Pokemon

One of the major differences between past Pokémon titles and Pokémon Sun and Moon is how you advance the story. In the past, the way you knew you were moving forward with the story was to complete Pokémon gyms. Sure, there was the crap with Team Rocket or whomever, but every 'area' of the map - typically a city with surrounding routes - was sectioned off by gyms.

Although most people seem ready to leave QR codes in the past, Nintendo is bringing them into almost all their new titles with vigor; I want to say that Nintendo is single handily keeping QR codes relevant, and I'm pretty ok with that! Although I'm not a huge fan of what QR will give you in the game, I'm a big fan of what happens after collecting 10!

It's only been a few hours of in game time for me - just completed my first Island Trial - but it is obvious already that Pokémon Sun and Moon have elevated the franchise and taken it places I wasn't sure they would ever get. Even after 20 years of Pokémon video games, Nintendo and Game Freak have found a way to establish new ideas and fresh approaches that even have the most hard core of Pokémon game fans excited.

This Friday is Nintendo Day at retailers across the country - with a range of terrific launches and amazing deals to get Canadians excited for a very Nintendo holiday season.

I wanted to do something different for this More Thoughts From Me. I decided I wanted to hear what my readers thought and what questions they had for me. So I put the word out for some questions. I didn’t get very many responses at all. Thankfully, though, GamesReviews.com’s Adam Roffel and a friend of mine, Jess Carder, gave me some questions to answer and so this column isn’t blank or full of made up questions. Let’s see what questions…

Yesterday, Daniel dropped all the good Pokémon Sun and Moon demo information for you all to read, but if I'm being honest - and if Daniel was here commenting he would concur - Daniel isn't the biggest Pokémon fan, and although he might be able to provide the criticisms, someone needs to gush over this. That will be me. Again, for an extended look at all things Pokémon, please visit our good friend Abdallah's YouTube page by clicking here.

Nintendo released a special demo for Pokemon Sun/Moon today on the 3DS eshop. We have a trailer for the demo below, plus my thoughts on the demo. A special demo of Pokemon Sun/Moon was released on the Nintendo 3DS eshop today. I decided to download the demo and see what all the fuss was about. Warning: I’m not a Pokemon fan (though I did like Pokken Tournament a lot), so I’m not as excited about this game as other people…

Over the last month, I have become very invested in the Pokemon Trading Card Game, both the physical game and the online version which I play on my iPad. I’m having an outstanding time, and purchased a few of the Elite Trainer Boxes that released earlier this year. Value in the Box For 39.99 CAD, the price we paid at 401games.ca in Canada, you received a box that included, 8, ten card booster packs, with a code for a free…

Here at GamesReviews.com we have been playing lots of the Pokemon Trading Card game, both the physical and online versions. The Pokemon Company announced new details on some physical sets that are coming this October. Read on for more from the Pokemon Company.   “The Pokémon Company International has today revealed full details on the upcoming expansion to the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), Pokémon TCG: XY—Evolutions, the final expansion of the Pokémon TCG: XY series. Pokémon TCG: XY—Evolutions is…

Over the past few months, you might have realized that GamesReviews.com has been expanding outside of video games to cover other geek/nerd related content. We even have a few pending board game reviews coming down the pipeline! My six year old son has recently begun collecting and playing with Pokemon cards, so naturally I took all his online codes and used them in the Pokemon Trading Card Game Online. I’m hooked. I went out over the weekend and spent a…