in Anime by winstein

On Bulbagarden, there is a thread where users get to caption the screenshots from the Pokemon anime. Every week, there will be five picks from that thread for your enjoyment. All captions will credit to the original users who made those captions. I am merely showcasing some of the captions they made. If you are on Bulbagarden, you could give them your thanks for the laughs. I do not take credit for their captions.
 
 
 

Pikachu: I’m evolved to chew this way. And I get a nice massage.

 

~ Continent Turtle

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in Art, Fandom by HKim

Crystal Double Nuzlocke Final Battle


Where would we be without our friends? Lost, I imagine. After all, these people are the souls and hearts that share in our joy and support us in our despair.

And no matter what challenges friends face, they shall do so together.

Enjoy your Monday Laughs!
 
 

Editor’s Picks

 
Crystal Double Nuzlocke (Above) – “Don’t think I’ll go easy on ya!”

Pokemon Break! – “How did I what?”

Mokepon – “You mean with us?”
 
 
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in Anime by winstein

On Bulbagarden, there is a thread where users get to caption the screenshots from the Pokemon anime. Every week, there will be five picks from that thread for your enjoyment. All captions will credit to the original users who made those captions. I am merely showcasing some of the captions they made. If you are on Bulbagarden, you could give them your thanks for the laughs. I do not take credit for their captions.
 
 
 

Ash: How do you feel, Pikachu?
Pikachu: Nice! Thanks for the massage!
Axew: …That was a massage?

 

~ Spectrum Achromatic

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in Art, Fandom by HKim

Pokemon Break! Patch Energy Ball


Many times we underestimate ourselves. We fear we’ll fail or be unable to achieve what we set out to do.

What we need to remember, is that we have the power to achieve our dreams.

Enjoy Your Monday Laughs!
 
 

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Pokemon Break! (Above) – “I’m going to win this battle!!”

CharCole – “This time I will not miss…”

Pokemon Beta – “We can get away…”
 
 
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in Anime by winstein

On Bulbagarden, there is a thread where users get to caption the screenshots from the Pokemon anime. Every week, there will be five picks from that thread for your enjoyment. All captions will credit to the original users who made those captions. I am merely showcasing some of the captions they made. If you are on Bulbagarden, you could give them your thanks for the laughs. I do not take credit for their captions.
 
 
 

Ash and Pikachu: It’s Brock!
Iris, Cilan and Axew: Who’s Brock?

 

~ Force Fire

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in Art, Fandom by HKim

Open Weakness Different

 
 
It wouldn’t be life if we didn’t face obstacles. Sometimes it’s just a matter of figuring out the right direction, the right phrase, or the right time.

We all must do what we can in order to keep moving forward.

Enjoy your Monday Laughs!
 
 

Editor’s Picks

 
Open Weakness (Above) – “… Right?”

Nerd Rage – “How does that work?”

Pokemon Break! – “It actually hurt him…”
 
 
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in Anime by winstein

On Bulbagarden, there is a thread where users get to caption the screenshots from the Pokemon anime. Every week, there will be five picks from that thread for your enjoyment. All captions will credit to the original users who made those captions. I am merely showcasing some of the captions they made. If you are on Bulbagarden, you could give them your thanks for the laughs. I do not take credit for their captions.
 
 
 

Bianca’s Dad: I AM… the Unmasked Rider!
Bianca: Daaaaad! You’re embarrassing me!
Iris: More than you do yourself?

 

~ matt0044

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in Articles, Events, Video Games by Ali Al-Karam

Over at WonderCon 2013, I headed over to the Nintendo exhibit to check out the newest Pokemon game, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity. I played the demo and Terry Chan, product marketing coordinator for Nintendo of America, walked me through this next addition to the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series. (Terry also confirmed that, yes, he IS buddies with Joel Simon from last year’s E3 coverage)

 

 

 

As you can see, all of the PMD: GtI demos were served to the ravenous WonderCon crowds on a shiny Pikachu 3DS XL platter (which are a lot more difficult to obtain as of recent), but what really matters is what’s on the inside, so let’s talk about Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity.

 

This is the second full Pokemon 3DS game that we’ve seen so far (with the first being Pokemon Rumble Blast) and this game, by itself, unlike its predecessors, makes up the fifth generation of the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games. What’s new in this new PMD game?

 

 

Well, the first thing Terry wanted to tell me was that in GtI, you get to pick your starter pokemon and your partner pokemon instead of taking the usual personality quiz that picks your starter pokemon for you as in previous PMD games; this is the first North American-released PMD game to implement this feature. After that, though, the game begins quite similarly to its relatives: you’ve mysteriously woken up in the body of a pokemon, so you need to figure out how and why this has happened to you. There are five different pokemon that a player can start as and pick their partner from: Pikachu, Axew, Snivy, Tepig, and Oshawott. During the course of the game, Emolga, Dunsparce, and Virizion will join your team as well. Most of the pokemon featured in this game are from the fifth generation of pokemon, but there are also pokemon from previous generations included.

 

The two main, non-dungeon locations in GtI are Post Town and Paradise. Post Town is a town of pokemon that contains various NPC’s and shops for your pokemon to access. Paradise is a location for your pokemon to build a house and dojos, it also contains mini-games, seed harvesting, and the Paradise Center, where you can pick up missions. Those dojos are pretty important, and there are 17 different ones to build, so guess what they’re related to; each dojo has its own pokemon type, and your team’s pokemon can visit the dojo to use moves of that type in order to power up those moves’ strength and accuracy. The Paradise Center also includes another important aspect of the game. In addition to being a mission hub, you can use the Paradise Center to gift Revival Seeds, an in-game item, to other players using the 3DS’s Streetpass function. Players consume these revival seeds to restore their party if they lose in a dungeon.

