Pokémon players over the years have found a lot of ways to keep the series interesting by making their own games. Some even rival mainline games.

The Pokemon TCG craze has been burning white hot since the release of Surging Sparks in early 2025. After a few years of relative quiet, a new round of shortages, upselling, and collector hype has ...

With Pokémon X and Pokémon Y came Mega Evolutions — a battle mechanic that temporarily boosts a Pokémon’s power in different ways. It hasn’t been a feature in Pokémon games for a couple generations, ...

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Pokémon TCG: Scarlet and Violet - Prismatic Evolutions represents the culmination of the slow build-up to Pokémania 2025. The wild popularity of the set sold preorders out fast, with stock only now ...

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Pokémon Legends: Z-A has sparked a familiar fandom response, as each new Mega Evolution reveal has elicited criticisms over its design. The question that we have to ask is whether these criticisms are ...