GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. I love Pokemon's turn-based battle mechanics. For nearly 30 years, Game Freak has tuned its rock-paper-scissors style combat to near perfection.

Those pesky fire dogs wouldn’t leave me alone. A pack of roving Houndour had been chasing after me, led by an alpha Houndoom — its red eyes signaling it was a cut above the rest — and, overwhelmed in ...

In my second hands-on opportunity with Pokémon Legends: Z-A on Nintendo Switch 2, I played for almost an hour, which still wasn’t nearly enough time to fully sink my teeth into this new, ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 may be new to the scene and still waiting for its first must-play exclusive RPG — but that wait might soon be over. That's because Pokémon Legends: Z-A launches on Oct. 16. Yes, ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. In a spectacular fusion of pop culture and lucha libre, The Pokemon Company joined forces with Mexico's legendary wrestling promotion, Consejo Mundial ...

Earlier this month, I traveled to Paris - aka the real-life Lumiose City - to get one final preview of Pokémon Legends: Z-A from high atop the Eiffel Tower. The hour-long demo spanned four different ...

I so badly want to fall in love with Pokémon again. I was completely bewitched by the series when it first arrived on the Game Boy, but around the time the third generation rolled around, the spell ...

Greysun is the lead guides editor at Game Rant, covering all the biggest AAA titles to the smaller indie gems. He's been a big Nintendo fan since the SNES days and patiently awaits a Super Mario ...

Applin has made its Pokémon Go debut, alongside its two original evolutions, Flapple and Appletun, and its other evolutions Dipplin and Hydrapple, added in a later event. With Applin, there’s a (kind ...

Pokemon Pokemon Legends: Z-A hands-on: With overhauled battles and denser exploration, I'm shocked at how fundamentally fresh this could feel Pokemon I love turn-based RPGs, but 20 minutes of Pokemon ...

“Pokémon Legends: Z-A,” the first “Pokémon” game to launch on the Switch 2, is nearly here, and Nintendo has revealed a Snorlax-sized amount of information about the the game. The news comes via an ...

Andrea is an editor at Game Rant, where she has been writing professionally about video games for nearly three years. She became a gamer for life at 7, thanks to a copy of Pokemon Red and her Game Boy ...