#  @Lewchube Lewtwo The most exciting development in the Pokémon world is the release of Pokémon Legends: ZA, which has received widespread acclaim for its engaging gameplay, beautiful graphics, and impressive animations. The game features completely retooled and updated animations for many Pokémon, including the Machop line, and a robust photo mode. Many fans are praising the game's production value, soundtrack, and character designs, with some calling it the best Pokémon game in years. ### Engagements: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::806617257723969537/interactions)  - [--] Week [---------] +20% - [--] Month [----------] +140% - [--] Months [----------] +47% - [--] Year [----------] -5.80% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::806617257723969537/posts_active)  - [--] Week [--] no change - [--] Month [--] -39% - [--] Months [---] -1.90% - [--] Year [---] -2% ### Followers: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::806617257723969537/followers)  - [--] Week [------] +0.06% - [--] Month [------] +0.06% - [--] Months [------] +2% - [--] Year [------] +4.80% ### CreatorRank: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::806617257723969537/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [gaming](/list/gaming) 38% [finance](/list/finance) 3% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 2% [stocks](/list/stocks) 1% **Social topic influence** [pokemon](/topic/pokemon) #814, [pokmon](/topic/pokmon) #922, [art](/topic/art) 11%, [mega](/topic/mega) 9%, [the first](/topic/the-first) 5%, [red](/topic/red) 5%, [legends](/topic/legends) 4%, [level](/topic/level) 4%, [staff](/topic/staff) 3%, [ditto](/topic/ditto) #255 **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@bizzaburaddo000](/creator/undefined) [@dualbladesteven](/creator/undefined) [@2materes](/creator/undefined) [@trzef](/creator/undefined) [@mangakamen](/creator/undefined) [@kubipls](/creator/undefined) [@postsfromskyrim](/creator/undefined) [@coveredinjuice](/creator/undefined) [@lizzpathetic](/creator/undefined) [@kinodekh](/creator/undefined) [@bloodkills](/creator/undefined) [@jordankyurem67](/creator/undefined) [@korbylaw](/creator/undefined) [@dunarybear](/creator/undefined) [@themudskip](/creator/undefined) [@skifftalks](/creator/undefined) [@wiltank](/creator/undefined) [@thenotoriousgnz](/creator/undefined) [@collectorbit](/creator/undefined) [@thenotsalmon](/creator/undefined) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "what a novel idea they could even call it Pokmon FireRed Version" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2008312123345047646) 2026-01-05T22:58Z 74.7K followers, 2.7M engagements "Settei of Ditto from Pokmon Pokopia. Unsure on the artist" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2021596869030265330) 2026-02-11T14:47Z 74.7K followers, [----] engagements "- GAME FREAK wanted to consider making more top-down entries since games like DP could now be ported externally while also looking to make a non-RPG Pokmon game. - The prototype was led by Shigeru Ohmori after reminiscing on his work for RS' Secret Bases or DP's Underground" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2021620678961901669) 2026-02-11T16:21Z 74.7K followers, 12.7K engagements "- While there was no genre in mind for the project Pokopia grew in scope and shed many ties to Pokmon HOME. - After roughly a year Ohmori who noticed the growing scale of the project presented it to The Pokmon Company who suggested Koei Tecmo co-develop the game" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2021620683177075108) 2026-02-11T16:21Z 74.7K followers, 14.1K engagements "Mega Drampa from Legends ZA was designed by its original designer from Pokmon Sun and Moon Hitoshi Ariga" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2016362406339825722) 2026-01-28T04:07Z 74.7K followers, 69.5K engagements "catching up with the Pokemon anime and Yusuke Oshida's drawings are absolutely fucking monsterous" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2017308581302046738) 2026-01-30T18:47Z 74.7K followers, 59.5K engagements "also means we've restored a watercolor Pikachu from every era of Gen [--] Pokmon recently restored Ken Sugimori's Japanese watercolor art of Pikachu from Pokmon Yellow https://t.co/DK5lwbZUHl recently restored Ken Sugimori's Japanese watercolor art of Pikachu from Pokmon Yellow https://t.co/DK5lwbZUHl" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2017675750854320200) 2026-01-31T19:06Z 74.7K followers, 99.4K engagements "the lack of random encounters in modern pokemon completely obliterated all sense of rising tension or resource management in dungeons and everything just feels like this now every time i go back and play an older pokemon game i remember how much better the qol is nowadays. why was stuff like re-nicknaming pokemon or fast travelling still such a hassle until like the switch games. why were random encounters still a thing until [----] every time i go back and play an older pokemon game i remember how much better the qol is nowadays. why was stuff like re-nicknaming pokemon or fast travelling" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2020213827548086766) 2026-02-07T19:11Z 74.7K followers, 368K engagements "Here's all the development info on Pokmon Pokopia with the new interview. - Began late-2021 during development of Scarlet/Violet for release on Switch. - Originally isometric similar scale to Let's Go connected heavily to Pokmon HOME so your entire collection could interact" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2021620673194693080) 2026-02-11T16:21Z 74.7K followers, 95.6K engagements "- Director Takuto Edagawa and Art Director Marina Ayano were brought on following their contributions to Dragon Quest Builders [--]. - Pokopia's reveal trailer of Ditto transforming into a human was also initially created by Ohmori himself eventually revamped by Koei Tecmo" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2021620688155738146) 2026-02-11T16:21Z 74.7K followers, 10.3K engagements "recently restored Ken Sugimori's Japanese watercolor art of Pikachu from Pokmon Yellow" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2016228318597570882) 2026-01-27T19:14Z 74.7K followers, 207.1K engagements "grinding/exp share in pokemon is always fascinating to me because you can literally be [--] levels below and still win with basic status moves or items" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2020614774938296748) 2026-02-08T21:44Z 74.7K followers, 83.4K engagements "New Concept Art for Pokmon Pokopia presumably drawn by Megumi Mizutani" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2021596279134949833) 2026-02-11T14:44Z 74.7K followers, 36K engagements "Even more new Concept Art for Pokmon Pokopia also seemingly drawn by Megumi Mizutani" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2021596430855463032) 2026-02-11T14:45Z 74.7K followers, 26.2K engagements "darkest pokemon day timeline everyone suddenly afraid of $30 GBA ports actually announced as BDSP style remakes by ILCA" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2022022795568591065) 2026-02-12T18:59Z 74.7K followers, 472.5K engagements "the state of pokemon leak discussion on here is eternally just this idk why ppl think these are basically confirmed at all" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2022038307103027303) 2026-02-12T20:01Z 74.7K followers, 44.8K engagements "messing with pokemon stadium animations and why doesnt octillery do this anymore wtf" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2010794659497537880) 2026-01-12T19:23Z 74.6K followers, 35.5K engagements "This is not concept art for Pokmon Gold and Silver it was a magazine cover by Ken Sugimori from [----]. Early concept art for Pokemon Gold & Silver https://t.co/A1V542BHXg Early concept art for Pokemon Gold & Silver https://t.co/A1V542BHXg" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2014044045060829368) 2026-01-21T18:34Z 74.7K followers, 149.6K engagements "@KinodeKH I think Sinnoh's dungeons are largely an exception. Most of them lack strong Trainers the wild Pokmon are all very weak/slow and half of them involve dragging along a character that will instantly heal you. There's a larger focus on exploreing/backtracking after new HMs" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2020221397054677117) 2026-02-07T19:41Z 74.7K followers, 12K engagements "@Yep_ItsMeAgain @KinodeKH The cave Pokmon in Mt. Coronet are exceptionally weak and you're discounting the fact that basically all of Galactic's members literally use Wurmple-tier Pokmon levels aren't even the factor there" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2020285337654710674) 2026-02-07T23:55Z 74.7K followers, [---] engagements "@_BloodKills What puzzle My post only mentioned the survival of dungeon elements in past Pokmon games there's no mention of a puzzle in my post" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2020326728460374098) 2026-02-08T02:40Z 74.7K followers, [----] engagements "@2Materes everything I just named (literally Repels as the first one) are relevant to Pokemon that can trap the player upon an encounter and damage their team in a long dungeon. mitigating this requires resources such as healing items repels field moves etc" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2020335474662134130) 2026-02-08T03:14Z 74.7K followers, [---] engagements "@_BloodKills It's an image of a cave from Pokmon SWSH that I had saved on my PC. The "puzzle" you're talking about is also Pressing A on a png on the ground whenever you see it lmao" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2020497015290114129) 2026-02-08T13:56Z 74.7K followers, [---] engagements "@soulsilverart he never said battles shouldn't be the focus just that battling isn't all that there is for the series lol" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2021777621852598512) 2026-02-12T02:45Z 74.7K followers, [----] engagements "@trzef every pokemon now has arena trap and if you try to evolve golbat the feds confiscate your system" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2022030910686941252) 2026-02-12T19:31Z 74.7K followers, 10.1K engagements "@jordan_kyurem67 The pitch was six years ago we don't know how long development was. Beast of Reincarnation was (and continues to be) a small design team at GF that deliberately doesn't encroach on Pokmon's time/budget at all. One look at the current staff list we have would tell you this" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2022089021107974346) 2026-02-12T23:22Z 74.7K followers, [---] engagements "@jordan_kyurem67 there are still real people on this earth using the unquantifiable term "effort" to describe creative works instead of literally any other actual metric like staff development time or anything related to the actual design of the game itself" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2022082357201973272) 2026-02-12T22:56Z 74.7K followers, [----] engagements "New key art for GAME FREAK's new non-Pokmon game Beast of Reincarnation Drawn by Kazuma Koda" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2022078759118213242) 2026-02-12T22:41Z 74.7K followers, 28.5K engagements "@MothQueenMoon i think its fine for people to dislike any artstyle on the grounds of it not being competently executed nobody was talking about dark souls" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2022318386655404329) 2026-02-13T14:34Z 74.7K followers, [----] engagements "replaying Pokemon BW praying that Seasons come back in the future the way they overhaul the level design is so fucking cool" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1992975822202798364) 2025-11-24T15:17Z 74.3K followers, 37.8K engagements "new pokemon masters artwork is so fucking fire wtf" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1993610723260522628) 2025-11-26T09:20Z 74.6K followers, 241.5K engagements "now ZA been out for a while figured I'd update my pokemon game tier list" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1994041384949698636) 2025-11-27T13:51Z 74.7K followers, 80.4K engagements "@korbylaw @DunaryBear I genuinely don't think people who say this have played both. The level curve is significantly higher the entirety of Kanto is filled out Viridian Forest actually exists Gym layouts are finished bosses like Red don't lose to teams in the mid 40's distribution is fixed etc" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1994060567829455249) 2025-11-27T15:07Z 74.3K followers, [----] engagements "@korbylaw @DunaryBear GSC are great but they're clearly compromised products due to the state of the series at the time which HGSS largely completely overhaul https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1943021266665107702 the gaslighting of Johto's Pokemon distribution needs to be studied man NOBODY has played these games with their fucking eyes open https://t.co/OQF0BvB3DK https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1943021266665107702 the gaslighting of Johto's Pokemon distribution needs to be studied man NOBODY has played these games with their fucking eyes open https://t.co/OQF0BvB3DK" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1994060973552918728) 2025-11-27T15:09Z 74.3K followers, [----] engagements "@0xCAFEBEEF PSS is weird because (at the time) I think it hurt more Pokmon than it helped lol" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1994061665554321867) 2025-11-27T15:12Z 74.3K followers, [---] engagements "@minifigamerthe1 Stadium and Stadium GS elevate RGBY and GSC are really solid expansions. Colosseum doesn't do that for RS and the Pokmon distribution throughout G3 is at a detriment as a result of that game in particular" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1994062042764837229) 2025-11-27T15:13Z 74.3K followers, [----] engagements "@DudeGlorious12 @citrus_not yes I've gone on record for years praising G1 as a really cool flash-in-the-pan JRPG with a strong cohesive world great monster designs (when they were still monsters) and a solid aesthetic that literally only gets better with a game like Stadium idk what you mean" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1994063967472238882) 2025-11-27T15:21Z 74.3K followers, [---] engagements "@Manga_Kamen you can literally get him in the HGSS Safari Zone rofl" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1994144759146017047) 2025-11-27T20:42Z 74.3K followers, 15.1K engagements "@Nekodromon the games existed for some time without an optional expansion (much like Stadium) so they should probably be separated" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1994184883665539369) 2025-11-27T23:21Z 74.3K followers, [---] engagements "@buttahgog alakazam used ice punch. so scary" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1994429177576006029) 2025-11-28T15:32Z 74.3K followers, [---] engagements "very cool idle stance why does this pokemon even exist at all man" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1995857865333244334) 2025-12-02T14:09Z 74.3K followers, 927.9K engagements "Mega Lucario Z having new animations designed around the low-cooldown attack gimmick of Mega Z Pokemon is sick as hell" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1995862251149086820) 2025-12-02T14:26Z 74.4K followers, 108.4K engagements "releasing the "Project M" update to Pokemon ZA EXACTLY a decade after Project M died is diabolical work and has to be intentional Thank you to everyone who still plays Project M. Thank you to the Project+ team for carrying the torch. Thank you all for a decade of believing and supporting from the walls. https://t.co/x7pQXCa1cz Thank you to everyone who still plays Project M. Thank you to the Project+ team for carrying the torch. Thank you all for a decade of believing and supporting from the walls. https://t.co/x7pQXCa1cz" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1995870584291676378) 2025-12-02T15:00Z 74.6K followers, 981.8K engagements "comparing the new ZA Renders to Pokemon HOME and goddamn lmao" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1995909491473236374) 2025-12-02T17:34Z 74.7K followers, 273.4K engagements "@themudskip no i just dunno why a second Mega Evolution for Lucario was necessary" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1995921327694266403) 2025-12-02T18:21Z 74.3K followers, [----] engagements "@themudskip this genre of response is real frustrating because I can actually give reasons as to why ex. Charizard/Mewtwo were necessary besides "why not" and "so you hate the design" idk whats with the anti-conversation" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1995946903419453782) 2025-12-02T20:03Z 74.3K followers, [----] engagements "@SkiffTalks i dont think this is actually legitimately evil if u see my reply i think