Lego launches Pokémon ‘smart’ bricks equipped for interactive battles
Tie-up between blockbuster toy brands offers hi-tech play sets that will allow fans to ‘feel like the trainer’
April 2026
I adored Pokémon as a child. Now I collect critters of a different kind in a hobby that brings me deep joy – birdwatching
Jayce Carrano
Every player has experienced that fierce loyalty to one pocket monster or another. The same is true here
March 2026
Today in Focus
‘Let’s-a go!’ The story of Nintendo – podcast
Video games editor Keza MacDonald traces the rise of Nintendo, and explains why its sense of fun matters in a world of big tech
Pokémon Pokopia review – collectible creatures create their own perfect world
Work together with a bunch of lovable Pokémon to restore a long-abandoned town in this novel, absorbing game that’s quite unlike others in the series
£12m for a Pokémon card? If you’re not in the game you’re missing a trick
The record sum paid at auction for a rare example is part of a boom in trading cards – and the prices can be staggering
February 2026
Tell us what Pokémon means to you
As Pokémon turns 30, we would like to hear what the franchise means to you
What is Pokopia? Inside the calming Pokémon game that ditches battles for gardening
We explore the cosy world-building spin-off with Game Freak’s Shigeru Ohmori and his fellow developers – and learn how it began with a Pokémon-hunting dream
Super Nintendo by Keza MacDonald review – a joyful celebration of the gaming giant
How a decades-old video game has helped me defeat the doomscroll
‘Christian pastors declared Pikachu to be a demon’: how Pokémon went from moral panic to unifying global hit
January 2026
Pikachu and pals go wild: Pokémon theme park opens in Tokyo
The 15 best Nintendo Switch 2 games to play in 2026
December 2025
The 10 most anticipated video games of 2026
‘Kids can’t buy them anywhere’: how Pokémon cards became a stock market for millennials
August 2025
Silent Hill f, Goodnight Universe and Pokémon Legends: Z-A – the biggest games for autumn 2025
UK toy sales rise as nostalgic adults turn to Pokémon and Lego
July 2025
More than $113,000 of rare Pokémon cards stolen in Massachusetts break-in
How to make your old Nintendo Switch games feel new again on Switch 2
June 2025
My unexpected Pride icon
My unexpected Pride icon: Pokémon, small fluffy monsters battling in a gender-fluid world
As a queer child in the early 2000s, I never fitted in with the hyper-masculine world of Action Man. But in the gender-nonconforming Pokémon universe, I found safety
March 2025
‘It’s like a men’s shed’: inside the Pokémon trading card communities rocked by a string of brazen thefts
The value of Pokémon cards is booming, but for people who gather weekly to trade and battle their Pikachus and Togepis, the cards mean much more than cash
