Patricia Hernandez-Journalist

Patricia Hernandez

May, 2025
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About Patricia Hernandez

Patricia is the former editor-in-chief of Kotaku, where she spent a decade writing and editing. Prior to that, she served as the Culture Editor at Polygon, and as a reporter at The Verge. She specializes in offbeat internet culture stories, along with reports on unbelievable player triumphs.

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A Drifloon sleeps next to a pile of Pokémon dolls in Pokopia
Pokémon Pokopia seems to tease a new Winds and Waves monster

Shellos is a sea slug whose appearance is determined by its region and diet, making a new variant fitting for Winds and Waves

Bart Simpson plays at his gaming PC in a still from The Simpsons.
Over 800 gamers tried and utterly failed to beat a classic '80s game without a guide

The Adventure Game Aptitude Test is the first of its kind, and the initial results are incredible

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Developers from Koei Tecmo, TPC, and Game Freak show off some bases in Pokmon Pokopia. The player character stands in front of an Eevee.
The Pokémon Pokopia devs can sell you on the Switch 2 exclusive in 9 minutes flat

The life sim has been compared to series like Animal Crossing, with the functionality of more complex games like Minecraft

eevee grove key art
Pokémon Winds and Waves could have the first new Eevee in over a decade

Game Freak has already considered a Flying-type Eevee, which would be thematically appropriate for the Switch 2 exclusives

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Pokémon Presents _ 2.27.2026 24-47 screenshot
Pokémon Winds and Waves fans think Pombon looks mighty familiar

Cassette Beasts fans wonder if the new fire starter takes a specific inspiration for its design

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The anime rendition of Nurse Joy, the medical attendant in Pokemon who heals monsters for free.
Pokémon Winds and Waves gives Nurse Joy a new look

Your Pombon, Gecqua and Browt will be happy to see this face

The fire starter in Pokemon Winds and Waves.
Pokémon Winds and Waves may have a totally new monster type, leaks say

What are the odds of a Fire/Fairy Pombon versus a Fire/Fighting Pombon?

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The water starter in Pokemon Winds and Waves, Gecqua.
Pokémon Winds and Waves' Gecqua breaks a long-standing water starter curse

Water starters tend to get the short end of the stick in new Pokémon games, but the 10th generation might change that

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Pikachu in the Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves Announcement
What the massive Pokémon Winds and Waves leaks got right months ago

The 'gigaleak' contained scenes and descriptions for the Switch 2 exclusive that match Game Freak's official trailer

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A strange, serpent-like cloud that Pokemon fans are fixated on after the reveal of Winds and Waves.
Pokémon Winds and Waves fans are fixated on a cloud, of all things

It's a bird! It's a plane! Whatever it is, Switch 2 fans are convinced a small detail in Winds and Waves reveal trailer hides something big

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Your first look at Pokémon Winds and Waves, which leave old Switch tech behind in 2027

Pokémon's 10th generation is a Switch 2 exclusive that will bring the series into the sky and sea

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A product photo of the Fat Pikachu plush
Pokémon's incredible 30th anniversary merch has fans desperately reaching for their wallets

The Pokémon Company pays homage to fat Pikachu and nostalgic pixel art of the original Game Boy games

A smiling anime boy with black hair and a red cap (Ash) rubbing his face against a yellow smiling creature (Pikachu) on his shoulder.
3 Pokémon games that didn't get the love they deserved

These spinoffs were totally underappreciated — and sometimes, quietly revolutionary

Wolverine bears his claws in a screenshot from Marvel's Wolverine on PS5
Wolverine finally gets release date for PS5

Insomniac Games' take on Wolverine will be out this summer

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Cats sit in a pile in art from Mewgenics.
Mewgenics' 'Waste Time' ability is secretly overpowered

From eating rocks to killing your own cat, nearly every power in Mewgenics can be incredible under the right circumstances

A still of the grim reaper in the cinematic announcement for Slay the Spire 2.
'I prefer violence': This Steam dev might be planning their own game's funeral

Two deckbuilding games, Handmancers and Grimslair, are treating the news of Slay the Spire 2's early access with wildly differing philosophies

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A Snorlax encounter in Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen.
The reason Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen get special treatment over a Nintendo Classics release

Why the Game Boy Advance games won't be a part of the program available to Nintendo Online subscribers

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Transport Fever 3
This Steam game is changing its art as fans keep thinking it's AI, even though it's not

The developers of a transportation management sim want to avoid any possible negative association from generative AI

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Sony PS5 game console and controller on a dark background with swirling multicolored lines
As Sony considers more PS5 price hikes, we've officially entered a terrible new era

Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X, and PlayStation 5 users will be wrung dry by gaming companies in an effort to mitigate the worsening memory shortage

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A line of dancing cats in Mewgenics. Each one is a different color, but they're all kicking up their paws in unison.
The Mewgenics soundtrack just hit Spotify and I have it on permanent repeat

All of my nights, I'm chasing rats! All of my days, I'm taking naps!

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