Nintendo is known for strongly protecting its own intellectual property rights, but against " Pokémon Essentials" which provided a tool to create a new fan game of Pocket Monsters (Pokemon) and a ...

Some of the people who make Pokémon fan games are scared, if not a bit angry. They’ve been crafting amazing Pokémon games that rival the official releases for a decade, dodging lawsuits and relying on ...

After falling in love with videogames during the days of the GameCube, Michael Beckwith has been writing about them since 2014. After graduating from university with a degree in Computer Games Design ...

Don't worry, pal: Not all of the Pokémon-inspired makeup tutorials in the world are intense, although the Ivysaur one is honestly one of the coolest things I've ever seen. The word "inspired" is key ...

Though the chaos over Pokémon Go may have cooled down a bit, true Nintendo fans will always obsess over the original game and its characters. And for good reason: Pokémon are darn cute! YouTube beauty ...

You’ve likely seen the hoards of zombie-like people walking around staring at their phones. No, they’re not sending a text message or scrolling through Instagram. They’re playing none other than the ...

If you're a fan of Pokémon fan-made games, we have some bad news for you. Pokémon Essentials, which is how these games were created, was shut down following the receipt of a takedown notice from ...

Nintendo has a long history of using legal action to take down fan games based on its popular copyrighted franchises. Now the company is taking aim at one of the tools used to build some of those fan ...