someone at GAME FREAK just really really liked Mewtwo's [----] reveal and chose to pay homage to it to some degree" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1995975782326567071) 2025-12-02T21:58Z 74.3K followers, [----] engagements "@SkiffTalks the heartbeat combined with the eerie lab sfx made me jump out of my chair its diabolical if only for the crazy irony with the release date rofl" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1995976839001768127) 2025-12-02T22:02Z 74.3K followers, [---] engagements "@PokemonSleepPro why does this posed sprite look better than a decade old t-posing model with zero animations ported into gmod i dunno man" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1996333840063934959) 2025-12-03T21:40Z 74.3K followers, [---] engagements "@PalmerLuckey @AMD Do you have any technical information on the controller N64's pad is super unique and having another modern option is always great. Also really curious why the middle handle is so long compared to the regular 64's" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1996936086321299929) 2025-12-05T13:33Z 74.3K followers, [---] engagements "set up my wii u to play pokemon today what do you guys think" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1997039560409469056) 2025-12-05T20:25Z 74.7K followers, 278.5K engagements "my opinion on Mega Raichu X has completely flipped now the Pokemon DLC is out SOLELY because of its flying animation" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1998609410323788015) 2025-12-10T04:23Z 74.6K followers, 890.9K engagements "this guy really benefits from the shiny gold texture in the ZA DLC he actually looks like a bell now" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1998848132075962828) 2025-12-10T20:11Z 74.7K followers, 116.8K engagements "the rewards from the Level [---] Trainer Zones do not fuck around goddamn" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1999241821482803481) 2025-12-11T22:16Z 74.7K followers, 470.9K engagements "having this as the first new pokemon in an expansion designed around edgy XY-era Mega Evolutions is so cool man" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1999503230586282219) 2025-12-12T15:34Z 74.7K followers, 46.4K engagements "seen nobody post about this but the ZA DLC now lets you refight Zygarde as well as every new Rogue Mega" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1999601551594127566) 2025-12-12T22:05Z 74.6K followers, 95.2K engagements "best part of the new pokemon dlc is the ability to cause greivous bodily harm to random people for no reason" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1999644337127203235) 2025-12-13T00:55Z 74.6K followers, 83.5K engagements "beat the final Legends ZA DLC sidequest and im pretty sure that's not supposed to happen LOOOOL" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1999653989420569086) 2025-12-13T01:33Z 74.6K followers, 314.3K engagements "@GlocktimusCrime u can at least contextualize this one as her talking to the pokemon the urbain one i posted doesnt make sense LOL" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1999840939544821839) 2025-12-13T13:56Z 74.4K followers, 13.1K engagements "seeing youtubers complaining about pokemon being too easy for years struggling in the DLC with full teams of legendaries #FAKEDEMONS" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1999853771057422426) 2025-12-13T14:47Z 74.6K followers, 271.4K engagements "wtf discovered Mega Raichu X has a normal running animation that goes completely unused my opinion on Mega Raichu X has completely flipped now the Pokemon DLC is out SOLELY because of its flying animation https://t.co/tcui9e2wsX my opinion on Mega Raichu X has completely flipped now the Pokemon DLC is out SOLELY because of its flying animation https://t.co/tcui9e2wsX" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2001382066320224361) 2025-12-17T20:00Z 74.7K followers, 222.8K engagements "the high quality scans of Ken Sugimori's artwork for Pokmon Blue are nearly done. excited to share their story soon after years of working on them" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2002045654865240180) 2025-12-19T15:57Z 74.7K followers, 160.6K engagements "@Xhicrastin13 Sugimori's artwork for Red and Green was released in full with the April [----] Illustrated Book (besides Mew who came later) the Pokmon themselves are fairly scattershot quality but we managed to HQ scan all of the characters earlier this year https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1893660103624003707 After nearly [--] years we're releasing high quality scans of the original Pokmon Red and Green character art by Ken Sugimori. We now know they're higher quality than GAME FREAK's own internal scans. https://t.co/ZrvFOaEltD https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1893660103624003707 After nearly 30" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2002102742471557128) 2025-12-19T19:44Z 74.7K followers, [----] engagements "@ChoctopusYT then you'll probably like these guys too" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2002103441393660036) 2025-12-19T19:47Z 74.6K followers, [----] engagements "forced to see genuinely corrosive accounts leaking Gen [--] Pokemon shit before its even announced like go AWAY man" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2004929009688412425) 2025-12-27T14:55Z 74.6K followers, 54.9K engagements "a while ago we also restored Ken Sugimori's artwork of Ho-Oh from throughout Pokmon GSC's development. insane to see how his style developed in just three years" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2006433396239601760) 2025-12-31T18:32Z 74.7K followers, 162.9K engagements "@Krs876873012312 @IAmStransky Blue = made during the era where Pokmon Blue was being developed/released. Red and Green had already launched six months prior to the release of this artwork. GS = made during the era where GS was about to release and is its box-art. https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2006581083115045197 @IAmStransky This artwork of Ho-Oh was made for the newly announced Pokmon [--] initially planned to release at the end of [----]. It was drawn and debuted in August [----] prior to the release of Pokmon Blue. https://t.co/vvZ20DkyoC https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2006581083115045197" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2006717440034746816) 2026-01-01T13:21Z 74.6K followers, [---] engagements "@Narizyia truthfully a Kanto game that properly explores its history in a new context is my most wanted revisit for the series but 99% of people want leafgreen with bloom everywhere" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2008337065658782009) 2026-01-06T00:37Z 74.6K followers, 127.8K engagements "@DigiAtlas i like that there's three fairly unique Kanto experiences even if I don't think the latter two hit the mark like Red and Green did" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2008338194526302673) 2026-01-06T00:41Z 74.7K followers, 63.8K engagements "@Jeremia44962820 @SpvNk11 going back to anything related to MM8" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2008343951426670765) 2026-01-06T01:04Z 74.7K followers, [----] engagements "@Wiltank FRLG is a fine and servicable remake of Red and Green that does more than any game "capitalizing on decades of nostalgic equity" ever would. An old game not having online has no bearing on it's quality it and the original games are still good" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2008596639003668618) 2026-01-06T17:48Z 74.7K followers, 17.9K engagements "Pokmon FRLG still looks great plays great with new content are THE most modded games in the series and can boot in SECONDS from the exact device you're posting from. Games aren't designed to be ephemeral and we already have TWO Kanto remakes why do we need another BDSP" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2008603562889343317) 2026-01-06T18:16Z 74.6K followers, 238.5K engagements "@JordanFreemanTW pretty sure its unchanged from the one in the replies https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1639622181633024001 always fun posting about Pokemon sprite design because people dunno how they're supposed to look on original hardware https://t.co/4FU7EYctwU https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1639622181633024001 always fun posting about