Meaning of Pokémon-esque | Babel Free

Definitions

Resembling or characteristic of the Pokémon franchise or the creatures featured in it.

Examples

“Haddock’s online project, titled “Screenshots”(whitelead.com/jrh/screenshots), uses the poppy, Pokémon-esque style of kiddie computer games to re-create some of the most incendiary scenes in recent memory (the Columbine killers in the cafeteria, the Rodney King beating, Elián and the feds).”

“While old-school fans might believe⟳ that the whole Armada setting manages to desecrate our fond childhood memories of the original series by changing virtually everything (‘Megatron, a tank? That’s rubbish!’), Transformers turns this negative into a pretty convincing positive thanks to those damn Minicons – the small and almost Pokémon[-]esque robots that seem to be so important to today’s transforming machine.”

“Cards, collected around the map, are used to send⟳ Pokémon-esque monsters into battle.”

“Fantastical beasties from authentic Celtic lore serve⟳ as Pokémon'''-esque companions on the duo’s intertwining quest, so the monster-wrangling is both addicting and educational here.”

“Did you know⟳ that the world is absolutely teeming with tiny monsters that are invisible to the naked eye? Oh, it’s totally true. Fortunately, a Sony scientist recently discovered that the PSP camera can detect⟳ these Pokémon-esque creatures just fine.”

“Ari played a Pokémon-esque character in our musical performance.”

“Their take⟳ on the way Techodes work⟳ reminds of a Pokémon'''-esque feel⟳ to a mecha-centered story.”

“It was a business success the likes of which Nintendo had never dreamed—not at first, anyway—but it was also something more: a truly Pokémon'''-esque moment, in which Japan the nation evolved into Japan the fantasy superpower.”

“In Japan, it had to settle⟳ for the silver medal, with the top spot occupied by a Yu-Gi-Oh! game, one that used Pokémon'''-esque tactics to propel its record⟳ breaking to boot.”

“If you put⟳ a million hungry ants in a glass cube with one human, who’s more likely to walk⟳ out alive? —Eric Bowman / Everyone always assumes that if you put⟳ two animals together like⟳ this, they’ll battle to the death, which is a very Pokémon-esque view⟳ of biology.”

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