The Latest Breaking News from The Pokemon Company

Pokemon Bank shutdown will make 5 Pokemon unobtainable in modern Switch games, and fans want to know when that changes

Spinda's a real problem

GamesRadar · Aug 14

Pokemon Bank shuts down next year, cutting off the only transfer path from older Pokemon games to the Switch generation

You have around 200 days left for your 3DS-era pocket monsters

GamesRadar · Aug 13

The Pokemon Company and Sony donate almost $1 million in total towards relief and restoration efforts for areas affected by Japan's Kumamoto earthquake

Sony has pledged at least 50 million yen, while Pokemon has donated 100 million yen

GamesRadar · Jul 30

I spent 12 hours constructing a diabolical Pokemon Champions team to challenge the meta head-on, which has caused so many forfeits I almost feel bad

Now Playing | My favorite part of Pokemon Champions has been making a team of slow, bulky 'mons to shut down those Incineroars and Whimsicotts

GamesRadar · Apr 15

Nintendo's Pokemon battling claim is too "obvious" to stand, US patent office says as it revokes the application, but the door's open for the publisher to fight back

Old patents from Nintendo are working against the company here

GamesRadar · Apr 1

After depleting several natural resources in Pokopia, I'm wondering if my Pokémon friends might be better off without me

Now Playing | 100 hours into Pokopia, I'm wondering whether my obsessive need to build bigger might go against the game's core teachings

GamesRadar · Mar 31

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

GamesRadar · Mar 25

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

GamesRadar · Mar 25

These five Pokemon Scarlet and Violet features helped to open up this RPG series forever, ushering in a new monster catching era

30 Years of Pokemon | How Pokemon's ninth generation served up a new flavor of freedom for Game Freak's monster catcher

GamesRadar · Mar 7

I’ve played Pokémon FireRed for more than 80 hours on the Nintendo Switch 2 — and it emphasizes all the flaws with modern Pokémon games

Pokémon FireRed on the Nintendo Switch family of consoles is a triumph, and as someone who has already played 80 hours on the Switch 2, it's a hoot.

Tom’s Guide · Mar 7