London’s pop-up Pokemon Center store coming back next year for the Pokemon World Championships
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The temporary Pokemon Center store in London Westfield proved to be a massive hit with fans, with long queues each day during the brief couple of weeks it was open. Today, The Pokemon Company announced that the Pokemon Center would be coming back to London next year – although again only for a limited time. In 2020, the Pokemon World Championships will take place in London, and the Pokemon Center pop-up store will be in operation again as part of the tournament. Exact dates and the venue for the store have yet to be announced.
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Pikachu to appear in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade for 19th consecutive year
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As has become tradition, Pikachu will once again be returning for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. This is the 19th consecutive year that the Pokemon will be appearing among the skyscrapers of New York City. Pikachu will be accompanied by a snowman version of itself.
Those in the United States can watch the Macy’s Parade on November 28 on NBC. The show begins at 9 AM in all time zones.
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Pokemon anime – New episodes available on YouTube
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The Pokemon Company has uploaded the first episode of the new season online. Courtesy of the Tweet below, we can also see that episodes will be uploaded weekly for those who’ve missed out on the live airing. You can check after the break for the link to the full episode.
https://twitter.com/anipoke_PR/status/1196269548812374016
Game Freak on balancing new Pokemon games with remakes
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As many mainline Pokemon games as there have been, the series has also seen its fair share of remakes. In fact, some generations have been redone more than once.
Speaking with IGN a little while back, Pokemon Sword/Shield director Shigeru Ohmori highlighted the importance of balancing new Pokemon titles with remakes, stating that Game Freak is “kind of torn between the two all the time.” He said:
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Nintendo Minute – “Guessing Stuff! – BE the Pokemon Challenge w/ Pokemon Sword & Pokemon Shield”
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The latest episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta along with Yafine pretend to be Pokemon and guess who they’re performing as. Check out the full episode below.
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Upcoming Pokemon anime gets new trailer
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A new trailer for the upcoming Pokemon anime – debuting on November 17 in Japan – has come online. Get a look at the latest video below.
First trailer for the new Pokemon anime series
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A new generation of Pokemon games is upon us, and with this, a new season of the anime is starting as well. Today, the first trailer for the new season was released:
The first episode will air in Japan on November 15.
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Game Freak says it doesn’t go out of its way to make a new Pokemon game each year
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Game Freak has been known to put out Pokemon games regularly. Since the company took a break in 2015, we saw Pokemon Sun/Moon, Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon, Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu / Eevee, and now Pokemon Sword/Shield in consecutive years. Although it may seem like Pokemon is a yearly series, Game Freak says it’s not intentional.
Pokemon producer Junichi Masuda explained to VG247, “each time we go into making a new game and start a new project we look at what exactly we want to create – and then from where we decide the most appropriate timing to release it depending on various factors.” What’s important to Game Freak is to have “as many people to come in contact and play Pokemon as possible.”
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Game Freak on how it approaches future Pokemon titles, new-gen titles have three-year dev cycle
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Speaking with IGN, Pokemon producer Junichi Masuda vaguely discussed how Game Freak approaches future Pokemon games. He explained that what is and isn’t kept “may depend somewhat on the timing of when that game will come out.” For instance, while Pokemon Sun/Moon did away with gyms since it was the second generation entry on 3DS, Pokemon Sword/Shield is the true debut on Switch, which is why gyms are back.
Masuda also confirmed that new-generation Pokemon titles “have about a three-year development cycle”. The developers need to think about what the future will be like in three years’ time, including what fans would be interested in when the games release.
Masuda’s full words:
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Pichu revealed as next Pokemon product from Build-A-Bear
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Build-A-Bear has expanded its Pokemon range once again with its latest edition. The retailer has revealed Pichu, who will be joining the likes of Charmander, Meowth, Snorlax, and more.
Here’s the official product description:
