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 ...

With every new Pokemon game comes new changes, giving each generation its distinctive identity and heavily shaping the competitive Pokemon metagame for years to come. The Nintendo 3DS games introduced ...

Z-A is not exactly like other games in the series when it comes to battles, it's shaking up the competitive roster quite a ...

What will this mean for competitive players? Will these games form their own grassroots competitive scene? Do players really want another full year of competitive Sword and Shield? Instead of trying ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Pokemon Legends: Z-A might have found a new way to battle, but it ...

Some of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s new moves and items have been detailed in a trailer expressly geared toward competitive Pokémon players. It was first shown during the 2022 Pokémon World ...

If you’re a casual Pokemon player, you may feel intimidated by the thought of competitive battling because there are so many factors to consider, such as abilities, natures, IVs, EVs, and egg moves.

Pikachu Libre is a special, alternative version of the beloved Pikachu — wearing a lucha libre (wrestling) costume.

The competitive battling scene is one of Pokémon’s more popular, if at times controversial, features. For every player who loves its quirks and hardcore, obsessive elements — like EV training, which ...

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