A Pokemon appears on the smartphone of a person playing Pokemon Go in downtown Toronto. (THE CANADIAN PRESS) Facebook Twitter Reddit Google Share Email Related Stories Why Pokemon Go fitness benefits could be fleeting: UPEI professor weighs in Pokemon Go fervour has cooled, but the game isn't dead yet Pikachu, I love you: Pokemon Go players compare game to dating app Tinder Pokemon Go rules vs. the rules of daily life It was last summer's hottest fad and was supposed to encourage gamers to venture outdoors with smartphone in hand, searching for strange, invisible creatures. But research shows Pokemon Go didn't exactly create the fitness fever the game promoted. According to a new study published in the British Medical Journal, whe...

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Above: Just like that song from Rudolf. Image Credit: Nintendo Pokémon Gold and Silver are the best games in the 20-year-old series. And we’ll now be able to play them without busting out our ancient Nintendo portable systems. While Pokkén Tournament coming to the Switch and Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon for the 3DS might have been the flashier announcements to come out of Nintendo’s Direct stream today, we also learned that the original versions of Pokémon Gold and Silver are coming to the 3DS via the system’s digital store for older games, the Virtual Console. For Pokémon fans, this is great news. Gold and Silver first came out for the Game Boy Color in 1999 in Japan and 2000 in the U.S. These are the best games the series has ever seen, and this is the first time in nearly 20 years that people will be able to play them in their original forms without jumping through retro hoops. They were also big financial hits, selling over 23 million copies. Gold...

Pokemon Go dominates the news headlines ahead of E3 2017 Pokemon Go has dominated the news headlines this week, as Niantic announces plans to launch a series of updates and events to mark its first year anniversary. It all begins with a  Fire-type and Ice-type event , which kicks off on June 13, and runs until June 20. The in-game event will feature an abundance of Fire-type and Ice-type Pokemon, as well as XP bonuses for throwing Poke Balls accurately. Furthermore,  Pokemon Go  players will receive discounted Lucky eggs from the in-game shop. The event will be followed by an update that introduces group-based gameplay features, which is likely to be the Raids and Legendary Pokemon update that has been rumoured. Niantic is then planning a huge Pokemon Go festival in Chicago. Tickets for the Pokemon GO Fest Chicago will be available from the festival website Monday, June 19 at 10am PT. That's 6pm for any UK fans hoping to make the long journey across th...

Two Region’s Pokémon Collide in a Raucous Online Competition The Kanto x Alola Regional Rumble highlighted two powerful groups of Pokémon in battle. Trainers were permitted to use only Pokémon they could discover in the Kanto region in   Pokémon Red ,   Pokémon Blue , or   Pokémon Yellow , along with Pokémon from the Alola region in   Pokémon Sun   or   Pokémon Moon . Trainers were also prohibited from giving their Pokémon Mega Stones to hold, reducing the effectiveness of several Pokémon from the Kanto region. All Trainers who finished at least three matches during this competition are eligible to receive a Pidgeotite and a Steelixite, so don’t forget to pick up yours if you participated! The Pokémon Ranking from the Kanto x Alola Regional Rumble is full of Pokémon familiar to veterans of recent Online Competitions. Trainers who approached this tournament like the Alola Friendly probably had the most success, but the best tactics evolve from event...

Unleash the Trashalanche! The Pokémon TCG:   Sun & Moon—Guardians Rising   expansion is full of incredibly powerful cards that are sure to enhance current strategies and create new ones. Some of those cards were covered in our   Card Highlights , and today we'll look at how to put a few of them into action to build a fun and effective deck. Garbodor Pokémon   (14) 3 Garbodor   51/145   1 Garbodor   57/122   4 Trubbish   56/122   3 Drampa-GX   115/145   2 Tapu Lele-GX   60/145   1 Shaymin-EX   77/108   Energy Cards   (13) 9 Basic { Psychic } Energy 4 Double Colorless Energy Trainer Cards   (33) 4 Professor Sycamore 2 Lysandre 2 N 1 Brock's Grit 1 Olympia 1 Pokémon Fan Club 2 Team Magma's Secret Base 4 Ultra Ball 4 VS Seeker 3 ...