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  • Review: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky (NDS Import)

    Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Chunsoft Genre: Roguelike Release Date: 04/18/2009

  • Pokemon Platinum: Mastering the Moveset – Garchomp and Dusknoir

    Our own Mohammad Al-Saadoon back in Saudi Arabia wrote me the following email: There is a Pokemon Tournament coming up and I thought I’d get some advice. I’m going to train a Garchomp (currently a Gible) and a Dusknoir (still looking for a Duskull) and I was wondering what are some good movesets for these…

  • What’s New With Pokemon: Old People’s Edition

    It’s been a while since I’ve picked up a Pokemon game. Over a decade, in fact. I haven’t played since college (What? We were young and curious, those things happen at college…) and even then I think I ended up watching more of the cartoon show than playing the game. So when I had the…

  • Blogging on the Bus: Attack of the Pokemon Clones!

    I’ve decided to chronicle some of those games into this, to see just how many games have ripped off Pokemon and the whole Pocket Monsters formula in some form or another, either subtly or in a way that would make the lawyers of any other company take flight.

  • Pokemon Week: Best. Pokemon. Game. Ever.

    We’re closing out Pokemon week with a look at our favorite Pokemon games. Although most of us jump to the turn-based RPG’s for Nintendo’s handhelds when we think of Pokemon games, that doesn’t necessarily mean that’s the best the franchise has to offer. Come see what our staff chooses as our favorite games featuring Pikachu…

  • Ask the Kliq: Pokémon Week! (Episode #12)

    Ask the Kliq #12: POKÉMON WEEK! Every once in a while, you will think about video games and then ask yourself a question that has no rhyme or reason, but that just happened to pop in your head at that exact moment. In some rare instances, not even Google or Wikipedia can provide the answer…

  • Pokemon Week: My Favorite Pokemon

    If you somehow missed it, it’s been Pokemon week here at Diehard GameFAN. From articles on Pokemon Platinum‘s Gym Leaders and Elite Four to a look at Pokemon that still don’t evolve. Today several staffers here at Diehard GameFAN decided to take a different approach and name our favorite Pokemon. Which Pokemon made the cut?…

  • OUTBOXED: The Pokémon Special

    Pokémon is, as we all know, a video game series devoted to giving children the cock-fighting experience without any of the bird flu or legal troubles. It’s like a cuddlier version of Thunder dome.

  • Pokemon Week: Apricorns

    Pokeballs are an amazing piece of science in the world of Pokemon. They somehow trap a Pokemon within its spherical walls and allow it to exist inside the small ball, even if the Pokemon is monstrous in size, like a Wailord. Did you ever wonder how Pokemon trainers caught and kept their Pokemon before the…

  • Virtual Console Wrap-Up: Pokemon Week Special Edition

    Usually we only cover the most recent releases for the virtual console, but in honour of Pokemon Week here at Diehard GameFAN, we’re looking at the two N64 games feature everyone’s favorite cock fighting seizure monsters: Pokemon Snap and Pokemon Puzzle League!

  • Pokemon Week: Pokemon Platinum Elite Four Lineups!

    Yesterday we showed you the changes in the Sinnoh Gym Leaders in Pokemon Platinum. Now it’s time for the main event. It’s time to see what your last Rival battle, the Elite Four and the Pokemon Champion have in store for you.

  • Pokemon Week: Pokemon Professors

    Hello everyone. Welcome to Pokemon week! In honour of Pokemon Platinum’s release, we’ll be dedicating several articles and columns Tajiri Satoshi’s beloved creation. Today’s feature focuses on the five Pokemon professors you’ve encountered along your journeys in Kanto, Johto, Hoehn and Sinnioh.

  • Pokemon Week: Pokemon Platinum Gym Leader Lineups

    As with every Pokemon game, you’re going to have to battle through eight gym leaders and earn their respective badges before you can travel through Victory Road and do battle with the Elite Four and the Pokemon Champion. With the recent release of Pokemon Platinum, we’ve decided to show you what you’re in for. Now…

  • Pokemon Week: The Evolution Solution

    In the first two generations of Pokemon, there were a lot of Pokemon that didn’t evolve. They had one single form throughout the entire game. By this, the fourth generation of Pokemon, there are very few non-legendary Pokemon that still only have a single evolution and yet are still quality Pokemon to use in a…

  • Review: Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo DS)

    Pokemon Platinum Publisher: Nintendo of America Developer: Game Freak Genre: Turn Based RPG Release Date: 03/22/2009

  • Review: Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (Nintendo DS)

    Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Hal Labs Genre: Action RPG Release Date: 11/11/2008

  • Review: Pokemon Platinum (NDS IMPORT)

    Pokemon Platinum Developer: Game Freak Publisher: Nintendo of Japan Genre: Turn Based RPG Release Date (Japan): 09/13/2008

  • Review: My Pokemon Ranch (Nintendo Wii)

    My Pokemon Ranch Developer:Ambrella Publisher: Nintendo Genre: Storage Release Date: 6/9/2008

  • Review: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (Nintendo DS)

    Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness Genre: Dungeon Crawler Developer: Chunsoft Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: 04/21/08 I have something of a love-hate relationship with the Pokemon franchise; on one hand, adorable animal-like things are fantastic and the AWWWW factor of characters like Charmander and Pikachu is undeniable, but on the other hand the games themselves…

  • Review: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (Nintendo DS)

    Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time Developer: Chunsoft Publisher: Nintendo Genre: Mystery Dungeon Release Date: 04/21/2008 In the fall of 2006, Chunsoft and Nintendo released what went on to be the best selling Fushigi Dungeon games in North American history: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon.