![]() Pokemon's success comes as Nintendo expands the range of outlets for its popular characters, with Italian plumber Mario to feature at a Nintendo-themed land under construction at Osaka's Universal Studios Japan theme park. A sequel to the Detective Pokemon game for the Nintendo 3DS handheld console will be released for the Switch, the Pokemon Company said. The move features the yellow Pikachu character - often the face of Pokemon - as a Sherlock Holmes-like crime-buster, complete with deerstalker. Pokemon's global appeal is reflected in the success of movie "Pokemon Detective Pikachu", which has taken more than $120 million at box offices in North America. It will release two fully fledged Pokemon titles for the device in late 2019. Nintendo has been trying to attract casual fans of Pokemon Go to its hybrid Switch games device with two beginner-friendly "Pokemon Let's Go" titles, which have sold more than 10 million copies as at the end of March. The title could help entrench Pokemon's appeal beyond core gamers and tap into a growing market for health-tracking services. Pokemon Sleep will use data points like how long the user slept and when they awoke, to change gameplay - though the Pokemon Company did not elaborate on how gameplay would change. Since then, the game series has sold more than 340 million units worldwide. The first two Pokemon titles launched on the Nintendo Game Boy handheld console in 1996. Spanning products including videos games, movies and soft toys, Pokemon is a home-grown contender for a Disney-style pop culture empire. The Pokemon Company was set up with investment from gaming companies Nintendo, Game Freak and Creatures. Augmented reality smartphone game "Pokemon Go", developed by San Francisco-based Niantic Inc, became a worldwide phenomenon after its launch in 2016 as players spilled out from living rooms onto the streets to hunt for Pokemon. At the same event, Kyoto-based Nintendo Co Ltd said it was developing a sleep-tracking successor to its Pokemon Go Plus device, which allows users to "catch" Pokemon without taking out their smartphones. "We want to turn sleep into entertainment," said Tsunekazu Ishihara, chief executive of the Pokemon Company, which helps manage the Pokemon franchise, at an event in Tokyo. They were later also joined by a group of other turtle Pokémon, until their Trainer, the Shell Sage, called them all back, resulting in Chewtle winning the race by default.Ĭhewtle's known moves are Water Gun, Headbutt, and Bite.By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's the Pokemon Company said on Wednesday it was developing "Pokemon Sleep", a mobile app that tracks players' sleep and uses the data for gameplay, with a release date set for next year. In Eyes on the Goal!, Chewtle was sent out by Wobbuffet, and ended up competing with a Turtwig in a race across a park. In Pikachu Translation Check., Chewtle was in a drone video filmed by Wobbuffet that featured the trio being blasted off by Pikachu. ![]() It later battled Scorbunny again, only to be defeated when it evolved into a Raboot. It managed to defeat Goh's Scorbunny, but was defeated by Pikachu's Thunderbolt. In Kicking It from Here Into Tomorrow!, Jessie used Chewtle to battle Ash and Goh after encountering them at the entrance to their secret base in Vermilion City. Team Rocket decided to take it, hoping that Chewtle would one day evolve into a Drednaw capable of Gigantamaxing. Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining PearlĬhewtle was first seen in The Climb to Be the Very Best!, where Team Rocket encountered it in Wyndon. ![]()
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