I hope you like Pokémon! A new four hour episode of Timesphere is live, with @lewtwo.bsky.social joining me to discuss everything announced during the 2026 Pokemon Day Presents, the future of the franchise, and so much Game Freak history... #Pokemon youtu.be/nHEf5nKHI_E

recently restored Ken Sugimori's Japanese watercolor art of Pikachu from Pokémon Yellow!! [downscaled for bluesky]

messing with pokemon stadium animations and why doesnt Octillery do this anymore wtf

honestly Mega Magearna is the best DLC Pokemon just from how sick its animations are

a while ago we also restored Ken Sugimori's artwork of Ho-Oh from throughout Pokémon GSC's development. insane to see how his style developed in just three years

does this site have 4k image uploading yet because if not it might be over man. no place to share hq art actually spells the end of a lotta shit until the website is done.

so whatd i miss

was sent some Pokémon GO/Niantic staff confirmations from Worlds 2025 that I should probably document before I forget Craig Kitzmann • Shaymin Environment (GO Fest 2022) Aubrey Kim • Beach Environment Alex Turbyfield • Halloween Environment

Pokemon Legends ZA has the most promising development for a modern game in the series, and I've spent the last few months on a video dissecting why. 🟣 The Savior of Modern Pokémon 🟣⬇️

see u again in three years (goes public in a couple days)

knowing the ZA video was written months ago but everything I wrote about it came true in later previews and trailers

the first time we've ever seen Zygarde be a part of the Pokemon ZA story and it fucking jumps the player

If you're at Pokémon Worlds or know someone who is, help us preserve the Legends ZA demo build by recording as MUCH as possible!!

Now that I can finally do archival again, here's a high quality scan of Ken Sugimori's Encyclopedia art from a year after Pokémon's release!!!

one thing I've seen nobody mention is Pokemon Legends ZA seems to have a real photo mode for the first time in the series

really miss when pokemon games had speed tied to your critical hit chance. they made certain guys completely centered around that concept and it fucking rules

The new Pokémon TCG Pocket Immersive Ho-Oh artwork appears to be traced from 2021 fan-art by lanjiujiu. Entire perspective, wing shape and overall feather size are largely identical.

Holy shit, turns out the Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire scenario art (with white hair Brendan) wasn't drawn by Ken Sugimori, but Hironobu Yoshida instead.

We've translated a 7,000-word interview on the heruclean development behind the models of Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. Just a single Pokémon can require up to 60 unique animations alone.

Still astounded that Sugimori effortlessly made the perfect Pokemon protagonist designs nearly 25 years ago.

completely unique animation for Captain Pikachu from the latest pokemon arcade game is adorable wtf

A couple weeks ago, someone made me aware of public posts (NOT a leak) by a Pokémon Champions staff member, which revealed a lot about the state of its development from the very beginning. Prior to January 2024, Champions' pre-production development was in a troubled state.

One frustrating aspect of Pokémon SV's Switch 2 patch was no fix to the HORRENDOUSLY slow UI, even though they've acknowledged it in past updates.

>only important non-Pokemon characters with no drawn key art >appear around the map postgame literally just to waste your time >interrupt the story just to recap the game's existing themes what the actual FUCK was their problem

if we're talking hot takes Pokemon games might be worse with voice acting zero confidence in good direction from a modern Nintendo game and their talented VAs would feel completely wasted

sucks to witness Pokemon's horrendous production schedule but all of Takaboshi's new animation for Penny looks fucking gas

tatsugiri bag is the first good customization to ever be added to pokemon go im dead serious

How would you rank the last four Pokemon games on Nintendo Switch? 🤔 - Scarlet & Violet - Legends Arceus - Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories - Sword & Shield

this Sugimori design feels like a weird fucked up timeline where Serena was in Pokemon Diamond and Pearl

really need to know who was responsible for the Pokemon BDSP renders. i just want to talk

thought about this for a while. these three might genuinely be the most unpopular Pokémon to exist

Full comparison of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet on Switch 2 is what I expected but shame it isn't a lot more. 4K Resolution, higher frame rate, marginally better LOD, and GAME FREAK have raised the amount of wild Pokémon that can appear at one time. fuck bluesky's resolution scaling btw

(2021)

in the process of creating high quality renders for every modern Pokemon model. why the fuck is the stupid Leon ball textured with UNRELEASED concept art drawn by Ken Sugimori

CALLING ALL POKEMON SWORD AND SHIELD FANS we need to know where these appear in the game. screenshots would super help

started learning 3D rendering today. always thought it was a shame her big moment in pokemon sword was handled like shit

u guys liked the last pokemon card art restoration so here's Imposter Oak's Revenge by Ken Sugimori!

been a while, updated the objective best pokemon game tier list

FINALLY modified my setup for high quality Pokemon card art restoration. Here's Mewtwo drawn by Metroid mangaka Benimaru Itoh!

starting to realize pokemon discussion is going through a very weird phase where perspectives feel entirely venomous and driven to spite what people viewed as nostalgic or good regardless of actual quality. this image is completely unrelated by the way

more early Sugimori art!! we're releasing an insanely high quality scan of the original key art for Pokémon Red and Green.

We've translated a new statement from Pokémon Legends: Z-A director Haruka Tochigi, claiming the game was in it's "final fine-tuning phase" at the beginning of 2025.

scanning hundreds of old vintage yugioh cards. i should really just start a second youtube channel huh.

two years later and Niantic is STILL using AI generated slop for Pokémon GO this is so fucking depressing man

Classic Johto vibes! 💛🤍💙 #Pokemon #PokemonDay #PokemonPresents #GBC

New concept art of Raikou from Pokémon Gold and Silver, by Muneo Saitō.

After nearly 30 years, we're releasing high quality scans of the original Pokémon Red and Green character art by Ken Sugimori. We now know they're higher quality than GAME FREAK's own internal scans.

if anything, i want to make a sincere apology for not really making anything substantiative for nearly three years. a lot of this archival stuff and overall pokemon community shit really has broken me and one day I'll hopefully be able to talk about it

the last few years of this "line of work" has put me in an impossibly awkward position where im eternally slaving away for people that routinely abuse said position. realizing that i cant do anything about that feels rather bleak