Pokemon sprite design because people dunno how they're supposed to look on original hardware https://t.co/4FU7EYctwU" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2008614386941002138) 2026-01-06T18:59Z 74.7K followers, [----] engagements "@TheNotoriousGNZ If you want Kanto faithfully remade in "it's original artstyle" then you have to sap basically all of the color and walk back every Pokmon design iteration ones that don't even have settei for staffers to use. BDSP was in it's original artstyle it just wasn't executed well" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2008615313999622572) 2026-01-06T19:03Z 74.6K followers, [----] engagements "@KubiPls Then why not just ask to re-release FRLG (for people that can't use phones/computers) instead of releasing feigned attempts to revitalize that nostalgia with very little new added to begin with besides an artstyle shift that only exists because of a trend" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2008619121504600256) 2026-01-06T19:18Z 74.6K followers, [----] engagements "@Wiltank because a post that proposes a pokemon game based on the concept of "nostalgic equity" is deeply unserious as if good games are designed strictly for the amount of units they sell" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2008620969707831397) 2026-01-06T19:25Z 74.7K followers, [----] engagements "@TheNotoriousGNZ Ohmori himself has noted within internal documents about GAME FREAK's need to hire more staff to keep up with the demand. Money is not an infinite well of creation for any project. Fans also aren't made on deadlines nor under any typical development structure" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2008622782481936623) 2026-01-06T19:32Z 74.7K followers, [---] engagements "@CollectorBit @KubiPls "newer pokemon" does not mean all of them. literally no game besides GSC has made all Pokemon "avaliable for connection" because implementing [----] creatures in a contextually driven world with the scope presented here is unsurprisingly not a great idea" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2008630327808295373) 2026-01-06T20:02Z 74.6K followers, [---] engagements "@CollectorBit @KubiPls walking back two decades of game design so we can go to Motostoke in FRLG HD2D might be my worst nightmare" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2008633627597320357) 2026-01-06T20:15Z 74.6K followers, [---] engagements "@Manga_Kamen at that point you're trading basically all of the expression/animation built up over the last decade for an artstyle that has its own host of problems" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2008640391390896553) 2026-01-06T20:42Z 74.7K followers, [----] engagements "@Gamebuster804 problem is that they found a studio that put their love and soul into revisiting an old region and it was remarkably poor because love and soul sadly doesn't result in video games im not opposed to the concept of remakes but moreso remake culture and the products it facilitates" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2008640941943648370) 2026-01-06T20:44Z 74.7K followers, [---] engagements "@crazyblocks234 @Manga_Kamen GAME FREAK hasn't taken down a single fan-game but SEGA has organized raiding homes over prototype cartridges and sending DMCA requests to small accounts scanning artwork. The former honestly does not care" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2008701739491619068) 2026-01-07T00:46Z 74.7K followers, [---] engagements "surprised the new artwork for Mega Raichu X still omits the vampire fangs found on its actual model in Pokemon ZA" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2011112790392484057) 2026-01-13T16:27Z 74.6K followers, 51.7K engagements "@TheNotSalmon both the render and artwork are likely based off the same pose from the settei one doesn't trace the other they're just based off the same drawing" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2011128340124451162) 2026-01-13T17:28Z 74.7K followers, [----] engagements "@TheNotSalmon You're just wrong though. The black pattern is longer/wider on the render versus the art. You can't even line up the tail sizes and have to actively distort them in order to have them match up. It's just the same pose" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2011136562722172956) 2026-01-13T18:01Z 74.6K followers, [---] engagements "@SilentLilyuri most of the 3D renders are solid and since we're never not getting 2D art there's zero harm in experimenting" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2011171207979078128) 2026-01-13T20:19Z 74.6K followers, [----] engagements "@chloeboboe early version of my site you can click the banner at the top of the WIP website to go there in the meantime" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2011228508073218315) 2026-01-14T00:06Z 74.7K followers, [---] engagements "been a while since I posted my chart of every leaked beta Pokemon design we've seen so far" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1485954518768656387) 2022-01-25T12:35Z 74.7K followers, [----] engagements "completed the Legends ZA DLC postgame and this shit made me feel like a kid playing pokemon for the first time again" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1998981365094871240) 2025-12-11T05:01Z 74.7K followers, 102.3K engagements "With the ZA DLC now there's only ONE event-exclusive Mythical Pokemon in the series. Made this after the reveal of Mega Zeraora now there are only five event-exclusive Mythical Pokmon. https://t.co/9bmHPuz5bS Made this after the reveal of Mega Zeraora now there are only five event-exclusive Mythical Pokmon. https://t.co/9bmHPuz5bS" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2000316438524092427) 2025-12-14T21:26Z 74.7K followers, 878.4K engagements "honestly Mega Magearna is the best DLC Pokemon just from how sick its animations are" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2008266425497165917) 2026-01-05T19:56Z 74.7K followers, 197.4K engagements "we've now archived all the new Sugimori-style artwork for every Legends ZA Mega Pokmon" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2011106370909831176) 2026-01-13T16:01Z 74.7K followers, 40.6K engagements "Some of the new Sugimori-style Pokmon art is so dynamic that they honestly make the original renders look like first drafts" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2011164984475336988) 2026-01-13T19:54Z 74.7K followers, 154.6K engagements "might take some time but already started on the Shiny Mega Pokemon artwork" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2011218473360187680) 2026-01-13T23:27Z 74.7K followers, 118.3K engagements "why is Pokemon GO still charging money for Shiny Mythicals. who the fuck would pay $8 for this" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1988335728221438080) 2025-11-11T19:59Z 74.6K followers, 270.4K engagements "eternally glad that Pokmon being above Level [---] for the first time is built around a cool roguelite mode and not a lazy raise of the level cap" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986450842031976692) 2025-11-06T15:09Z 74.7K followers, 183.5K engagements "a beta Pokemon Dream World logo was just unearthed in the most random place imaginable by @WisdomEelArt" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1614755735539154946) 2023-01-15T22:45Z 74.7K followers, 157.2K engagements "the first time we've ever seen Zygarde be a part of the Pokemon ZA story and it fucking jumps the player" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1956384407167652025) 2025-08-15T15:56Z 74.7K followers, 2.1M engagements "this might be the most rancid looking pokemon game of all time man LOOOOL what did they DO" [X Link](https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1947681803923558634) 2025-07-22T15:35Z 74.7K followers, 617.3K engagements Limited data mode. 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@Lewchube LewtwoThe most exciting development in the Pokémon world is the release of Pokémon Legends: ZA, which has received widespread acclaim for its engaging gameplay, beautiful graphics, and impressive animations. The game features completely retooled and updated animations for many Pokémon, including the Machop line, and a robust photo mode. Many fans are praising the game's production value, soundtrack, and character designs, with some calling it the best Pokémon game in years.
