Pokémonesque

English Adjective en Pokémon-esque. en w:ArtNexus 2001 51 The biennial’s skepticism about contemporary commodity culture greeted visitors to el Morro (a colonial-era castle that served as one of the main exhibition sites) in the form of Nadin Ospina’s (Colombia) giant yellow inflatable El paseante, whose Pokémonesque shape made a hilarious echo of the castle’s own contour. en Jonathan Davies Jurassic Park III: Park Builder Advance 01 Christmas 2001 90 https://archive.org/details/advance-001/page/n89/mode/1up Ultimately, then, it’s left to the Pokémonesque discovery and nurturing of dinosaurs to maintain one’s interest. en Stephen Brown There’s Something About Harry w:Journal of Marketing January 2002 127 https://archive.org/details/dli.calcutta.06533/page/n130/mode/1up 2 Consumption-rich anniversaries and holidays are equally evocatively described, as are personal selling, promotional gimmicks, the cheesy correspondence courses found in the small-ads pages of tabloid newspapers, and, of all things, Harry Potter-ish marketing crazes (Hogwarts pupils collect Pokémonesque wizard cards, which are swapped and traded incessantly). en Joe Rybicki Road Trip w:Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine 61 October 2002 150 https://archive.org/details/official-us-playstation-magazine-issue-61-october-2002_202203/page/n163/mode/1up 3 The truth is, the hundreds of different items available in Road Trip could easily give birth to a Pokémonesque collect-’em-all obsession. en George S. Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker w:Nintendo Power 222 December 2007 86 https://archive.org/details/nintendo-power-222-2007/page/86/mode/1up 2 And not only do his monsters align themselves to a Pokémonesque “rock, paper, scissors” circle of dominance, but two monsters can mate to make a third variety (as they do in the Pokémon titles). en Jean Vernon The Secret Lives of Garden Bees Pen and Sword White Owl 2020 75 978 1 52671 186 1 Make your own bee Pokémonesque game using bee identification cards, giving them points for every bee they spot and identify. en Seoyoung Kim DeFi For Dummies® John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2023 123 978-1-119-90680-3 Other so-called metaverses, such as Axie Infinity, are even further from the Second Life model, with a clearly defined mission to collect, breed, and battle digital pets in Pokémonesque fashion