Posts by Mike - Critical Chicken

Best of Feature OpinionMonday, 17th March 2025 by Mike Five reasons why “Two Point Festival” will be next in the series

Did Two Point Museum’s developers include a subtle clue to the identity of their next game? And if they didn’t, could they please start making it anyway? It sounds really good…

News Updated LinkMonday, 3rd March 2025 by Mike AI plays Pokémon, spends three days wandering around Cerulean City

A Large Language Model AI named Claude is playing Pokémon Red live on Twitch. But something about Cerulean City has made it unravel – will it ever get back on track?

News UpdatedThursday, 16th January 2025 by Mike How to get tickets for the Nintendo Switch 2 Experience at London’s ExCeL Centre (and elsewhere)

The newly announced Nintendo Switch 2 is going on tour, starting in April. Here’s how to get tickets to the London event – and links to ticketing info for the other 14 cities.

NewsThursday, 16th January 2025 by Mike The Nintendo Switch 2 has been announced, but we still don’t know what its mysterious new button is for

After months of leaks, Nintendo has finally announced its next-generation Switch 2 console – with a larger screen, magnetic Joy-Cons, and a new Mario Kart game to boot.

Ace Attorney FeatureTuesday, 31st December 2024 by Mike I did “30 days of video games” on Bluesky, and managed not to make it all about Ace Attorney

My tastes may be basic, but I still surprised myself with a few of my answers. Read them all, tweaked and expanded, here – and find out what I think is the best-made game ever.

ReviewSunday, 17th November 2024 by Mike At first, I didn’t get why Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket existed. Now I do, but most people still shouldn’t play it

Why does Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket exist, when there’s already a Pokémon Trading Card Game Live?! And is it any good? These questions and more – answered!

NewsFriday, 26th April 2024 by Mike “Come stay in our Pokémon Sleep-themed suite, but don’t steal our Snorlax plushie”, urges Tokyo’s Grand Hyatt hotel

Pokémon fans with £1,000 to spare could do worse than to spend a night in the Grand Hyatt’s limited edition suite. Just don’t take the decorations home.

A cyberpunk-esque 3D blueprint of Lumiose City, from the Pokémon Legends: Z-A trailer

Pokémon Presents NewsTuesday, 27th February 2024 by Mike Pokémon Legends: Z-A might finally redeem the Kalos Region

The Pokémon Company revealed Pokémon Legends: Z-A and Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket today. And we have more questions than answers.

E3’s future NewsTuesday, 12th December 2023 by Mike It’s official: E3 is gone, and it isn’t coming back

After years of uncertainty, the E3 expo has finally been permanently cancelled. The writing’s been on the wall for a while, but we’re still sad to see it go.