Social category influence gaming 38% finance 3% technology brands 2% stocks 1%
Social topic influence pokemon #814, pokmon #922, art 11%, mega 9%, the first 5%, red 5%, legends 4%, level 4%, staff 3%, ditto #255
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @bizzaburaddo000 @dualbladesteven @2materes @trzef @mangakamen @kubipls @postsfromskyrim @coveredinjuice @lizzpathetic @kinodekh @bloodkills @jordankyurem67 @korbylaw @dunarybear @themudskip @skifftalks @wiltank @thenotoriousgnz @collectorbit @thenotsalmon
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"what a novel idea they could even call it Pokmon FireRed Version"
X Link 2026-01-05T22:58Z 74.7K followers, 2.7M engagements
"Settei of Ditto from Pokmon Pokopia. Unsure on the artist"
X Link 2026-02-11T14:47Z 74.7K followers, [----] engagements
"- GAME FREAK wanted to consider making more top-down entries since games like DP could now be ported externally while also looking to make a non-RPG Pokmon game. - The prototype was led by Shigeru Ohmori after reminiscing on his work for RS' Secret Bases or DP's Underground"
X Link 2026-02-11T16:21Z 74.7K followers, 12.7K engagements
"- While there was no genre in mind for the project Pokopia grew in scope and shed many ties to Pokmon HOME. - After roughly a year Ohmori who noticed the growing scale of the project presented it to The Pokmon Company who suggested Koei Tecmo co-develop the game"
X Link 2026-02-11T16:21Z 74.7K followers, 14.1K engagements
"Mega Drampa from Legends ZA was designed by its original designer from Pokmon Sun and Moon Hitoshi Ariga"
X Link 2026-01-28T04:07Z 74.7K followers, 69.5K engagements
"catching up with the Pokemon anime and Yusuke Oshida's drawings are absolutely fucking monsterous"
X Link 2026-01-30T18:47Z 74.7K followers, 59.5K engagements
"also means we've restored a watercolor Pikachu from every era of Gen [--] Pokmon recently restored Ken Sugimori's Japanese watercolor art of Pikachu from Pokmon Yellow https://t.co/DK5lwbZUHl recently restored Ken Sugimori's Japanese watercolor art of Pikachu from Pokmon Yellow https://t.co/DK5lwbZUHl"
X Link 2026-01-31T19:06Z 74.7K followers, 99.4K engagements
"the lack of random encounters in modern pokemon completely obliterated all sense of rising tension or resource management in dungeons and everything just feels like this now every time i go back and play an older pokemon game i remember how much better the qol is nowadays. why was stuff like re-nicknaming pokemon or fast travelling still such a hassle until like the switch games. why were random encounters still a thing until [----] every time i go back and play an older pokemon game i remember how much better the qol is nowadays. why was stuff like re-nicknaming pokemon or fast travelling"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:11Z 74.7K followers, 368K engagements
"Here's all the development info on Pokmon Pokopia with the new interview. - Began late-2021 during development of Scarlet/Violet for release on Switch. - Originally isometric similar scale to Let's Go connected heavily to Pokmon HOME so your entire collection could interact"
X Link 2026-02-11T16:21Z 74.7K followers, 95.6K engagements
"- Director Takuto Edagawa and Art Director Marina Ayano were brought on following their contributions to Dragon Quest Builders [--]. - Pokopia's reveal trailer of Ditto transforming into a human was also initially created by Ohmori himself eventually revamped by Koei Tecmo"
X Link 2026-02-11T16:21Z 74.7K followers, 10.3K engagements
"recently restored Ken Sugimori's Japanese watercolor art of Pikachu from Pokmon Yellow"
X Link 2026-01-27T19:14Z 74.7K followers, 207.1K engagements
"grinding/exp share in pokemon is always fascinating to me because you can literally be [--] levels below and still win with basic status moves or items"
X Link 2026-02-08T21:44Z 74.7K followers, 83.4K engagements
"New Concept Art for Pokmon Pokopia presumably drawn by Megumi Mizutani"
X Link 2026-02-11T14:44Z 74.7K followers, 36K engagements
"Even more new Concept Art for Pokmon Pokopia also seemingly drawn by Megumi Mizutani"
X Link 2026-02-11T14:45Z 74.7K followers, 26.2K engagements
"darkest pokemon day timeline everyone suddenly afraid of $30 GBA ports actually announced as BDSP style remakes by ILCA"
X Link 2026-02-12T18:59Z 74.7K followers, 472.5K engagements
"the state of pokemon leak discussion on here is eternally just this idk why ppl think these are basically confirmed at all"
X Link 2026-02-12T20:01Z 74.7K followers, 44.8K engagements
"messing with pokemon stadium animations and why doesnt octillery do this anymore wtf"
X Link 2026-01-12T19:23Z 74.6K followers, 35.5K engagements
"This is not concept art for Pokmon Gold and Silver it was a magazine cover by Ken Sugimori from [----]. Early concept art for Pokemon Gold & Silver https://t.co/A1V542BHXg Early concept art for Pokemon Gold & Silver https://t.co/A1V542BHXg"
X Link 2026-01-21T18:34Z 74.7K followers, 149.6K engagements
"@KinodeKH I think Sinnoh's dungeons are largely an exception. Most of them lack strong Trainers the wild Pokmon are all very weak/slow and half of them involve dragging along a character that will instantly heal you. There's a larger focus on exploreing/backtracking after new HMs"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:41Z 74.7K followers, 12K engagements
"@Yep_ItsMeAgain @KinodeKH The cave Pokmon in Mt. Coronet are exceptionally weak and you're discounting the fact that basically all of Galactic's members literally use Wurmple-tier Pokmon levels aren't even the factor there"
X Link 2026-02-07T23:55Z 74.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@_BloodKills What puzzle My post only mentioned the survival of dungeon elements in past Pokmon games there's no mention of a puzzle in my post"
X Link 2026-02-08T02:40Z 74.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@2Materes everything I just named (literally Repels as the first one) are relevant to Pokemon that can trap the player upon an encounter and damage their team in a long dungeon. mitigating this requires resources such as healing items repels field moves etc"
X Link 2026-02-08T03:14Z 74.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@_BloodKills It's an image of a cave from Pokmon SWSH that I had saved on my PC. The "puzzle" you're talking about is also Pressing A on a png on the ground whenever you see it lmao"
