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Last week saw the announcement of Oshi no Ko wedding dresses and a tuxedo, but this is far from the only otaku franchise involved with weddings! In fact, at last weekend’s Pokémon Go Fest, which attracted more than 50,000 people, a wedding took place for …Read more »
Scopely Inc. recently put down $3.5 billion to buy Pokémon Go, and Bloomberg reports that this is a manifestation of a bigger strategy to have a whole bunch of successful video games as part of a portfolio. “There’s consolidation happening in the marketplace,’’ explained Scopely’s …Read more »
On February 19, Otaku USA covered a report that Scopely Inc., which has Savvy Gamers Group as a parent company, which in turn is a subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, was allegedly in talks to buy Pokémon Go. It’s now official …Read more »
Pokémon Go might soon have new owners. That’s according to a report at Bloomberg, which spoke with employees at Niantic Inc., the owner of the game. None of the employees wanted to publicly share their names, and it was also acknowledged that the deal might …Read more »
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet will take everyone’s favorite adorable monster-fighting game into a fresh new open-world setting. We can’t wait to see what it has to offer when it lands in November. In the meantime, we’re revisiting some of our favorite moments from the games, …Read more »
The Pokémon Lapras is the official support Pokémon for Miyagi Prefecture, and the latest quest for tourists has led to the Lapras Café. However, this is not a permanent café coming to the area — blink and you’ll miss it. Well, it might not be …Read more »
Look, do you think Pokémon Go is a GAME? For some folks it’s serious business, and it seems that applies to Kanehisa Satoh, a 56-year-old who was arrested in Hokkaido, Japan for assaulting his 55-year-old friend over the game. It all went down because Satoh …Read more »
Just when you thought Twilight Wings was the best animated Pokémon short going, here comes a new contender from the Pokémon Kids TV YouTube Channel. This one features direction by American cartoon fan Taku Inoue and production at Dandelion Animation Studio, and the results are …Read more »
When your claim to fame involves using a ton of smartphones to play Pokémon Go, a mobile phone company is bound to express some interest. That’s what happened to Taiwan’s Chen San-yuan, AKA the Pokémon Go grandpa who went viral last year for using nine …Read more »
It’s easy to get caught up in games, especially when you’re laser-focused on a particular task. With that in mind, some players take their dedication too far, which is what happened when a Japanese Pokémon Go player allegedly struck a police officer for interrupting his …Read more »
It's not just your average fan that's getting swept up in the mania of Pokémon Go . Even Yu-Gi-Oh! creator Kazuki Takahashi couldn't resist joining in with the rest of us, and he did so shortly after the Japanese launch with some tribute art. Naturally, …Read more »
Pokémon Go was finally released in Japan the other day, finally giving players in Pokémon ’s country of origin the chance to look down at their phones and bonk their heads on things like everyone else. But this being Japan, players have really taken things …Read more »
Laurie Orr has started a GoFundMe page to help with medical care for her sister, veteran voice actress Rachael Lillis, who is battling cancer. Among Lillis’s numerous roles, she’s voiced Jessie and Misty in Pokémon, Utena Tenjou in Revolutionary Girl Utena, and Martina in Slayers …Read more »
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is an agency inside of the United States Department of Commerce, and its website spotlighted someone who got into science thanks to Pokémon. The person in question is Samuel Márquez González, and he is currently undertaking research …Read more »
Pokémon GO can be a fun pastime for many, but it’s not something to do at work, especially if your work involves dangerous situations. Case in point: two cops from the Los Angeles Police Department got fired for playing Pokémon GO when they were supposed …Read more »
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