 

There are a few different play modes in GtI, outside of the story mode. The first of which is “Discover a Magnagate.” This mode takes advantage of the 3DS’s camera and uses AR; when you find a circular object or space a “magnagate” opens within it. When you enter it, the game generates a random dungeon and starter; playing through this lets you keep all your earnings and loot for use in story mode. Another play mode is called “Companion Mode.” This section of the game contains various side quests where you can play as your party’s recruits in bonus missions. To provide a true multiplayer experience, the game features a “Local Wireless Mode” where you can cooperate with four other PMD-players, using wireless, to battle a boss pokemon.

 

This new PMD game also makes use of the Nintendo eShop. The DLC includes new dungeons with exciting themes and special items. Currently the Poke Forest dungeon can be downloaded for free in the eShop until the end of April; this dungeon’s special feature contains large amounts of money to earn (If only I could earn large amounts of money by navigating a forest, see: Tour Guide, Big Sur, CA).

 

Playing through the main story took Terry around 35-40 hours, but he mentioned that the play time can vary greatly from person to person depending on your preferred playing style.

 

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity was released on March 24th, 2013, and is currently available for purchase on the 3DS. If you would like more information on PMD:GtI, you can access the official website at: http://www.pokemonmysterydungeon.com/gates-to-infinity/

 

Thank you very much, Terry Chan, for providing the information for this article. Hopefully, PE2K can work with you in the future on some of the great Pokemon games to come!

 

Thanks for reading!


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in Merchandise, News, Video Games by Ali Al-Karam

 

Guys, the Limited Pikachu Yellow Edition Nintendo 3DS XL is [almost] SOLD OUT!

 

Almost…

 

This limited edition (and absolutely awesome/adorable) version of the 3DS XL was released in North America on March 24th, 2013, and they’ve finally run out of them. No noticeable stores have continued stocking them. Well, it was a “limited” release, so we should have known that they would all be gone in a month.

 

EXCEPT NO.

 

You could technically still get a 3DS with everyone’s favorite electric mouse plastered on the front (tail-end on the back, too) if you try hard enough, and, by “try hard enough,” I mean pay upwards of $300 for a brand new one from one of many online retailers on Amazon until they run out of those in another month, probably.

 

Here’s a link.

 

Good luck.

 

 

See? Terry Chan (who recently provided us with an interview for Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: GtI at WonderCon 2013), has one. Why don’t you?


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in Articles, Events by Ali Al-Karam

It may be a little bit overdue, but here are some pictures of the most awesome [Pokemon-related] WonderCon cosplayers of 2013! Also, funny thing, these “most awesome” WonderCon cosplayers actually happen to be some of the most awesome Pokemon cosplayers I’ve met; most of them displayed outstanding creativity in their costume design and concepts. You’ve waited almost a month now, so here they are:

 

 

This first guy is Sergio.

 

He’s dressed as Ash, but I’d like you to know him as Sergio. “Why” you may ask, “should I know this man, not as Ash, but as Sergio?” I’ll tell you exactly why you should know this man as Sergio; there’s one simple reason: Sergio is a POKEMON MASTER. I’ll give you a close up on his jacket:

 

 

Do you see that? Sergio has collected every badge from every region. Chances are, the guy’s probably caught every pokemon as well (even going through the horrible effort of trading over the Global Trade Station to get all the starters and legendaries, too). Alas, I must be done with praising Sergio and move onto our next cosplayer.

 

 

Okay, let’s start with the most noticeable thing: the illegible embroidery on his lab coat pocket; that embroidery is actually the embroidery of an Pokemon Organized Play Pokemon Professor. Pokemon Professors are referees at POP tournaments who are accredited by POP (one has to pass their exam). If you’ve never heard of Pokemon Organized Play’s Professor Program, I suggest you take a look at it through this link to the Pokemon website. Also, this particular Pokemon Professor (Let’s call him Prof. Heiter) seems to have excellent fusion experience (by the way, I’m a big fan of the spriting section on PE2K’s forum), and has managed to create a fun and cuddly 7-mon. The good Prof. also has a dual-headed Charmander/Squirtle and a Charmander/Pikachu in his pockets. With all those slightly disturbing poke-beast experiments, I hope he wasn’t the one to hand Sergio his diploma (SPOILER ALERT: In case you haven’t caught ‘em all yet, the only thing you win for doing so is a diploma)!

 

Now, onto the rest of our wonderful WonderCon cosplayers:

 

 

Red with a member of the Squirtle Squad!

 

 

Pikachu! (Wish I had a cool Pikachu backpack like that one…)

 

 

More Pikachu! (Wish I had a cool Pikachu like that one…)

 

 

Ash definitely wins the “Coolest Pose” award for WonderCon 2013, I should ask for action shots more often!

 

 

Rocket Grunt!

 

 

Well-armed Rocket Special Forces One-Man-Unit!*

 

*Oh no! I leaked the final boss of Pokemon X and Y!**

 

**Speculation

 

 

Gold! (Note, this guy was the only one dressed as Gold; cons officiallly need more Gold; Silver, while you’re at it, too)

 

 

Red, now with the latest in GameBoy Color multiplayer technology! The Link Cable will never go out of style!

 

 

[Affectionately referred to as] Hipster Ash!

 

 

Pikachu Fangirl!

 

 

ANOTHER Pikachu Fangirl!

 

 

-and to change things up a bit, the rare Pikachu Fanboy teamed up with Hilda!

 

That’s all for WonderCon 2013′s cosplay, folks! Thanks for reading, and, Sergio, if you’re going to any of the cons that PE2K will be at this year, make an effort to find me if you see me (I’ll still be the guy in the suit fiddling with a camera)!


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