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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. ...

Pokémon GO - Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf surface in regional raids

Niantic has announced that Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf will be available to challenge in raids from Thursday, May 2nd, 2019 at 1 p.m. until Monday, May 27th, 2019, at 1 p.m. PDT (GMT −7). Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf surface in regional raids Trainers, We received numerous reports from all over the...

Pokémon GO - An exciting Sentosa Safari Zone event wraps up!

The Pokémon GO Safari Zone event at Sentosa took place from April 18th, 2019 until April 22nd, 2019. Niantic posted some stats from the event: over 95,000 Trainers from all over the world visited Sentosa Island, walking 441,000 km and catching a total of 14.1 million Pokémon. An exciting Sen...

Pokémon Pass App - Get Shiny Pikachu and Shiny Eevee at Target

The Pokémon Company has announced a new app for Android and Apple iOS called Pokémon Pass which is free and links to your Pokémon Trainer Club account to get rewards. The iOS version requires iOS 11.0 or later with an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. The Android version requires Android 5.1 and up. ...

Pokémon Detective Pikachu - Destiny

Warner Bros. Pictures has posted a trailer for Detective Pikachu on their YouTube channel called Destiny. The trailer showcases Pikachu and Psyduck listening to spa music so that Pyduck's head doesn't explode and kill everyone in the car. YouTube Clip - Destiny Source: https://www.youtube.co...