Pokémon Day 2016 – The Return of Suede January 12, 2016

I know I’ve talked about this guy in the past, but his content is so good, on Pokémon Day 2016, he deserves another look!  William Dufrense, better known to the Internet as Suede, is an Internet reviewer known for his insightful look at the animated films coming out of Japan!

A few years ago, before the resurgence of Pokémania, Suede set out to review every single one of the Pokémon movies along with several of his peers including Linkara and JewWario.

Since starting, a lot has changed. He’s only been able to review the first four Pokémon movies, although he has reviewed some other Pokémon content including the holiday episode, and the animated shorts. However these reviews are SO good, they merit another look!

After the closing of Blip.TV, the reviews became unavalible online for a brief time. That’s also why my older links for previous Suede reviews may no longer be functional.  Don’t worry, Suede has recently republished them on YouTube and they are available to see.  So without further ado here are some of Suede’s reviews of the Pokémon movies.

First up, here’s their review of the first Pokémon movie. It’s a great look at this classic through their nostalgic eyes, but what really appealed to me was the decision to frame this review by setting it within the beta of a Pokémon MMO.  Give it a watch!

Next up is the review of Pokémon: The Movie 2000. This is a hilarious review of a film that many have great memories of, but I personally haven’t been able to see it.

Next up, before reviewing the third Pokémon film, Suede reviewed the first two animated shorts that aired before the first two animated films.

Next up is the review of the third Pokémon movie, which they have stated was their absolute favorite of the entire Pokémon film franchise.

It was great to get to see their insight into these films, as they have become hard to come by. Seriously, Warner Bros, why the hell haven’t these three films gotten a Blu-Ray release yet?

Next up is a film that is a lot easier to find on disc, Pokémon 4ever. With the passing of JewWario, this may be difficult for some to watch, but I think Suede gave Justin a great sendoff.

Sadly, this would be the final Pokémon film review Suede has published, but he is continuing to work on them. You can check out his review of the banned Pokémon Holiday episode below, it’s a great nostalgic review that I’ve watched every Christmas.

And that is our profile on Suede, an incredibly talented reviewer with a love of Pokémon so great, it contributed to my revived interest in the beloved franchise back in late 2012!

Pokémon Day 2016 is hardly over guys, and a lot more content is on its way!  Stay tuned!

Pokémon Day 2016 – TamashiiHiroka January 12, 2016

Continuing with our coverage of all of the great Pokémon content from across the Internet, we come to YouTube sensation TamashiiHiroka.

I first became familiar with Tamashii’s work while doing research on the third generation Pokémon games (GEN3). I found her review of the GEN3 games insightful, creative and unique, and after going through her detailed back catalog of Pokémon videos I became hooked.

Like with other content creators I’ll be featuring here on my website today, I’m going to showcase only a few of my favorite videos here, but I will encourage everyone to check out her channel for themselves. I’m sure you won’t be disappointed.

First up, I want to showcase one of my absolute favorite videos of hers. I know people (including online celebrities like 1kidsentertainment) have been begging Nintendo to produce a Pokémon MMO game for years. Here’s her thoughts on why that probably hasn’t happened yet.

Next up, I want to showcase another great video that she did for TheJWittz, where she takes a look at some unique Pokémon games that never made it to North America and elsewhere outside of Japan, essentially making them banned games.  I really hope some of these games will end up getting brought over here.

Here’s a video for you Pokéshippers out there. In this next video she discusses the incredibly controversial plot thread from the Pokémon animated series and tries to determine if Ash and Misty were in love.

Next, here’s a hilarious video where she comments on the 90s Pokémon commercials. If you haven’t seen these commercials, they provide a great insight into the time. If you’re like me and you have seen them back when they were new, it’s a great nostalgic trip back to the first time when Pokémon ruled the world.

Next up I want to highlight some of her Pokémon game reviews. I’m going to start with her review of a game I had no idea even existed, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness.

Continuing with her reviews, next up is her review of the two Pokémon Stadium games which came out in North America.  I never got to play these games back in the day and I really hope Nintendo figures out a way to bring them to the Wii U’s Virtual Console.

Finally I want to wrap this article up with the newest video of hers, where she looks into the history of my favorite antagonists from the Pokémon franchise, N.

So there you have it guys, some of my favorite content from YouTube superstar TamashiiHiroka. Of course this is just an incomplete list, and I encourage all of you to check out her official YouTube channel and check out more of her videos!

We got a lot more Pokémon content on its way, as we continue with Pokémon Day 2016!

Pokémon Day 2016 – Our Pokémon Memories January 12, 2016

A few years ago our lead writer, Maniac, talked about his history with the Pokémon franchise and how it impacted his life.  While we would usually relegate that kind of content to a podcast format, it was decided that since Maniac’s memories were strictly relegated to the first generation titles (GEN1), he should hold off doing a podcast until he had played and completed the more recent titles.

However, Pokémon‘s cultural impact was so great that it trancended the games themselves. Even without having played the games, Maniac still interacted with Pokémon on a constant basis, and it had a profound affect on his outlook on the gaming industry in general.

How did this franchise effect him?  What does he think about it now?  Today, in honor of Pokémon Day 2016, we’re going to repost that video and Maniac will tell you about his memories of Pokémon.

Not enough content for you?  Don’t worry, Pokémon Day 2016 continues with more of the best content from us and all over the Internet. Stay tuned!

