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Pokémon Happy Meals from McDonlad’s Japan are the happiest meals of all【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 3, 2018
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Awesome Pikachu and Eevee box and goodies like a Poké Ball water pistol and Pikachu key ring have fans, adults and kids alike, craving the Golden Arches.

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• (fast food • food • Happy Meals • McDonald's • Pikachu • Pokemon • toys • video)

Mobile release of Pokémon Quest celebrated with “Real Pokémon Quest” events and Twitter campaign

• Dale Roll
  Jun 30, 2018

The Pokémon Company is all about celebrating their releases!

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• Japan
• (mobile games • nintendo switch • Pokemon • Pokemon events • Pokemon Quest • smotphone games)

Pokémon Soda appears in Japan! But Pikachu isn’t the star?!?

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 24, 2018

The face of the franchise gets pushed aside by another beloved Pokémon and its eight evolutions.

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• (anime • drinks • Eevee • Pikachu • Pokemon • soda • video games)

Pet rabbit celebrates Japan’s World Cup victory by humping Pokémon’s Charmander【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 20, 2018

Sudden exuberance following soccer win draws praise for vigor and speed.

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• (2018 World Cup • animals • anime • Charmander • crazy • funny • pets • Pokemon • rabbits • soccer • video • video games • weird • World Cup)

Pikachu, Shinzo Abe, and other Pokémon go to bat for Osaka to host 2025 World Expo

• Master Blaster
  Jun 17, 2018

Nintendo’s popular pocket monsters take us on a whirlwind tour of what Osaka is capable of.

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• (Expo 2025 • Osaka • Pokemon • Shinzo Abe • video • Yumeshima)

New vending machines around Japan dispense popular Pokémon goods with interactive Pikachu

• Dale Roll
  Jun 11, 2018

Looking for some Pokémon merchandise? Pop by a Pokémon Stand!

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• (Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • pokémon merchandise • Pokémon Stand • vending machines)

Talking robot Pikachus go on sale in Japan, make Pokémon fans dreams come true【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 6, 2018

Honestly, is there anyone you’d rather have a conversation with than Pikachu?

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• (anime • cool • cute • Pikachu • Pokemon • robots • Takara Tomy • toys • video games)

Pikachu was supposed to have a second evolution called Gorochu, with fearsome fangs and horns!

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 1, 2018

Also, Pokémon character designer reveals that his name is NOT supposed to mean “electric mouse.”

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• (anime • COK • crazy • Pikachu • Pokemon • video games • weird)

Planning to propose to a Pokémon fan? They’ll love this gorgeous Mew engagement ring

• Dale Roll
  May 28, 2018

This solid gold diamond ring will certainly have them saying “I do”!

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• Japan
• (custom jewelry • engagement rings • jewelry • Mew • Pokemon • Pokemon jewelry • U-Treasure • wedding rings)

6 reasons why Pokémon GO might make a comeback, according to P.K. Sanjun

• Dale Roll
  May 18, 2018

Our Japanese-language reporter thinks the worldwide phenomenon could rise to popularity again soon.

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• (mobile games • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • video games)

Japanese child manages to ruin Pokémon GO for his mother with one short sentence

• Richard Simmonds
  May 17, 2018

One parent and Twitter user experiences the joy of catching Pikachu in Pokémon GO, but it’s all too short-lived.

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• (Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • twitter)

The rumors are circulating: What could the upcoming Pokémon Switch game be?

• Dale Roll
  May 17, 2018

Let’s GO! Pikachu? Let’s GO! Eevee? Or something else entirely?

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• (Eevee • game leaks • game rumors • Let's Go! Pikachu • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokemon Switch)

10 stalled Japanese game franchises that deserve a sequel, according to gamers

• Dale Roll
  May 12, 2018

There are a lot of oldies but goodies on here!

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• Japan
• (Bomberman • Kirby • Mega Man • Pokemon • ranking • role-playing games • video games)

Shocking news! Star Pokémon Pikachu’s design isn’t based on a mouse

• Casey Baseel
  May 3, 2018

Original designer reveals that the real inspiration for the “electric mouse” was a different animal altogether.

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• (anime • Pikachu • Pokemon • video games)

Gotta escape ’em all in real Pokémon game “Escape from the Amusement Park of Wind”

• Master Blaster
  Apr 27, 2018

Finally, a real-world Pokémon adventure where you don’t have to worry about getting hit by a car.

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• (Amusement Parks • escape games • Hirakata Park • Osaka • Pokemon • Tokyo • Tokyo Dome City)

Elderly Japanese man goes Pokémon Go hunting at wife’s grave, offers sweet tribute to lost love

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 26, 2018

Some say the Pokémon GO craze is over, but the bond between true lovers is eternal (and in this case kind of weird).

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• (COK • funny • moving • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • romance • seniors • Snorlax • touching • video games • weird)

New manga to reveal secrets of creation of Pokémon

• Richard Simmonds
  Apr 26, 2018

The story of the man who brought us Pikachu and countless other fantastical creatures to feature in an educational manga next month.

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• (anime • manga • nintendo • Pikachu • Pokemon • Satoshi Tajiri • Shigeru Miyamoto • video games)

Paranormal activity sensed at a Twitter user’s local arcade…and Kirby is the cause?!

• Katy Kelly
  Apr 26, 2018

A trick of the light has Japanese social media checking every crane game for evil apparitions.

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• (crane games • crazy • funny • Kirby • nintendo • plushies • Pokemon • scary • UFO catchers • video games • weird)

Pikachu Outbreak 2018 announced for Yokohama, and this time the party continues into the night!

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 23, 2018

Special after-dark Pokémon parade means fans will want to stick around all day to see the 1,500-plus Pikachus.

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• (anime • Minato Mirai • Pikachu • Pikachu Outbreak • Pikachu Outbreak 2018 • Pokemon • video games • Yokohama)

New Pokémon movies first extended preview continues split with the TV anime【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 10, 2018

Ash has a whole new set of pals for Everybody’s Story, but his old friends are nowhere to be seen.

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• Japan
• (anime • movies • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon: Everyone’s Story • video • video games)

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