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How many legendary Pokemon are there across all games?
William Davis
Legendary Pokemon are the most powerful and rare Pokemon in existence. Often part of fables and tales, these Pokemon are a fundamental part of the folklore. In the games, legendary Pokemon are the end game, and often the main reward for completing the game. After nine generations, it is easy to forget how many legendary Pokemon there are. In total, there are 66 legendary Pokemon distributed in nine regions. Some …
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Who are the new Pokemon protagonists, Liko and Roy?
William Davis
Pokemon confirmed that Ash and Pikachu will be saying goodbye to the audience in 2023. The duo will have a final 11-episode arc starting on January 13, 2023. After that, fans will meet two new protagonists, Liko and Roy. The announcement left fans wondering who are Liko and Roy? So far, we know little about the new joint protagonists of the show. According to the announcement, they are starting a …
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Pokémon community reacts to all-new series with new characters
Olivia Richman
It appears that Ash Ketchum’s story may be coming to an end after all, as the new Pokemon series will no longer center around the storied protagonist. The Pokemon community has been worried about the future of the animated series after Ash became a Pokemon Champion. It seemed like insiders had officially confirmed that Ash was remaining in the anime, although it was unclear what his new journey would be. …
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How to find Sweet Herba Mystica in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
William Davis
Sandwiches are a big part of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, but the ingredients could be used for more than preparing delicious snacks. Sweet Herba Mystica is needed to complete your bond with Mr. Saguaro, the Home Economics teacher at the Naranja/Uva Academy. Sweet Herba Mystica is not easy to come by, here is how to find it in Paldea. Herba Mystica is a group of five special ingredients that can …
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Pokémon Scarlet and Violet languages class answers
William Davis
In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, players get the opportunity to attend the Naranja/Uva Academy as a student. In this role, players can take classes that will result in amazing rewards. Languages is one of the subjects available, instructed by Mr. Salvatore. Here are all the Languages class answers. Like all the other classes in Scarlet and Violet, it is divided into two blocks of classes with a midterm and a …
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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Math Class Answers
William Davis
Taking classes is an important part of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. Completing the assignments allows players to develop friendships with the teachers and earn rewards. One of the classes that students must complete is Math with Ms. Tyme. Math might not be your strongest suit, but here are all the Math class answers. Students must take three initial classes that will cover basic concepts. If the move Water Gun hits …
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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Art Class Answers
William Davis
In Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, players get to attend the Naranja/Uva Academy. As students, players can attend classes, develop their friendships with the teachers and earn rewards. Each subject has a number of classes, a midterm, and a final exam. If you need help, here are the Art class answers to every question. Mr. Hassel is the Art teacher at the Naranja/Uva Academy. Completing his class allows you to develop …
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How to refund Pokemon Scarlet or Violet?
William Davis
The list of bugs in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet keeps growing. The current state of the game is making players regret their purchases. If you are one of the unsatisfied customers, here is how to refund Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet is simultaneously the most successful and worse release by Pokemon. The game sold over 10 million copies on the first weekend but also has the lowest …
Did Pokemon Scarlet and Violet reveal the next region?
William Davis
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One player found what seems to be a hidden clue about the next Pokemon region in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. The Pokemon franchise has taken inspiration from real places to create the regions in the game. Famously, Kanto is based in the Japanese region of the same name. Paldea, the location for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, is inspired by the Iberian Peninsula, which consists of Spain and Portugal. Pokemon also …
How to build a team for ranked battles in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet
William Davis
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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet added ranked battles for players around the world looking to compete. The Ranked Battles Series 1 will run through January 31, 2023. If this is the first time you are competing, here is everything you need to know about the Ranked Battles and how to build a team. The Ranked Battles only allow Pokemon that are registered in the Paldea Pokedex. Paradox Form Pokemon and legendary …
How to prepare Azumarill for Charizard Tera Raid Battle
William Davis
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Charizard Tera Raid Battles are now available on Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. This is the only opportunity trainers will get to catch Charizard. It is a level seven raid, and the best Pokemon to use is Azumarill. Here is how to prepare Azumarill to fight Charizard. Tera Raid Battles require multiple trainers to complete them, it is not a challenge that one trainer can face on their own. If all …
How to find Galarian Meowth in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet
William Davis
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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet has special Pokemon that cannot be found in the wild. To get these Pokemon, players will have to complete different side quests. Here is how to find Galarian Meowth in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. Galarian Meowth is a variant of Meowth from the Galar region. It cannot be found in the wild in Paldea, and it is not registered in the Paldea Pokedex. Galarian Meowth is …
Pokémon officially confirms the future of Ash Ketchum
Olivia Richman
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Pokemon fans have been speculating the future of the anime and its main protagonist Ash Ketchum after the wannabe Pokemon master became a Pokemon Champion. The bittersweet moment had the community concerned about what Ash Ketchum would do next, if anything. Would he be leaving the long-running anime? Would the anime be canceled? After a month of wondering, the Pokemon community has an official update. YouTuber ThePokeRaf had a lot …
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet adds Ranked Battles
William Davis
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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet announced the ranked battles Series 1, an opportunity for players to compete and become Pokemon Masters. Two weeks into its release, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet announced the introduction of ranked battles. This competitive global series will see trainers battling to become the first Pokemon Master in Paldea. The ranked battles are available now and will remain open until January 31, 2023. Like a regular ranked system, …
Pokemon D&D games don’t exist, here’s why
William Davis
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Pokemon is one of the most popular franchises in the world, with over 100 games in different genres. Considering how massive the franchise is, it is surprising that there isn’t an official Pokemon D&D manual or campaign. The popularity of tabletop games is increasing every year, reaching mainstream media. In 2023, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves will premiere, starring Chris Pine. Pokemon and D&D enthusiasts have been trying for …
The easiest Gym Leader order in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet
William Davis
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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet allows players to explore Paldea on their terms and go through the Gym Leaders at their own pace. While there is no official order, this is the easiest Gym Leader order in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. Paldea is an open world with three storylines for players to choose from. One of the options is the Victory Road path. It is the classic story of a young …
How many entries are in the Pokemon Scarlet Violet Pokedex?
William Davis
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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Pokedex has 400 entries between new and old Pokemon. The question is, where in the National Pokedex do Paldea Pokemon fit in? Pokemon Scarlet and Violet takes players to the Paldea region. Every region in the game has its own Pokedex. Notoriously, the Kanto Pokedex includes the original 151 Pokemon. There is also a National Pokedex that includes every Pokemon that has been discovered across the …
How to defeat Director Clavell in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet
William Davis
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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet has three possible paths for players to choose from. One of the paths, known as the Starfall Street story will have players battling against authority, literally. This guide will teach you how to defeat Director Clavell. Players first meet Director Clavell the principal of the Naranja/Uva Academy. Director Clavell is in charge of handling the starters and is heavily involved in the Starfall Street storyline. At …
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet break sales records for the series
William Davis
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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet broke the series sales record with 10 million copies sold in the first three days, Game Freak has reported. Every new Pokemon entry is popular, but Scarlet and Violet is turning out to be a massive success. Just three days after its release, the game has sold over 10 million copies between physical and digital copies. Considering that each copy sells for $60, it is estimated …
Between Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, which one is better?
William Davis
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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet is one of the biggest releases of 2022 with millions of copies sold worldwide. While they’re both the same core game, each version has traits that set them apart, leaving players wondering, is Scarlet or Violet better? Pokemon Scarlet and Violet is the first installment in the ninth generation. This time, the Pokemon Company is changing things up by making the game an open world and …
Pokemon stands as the largest cross-media IP in the world by a comfortable margin, but how did it make such explosive gains?
For a long while, pivoting a video game franchise into a larger brand seemed impossible. Iconic titles like Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, and Resident Evil received TV and film adaptations, with the most common result being catastrophic failure. That was the norm from the 1990s all the way into the 2020s; and it probably shouldn’t have been.
While Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li and Silent Hill: Revelation were irredeemably bad, Pokemon showed that a video game series can be adapted into many different mediums. Here’s a quick history of the franchise and its future outlook.
Pokemon explodes with Game Boy games, quickly expands
Pokemon first arrived in Japan in 1996 with the release of Pokemon Red and Green; a pair of titles for the Nintendo Game Boy. The two games were largely identical, but each one had a handful of Pokemon that were exclusive to those titles. This encouraged players to collect and trade these monsters with others who purchased the games.
Later on in 1996, the game was reimagined as a trading card game. Then in 1997, an anime adaptation launched in Japan.
Both of those rapid-fire expansions earned strong success domestically. More importantly, it primed Pokemon for an overwhelming global push.
In 1998, the franchise officially crossed over into North America, Europe, and Australia. The games were killer apps for the Game Boy but it wasn’t just a video game. An accompanying anime aired new episodes daily, and the trading card game exploded out of the gate. This made it difficult to ignore Pokemon to the point where characters like Ash Ketchum and Pikachu were universally recognizable. Just like that, the franchise was unstoppable.
Pokemon expands beyond Nintendo consoles, grows even further
For decades, Pokemon video games were among the top-selling games each year they came out. The Pokemon TCG was one of the biggest in the industry. The anime was a constant, without even mentioning its many spin-off movies. Licensing characters for toys and apparel was a golden goose for all involved.
But the franchise was still positioned to grow further.
Almost all of the games were exclusive to Nintendo’s gaming hardware, but mobile gaming was on a sharp rise of its own. The franchise also released a long list of spin-offs, successfully turning the series into everything from a pinball game to a beat ‘em up. The Pokemon Company had dabbled with PC and mobile games previously, but started actively partnering with other studios in the 2010s.
The biggest example of this was Pokemon GO. The Pokemon Company partnered with AR game studio Niantic was an instant hit, being downloaded hundreds of millions of times. It was far from alone, however. Battling-focused gacha game Pokemon Masters, MOBA adaptation Pokemon Unite, and puzzle game Pokemon Cafe launched in the following years.
It wasn’t just licensed mobile games, though. Games like Detective Pikachu and New Pokemon Snap gave players fresh and varied ways to enjoy the familiar franchise.
Modern Pokémon games see mixed response, but sales remain strong
Though Pokémon has many lifelong fans, the mainline releases have long attracted controversy within the fandom. Though the first few generations were generally beloved, opinions on new and modern games releases vary wildly. Starting with the Nintendo Switch, critical response to the games wavered.
Reviews for Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee were lower than previous entries in the series. That pattern held with Pokémon Sword and Shield, which were also met with extreme backlash on social media.
Though each mainline game made every monster from previous generations available up until Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, this ended with Sword and Shield. Several fan favorites, including Beedrill and the Unovan starters, were made unobtainable in the game. The mega evolution and Z-move battle mechanics were also removed from the games. It’s unclear why or what methodology was used to determine which of the little monsters were left out.
Reviews sank further from there, with Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, then Pokémon Scarlet and Violet garnering the lowest review averages for mainline games.
Despite this, the games were still an enormous commercial success. Pokémon Sword, Shield, Scarlet, and Violet ranked among the best-selling games in franchise history. Its publisher may have heeded some of the fan criticism however, as the company opted against releasing a new mainline game or expansion in 2024. This was the first year without a major game release since 2015.
