Tie-up between blockbuster toy brands offers hi-tech play sets that will allow fans to ‘feel like the trainer’
Many Pokémon fans secretly fantasise about being a trainer and that dream has become a bi…
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Even for fans like me, the Pokémon 30th anniversary ‘stuff’ is a bit much ⊕
With the wait for the new Winds and Waves games set to stretch into 2027, Pokemon’s 30th anniversary celebrations have plugged the gap with a deluge of nostalgia bait. Is the franchise in danger of l…
4 months ago
‘Christian pastors declared Pikachu to be a demon’: how Pokémon went from moral panic to unifying global hit ⊕
Nintendo’s monster-collecting franchise was pilloried as a ‘pestilential Ponzi scheme’ in the 90s. But as its celebrates its 30th birthday, it now stands as a powerful example of video games’ ability…
Pikachu and pals go wild: Pokémon theme park opens in Tokyo ⊕
From rhino-sized Rhyhorns to worm-like Diglett, visitors to PokéPark Kanto will roam a forest populated by lifelike Pokémon statues when the attraction opens next week
In Japan, February is normally …
16 months ago
Evil toilets, terror food and billionaire Squishmallows: my eye-popping day at the UK’s giant toy fair ○
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With the UK toy market now worth £3.4bn, we storm the high-security world of fun – and find possessed loos, creepy-crawlies in sushi rolls and more plastic than a petrochemical convention
A chubby bab…
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