Pokémon Go now contains 42 of the 48 possible Mega Pokémon (as of February 2025). At 87.5%, that's not too dissimilar from the 83% of all 1025 Pokémon in the franchise (not including alternate ...

Pokémon isn’t just for kids—it’s a pop culture phenomenon that spans generations. When McDonald’s brought back Pokémon Happy Meals for 2025, it wasn’t just kids rushing to collect ...

Trainers assemble! McDonald’s is teaming up with Pokémon, offering 4-card boosters and activity sheets in special Happy Meals through late February. Each Happy Meal includes a Pokémon booster ...

Players are unhappy with the convoluted limitations and requirements of the new trading system in the Pokémon TCG Pocket game. The game's development team issued a statement thanking players for ...

Nicole Carpenter is a senior reporter specializing in investigative features about labor issues in the game industry, as well as the business and culture of games. McDonald’s latest Pokémon ...

It looks like Pokémon TCG Pocket will offer all players a guaranteed rare card for the franchise's annual Pokémon Day. Though not formally confirmed as yet, it's expected that a Pokémon ...

Pokemon is a franchise that never seems to leave the public-eye, much like Mario and Zelda. As the years have passed, Pokémon has become significantly more popular, especially with the launch of ...

Pokémon Go’s Team Go Rocket is at it again, as part of the “Fashion Week: Taken Over” event, which runs from Jan. 15-19. As per usual with these types of events, Giovanni and the Team Go ...

A life-sized Gardevoir plush will be available for purchase, standing over 160 cm tall. The plush costs 49,500 yen and is only announced for sale in Japan. It will be unsettling to have a large ...

You “gotta catch ‘em all” at the Golden Arches. On Jan. 21, McDonald’s announced that its new limited-time Pokémon Happy Meal is dropping in restaurants nationwide through late February.

Each Happy Meal will include a Pokémon TCG (Trading card game) booster pack featuring four of 15 available TCG cards, the Chicago-based burger chain said. Happy Meals will also include a Pokémon ...

The new Happy Meal is available nationwide in-store or through the app. Pokémon fans, there's a new Happy Meal on the menu at McDonald's for a limited time and it comes with even more ways to ...