Reviews of The Pokemon Company Developed Games

The player character entering The Indigo Disk region of the Terrarium in Pokemon Violet
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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet The Indigo Disk Review - If You Like Pokemon, It's More Of That

Having conquered the three-story paths of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet and exploring the known depths of Area Zero it's time to return. The Indigo Disk DLC for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet has been…

December 14, 2023 | 03:08 EST

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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet The Teal Mask Review - Best Storytelling, But Worst Performance

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's first DLC The Teal Mask has been released welcoming players to visit a second region for the first time in Pokemon history since the second generation of Pokemon and…

September 13, 2023 | 09:37 EDT

The Pokemon Violet Protagonist throwing a Pokeball during a Tera Raid
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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Review

Pokemon continues to tiptoe into the world of modern gaming. With Pokemon Legends: Arceus, new quality-of-life mechanics were introduced and we got a slightly open world. Now Pokemon Scarlet and…

November 25, 2022 | 11:00 EST

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Pokemon Legends: Arceus Review

The World of Pokemon in movies, TV shows, and even music videos is one that we've seen teeming with life. Walking through a city various bird pokemon roosting on an antenna, Pichu and Glameow playing…

February 8, 2022 | 11:00 EST

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Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Review

Another generation and another set of Pokemon remakes are now in our hands. Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl take the 2008 DS game and pull it into the future as it finds its new home on…

November 22, 2021 | 11:24 EST

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New Pokemon Snap Review

The mainline Pokemon entries always draw in the big bucks, but I've always found that the offshoots of the series draw more attention. My fondest Pokemon memories are not about my adventures in Ruby'…

May 12, 2021 | 11:00 EDT

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Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Review - A Tale of Two Games

The Pokémon franchise is one those series that is nearly critic-proof at this point. For 21 years, the series has been a critical and commercial darling; the third major god in the pantheon of…

December 13, 2017 | 11:00 EST

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Pokémon Sun and Moon Review - Twenty Years Later ...

What is there really to say about Pokémon? The craze has continued to soldier on for nearly twenty years, becoming a stalwart of the Nintendo pantheon, and the highest selling role-playing game…

December 5, 2016 | 12:00 EST

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Pokken Tournament Review - Dynamic Punch

Spin-offs of Nintendo's long running Pokemon franchise tend to be a bit safe. Most of them (like Pokemon Conquest and Mystery Dungeon) are existing gameplay systems with Pokemon's cast of monsters…

March 15, 2016 | 10:00 EDT