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RELATED: Classic Pokemon Tropes That Aren’t Around Anymore Sonia is young, energetic, intelligent, and has an instantly recognizable look that made are an immediate fan favorite. Having appeared in the games, anime, manga, and even the trading card game, there are many tidbits about Sonia that may have gone under the radar for most players. 10 She’s Not Named After A Tree This may seem obvious to some, but it is an oddity for the franchise....

Roggenrola, Boldore, and Gigalith are all pure Rock-type Pokemon. Unfortunately, Roggenrola’s stats aren’t the greatest, but if players are willing to wait, they can get its second evolution, Boldore, instead. Evolving Boldore into the mighty Gigalith can be impossible if players don’t have anyone to trade with in Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield. However, there is one way around the trading method. RELATED: Pokemon Sword & Shield: The Best Areas To Explore If You Want Steel-Types...

Tangrowth has a unique evolution requirement that sets it apart from other Pokemon in Pokemon Sword and Shield. Rather than just evolving after Tangela hits a certain level, the player will need to teach Tangela Ancient Power and then level it up. Doing this will cause the Pokemon to evolve into a Tangrowth, at which point the move can be forgotten if desired. RELATED: Pokémon Sword & Shield: 10 Pro Tips For The Isle Of Armor You Need To Know...

Although a good portion of the Pokemon Sword and Shield DLC content consists of entirely new material, an equally sizable portion has been dedicated to bringing back classic Pokemon favorites, like Charizard, Blastoise, and Venusaur. RELATED: Pokemon Sword and Shield: Which Legendary Steed Should You Pick? Fans were delighted when The Isle of Armor reintroduced the Kanto Starter Pokemon to Galar, but the game still continued to lack a significant number of the series’ existing monsters....

The new Pokemon Sword and Shield bans mark a major shift in strategy for developer Game Freak. The studio placed few limits on competitive team-building during Series 1 through 5, even after the Isle of Armor DLC expansion added dozens of new Pokemon. The only bans during Series 1 through 5 were for certain Gigantamax forms, and for some Legendary Pokemon like Mewtwo, Zacian, and Zamazenta. Recent ruleset changes even allowed Legendary Generation V Pokemon Terrakion, Cobalion, and Virizion to participate....

Well-known Pokemon wiki Serebii recently shared the news that Pokemon Sword and Shield owners would be receiving two free Pokemon soon. These Pokemon can be acquired by opting into the Pokemon Trainers Club newsletter by September 25 at the latest. The two Pokemon included with the newsletter in October are Dada Zarude and Shiny Celebi. RELATED: Pokemon Video Shows What Legendaries Look Like Compared to Original Sprites Pokemon fans will regularly get all information regarding their favorite series in the Pokemon Trainers Club newsletter....

Getting into Pokemon TCG can be intimidating, but the Trainer’s Toolkit does provide an easy entryway. It is stuffed with goodies that make it fun to unpack, and while it doesn’t have too many Pokemon booster packs, it makes up for it with a selection of strategic Trainer and Item cards that make any deck more competitive. RELATED: Pokemon TCG: More Pokemon Could Benefit From Being Peelable Pokemon TCG Trainer’s Toolkit 2022: What’s in the Box?...

As many gamers know, a big part of the Pokemon franchise is facing off with NPCs in Pokemon battles is necessary to establish dominance and eventually beat the Elite Four. Some wild and more sinister fan theories have been birthed out of the idea of capturing Pokemon and forcing them to battle, or even the crazy but supported idea that Pokemon are edible, as shown in Pokedex entries and the Pokemon anime series....

The Pokemon Video Game Championships (VGC) encourage different battle strategies and Pokemon team choices to use in tournaments. Ghost-types can fill many roles in competitive Pokemon, and Ghost-types’ Super Effective power over Psychic is one of their most significant assets. Before Dark-types, they were one of the few that could handle the Special Attack abusers. Here are the best Ghost-type Pokemon for the Pokemon VGC. RELATED: Pokemon VGC: How To Build The Best Rain Team...