X Link 2026-02-08T13:56Z 74.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@soulsilverart he never said battles shouldn't be the focus just that battling isn't all that there is for the series lol"
X Link 2026-02-12T02:45Z 74.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@trzef every pokemon now has arena trap and if you try to evolve golbat the feds confiscate your system"
X Link 2026-02-12T19:31Z 74.7K followers, 10.1K engagements
"@jordan_kyurem67 The pitch was six years ago we don't know how long development was. Beast of Reincarnation was (and continues to be) a small design team at GF that deliberately doesn't encroach on Pokmon's time/budget at all. One look at the current staff list we have would tell you this"
X Link 2026-02-12T23:22Z 74.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@jordan_kyurem67 there are still real people on this earth using the unquantifiable term "effort" to describe creative works instead of literally any other actual metric like staff development time or anything related to the actual design of the game itself"
X Link 2026-02-12T22:56Z 74.7K followers, [----] engagements
"New key art for GAME FREAK's new non-Pokmon game Beast of Reincarnation Drawn by Kazuma Koda"
X Link 2026-02-12T22:41Z 74.7K followers, 28.5K engagements
"@MothQueenMoon i think its fine for people to dislike any artstyle on the grounds of it not being competently executed nobody was talking about dark souls"
X Link 2026-02-13T14:34Z 74.7K followers, [----] engagements
"replaying Pokemon BW praying that Seasons come back in the future the way they overhaul the level design is so fucking cool"
X Link 2025-11-24T15:17Z 74.3K followers, 37.8K engagements
"new pokemon masters artwork is so fucking fire wtf"
X Link 2025-11-26T09:20Z 74.6K followers, 241.5K engagements
"now ZA been out for a while figured I'd update my pokemon game tier list"
X Link 2025-11-27T13:51Z 74.7K followers, 80.4K engagements
"@korbylaw @DunaryBear I genuinely don't think people who say this have played both. The level curve is significantly higher the entirety of Kanto is filled out Viridian Forest actually exists Gym layouts are finished bosses like Red don't lose to teams in the mid 40's distribution is fixed etc"
X Link 2025-11-27T15:07Z 74.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@korbylaw @DunaryBear GSC are great but they're clearly compromised products due to the state of the series at the time which HGSS largely completely overhaul https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1943021266665107702 the gaslighting of Johto's Pokemon distribution needs to be studied man NOBODY has played these games with their fucking eyes open https://t.co/OQF0BvB3DK https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1943021266665107702 the gaslighting of Johto's Pokemon distribution needs to be studied man NOBODY has played these games with their fucking eyes open https://t.co/OQF0BvB3DK"
X Link 2025-11-27T15:09Z 74.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@0xCAFEBEEF PSS is weird because (at the time) I think it hurt more Pokmon than it helped lol"
X Link 2025-11-27T15:12Z 74.3K followers, [---] engagements
"@minifigamerthe1 Stadium and Stadium GS elevate RGBY and GSC are really solid expansions. Colosseum doesn't do that for RS and the Pokmon distribution throughout G3 is at a detriment as a result of that game in particular"
X Link 2025-11-27T15:13Z 74.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@DudeGlorious12 @citrus_not yes I've gone on record for years praising G1 as a really cool flash-in-the-pan JRPG with a strong cohesive world great monster designs (when they were still monsters) and a solid aesthetic that literally only gets better with a game like Stadium idk what you mean"
X Link 2025-11-27T15:21Z 74.3K followers, [---] engagements
"@Manga_Kamen you can literally get him in the HGSS Safari Zone rofl"
X Link 2025-11-27T20:42Z 74.3K followers, 15.1K engagements
"@Nekodromon the games existed for some time without an optional expansion (much like Stadium) so they should probably be separated"
X Link 2025-11-27T23:21Z 74.3K followers, [---] engagements
"@buttahgog alakazam used ice punch. so scary"
X Link 2025-11-28T15:32Z 74.3K followers, [---] engagements
"very cool idle stance why does this pokemon even exist at all man"
X Link 2025-12-02T14:09Z 74.3K followers, 927.9K engagements
"Mega Lucario Z having new animations designed around the low-cooldown attack gimmick of Mega Z Pokemon is sick as hell"
X Link 2025-12-02T14:26Z 74.4K followers, 108.4K engagements
"releasing the "Project M" update to Pokemon ZA EXACTLY a decade after Project M died is diabolical work and has to be intentional Thank you to everyone who still plays Project M. Thank you to the Project+ team for carrying the torch. Thank you all for a decade of believing and supporting from the walls. https://t.co/x7pQXCa1cz Thank you to everyone who still plays Project M. Thank you to the Project+ team for carrying the torch. Thank you all for a decade of believing and supporting from the walls. https://t.co/x7pQXCa1cz"
X Link 2025-12-02T15:00Z 74.6K followers, 981.8K engagements
"comparing the new ZA Renders to Pokemon HOME and goddamn lmao"
X Link 2025-12-02T17:34Z 74.7K followers, 273.4K engagements
"@themudskip no i just dunno why a second Mega Evolution for Lucario was necessary"
X Link 2025-12-02T18:21Z 74.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@themudskip this genre of response is real frustrating because I can actually give reasons as to why ex. Charizard/Mewtwo were necessary besides "why not" and "so you hate the design" idk whats with the anti-conversation"
X Link 2025-12-02T20:03Z 74.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@SkiffTalks i dont think this is actually legitimately evil if u see my reply i think someone at GAME FREAK just really really liked Mewtwo's [----] reveal and chose to pay homage to it to some degree"
X Link 2025-12-02T21:58Z 74.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@SkiffTalks the heartbeat combined with the eerie lab sfx made me jump out of my chair its diabolical if only for the crazy irony with the release date rofl"
X Link 2025-12-02T22:02Z 74.3K followers, [---] engagements
