20th-23rd Feb), and while we are, of course, very excited to see the cream of the competitive crop go head to head across a range of disciplines, the big selling point for many will be the pop-up Pokémon Center. Reservations for this one are expected...
News The Pokémon Center Has Dubbed 2025 "The Year Of Eevee"
Good eeveening
11 years ago, we had The Year of Luigi. Last year, we got The Year of Shadow. In 2025, it seems that Pokémon is finally getting its time to shine. Welcome to The Year of Eevee. Okay, this might just be a marketing slogan to sell some merch, but as Serebii's Joe Merrick flagged on BlueSky, The Pokémon Center website currently is...
News Pokémon Unite Adds Another Pokémon To The Roster This Month
Galarian Rapidash arrives
The free-to-play MOBA Pokémon Unite is still adding new Pokémon and the next one joining the roster will be Galarian Rapidash. This psychic/fairy-type evolves from a Galarian Ponyta and was originally introduced during the Pokémon Sword and Shield generation. This new pick in Unite is scheduled to join the fray on 23rd...
Feature A Trip To Machida, The Real-Life 'Pallet Town' That Inspired Pokémon
Pokén around
The first generation of Pokémon games features some of the most iconic locations in the entire franchise. The eerie Lavender Town, the winding Viridian Forest, and the quaint Pallet Town where all players start their journey. Pallet Town isn’t just a fanciful creation, but draws real-life inspiration from Pokémon creator Satoshi...
Feature The Company You Can Pay To X-Ray Unopened Pokémon Card Packs Speaks Out
"The technology is not going away, and people know what it can do"
The entirety of the trading card community — that is, people who collect, buy, and sell the Pokémon Trading Card game, sports cards, Magic: The Gathering, Disney, or literally any trading card game you can think of — has gradually become aware of what might be an existential...
Random Streamer Beats Pokémon's Most Difficult Challenge After 3,978 Attempts
Flareon achieves victory
Pokémon games have often been derided as being too easy for veteran players, which is why fan-made challenges such as Nuzlocke have become so popular over the years. There's one challenge, however, that's been described as the most difficult of them all, and it's taken streamer PointCrow a total of 3,978 resets over the...
Guide Pokémon TCG Pocket: Tier List & Best Decks
Now including Mythical Island
One of the most complicated parts of a new card game, digital or otherwise, is knowing which cards to pursue en route to building a competitive deck. For Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, what decks you should run highly depends on which cards you’ve pulled as there are so many. To help you start building to be the...
News Mew EX Heads To Pokémon TCG Pocket Next Week In New Booster Pack
Mew-sic to our ears
Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket has announced its first new Booster Pack, and it's coming to the game on 17th December 2024. The new expansion is called Mythic Island and stars Mew EX, alongside Celebi EX, trainer card Blue, Aerodactyl EX, Marshadow, Morelull, and a handful of other newcomers. New cosmetic items and new solo...
News Pokémon Announces Collaboration With Wallace & Gromit Studio
Coming in 2027
The Pokémon Company has just casually announced that it's working with Aardman Animation, the legendary British animation studio known for creating Wallace & Gromit. The project doesn't have a name yet — and we imagine it's a movie, TV short, or a series — but we'll have to wait a while to see it, as it's landing in 2027...
News Man Caught Selling Hacked Pokémon Sun Save Data Arrested By Japanese Police
Gotta catch 'em all
If you cast your mind back to earlier this year, you might recall that a man was arrested in Japan for selling modded data from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Well, it's clear that not everyone was paying attention to the repercussions, as last week, Japanese police announced that they had arrested a man on similar charges for...
News Palworld Developer Pocketpair Changes Pokémon-Like Summoning Mechanic
Nintendo's lawsuit claims it "infringes multiple patent rights"
Nintendo and The Pokémon Company filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the Palworld developer Pocketpair in September of this year. In a notable development, Pocketpair has now released an update for Palworld which changes the Pokémon-like throwing mechanic in the game. As...
News London's Pop-Up Pokémon Center Returns In February 2025
Shop 'til you drop
Brace yourselves, folks, and prepare to splash some cash. The Pokémon Company has announced that the pop-up Pokémon Center will be returning to the 2025 Pokémon Europe International Championships in London. The store will be open throughout the event at the ExCel London from 21st-23rd February 2025. We don't know exactly what...
News Nab Some Sweet Promo Cards In Pokémon TCG Pocket's New Limited-Time Drop Event
Including a spicy full-art Venusaur
Gosh, the Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket new additions just keep coming thick and fast, don't they? Today, the game's first 'Drop Event' has got underway, giving you a chance to pick up some tasty promo cards by taking part in special promo battles. The Venusaur Drop Event runs from today until 13th December...
Random Pokémon Fan Crunches The Numbers To Settle Alpha Sapphire's "Too Much Water" Debate
Wait, the meme was true??
Back in 2014, IGN, like many outlets, shared its review of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. While the vast majority showered the 3DS remakes with praise, IGN was slightly more critical, awarding them a 7.8/10 and noting that they have "too much water" (among other criticisms, naturally). In case you haven't seen it...
News Pokémon TCG Pocket Sets Its Sights On "Inappropriate Player Names"
Some names are "causing discomfort to other users"
Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket has been available on mobile devices for a month now and it's a huge success story. While the game is chugging along just fine, it seems the development team has had to issue a notice about inappropriate player names. It seems some trainers have decided to create...
News Pokémon Fans Open Over 22,000 Cards In Record-Breaking 24-Hour Livestream
Happy Holodays
In celebration of the latest Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Trading Card Game expansion, Surging Sparks, The Pokémon Company has set a new Guinness World Record with a mammoth 24-hour livestream. With the assistance of 30 Pokémon content creators, the stream is now officially the longest unboxing livestream to date (previously held by...
News Pokémon Gold And Silver Celebrates 25 Years With Commemorative Plush
Featuring posable arms!
The Game Boy Color classics Pokémon Gold And Silver are now officially 25 years old and The Pokémon Company is celebrating with some new merch. If you have any fond memories of these titles or are just a fan of Pokémon Plush in general, you might be interested to know the Pokémon Center is now offering special...
News Pokémon TCG Pocket Trainer Drops $1,500 To Collect Every Single Card
"I will not be doing it again"
Since the arrival of Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket there's been all sorts of number crunching and simulations breaking down how long it could potentially take to collect every card in the game. Now, one Reddit user known as 'Weens4Life' has decided to test out the paid element and it's cost them a whopping $1,500...
News Pokémon Horizons Season 2 Arrives On Netflix Early 2025
Yeah Roy!
After Season One made its way West earlier this year, The Pokémon Company has today announced that Pokémon Horizons' second season will come to BBC iPlayer for the UK in January 2025 and on Netflix for other regions on 7th February 2025. Officially titled 'Pokémon Horizons: Season 2 - The Search for Laqua', the upcoming episodes will...
News Switch Online's Missions & Rewards Adds New And Returning Pokémon DLC Icons
Gotta collect 'em all
If you've been wanting more Pokémon avatars for your Switch, the Switch Online 'Missions and Rewards' program is now offering new and returning icons. As highlighted by Serebii.net, you can now get icons based on Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's DLC offerings. The first wave is now underway and will be followed by multiple other...
News New Limited-Time Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Distribution Is Now Available
Get 'em while they're hot
The Pokémon Company has kicked off the latest limited-time distribution event for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. This one will be sticking around until 1st January 2026 (so not all that "limited-time", then) and gives you the chance to grab some Evolution Stones or a handful of Vitamins. You'll want to use the code...