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McDonald’s Japan reveals new Pokémon collaboration range, covering McNuggets and lucky bags

• Oona McGee
  Jul 11, 2026
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Huge new campaign has us catching ’em all, all summer long. 

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• Japan
• (anime • campaign • cool • cute • fast food • food • limited edition • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McNuggets • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon GO)

Mega huge Mega Charizard Pokémon kites fly in the skies of Japan【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 12, 2025

Nagasaki even was fun for all fans of the franchise, but especially those who love Charizard’s mega evolution.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • Charizard • cool • kite • manga • Mega Charizard • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • video • video games)

A Pokémon fan’s eye-opening experience of Japan’s national championship

• Elliot Hale
  Jun 30, 2025

“Is this even the same game I play?”

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • manga • P.K. Sanjun • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokémon Japan Championships • Pokémon Unite • SNJO • video games)

Our reporter tries nuikatsu for the first time, but is he too old for this otaku lifestyle hobby?

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 24, 2025

P.K. and Pokémon Pansage make their nuikatsu debut.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • manga • nuikatsu • P.K. Sanjun • plushies • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • SNJO • video games)

A wild trader appears in Sendai for Pokémon GO Fest 2024

• Master Blaster
  Jun 3, 2024

Don’t be alarmed, he poses no threat outside of Pokémon stadiums.

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• Japan
• (P.K. Sanjun • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokemon GO Fest • Sendai • smartphone games • trading)

Catch trendy Pokémon at Harajuku’s Takeshita Street for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Dec 20, 2023

Happy Winter event gives us Pokémon like we’ve never seen them before.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cool • events • Harajuku • P.K. Sanjun • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • SNJO • Takeshita Dori • Takeshita Street • Tokyo • travel • video games)

Pokémon GO melds with Tokyo’s traditional neighborhood for Asakusa Routes event, gets thumbs up from us

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 28, 2023

Our Pokémon GO-loving reporter walks Pikachu’s Past and Present Route.

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• Japan
• (anime • Asakusa • COK • cool • P.K. Sanjun • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • SNJO • travel • video games)

Pokémon GO to take over Tokyo’s Asakusa with ukiyo-e style routes

• Master Blaster
  Nov 19, 2023

Hey, honey, take a walk on the wild Pikachu side.

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• Japan
• (Asakusa • cool • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • sightseeing • Tokyo • travel • ukiyo-e • video games)

We tried Pokémon Sleep at an exclusive overnight pre-release experience

• Shannon
  Jul 17, 2023

We’re pretty sure it will make you want to sleep more and better.

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• Japan
• (exclusive • nintendo • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokémon Sleep • sleep • sleep cycle • Snorlax • test play)

We caught up with three big names at Niantic at the latest Pokémon GO live event in Las Vegas

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 7, 2023

We talk the future of Pokémon GO–including everything from opportunities for making friends to the GO Battle League. 

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• Japan, USA
• (COK • Hoenn Tour • interview • Las Vegas • Niantic • P.K. Sanjun • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire • SNJO • video games)

How to befriend a famous Pokémon Go YouTuber? Challenge them to a Pokémon Pancake battle【Video】

• Katie Pask
  Nov 4, 2022

SoraNews24 Reporter Ikuna wants to battle… for friendship!

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• Japan
• (anime • cooking • cute • Ikuna Kamezawa • pancakes • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • SNJO • sweets • taste test • video • video games • YouTuber)

Two crows decided to wreck a Pokémon GO player in Japan during Pokémon GO Fest

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 19, 2022

”The crows got me.”

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• Japan
• (animal attack • animals • crazy • crows • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokemon GO Fest • scary • SNJO • video games • weird)

We Pokémon GO to Utsunomiya City for some Pokétourism

• Master Blaster
  Feb 19, 2022

Join us on a Polywhirlwind tour of Utsunomiya.

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• Japan
• (Ikuna Kamezawa • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokémon manhole covers • travel • utsunomiya • video games)

Giant Pokémon Go video display at Shinjuku Station brings our reporter to tears

• Oona McGee
  Jan 12, 2022

A moving moment…for more reasons than one. 

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• Japan
• (ad • advertising • augmented reality mobile game • marketing • mobile games • Niantic • nintendo • P.K. Sanjun • Pokemon • Pokemon ad • Pokémon GO • Shinjuku Station • SNJO • Tokyo • video • video games)

2021’s top stories in video game and Nintendo news【SoraNews24 Year in Review】

• SoraNews24
  Dec 31, 2021

How to shut down anti-gaming haters, confusing fan art guidelines, an N64 personality test, and a Zelda arrest.

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• Japan
• (crazy • crime • funny • Legend of Zelda • Nier: Automata • nintendo • Pokémon GO • retro games • Super Mario • Super Mario Bros. • video games • weird • year in review • Year in Review 2021 • Yoko Taro)

We make a pair of gloves that are super-effective against playing Pokémon GO in the cold

• Katy Kelly
  Dec 28, 2021

All the joy of tossing balls unencumbered by chunky gloves, while keeping the rest of your digits toasty warm.

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• Japan
• (fashion • gloves • Go Hatori • mobile gaming • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • smartphone • SNJO)

Will Yomiuriland’s Pokémon Wonder attraction be a good place to play Pokémon GO? We investigate

• Dale Roll
  Jul 8, 2021

And how is Pokémon Wonder, anyway?

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• Japan
• (adventure • fun • nature • P.K. Sanjun • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokémon Wonder • Yomiuri Land)

World Record? Japanese trainer holds gym for 1,422 days and counting in Pokémon GO

• Master Blaster
  Jul 1, 2021

We hear the tragic tale of a Blissey sent to fight overseas for nearly four years.

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• China, Internet, Japan
• (Blissey • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • smartphone games • University of Tokyo • video games • world records • Xianyang)

We visited Saitama’s Pokémon GO-themed cafe to live the Pokémon trainer dream【Photos】

• Shannon
  Apr 8, 2021

Finally, a cafe specially designed for Pokémon GO trainers!

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• Japan
• (anime • cafes • COK • Pokemon • Pokémon Cafe • Pokémon GO • restaurants • Saitama • SNJO • video games)

Getting tired of Pokémon Go? Maybe visiting the Pokémon manhole covers will reignite your passion

• Dale Roll
  Sep 8, 2020

Travel Japan, catch Pokémon, and make some fun memories!

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • Ikuna Kamezawa • manhole covers • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokémon manhole covers • SNJO • Tottori Prefecture • travel • video games)

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