And by the way, if you’d like to hear Maniac’s thoughts about Pokémon after having played the newest games in the series, we will be doing our next podcast about this franchise!  Stay tuned for that later in the week!

Pokemon Day 2016 – TheJWittz Videos January 12, 2016

This month marks the 20th birthday of the Pokémon franchise, and to celebrate the birthday of this timeless classic franchise, we’re going to be posting up some of the best Pokémon content from across the web!

To start off, we’ll be talking about the videos of a man who needs no introduction. He has millions of hits on his YouTube videos, and has served as a color commentator for Pokémon TCG matches during live tournaments sanctioned by The Pokémon Company. Of course I’m talking about TheJWittz!

It would be far too difficult for me to post every single one of this man’s Pokémon related videos on this website (he literally has a series called Pokémon Fact of the Day) so instead I’m going to just link to some of my personal favorite videos of his, and recommend you visit his official YouTube Channel to see all of the rest of his videos!

First off, I’d like to share the first video of his that I ever saw, a review of the game Pokémon Colosseum for the GameCube. I had always wanted Nintendo to produce a Pokémon game with a single-player story for home consoles. I had no idea that Nintendo had already done that!

Next up, here’s an analysis of the many faces of Mewtwo.

Here’s his review of the Pokémon Re-Burst manga, a manga so unusual for Pokémon, it hasn’t even recieved a translation here.

Staying on the manga plot thread, here’s his look at some of the censorship which took place with the Pokémon Adventures manga. Seriously VIZ?

For you animated series out there, he also produced a pretty great analysis of Pokémon‘s greatest unanswered plot thread, and tries to determine the identity of Ash Ketchum’s father.

Here’s a video about Ash’s enduring age of 10.  Personally I think Ash is a Time Lord.

Many have considered this final video to be the greatest episode he ever created, and probably the first video of theirs they ever saw.  Continuing with the animated series angle, he also took a look at some of the series BANNED episodes.

So there you have it, some of my favorite videos from TheJWittz. Feel free to visit his YouTube Channel and check out all of his great content.

Pokémon Day 2016 is just getting started and boy do we have a lot more coverage on the way!  Stay tuned to this site for more content!

Do We All Live in a Pokémon World Essay Updated December 23, 2015

Three years ago, we published the long form essay “Do We All Live in a Pokémon World” on this website, and it has sat in a place of honor at the top of our site ever since.  It was a labor of love by our lead writer, as he tried to figure out all of the real-world logic behind how the world of Pokémon works.

The essay was an economist’s dream read and covered everything in the Pokémon world ranging from who could be funding the game’s Pokémon Centers, why Poké Marts were such a successful business model, the quality of education provided by Pokémon‘s in-game schools and a lot more.

While he was pleased with his work he had to admit that the original article was written in 2012 from the perspective of someone who had only played the first generation games. Since that time,  Nintendo has been busy. A new generation of Pokémon games was released and an entire generation was remade in the past two years alone, so there was a lot of new content that wasn’t covered in the original essay.

Our writer has also changed some of his perspectives. Over the course of this year he’s completed the two most recent generation Pokémon games, including both games in generation five, and the recent generation three remake.  He recognized a lot of the Pokémon world’s lore and history have updated and expanded in the past fifteen years, and that meant some of the information in the essay needed to be expanded.

So after much debate and soul searching we decided to update our essay, “Do We All Live in the Pokémon World?”  It will conveniently remain readable by selecting the Pokémon World tab in the upper portion of this website but if you’d like to read it immediately you can click on this direct link. Enjoy.

The Legend of Zelda Tri-Force Heroes Demo Code Giveaway October 16, 2015

Nintendo plans to launch The Legend of Zelda Tri-Force Heroes on 3DS systems next week. To celebrate, they’ve created a special playable demo of the game but are only giving that demo away to a selected few.  Well, we got our hands on two download codes for the game and we are giving them away right now.

If you want a code, you’ll first have to follow my Twitter feed @Maniac536  Then you’ll have to tweet a picture of yourself holding up your Nintendo handheld. Either post the link to the tweet in the comments section below or tweet us the picture. Post quickly because online play on the demo will only be active for a brief time.

The first two players who successfully link their tweets in the comments section below will receive their code in their Twitter DM.  Good luck to everyone!

UPDATE: One code has been won!  Still one more up to win!

The Legend of Zelda Tri-Force Heroes is coming October 23rd, 2015 exclusively on 3DS systems.

Let’s Play and FAIL Sections Have Been Added to the Site August 12, 2015

I understand that as times change my site must grow to meet the demands and requests of my readers.  That has meant that I have been producing an entirely new video series on my site called FAIL, and I have been producing Let’s Play live streams on a more frequent basis.

After going through my site archives earlier today, I noticed the fact that while I had archived over a dozen Let’s Play specific videos on my site over the past four years, I have not granted Let’s Play videos its own section on the site’s sidebar.  Today, that has been fixed.  Let’s Play videos and videos from my all-new FAIL series, which detail Hollywood’s ongoing failures, have been given their own specific sections on the site’s sidebar, making it easy for the site’s readers to find them.

So, if you want easy access to the Let’s Play or FAIL series of videos, take a look in the site’s lower right side and click on whatever you like.  More Let’s Plays and FAILs are currently in the planning process.  I will be more than happy to listen to any requests you might have.  Enjoy.