"@PokemonSleepPro why does this posed sprite look better than a decade old t-posing model with zero animations ported into gmod i dunno man"
X Link 2025-12-03T21:40Z 74.3K followers, [---] engagements
"@PalmerLuckey @AMD Do you have any technical information on the controller N64's pad is super unique and having another modern option is always great. Also really curious why the middle handle is so long compared to the regular 64's"
X Link 2025-12-05T13:33Z 74.3K followers, [---] engagements
"set up my wii u to play pokemon today what do you guys think"
X Link 2025-12-05T20:25Z 74.7K followers, 278.5K engagements
"my opinion on Mega Raichu X has completely flipped now the Pokemon DLC is out SOLELY because of its flying animation"
X Link 2025-12-10T04:23Z 74.6K followers, 890.9K engagements
"this guy really benefits from the shiny gold texture in the ZA DLC he actually looks like a bell now"
X Link 2025-12-10T20:11Z 74.7K followers, 116.8K engagements
"the rewards from the Level [---] Trainer Zones do not fuck around goddamn"
X Link 2025-12-11T22:16Z 74.7K followers, 470.9K engagements
"having this as the first new pokemon in an expansion designed around edgy XY-era Mega Evolutions is so cool man"
X Link 2025-12-12T15:34Z 74.7K followers, 46.4K engagements
"seen nobody post about this but the ZA DLC now lets you refight Zygarde as well as every new Rogue Mega"
X Link 2025-12-12T22:05Z 74.6K followers, 95.2K engagements
"best part of the new pokemon dlc is the ability to cause greivous bodily harm to random people for no reason"
X Link 2025-12-13T00:55Z 74.6K followers, 83.5K engagements
"beat the final Legends ZA DLC sidequest and im pretty sure that's not supposed to happen LOOOOL"
X Link 2025-12-13T01:33Z 74.6K followers, 314.3K engagements
"@GlocktimusCrime u can at least contextualize this one as her talking to the pokemon the urbain one i posted doesnt make sense LOL"
X Link 2025-12-13T13:56Z 74.4K followers, 13.1K engagements
"seeing youtubers complaining about pokemon being too easy for years struggling in the DLC with full teams of legendaries #FAKEDEMONS"
X Link 2025-12-13T14:47Z 74.6K followers, 271.4K engagements
"wtf discovered Mega Raichu X has a normal running animation that goes completely unused my opinion on Mega Raichu X has completely flipped now the Pokemon DLC is out SOLELY because of its flying animation https://t.co/tcui9e2wsX my opinion on Mega Raichu X has completely flipped now the Pokemon DLC is out SOLELY because of its flying animation https://t.co/tcui9e2wsX"
X Link 2025-12-17T20:00Z 74.7K followers, 222.8K engagements
"the high quality scans of Ken Sugimori's artwork for Pokmon Blue are nearly done. excited to share their story soon after years of working on them"
X Link 2025-12-19T15:57Z 74.7K followers, 160.6K engagements
"@Xhicrastin13 Sugimori's artwork for Red and Green was released in full with the April [----] Illustrated Book (besides Mew who came later) the Pokmon themselves are fairly scattershot quality but we managed to HQ scan all of the characters earlier this year https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1893660103624003707 After nearly [--] years we're releasing high quality scans of the original Pokmon Red and Green character art by Ken Sugimori. We now know they're higher quality than GAME FREAK's own internal scans. https://t.co/ZrvFOaEltD https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1893660103624003707 After nearly 30"
X Link 2025-12-19T19:44Z 74.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@ChoctopusYT then you'll probably like these guys too"
X Link 2025-12-19T19:47Z 74.6K followers, [----] engagements
"forced to see genuinely corrosive accounts leaking Gen [--] Pokemon shit before its even announced like go AWAY man"
X Link 2025-12-27T14:55Z 74.6K followers, 54.9K engagements
"a while ago we also restored Ken Sugimori's artwork of Ho-Oh from throughout Pokmon GSC's development. insane to see how his style developed in just three years"
X Link 2025-12-31T18:32Z 74.7K followers, 162.9K engagements
"@Krs876873012312 @IAmStransky Blue = made during the era where Pokmon Blue was being developed/released. Red and Green had already launched six months prior to the release of this artwork. GS = made during the era where GS was about to release and is its box-art. https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2006581083115045197 @IAmStransky This artwork of Ho-Oh was made for the newly announced Pokmon [--] initially planned to release at the end of [----]. It was drawn and debuted in August [----] prior to the release of Pokmon Blue. https://t.co/vvZ20DkyoC https://x.com/Lewchube/status/2006581083115045197"
X Link 2026-01-01T13:21Z 74.6K followers, [---] engagements
"@Narizyia truthfully a Kanto game that properly explores its history in a new context is my most wanted revisit for the series but 99% of people want leafgreen with bloom everywhere"
X Link 2026-01-06T00:37Z 74.6K followers, 127.8K engagements
"@DigiAtlas i like that there's three fairly unique Kanto experiences even if I don't think the latter two hit the mark like Red and Green did"
X Link 2026-01-06T00:41Z 74.7K followers, 63.8K engagements
"@Jeremia44962820 @SpvNk11 going back to anything related to MM8"
X Link 2026-01-06T01:04Z 74.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@Wiltank FRLG is a fine and servicable remake of Red and Green that does more than any game "capitalizing on decades of nostalgic equity" ever would. An old game not having online has no bearing on it's quality it and the original games are still good"
X Link 2026-01-06T17:48Z 74.7K followers, 17.9K engagements
"Pokmon FRLG still looks great plays great with new content are THE most modded games in the series and can boot in SECONDS from the exact device you're posting from. Games aren't designed to be ephemeral and we already have TWO Kanto remakes why do we need another BDSP"
X Link 2026-01-06T18:16Z 74.6K followers, 238.5K engagements
"@JordanFreemanTW pretty sure its unchanged from the one in the replies https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1639622181633024001 always fun posting about Pokemon sprite design because people dunno how they're supposed to look on original hardware https://t.co/4FU7EYctwU https://x.com/Lewchube/status/1639622181633024001 always fun posting about Pokemon sprite design because people dunno how they're supposed to look on original hardware https://t.co/4FU7EYctwU"
