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The great detective has arrived! Detective Pikachu Returns is the long-awaited sequel to 2016’s very popular Pokémon spinoff game for the Nintendo 3DS.
Priced at $49.99 at Amazon, Best Buy, Target and Walmart, Detective Pikachu Returns for the Nintendo Switch is unlike any other Pokémon game. First off, Pikachu speaks, but he has the voice and persona of a middle-aged man who loves to drink coffee.
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Secondly, he has a partner, a human named Tim Goodman, who is the son of Detective Pikachu’s former partner Harry, who went missing two years earlier. The pair go around Ryme City asking questions of the people and Pokémon around them, as they gather clues in a trusty notebook and solve mysteries in a point-and-click adventure.
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Meanwhile, the game follows the events after a jewel heist in Ryme City. Detective Pikachu and Tim join forces to investigate and search for clues, while one mystery leads to another that will hopefully reveal the identity of the real jewel thief. Other Pokémon help as much as they can, but they only talk to Detective Pikachu, who has to translate for Tim.
Detective Pikachu Returns is the perfect example of a cozy game — just in time for the fall season. Although most of the game is text-based and character-focused with cute animations, it’s great for curling up on a couch with a hot cup of cocoa (or a coffee) on a cold and rainy afternoon as you look for clues and question all sorts of different Pokémon, such as Growlithe, Slowpoke, Ducklett, Magikarp, Snivy, Rowlet, Sudowoodo and more.
Detective Pikachu Returns for Nintendo Switch is out now and available for $49.99.
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The 2023 Pokémon World Championship crowned its winners on Sunday (Aug. 13) in Japan and while the competition may be over, that just means it’s time to get back to training. New and experienced players can take advantage of Amazon‘s deal on a must-have Elite Trainer Box set that’s not only a No. 1 bestseller under collectable card game booster packs, but is currently on sale for 27% off.
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Expand your card collection and learn new strategy tips with the help of the Pokémon Scarlet & Violet 3 Obsidian Flames Elite Trainer Box. It comes with everything you could possibly need for gameplay including a competition-legal coin-flip die to help you train for the 2024 Pokémon World Championship.
To enhance your hand, you’ll also receive nine Scarlet and Violet Obsidian Flames booster packs to upgrade your cards and leave your opponents in awe.
Keep reading to shop the deal and learn more about the card pack.
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Pokemon Scarlet & Violet 3 Obsidian Flames Elite Trainer Box
$40.16 $54.99 27% OFF
Grow your collection of Pokémon cards with this box set that also comes with 45 Pokémon TCG Energy cards and a box with dividers to keep your cards neat and organized. The box even features a player’s guide to the expansion pack along with six damage-counter dice, a full-art foil promo card featuring Charmander, two plastic condition markers and a code card for Pokémon Trading Card Game Live.
Prefer to play virtually? Walmart is offering a Scarlet & Violet Dual-Pack for the Nintendo Switch, which is on sale now for 31% off. Shop the deal below.
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Pokemon Scarlet & Pokemon Violet Dual-Pack
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Play as a trainer in this dual-pack and travel with Sprigatito, the Grass Cat Pokémon, Fuecoco, the Fire Croc Pokémon, or Quaxly, the Duckling Pokémon to be your first partner as you explore a new region. The new version of this game will come with different outfits depending on if you’re in the Scarlet or Violet worlds and has the ability to connect to Pokémon Home.
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It’s game on for ENHYPEN, which enters the Pokémon universe with the collaborative new single “One and Only.”
Accompanying the new number is a shiny music video, which sees each member of the K-pop boyband team up with a Pokémon buddy, through a partnership with the so-called Pokémon Music Collective.
All the faves are there, including Pikachu, Charizard, Charmander and Snorlax.
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It’s as upbeat a song and clip as you’ll find. Channeling Al Jarreau’s “Mornin,’” the lads get about their daily routine with their animated friends in tow, and enjoy a camping getaway with an unexpected caravan flight.
Announced late June, the collab is “inspired by the sounds of the Pokémon series video game universe by artists across multiple genres,” per a press release.
“We are so delighted to participate in this project, given our love for Pokémon. ‘One and Only’ is a vibrant pop-genre track that perfectly complements the dynamic energy of both Pokémon and ENHYPEN,” the septet says in a statement.
Earlier this month, ENHYPEN announced the dates and venues for its FATE World Tour, which will include stops across cities in Asia and the United States.
The Asian swing of the jaunt— the group’s second world tour — will kick off with two dates at Seoul’s KSPO Dome July 29-30. Japan follows in early September, the first being a visit to Osaka’s Kyocera Dome Osaka Sept. 2-3. Less than two weeks later in Tokyo, K-pop stars will play a pair of dates at the Tokyo Dome on Sept. 13-14.
As previously reported, ENHYPEN will then head to the United States starting with an Oct. 6 stop at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Los Angeles. The group will also play shows in Glendale, Ariz.; Houston; Dallas; and Newark, N.J., before concluding the U.S. leg on Oct. 22 at Chicago’s United Center.
Comprising Jungwon, Heeseung, Jay, Jake, Sunghoon, Sunoo, and Ni-Ki, ENHYPEN is a creation of BELIFT LAB, making their debut in November 2020.
Since then, they’ve landed two top 10s on the Billboard 200, with 2022’s Manifesto : Day 1 (peaking at No. 6), and 2023’s Dark Blood (No. 4). Three more titles have landed in the top 40.
With “Utau,” J-pop producer imase last year kick-started the Pokémon Music Collective, an initiative of Universal Music Japan and The Pokémon Company.
Watch Pokémon X ENHYPEN’s “One and Only” below.
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ENHYPEN is ready to catch ’em all with the Pokémon Music Collective, as they’re teaming up for a fun new single, “One and Only.” The track is set to arrive on July 12 along with a music video, and is “inspired by the sounds of the Pokémon series video game universe by artists across multiple […]
Pokémon dropped the trailer for its upcoming games Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet on Tuesday (Nov. 8) featuring Ed Sheeran‘s latest single “Celestial.”
“A journey of celestial proportions awaits. Thanks for the incredible track @edsheeran,” the official UK account for the Nintendo franchise tweeted along with the teaser. The clip introduces the games’ new starter Pokémon: Sprigatito, Quaxly and Fuecoco and the world of Paldea while Sheeran croons, “You make me feel/ Like my troubled heart is a million miles away/ You make me feel/ Like I’m drunk on stars and we’re dancing out into space/ celestial/ celestial.”
The British hitmaker first announced the Pokémon-centric single back in September by showing off his new Squirtle tattoo and reminiscing in an Instagram post about how obsessed he was with the trading cards and video games as a kid. An adorable music video accompanying the song features Sheeran being zapped out of bed by an animated Pikachu before encountering other Pokémon such as Slowpoke, Lapras, Machamp and Charizard throughout his day.
Both Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet are set to hit stores on Nov. 18. Sheeran, however, is already hard at work on his follow-up to his 2021 No. 1 album = (Equals). Earlier this month, the singer teased the as-yet-untitled studio set’s prospective 2023 release from the set of a windswept music video.
Last week, Sheeran also set a new chart record in his native U.K. by becoming the first and only artist to have four albums chart inside the Official Albums Chart Top 10 for an entire year.
Watch the Pokémon trailer set to Sheeran’s “Celestial” below.
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