One of the many, many announcements made by Nintendo during their Direct today was what was coming up next for NSO (Nintendo Switch Online). And there was one addition in particular no one ever thought they’d see happen: Goldeneye 007.
Can you match them all? Find out next week when Nintendo Switch Online adds Pokemon Puzzle League to its N64 section.
When Nintendo said there would be a Pokemon Direct this weekend, the most popular wish was for some kind of update to Pokemon Arceus. They got that wish, but no one expected an official announcement for the next generation so soon. It happened, and with one of the best trailers they’ve ever put together to boot. Check it out:
For nearly as long as it has existed, Pokemon has thrived on television — the medium hasn’t been without a Pokemon TV show since 1997, though its home has bounced around as TV habits have changed. First it was in syndication, then on Saturday Morning, then on Cartoon Network, and now the latest Pokemon TV show is on Netflix. Pokemon Journeys must be doing well for them, because they’d like more.
Netflix is developing a live-action Pokemon but sadly it is not a Detective Pikachu sequel. For a budget of $150 Million, it made $433 million at the box office. As Popular as that movie is, it is not going to have a sequel. The Actor from the movie already disconfirmed it. The success of that film though gives Netflix an idea that a live action Pokemon can be feasible.
We know summer has just kicked into gear, but Viz Media has plenty in store for the back end. Their August lineup, revealed today, has plenty of returning favorites, a new Star Wars adventure with your favorites from Rogue One, two volumes about Pokemon and one set in the world of Assassin’s Creed. There’s also a manga version of the Cruella movie — remember, folks. it’s okay to murder puppies and wear their fur as long as your mother was killed by puppies and it’s a vengeance thing. I fully understand her now.
A few months ago Nintendo livestreamed a video detailing their Pokemon-related plans for the next year or so. One thing they didn’t mention was when the games would be coming out, but as of now, they’ve filled in that detail.
This is something I never thought I’d get the chance to report on, but it’s finally really happening. After a wait of over twenty years, we’re finally getting a new Pokemon Snap, called, appropriately, “New Pokemon Snap.”
It’s a huge day for Poke-fans as Pokemon Sword and Shield are officially released onto Nintendo Switch, but if you travel back a few gens, today also marks the release of a tribute album for the Nintendo DS’s Diamond and Pearl games. Time And Space was created by Braxton Burks, a game composer, arranger, and orchestrator from Seattle.
We’ve covered a lot of Materia Collective’s video game music albums around here, but this is one of the more interesting: Metal Trainer, an album that renders the soundtrack of Pokemon Red and Blue in guitar-shredding metal. It was created by Ro Panuganti, who’s already created albums covering Metroid and The Legend of Zelda tunes.
You may have heard that, for the first time ever in the mainline series, Pokemon Sword and Shield will contain LESS Pokemon than the previous release, Sun and Moon. Fans are furious about the prospect that their favorite could be left out, and that some Pokemon from previous games could be nontransferable. Their outrage is hard to miss — it’s all over the Internet.
The Twitter account for Team Spaceworld has been on my feed for a while, but I rarely ever see posts from them. They are the team that’s been working on a translation of the leaked 1997 Pokemon Gold & Silver trade show demo, and I’d like to know when it’s done. So when they sent out a tweet late last night calling attention to a charity stream on Twitch called “Pokethon,” and punctuated that tweet with “Be there to witness Pokemon history,” I had to abandon all other plans.