This is Pokearth, a series of nature documentaries created by animator EnlargedKai (and narrated by Paul Warren) about Pokemon (Doduo, Wailord, Clodsire, Magikarp, and Spheal) in the style of David Attenborough’s ‘Planet Earth’ on BBC. They were a fun watch — I especially liked the Doduo and Magikarp ones, and
This is a video of Youtuber Kiara’s Workshop constructing a functional Pokéball in real life. Functional as in the top automatically opens and closes and it has a light and sound effects, not functional as in it can convert a monster’s mass into a form of energy small enough to
This is a 3D visualization created by Popular Science comparing the weights of Pokemon to real animals that weigh the same to give a better sense of their heft. Some more info to prove somebody actually spent time thinking about this: If Pokémon existed in the wild, which animals would
Named for famed British naturalist and personal hero David Attenborough, this is a picture of Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi), snapped by a camera trap during an expedition in the Cyclops Mountains in Indonesia’s Papua Province. It is the first time since 1961 that scientists have managed to spot the
This is a clip from Antiques Roadshow where a woman brought a full base set of original Pokemon cards her mom bought her in 1999 for $35. Their estimated value now? Between $5,000 and $10,000. That’s quite an appreciation, and I regret putting so many of those Pokemons between my
These are several videos from latte artist runapocket demonstrating the interactive foam art she creates. And by interactive I mean you make the figures jiggle — they’re not going to play video games with you or anything. Good lord, just how interactive were you expecting this latte art to be?
This is a video of South Korean Youtuber 3D Sanago using a 3D printing pen to craft an impressive Blastoise figure, then adding all the necessary components to make it a functional humidifier. That’s cool. Now make me a showerhead that looks like Magikarp! That’s always been a dream of
This is a video from a drone light show at Reunion Tower in downtown Dallas, Texas depicting a Pokemon card pack being opened, then Pikachu battling Charizard, all performed by 250 synchronized drones with integrated lights. That’s pretty impressive. I wonder how many residents called the news/police reporting aliens. This