Ash Ketchum was the star of the Pokmon anime for almost 25 years, and fan feelings about him as a character have shifted back and forth over that time. Even I had a major shift in my opinion on the ...

With each new generation of the Pokemon franchise, there is a new region to explore in both games and anime. In Generation 4, that was Sinnoh. The Sinnoh region was explored in Pokemon Diamond and ...

Since premiering in Japan on April 1, 1997, over 1139 episodes have aired as part of the official Pokémon anime. Following Ash Ketchum on his never-ending quest to catch-em-all and become a Pokémon ...

After a practice battle between Ash's Chimchar and Dawn's Piplup, Chimchar begins to cry because Ash was nice to it even though it lost, and Paul wasn't. Things get worse when a trio of Zangoose ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. We may have just seen the release of Pokémon Gen 8 with ...

Phillip Martinez is a game and culture reporter for Newsweek. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2018, he was a reporter and editor for iDigitalTimes and Player.One. A Bronx native, he graduated with his ...

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl take us back to the Sinnoh region once again and that means you will have to figure out which is the best starter to pick at the beginning of the game once ...