Pokémon Day – How Pokémon Went Viral January 1, 2013

Hope you guys are enjoying Pokémon Day so far on the site.  Up next we have a really well made viral video from DNSQ where he takes his own look at the subject matter.  How Pokémon Went Viral talks about the history of the game series and provides thoughts and opinions on just how this franchise took off.  It’s a really well written and edited short with great music.  Give it a look.

Stay tuned to gamexcess.net for more Pokémon Day content!  Happy New Year!

Pokémon Day – Suede Reviews January 1, 2013

William Dufrence, formerly known to the internet as That Dude in the Suede is now simply known to the internet as Suede, and he is one of the anime reviewers for thatguywiththeglasses.com. Since April 2012, he has used his web series, Animenia, to review the feature-length Pokémon movies, and they have been absolutely fantastic.

However, he is not doing these movie reviews alone. Suede has reviewed the first two Pokémon films with Justin “JewWario” Carmical and Lewis “Linkara” Lovhaug. J-Dub is host of You Can Play This a classic import game series (with a Nintendo focus) and Linkara is host of Atop The Fourth Wall, where he reviews comic books every week. All three reviewers are die-hard Pokémon fans with a deep love for the series and knowledge of its expanded universe in both America and Japan.

If you want to watch their review of Pokémon: The First Movie, you can see Part 1 of the review here and Part 2 of the review here. Suede also provided a full commentary of that review where he talked mostly about the differences between the Japanese and American versions of the movie, as well as some extra things he didn’t get the chance to say in the original review and you can watch that here. That not enough for you? You can watch their review of Pokémon: The Movie 2000 in its entirety here.

While this was the last movie they’ve reviewed together to date, Suede has done some supplemental Pokémon reviews in the meantime on his own as he works on the third Pokémon movie review. The first up is a review of the Pikachu animated shorts which preceded the feature-length movies in theatres, and were included with the DVD releases of the movies. You can watch that review at this link. The most recent Pokémon video he did was released just in time for Christmas and is a review of the banned Pokémon Christmas episode, Holiday Hi-Jinx, which you can watch right here.

Suede has pledged to review all fifteen of the feature-length Pokémon animated movies, and that means that more will be coming. These guys really have a great time doing these reviews, the editing and animation are great, and their knowledge about the subject is quite extensive. Give it a watch.

More Pokémon related content will be coming all day today! Happy New Year!

Pokémon Day – Pokémon As A Mythic Narrative (Connecticon 2012 Panel) January 1, 2013

Princess Angel and I were fortunate enough to catch this amazing panel at Connecticon 2012 this summer, and luckily someone has put it online for everyone to get the chance to watch.  Charles Dunbar at studyofanime.com hosted a panel where he talked about Pokémon as a Mythic Narrative.  Specifically, he talked about the origins of Pokémon’s story and the inspiration behind many of the Pokémon themselves.

It’s an amazing panel filled with a lot of humor.  Trust me, you’ll be glued to watching every single minute of it and whether you’re a Jr. Trainer or a Grand Pokémon Master you may just learn something new along the way.  Enjoy.