This Company Is Selling Shares of a $236,800 Rare Pokémon Card
For a modest fee, you too can own a fraction of one of the most expensive Pokémon on the market. Continue reading This Company Is Selling Shares of a $236,800 Rare Pokémon Card
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Feds Allege Georgia Man Blew $57,000 in COVID Cash on a Pokémon Card
Charging documents allege this Pokémon collector received $85,000 in small business relief loans that he mostly spent on a single card. Continue reading Feds Allege Georgia Man Blew $57,000 in COVID Cash on a Pokémon Card
Convention Plays Pokemon on Giant Color Game Boy Costume
Standard cosplay is fun and all, but what is there for admirers to do but look you up and down and nitpick the details? Interactive cosplay, now that’s where it’s …read more Continue reading Convention Plays Pokemon on Giant Color Game Boy Costume
Convention Plays Pokemon on Giant Color Game Boy Costume
Standard cosplay is fun and all, but what is there for admirers to do but look you up and down and nitpick the details? Interactive cosplay, now that’s where it’s …read more Continue reading Convention Plays Pokemon on Giant Color Game Boy Costume
Pokemon Time Machine Lets You Really Catch ‘Em All
Since 1996 the Pokemon series of games has moved through eight distinct generations, which roughly parallel the lineage of Nintendo’s handheld gaming systems. While the roster of “pocket monsters” has …read more Continue reading Pokemon Time Machine Lets You Really Catch ‘Em All
The Pokémon Card Gold Rush Is Causing a Labor Crisis
Pokémon cards are selling so fast that retailers can’t keep up and the secondary market is flooded with expensive chase cards. Continue reading The Pokémon Card Gold Rush Is Causing a Labor Crisis
A Charmander Lamp to Light Up the Garden
[BrittLiv] loves Pokémon and has always wanted to make giant versions of them. Now that they’ve moved out of that apartment, it’s time to make those childhood dreams come true and fill the garden with Pokémon. First up is Charmander, one of [BrittLiv]’s absolute favorites and a perfect candidate for …read more
Reverse Engineering a PokeWalker
The PokeWalker is part of Nintendo’s long quest to get children (and likely some adults) walking and exercising. There’s the PokeWalker, Pokemon Pikachu, PokeBall Plus, Pokemon Pikachu 2, Pokemon mini, and of course Pokemon Go. Despite being out a decade, there wasn’t a ROM dump for the device and there …read more
Make Your Own Pet Fire Breathing Dragon
[Jorvon Moss] a.k.a. [Odd_Jayy] is known as a maker of “companion robots” which he carriers perched on top of his shoulders. (I don’t know about you, but we’re getting some pretty strong Ash and Pikachu vibes.)
In one of his recent builds, he decided to give his companion bot a …read more
Pokemon Cries And How They Work
If you grew up watching the Pokémon TV series, you’d naturally be familiar with the cries of all your favourite Pocket Monsters. Most of the creatures in the anime tend to say their own name, over and over again. Pour one out for the legions of parents who, upon hearing a distant “PIKA PIKA!”, still involuntarily twitch to this day.
However, the games differ heavily in this area. Generation I of Pokémon was released on the Game Boy, which simply didn’t have the sound capabilities to deliver full bitstream audio. Instead, sounds were synthesized for the various Pokémon based on …read more