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Incredibly Rare Pokémon Card Auctioned off for Record-Breaking $1.2 Million
The market around children’s cardboard continues rocketing into uncharted territory. Earlier this week, auction outfit Goldin announced a holographic “Illustrator” Pikachu Pokémon card from 1998 sold for $US900,000 (over $1.2 million in Aussie money). No one knows who bought it for that much, or why, but the winning bid shattered the previous record of$US375,000 (roughly…
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Pokémon Travel Show With A Pikachu Bus Coming To Japanese TV
This April, a new Pokémon variety show is coming to television in Japan. The live-action program is called Poké Doko: Pokémon to Doko Iku?! (“Where’s Poké: Where Are You Going With Pokémon?!”). It features Pikachu bus. The concept is that the variety program will visit Pokémon fans and go on trips. Considering how the regions…
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Baby Shark is Getting a Feature-Length Movie in 2023 Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo
The viral megahit Baby Shark, the most popular video in YouTube’s history, will become a feature-length movie for the Paramount+ streaming service in 2023, according to a press release from ViacomCBS. And we already feel bad for all the parents who are about to experience the repetitive song on repeat yet again. Doo doo doo…
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Uh-oh, Now Pokémon Has a Wordle, Too
I promised myself I wouldn’t write about Wordle today. It didn’t matter how clever the spin, how cute the twist on the theme, I was determined. And then I discovered the existence of Squirdle, a Wordle-like guessing game about Pokémon, and I’m helpless.