Pokémon-esque
Pokémon-esque adjective: resembling or characteristic of the Pokémon franchise or the creatures featured in it.
Adjective
Pokémon-esque or Pokémon-esque (comparative more Pokémon-esque, superlative most Pokémon-esque)
- Resembling or characteristic of the Pokémon franchise or the creatures featured in it.
- 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).2001 April, Spin, page 70
- 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...2004, “Transformers”, in GamesTM, →ISSN, page 084
Examples of Pokémon-esque in a sentence
- Cards, collected around the map, are used to send Pokémon-esque monsters into battle.2007 June, “Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales”, in Edge, page 92:
- 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.2007 December, A. Fitch, “Folklore”, in Electronic Gaming Monthly, number 222, page 110:
- Fortunately, a Sony scientist recently discovered that the PSP camera can detect these Pokémon-esque creatures just fine.2009 September, PlayStation: The Official Magazine, page 48:
- Ari played a Pokémon-esque character in our musical performance.2016, Aaron Feinstein, “We Don’t Want to Fit in: A Reflection on the Revolutionary Inclusive Theater Practices of The Miracle Project and...
Forms of Pokémon-esque
| comparative | more Pokémon-esque |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Pokémon-esque |
| alternative form | Pokémonesque |
Origin of Pokémon-esque
From Pokémon + -esque.
Questions about Pokémon-esque
- What does Pokémon-esque mean?
- Pokémon-esque means resembling or characteristic of the Pokémon franchise or the creatures featured in it.
- How do you use Pokémon-esque in a sentence?
- Cards, collected around the map, are used to send Pokémon-esque monsters into battle.
- What part of speech is Pokémon-esque?
- Pokémon-esque is an adjective.
Words near Pokémon-esque in the dictionary
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