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  1. Doctor Oak

    GameCrash: To Be a Master Part Two - Capsule Monsters

    This week on our sister site GameCrash is the second part of this deep dive into the history of the Pokémon franchise (as written by yours truly). In the first part, we met the creator of Pokémon, Satoshi Tajiri and followed his life through to the creation of Game Freak - the company behind...
  2. Doctor Oak

    Updates from GameCrash and the first in a series of major Pokemon articles!

    Today, our sister site GameCrash has received a bit of a make-over and with it, three new weekly feature series to keep coming back for. On Mondays, GameCrash Rewind takes a look back at games from the long or perhaps more recent past. We explore the pros and cons of the games as well as how...
  3. Doctor Oak

    The latest Sword and Shield news from the World Championships Opening Ceremony

    The Pokémon World Championships has officially kicked off in Washington DC today. The action is running throughout the weekend with end-of-season competitions for Pokken, the Trading Card Game and the Pokémon Video Game Championships and you can keep up with all the action live on Twitch. As...
  4. Doctor Oak

    GameCrash: Pokémon Masters Preview

    Now available in a preview-form (effectively an open beta), the latest mobile game from The Pokémon Company and DeNA, Pokémon Masters, definitely stands out from the previous mobile Pokémon games in some very exciting ways. But, it has to be said, it’s not all good news. We’ve had the chance to...
  5. Doctor Oak

    Introducing the GameCrash Game Club

    Over on our sister site GameCrash, we've launched some new forums and a new Feature series - the GameCrash Game Club! Every month we’ll post a new poll on the GameCrash forums for people to choose between a handful of games. After a certain amount of time, that poll will close and the winner...
  6. Doctor Oak

    E3 2019

    Somehow, yes, it's that time again. The games industry's biggest annual event is here: E3 2019. Our sister site GameCrash will be covering every big stream and conference with predictions and roundups before and after. While there's also a handy schedule of the entire week's biggest events and...
  7. Doctor Oak

    Our News/Leaks Policy

    This has already come up today, and will only come up again over the next few months, so it's worth spelling out what our policy is on covering Pokémon news: Leaks and Rumours For the most part, we will never report on leaks or rumours about specific details in upcoming Pokémon games. Even if...
  8. Doctor Oak

    Pokémon Direct Roundup: New Pokémon, New Features and New Legendaries

    Finally, after months of waiting, theorising and debating, we now have the first real details about Pokémon Sword and Shield! Today's Pokémon Direct dished the dirt on several new Pokémon, some new features and, of course, the release date: 15th November worldwide! Here's our full roundup of...
  9. Doctor Oak

    Review: Pokémon Rumble Rush ★★☆☆☆

    All the way back in 2017, The Pokemon Company announced the latest entry in the Pokémon Rumble spin-off series, PokéLand. Intended for release exclusively on iOS and Android, this was effectively a follow-up to the Pokémon Rumble World3DS free-to-play game released a year before. An alpha test...
  10. Doctor Oak

    Weekly Let's Plays on GameCrashTV

    As some of you might already be aware, every Saturday for the past few weeks I've been streaming again on our sister site GameCrash's Twitch channel. While we're still taking a break from Pokecharms streams until we have content we're happy with putting out weekly, these weekly streams will help...
  11. Doctor Oak

    GameCrash: Pokémon Sword and Shield could be the best and most disappointing Pokémon games yet

    Pokémon Sword and Shield could be the best and most disappointing Pokémon games yet "Although we loved what we saw in the Pokémon Sword and Shield reveal, there's a disappointing lack of any sign that the Pokémon series itself will be evolving any time soon." Read the latest opinion piece on...
  12. Doctor Oak

    Pokemon Sword and Shield revealed!

    Happy Pokemon Day, folks! In celebration of the release of the first generation of Pokemon Games 23 years ago today, Nintendo and The Pokemon Company have finally lifted the lid on this year's brand new, 8th Generation of Pokemon games: Pokemon Sword and Shield. Set in the Galar region -...
  13. Doctor Oak

    REVIEW: Pokemon The Movie: The Power of Us

    Like last year’s landmark 20th Pokemon movie, this year’s film is heading to cinema screens across the UK and North America this weekend. Is it worth paying up to experience on the big screen? Here’s our review to help you make up your mind! Following on from ‘Pokemon I Choose You’, this year’s...
  14. Doctor Oak

    WIN a copy of Pokemon Let's Go by joining us LIVE on Saturday for our first stream!

    We've been on a little break from streaming for a while as we work on other stuff (such as new videos for GameCrash - our general gaming sister site) and start putting together a plan for more content throughout 2019 for Pokecharms as well. But we're back for a special stream this Saturday at...
  15. Doctor Oak

    Incineroar completes the Super Smash Bros Ultimate launch lineup + Pokemon Let's Go News!

    Incineroar is the latest Pokemon addition to the Smash Bros lineup - and is the 74th and last* character to be announced for the game for its launch on the 7th December. *We'll get to the caveat for that in a minute. Incineroar has a moveset based largely off of its attacks in Sun/Moon...
  16. Doctor Oak

    GameCrash: Nintendo reportedly planning a new version of the Switch for 2019

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  17. Doctor Oak

    GameCrash @ EGX 2018 - First hands-on impressions on Pokemon Let's Go and more!

    Last week we were at EGX 2018 at the Birmingham NEC here in the UK, where we got our very first chance to play Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee and loads more. At long last here's a GameCrash roundup of our initial impressions of Pokemon, as well as Team Sonic Racing, Soul Calibur 6, Jump Force...
  18. Doctor Oak

    New Mythical Pokemon Meltan officially revealed

    After the weekend's drama of uncovering an apparent new Pokemon in the update data for Pokemon Go, followed by said new Pokemon appearing after the Chikorita Community Day for capture (albeit with it immediately turning into a Ditto afterwards), The Pokemon Company International has officially...
  19. Doctor Oak

    Pokemon Go appears to spoil the new Generation 8 Pokemon in update error

    As previously announced, when Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee come out in November, as well as featuring the original 151 Pokemon, a brand new, Generation 8, Pokemon will also be available in the game, and as such, available to transfer into Pokemon Go as well. This morning, an apparent mistake...
  20. Doctor Oak

    Streaming update and new videos!

    Hey guys! If you've been following our live streams on Twitch and Youtube in the past few months you may have been wondering about our couple weeks break from the regular schedule after Worlds. If you're one of the regulars who've been dropping by every week, the bad news is that we're going to...
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