Ever since making the jump to the Nintendo Switch, there's something that's bugged me about practically every modern Pokémon ...

A surprise collectible on Pokemon Day looks just like a tiny Game Boy and plays music on swappable cartridges for $70. Give us the real Game Boy again, come on. I started with CNET reviewing laptops ...

Pokemon Pokopia requires a Nintendo Switch 2 to play, but original Switch owners have this highly-rated alternative game to play instead.

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Patch Notes is a weekly newsletter bringing you the best of Polygon, sent on Fridays and published on the site on Sundays. You can subscribe here. Through all of this cyclical entropy, though, some ...

Since the Nintendo Switch 2 arrived on the scene, we’ve seen some major additions to the lineup of games available in the Nintendo ecosystem. With the console’s updated hardware, we’ve seen some big ...

At a moment when the internet feels like a constant stream of bad news alerts, many people online have found a surprisingly gentle escape: Pokémon Pokopia. Pokopia trades the traditional Pokémon ...

What do you get when you combine the crunchiest bits from a mainstream game like Minecraft, the social virility of a series like Animal Crossing, and the cultural heft of a franchise like Pokémon? A ...

The protagonists that have appeared throughout the mainline Pokémon games have official names that have been used in spin-off ...

Walmart is celebrating Pokémon Day 2026, the 30th anniversary of one of the world’s most beloved franchises, by rolling out new Pokémon collectibles and Trading Card Game (TCG) products each day this ...

Everyone loves naming your Pokémon rival something rude, and seeing the game then continually refer to them as "ass" — or worse. Now, however, the series' new FireRed and LeafGreen re-releases have ...

For much of Pokémon’s 30-year tenure in the video games space, just about all of the focus has been on catching and battling. Sure, there have been a few spin-offs here and there that let you try your ...