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No Man's Sky's Xeno Arena update has given me something I never knew I needed: Pokemon battling in VR

Now Playing | In what is definitely an April Fool's joke that got out of hand, No Man’s Sky’s Xeno Arena has offered me a whole new perspective on turn-based monster battling

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Pokemon and Palworld clone Pickmon changes its name by one letter to "better align with our brand identity and lore"

Pickmon is now Pickmos

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Pokemon Champions matches end in draws when the timer runs out, and no one can decide if that's a good thing

Yes, even in ranked

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No Man's Sky Xeno Arena update feels like "a really great and simplified Pokemon clone," fans say, and is basically "a whole new game" to play within the survival gem

It's "much, much more fun" than expected

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Almost 2 years later, No Man's Sky boss finally responds to fan asking for Pokemon-style update: "We did it"

The Xeno Arena update fits the request perfectly

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Pokemon Champions patches out strategies competitive players have been using for years, but hey, at least Freeze has finally been nerfed

A big Fake Out change is here, alongside nerfs for status conditions like Sleep and Paralysis

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No Man's Sky Xeno Arena update lets you "raise, train, and battle the alien creatures found across the universe," is inspired by Hello Games' love of Pokemon, Palworld, and World of Warcraft's pet battling

You can battle against NPCs, friends, and other players

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Pokemon Champions makes a poor first impression on fans, with 6v6 single battles, popular items, and hundreds of pocket pals missing: "Going from the perfection of Pokopia to this...whiplash"

It's not very effective

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San Francisco man says guest found Pokemon-themed Airbnb lacking. Then he asked viewers to be the judge: ‘I wanted to be on your side but…’

As Airbnb has become more popular, so too have themed Airbnb rentals.

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Over 5 months since Pokemon Legends: Z-A's release, Home compatibility finally lets you offload your shiny-stuffed boxes ahead of Pokemon Champions

Plus, you'll get a trio of Alpha starters for your trouble

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Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen devs found that "the programming sucks" in the original RPGs, but needed Nintendo's help on the remakes because they "hadn't gotten any better at programming since then"

Game Freak "desperately needed" Nintendo's help to get the GBA remakes done

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Pokemon Pokopia sends monthly Switch 2 sales flying by 154% in the UK as the cozy Animal Crossing-like hands Nintendo a needed system seller

No new Mario or Zelda in sight

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Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen's recaps, new Pokedex and lower difficulty were all designed to bring in more girls and elderly players, director of the remakes says in resurfaced interview

All in the name of expanding the franchise away from just boys

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This might be the most valuable Pokemon card ever made, and it just sold for over $1m

Because it's so rare, a Pikachu Illustrator Pokemon card sold at auction for $1.4m

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Perfect Order introduces a Pokemon card everyone will want to use, and fans are already clamoring for it

Meowth ex is going to become a regular sight in the Pokemon TCG metagame

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A knife-wielding man kills a woman at a Tokyo Pokemon shop before taking his own life

A knife attack at a Pokémon store in downtown Tokyo has left a woman and the attacker dead, police say

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Pokemon Pokopia's hard-hitting maturity is the perfect way to celebrate 30 years of Pokemon

Opinion | Game Freak and Omega Force's life sim rejects toying with empty nostalgia

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Pokemon Champions producer had a "heated discussion" with one of Game Freak's original battle designers about removing a complicated mechanic after 30 years to make PvP more accessible

"Up until now, in order to participate in those battles at a high level, you needed to do a lot of work"

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Pokemon Champions could run "forever" if the series does, producer says, even if that means cramming "10,000 Pokemon" into the PvP battler as part of the process

"We're planning to keep Pokemon Champions going far into the future," says Masaaki Hoshino

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Pokemon Champions producer "really enjoyed" the Pokemon Stadium games, and used them as a "reference" to help more players get into PvP

Interview | We spoke to producer Masaaki Hoshino about the upcoming battle-focused game and his goal to make high-level PvP more accessible

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I made a competitively viable team in a matter of minutes in Pokemon Champions, and I'm confident this could open the door to high-level battles for newcomers galore

Hands-on | One hour with Pokemon Champions made me want to give competitive battling another shot after I got overwhelmed 14 years ago

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Pokemon Champions releases on Switch in 2 weeks, but a battle pass and extra purchases already loom over the F2P launch

It'll arrive on April 8 alongside a free Switch 2 update

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Pokemon Pokopia once again overtakes Resident Evil Requiem on Metacritic as the best game of 2026, with a score of 90 that's going to be hard to beat

Will it be able to keep that top spot when GTA 6 launches, though?

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"I can't wait to not be able to get my hands on any," fans joke as new Pokemon card tins are announced amidst stock challenges

New Mini Tins and a Mega Gengar/Clefable box are on the way

The Independent UK

I built a million-pound Pokémon business from just £200

‘When Pokemon GO came out on the phone, that’s when the sales started flying,” says Thomas Lake who is now pioneering a thriving business having recent sold one car for £27,500

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