Fans wishing to nominate someone must follow the HoF criteria: 1) player must have played poker against acknowledged top competition 2) played for high stakes 3) Be a minimum of 40 years old at the time of the nomination 4) played consistently well, gaining the respect of peers 5) stood the test of time 6) for non-players: have contibuted to the overall growth and success of the game of poker....

AAVE, or African American Vernacular English, is a term widely used for the African American dialect widely spoken by people of color in the United States. It has a long history of being usurped by other cultures, usually in a way that mocks the culture or its original intent. And in Pokimane’s Twitch stream from yesterday, she “overused” AAVE to the point that some of her Black fans thought she was mocking them....

The gruesome discovery was made on Tuesday night at 11.30pm near the A4136 between Coleford, in Gloucestershire and Monmouth, in Wales. A woman from Birmingham aged in her 20s and a man from Wolverhampton aged in his 30s have been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the investigation and remain in police custody. A spokesperson for Gloucestershire Police said: “Due to an ongoing police investigation road closures and scene guards are in place on the A4136 between Monmouth and Coleford....

RELATED: Pokemon Legends: Arceus: Hidden Locations Only Experts Found While some Pokemon have cross-generational evolutions, Generation 8 introduced Pokemon that could only evolve if they were a regional form. Some examples include Galarian Farfetch’d, who evolves into Sirfetch’d, but Kanto Farfetch’d is still unable to evolve. It would be surprising if Pokemon Scarlet& Violetfailed to expand on the evolution line of Pokemon from other regions. 8 Kangaskhan While it’s true Kangaskhan can hold its own in competitive battles, it’s a Pokemon that’s been with fans since the beginning that could use a pre-evolved form....

This is likely just the beginning of a longer thread of leaks, and because the person sharing the pictures chose Fuecoco as their starter Pokemon, fans of the fiery crocodile will get to see its final evolution before the rest, it seems. In fact, the pictures at hand only showcase Fuecoco’s middle-stage evolution, which does however have the characteristics described by Riddler Khu in past months, such as a flaming egg on top of its head....

Based on Kaka’s comments, though, it seems the Team Star storyline is more or less straightforward. This is because they’ve provided a distinctive order by which players will battle the Team Star bosses. Of course, this is not official information, so fans should take it with a grain of salt. Kaka and Riddler Khu have been reliable sources of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet leaks over the past few weeks/months, so this isn’t just from some dark corner of the internet....

A type trifecta occurs when three Pokemon have types that are each super effective against one member of the triangle, while also being weak to another. The most common example of this phenomenon is the starter trio in each game—Grass is super effective against Water but weak to Fire, Fire is super effective against Grass but weak to Water, and Water is super effective against Fire but weak to Grass....

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet will see players embarking on what Game Freak is determining to be a “treasure hunt.” The word “treasure” is mentioned several times in this same trailer, and combined with Scarlet and Violet’s new “Terastallization” mechanic, it seems that treasure is going to be a focal theme. This comes alongside previous fan theories of Scarlet and Violet exploring the past and future, but the idea of hunting for treasure could be the missing link behind these concepts that will help factor them into the upcoming games....

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet officially launched on November 18, five days ago, which perhaps shows how excited Nintendo is about these numbers. The games have been harshly criticized for performance issues, including stuttering and significant graphics glitches. These issues went largely unreported until past launch, though, and so are unlikely to have impacted pre-orders or anticipation for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet’s release. Either that, or Pokemon fans aren’t too bothered by the new games’ lack of polish....

The official Pokemon Twitter account recently shared a Scarlet and Violet teaser, which shows a forest painted with what seem like archery circles and other simplistic designs. Lore-wise, the account suggests that these images were captured by a Paldean photographer, with the images getting a lot of attention from its region’s citizens. Of course, this tease, as seen below, has a lot of fans talking about Pokemon Scarlet and Violet....

However, it’s not all that easy to find a Pikachu out in the wild on the tropical islands of the Alola region. Indeed, it seems that the easiest strategy is to find a Pichu and take the necessary steps to evolve it into the iconic Poke-mascot, according to a report from VG247. Fortunately for any trainers that don’t mind whether they capture a Pikachu outright or catch a Pichu and evolve it later on, the two Pokemon tend to hang out in the same areas....