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Man Arrested For Modifying, Reselling Pokémon Games

• Anime News Network
  Jul 8, 2019
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Man is the first person to be arrested on this charge after laws against modding were revised in November

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• Japan
• (crime • law • Niigata • nintendo • Pokemon)

Check out these awesome AI-generated Pokémon characters that could be the future of Pokémon

• Dale Roll
  Jul 5, 2019

Could these creatures designed by robots inspire the next generation of Pokémon?

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• Japan
• (AI • AI generator • anime • artificial intelligence • design • GAN • Pokemon • StyleGAN • technology • video games)

Pikachu ramen topping instantly makes your instant noodles twice as much fun to eat【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 4, 2019

Sure, maybe you’re too busy to cook, but there’s always time for the most famous Pokémon, right?

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cute • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • ramen • SNO • taste test • video games)

Official Pokémon bubble teas coming to Japan!

• Oona McGee
  Jul 2, 2019

Boba balls replace Poké Balls in this new drink range featuring some of our favourite Pocket Monsters. 

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• Japan
• (anime • boba • bubble tea • cute • design • drinks • milk tea • nintendo • Pikachu • Pokemon • Sweet Dynasty • tapioca • tapioca tea • video games)

Pikachu Happy Meal toys arrive at McDonald’s, provide electrifying fun for the whole family

• Koh Ruide
  Jun 30, 2019

From spinning tops to gadgets that fire out discs, we can’t get enough of these limited-edition items.

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• Japan
• (cool toys • gadgets • Happy Meal • McDonald's Japan • Mewtwo • Pikachu • Pokemon)

Young boy shows how to be a good otaku after asking dad for three copies of Pokémon Uniqlo shirt

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 28, 2019

Exeggutor fan remembers that he’s not the only one who loves Pokémon.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • Exeggutor • fashion • kids • moving • otaku • Pikachu • Pokemon • t-shirts • touching • Uniqlo • video games)

Japanese baker creates terrifyingly cute anime character breads【Videos】

• Oona McGee
  Jun 26, 2019

Slicing through Totoro, Catbus, and Pikachu is strangely satisfying.

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• Japan
• (anime • bakeries • baking • bread • Catbus • cute • food • Instagram • Kawaii • Mt. Fuji • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Pikachu • Pokemon • Totoro)

New Pokémon Monorail set to welcome visitors to Tokyo starting this summer

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 25, 2019

Pikachu and his pals want to give you a very special hello as soon as you step outside Tokyo’s international airport.

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• Japan
• (airports • anime • cool • cute • Haneda Airport • Pikachu • Pokemon • Tokyo • Tokyo Monorail • trains • travel • video games)

Uniqlo Pokémon T-shirts sell out in Japan, customers swoon over gorgeous designs in real life

• Oona McGee
  Jun 24, 2019

Pikachu even made an appearance in-store in Japan for the long-awaited release!

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • design • fashion • graphic T-shirts • nintendo • Pikachu • Pokemon • shirts • shopping • t-shirts • Uniqlo • UT • video games)

“Otaku are the biggest suckers” says Pokémon artist

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 19, 2019

Marvel-loving artist has harsh words for otaku, thinks other people should be saying them too.

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• Japan
• (anime • Keiko Moritsugu • otaku • Pokemon • society)

Snorlax Bead Sofa is the awesomely cozy living room furniture every Pokémon fan needs【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 18, 2019

Paired with a Poké Ball Ottoman, Japanese furniture maker’s newest item looks so amazingly cozy we may imitate Snorlax and never get up again.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • crazy • cute • furniture • interior • Kabigon • Poké Ball • Pokemon • Snorlax • video games)

Pokémon fans around the world distraught at the limited number of Pokémon in upcoming games

• Dale Roll
  Jun 18, 2019

Twitter is full of calls for Game Freak to #BringBackTheNationalDex. 

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• Japan
• (E3 • game freak • National Dex • Nintendo Direct • nintendo switch • Pokemon • Pokémon Home • Pokémon Sword and Shield • video games)

Pikachu and Jigglypuff dazzle as expensive but adorable high-end fashion boots!

• Kay
  Jun 17, 2019

Now you can make a fashion statement with these striking Pikachu and Jigglypuff boots … for a price.

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• Italy
• (boots • fashion • GCDS • GR8 • Pikachu • Pokemon)

We arrive at Pokémon GO Fest 2019 Chicago to up our game, scout out shinies

• Katy Kelly
  Jun 15, 2019

P.K. Sanjun is in Chicago to enjoy the weather and catch Pokémon, and it just got cloudy.

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• Japan
• (chicago • COK • P.K. Sanjun • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokemon GO Fest • SNJO)

Artistic Japanese website AI has a long way to go before it can appropriately rate user’s Pikachu pics

• Katy Kelly
  Jun 14, 2019

After seeing how misguided this AI was in its analysis of Pikachu sketches, we had to give it a go ourselves.

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• Japan
• (AI • art • artificial intelligence • CanvaSketch • funny • Kamen Rider • Pikachu • Pokemon • twitter)

Long awaited Pokémon Cafe finally opening in Kansai, plus new Osaka Pokémon Center DX

• Dale Roll
  Jun 14, 2019

Now Osaka is getting a literal piece of the Pokémon pie!

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• Japan
• (Osaka • Pokemon • Pokémon Cafe • Pokémon Cafe Shinsaibashi • Pokémon Center DX • Pokémon Center Shinsaibashi • Shinsaibashi)

Netherlands theme park Huis Ten Bosch hosting a special event to celebrate upcoming Mewtwo movie!

• Dale Roll
  Jun 11, 2019

Head over to Nagasaki to check out this cool Mewtastic event!

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• Japan
• (event • Huis Ten Bosch • Mewtwo • Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution • Nagasaki • Pokemon)

Bootleg Chinese Pikachu plushie gets full makeover from loving fan who won’t give up on it

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 9, 2019

Suspect Detective Pikachu gets transformed into something as cute as the real thing.

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• Japan
• (anime • bootlegs • cool • crafts • cute • knock-offs • Pikachu • plushies • Pokemon • video games)

Pokémon Company’s profits have grown 1,200 percent in five years, Japanese report says

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 7, 2019

Apparently “pika pika” translates to “ka-ching!”

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• Japan
• (anime • business • COK • crazy • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Company • video games)

Gigantic, kaiju-class Pokémon battles are part of the new Pokémon Sword and Shield games【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 6, 2019

Sure, Piakachu is still adorable, but now he can also grow so large he could easily wreck a city.

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• Japan
• (nintendo • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Direct • Pokémon Dynamax • Pokémon Sword and Shield • video games)

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