X Link 2026-01-06T18:59Z 74.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@TheNotoriousGNZ If you want Kanto faithfully remade in "it's original artstyle" then you have to sap basically all of the color and walk back every Pokmon design iteration ones that don't even have settei for staffers to use. BDSP was in it's original artstyle it just wasn't executed well"
X Link 2026-01-06T19:03Z 74.6K followers, [----] engagements
"@KubiPls Then why not just ask to re-release FRLG (for people that can't use phones/computers) instead of releasing feigned attempts to revitalize that nostalgia with very little new added to begin with besides an artstyle shift that only exists because of a trend"
X Link 2026-01-06T19:18Z 74.6K followers, [----] engagements
"@Wiltank because a post that proposes a pokemon game based on the concept of "nostalgic equity" is deeply unserious as if good games are designed strictly for the amount of units they sell"
X Link 2026-01-06T19:25Z 74.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@TheNotoriousGNZ Ohmori himself has noted within internal documents about GAME FREAK's need to hire more staff to keep up with the demand. Money is not an infinite well of creation for any project. Fans also aren't made on deadlines nor under any typical development structure"
X Link 2026-01-06T19:32Z 74.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@CollectorBit @KubiPls "newer pokemon" does not mean all of them. literally no game besides GSC has made all Pokemon "avaliable for connection" because implementing [----] creatures in a contextually driven world with the scope presented here is unsurprisingly not a great idea"
X Link 2026-01-06T20:02Z 74.6K followers, [---] engagements
"@CollectorBit @KubiPls walking back two decades of game design so we can go to Motostoke in FRLG HD2D might be my worst nightmare"
X Link 2026-01-06T20:15Z 74.6K followers, [---] engagements
"@Manga_Kamen at that point you're trading basically all of the expression/animation built up over the last decade for an artstyle that has its own host of problems"
X Link 2026-01-06T20:42Z 74.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@Gamebuster804 problem is that they found a studio that put their love and soul into revisiting an old region and it was remarkably poor because love and soul sadly doesn't result in video games im not opposed to the concept of remakes but moreso remake culture and the products it facilitates"
X Link 2026-01-06T20:44Z 74.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@crazyblocks234 @Manga_Kamen GAME FREAK hasn't taken down a single fan-game but SEGA has organized raiding homes over prototype cartridges and sending DMCA requests to small accounts scanning artwork. The former honestly does not care"
X Link 2026-01-07T00:46Z 74.7K followers, [---] engagements
"surprised the new artwork for Mega Raichu X still omits the vampire fangs found on its actual model in Pokemon ZA"
X Link 2026-01-13T16:27Z 74.6K followers, 51.7K engagements
"@TheNotSalmon both the render and artwork are likely based off the same pose from the settei one doesn't trace the other they're just based off the same drawing"
X Link 2026-01-13T17:28Z 74.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@TheNotSalmon You're just wrong though. The black pattern is longer/wider on the render versus the art. You can't even line up the tail sizes and have to actively distort them in order to have them match up. It's just the same pose"
X Link 2026-01-13T18:01Z 74.6K followers, [---] engagements
"@SilentLilyuri most of the 3D renders are solid and since we're never not getting 2D art there's zero harm in experimenting"
X Link 2026-01-13T20:19Z 74.6K followers, [----] engagements
"@chloeboboe early version of my site you can click the banner at the top of the WIP website to go there in the meantime"
X Link 2026-01-14T00:06Z 74.7K followers, [---] engagements
"been a while since I posted my chart of every leaked beta Pokemon design we've seen so far"
X Link 2022-01-25T12:35Z 74.7K followers, [----] engagements
"completed the Legends ZA DLC postgame and this shit made me feel like a kid playing pokemon for the first time again"
X Link 2025-12-11T05:01Z 74.7K followers, 102.3K engagements
"With the ZA DLC now there's only ONE event-exclusive Mythical Pokemon in the series. Made this after the reveal of Mega Zeraora now there are only five event-exclusive Mythical Pokmon. https://t.co/9bmHPuz5bS Made this after the reveal of Mega Zeraora now there are only five event-exclusive Mythical Pokmon. https://t.co/9bmHPuz5bS"
X Link 2025-12-14T21:26Z 74.7K followers, 878.4K engagements
"honestly Mega Magearna is the best DLC Pokemon just from how sick its animations are"
X Link 2026-01-05T19:56Z 74.7K followers, 197.4K engagements
"we've now archived all the new Sugimori-style artwork for every Legends ZA Mega Pokmon"
X Link 2026-01-13T16:01Z 74.7K followers, 40.6K engagements
"Some of the new Sugimori-style Pokmon art is so dynamic that they honestly make the original renders look like first drafts"
X Link 2026-01-13T19:54Z 74.7K followers, 154.6K engagements
"might take some time but already started on the Shiny Mega Pokemon artwork"
X Link 2026-01-13T23:27Z 74.7K followers, 118.3K engagements
"why is Pokemon GO still charging money for Shiny Mythicals. who the fuck would pay $8 for this"
X Link 2025-11-11T19:59Z 74.6K followers, 270.4K engagements
"eternally glad that Pokmon being above Level [---] for the first time is built around a cool roguelite mode and not a lazy raise of the level cap"
X Link 2025-11-06T15:09Z 74.7K followers, 183.5K engagements
"a beta Pokemon Dream World logo was just unearthed in the most random place imaginable by @WisdomEelArt"
X Link 2023-01-15T22:45Z 74.7K followers, 157.2K engagements
"the first time we've ever seen Zygarde be a part of the Pokemon ZA story and it fucking jumps the player"
X Link 2025-08-15T15:56Z 74.7K followers, 2.1M engagements
"this might be the most rancid looking pokemon game of all time man LOOOOL what did they DO"
X Link 2025-07-22T15:35Z 74.7K followers, 617.3K engagements
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