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NEWS ARTICLES
Corocoro June 2019 - Armored Mewtwo

Scans of the June 2019 Corocoro issue have been released. Translations follow: The forbidden form has been identified!!! The strongest Pokémon of all, created by humans, appears?! An incredible creature appears in this summer's Pokémon movie! We can see that the skin beyond its black arm...

Pokémon Detective Pikachu Event - Toys R Us Canada - May 18th, 2019

Toys R Us Canada has announced they will be having a Pokémon Detective Pikachu Event on Saturday, May 18th, 2019 at participating locations. Visitors can receive a free Psyduck and Bulbasaur promo cards. POKÉMON Detective Pikachu™ Event Saturday, May 18th 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Just like De...

Movie 22 Website Updates with Info on Upcoming Relevant Media

The official Pokémon movie website has updated. Translations follow: Media Information Magazines: Saturday May 11th: "Monthly Shonen Sunday" - Information on the pre-screening Monday May 13th: "Betsucomi" - Information on the pre-screening Wednesday May 15th: "Corocoro Comic" - Information ...

The Pokémon Company and DeNA Announce New Mobile App

The Pokémon Company and DeNA have announced that a new mobile game app is in development. No further details were revealed. The title, release date and contents will be announced at a later date. Source: http://v3.eir-parts.net/EIR/View.aspx?template=ir_material&sid=116163&code=2432...

Stanford researchers identify brain region activated by Pokémon Characters

A Stanford research paper has been published online in the journal Nature Human Behavior and it indicates that adults who played Pokémon videogames extensively as children have a brain region that responds preferentially to images of Pikachu and other characters from the series. Many of us that p...

Jason Paige - It'll Always Be Me and You - Unofficial Detective Pikachu Theme

Jason Paige, the singer of the original English Pokémon Theme, has posted a video of his new song It'll Always Be Me and You which he has labeled as an Unofficial Detective Pikachu Theme. This unofficial Detective Pikachu Theme echoes the inspirational lyrical and musical energy of the OG Theme. In ...

Ryan Reynolds "Leaks" the Entire Pokémon Detective Pikachu Online

Ryan Reynolds has posted the entire Pokémon Detective Pikachu movie on YouTube ahead of it's theatrical release in North America. The video is 1 hour and 42 minutes long and features the Warner Bros., Legendary and The Pokémon Company logos and some of the movie before it quickly transitions to Pika...

Detective Pikachu - 3rd Place in its First Weekend in Theaters in Japan

Pokémon Detective Pikachu was released in Japanese theaters on May 3rd, 2019 and it made 457 million yen on 317,000 ticket sales for Saturday and Sunday. For the entire 4 day weekend, it brought in 948 million yen (approximately $8.6 million USD) on 676,000 ticket sales. This was enough for it to pl...

Pokémon GO - Uncover mysteries in Pokémon GO with Pokémon Detective Pikachu!

Niantic has announced a Pokémon Detective Pikachu tie-in event for Pokémon GO which takes place from Tuesday, May 7th, 2019 at 1 p.m. until Friday, May 17th, 2019 at 1 p.m. PDT (GMT −7). Players are able to obatain detective hats from the Style Shop. Uncover mysteries in Pokémon GO with Pokém...

Free Comic Book Day 2019 - Pokémon: I Choose You! / Pokémon Adventures

Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) 2019 features an amazing selection of comic book titles for the industry's most anticipated annual event which happens Saturday, May 4, 2019 at participating comic book shops worldwide. Comic shop retailers chose fifty-one titles overall to be available on Free Comic Bo...

Pokémon Detective Pikachu Pop-up - London’s Covent Garden

Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures have announced that they will be running a Pokémon Detective Pikachu Pop-up at London’s Covent Garden. All workshop tickets have now sold out, but walk-ins can still come to visit the space between 12-8pm on May 3rd, 2019 and May 4th, 2019. The pop-up is...

Playground: Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Google announced a Pokémon Detective Pikachu Playground Playmoji pack for its Playground app. Those wishing to use the pack need to have a compatible Google device such as the Pixel 3 with the latest versions of AR Core and Playground installed. Some Motorola and LG devices can also use the pack. ...