It’s Pokemon Day!
What’s that? Oh, just the birthday of Pokemon, which turns 22 this year. The Pokemon Company is celebrating the franchise’s anniversary, on 27 February, by announcing a new skill/app thing for Google Home and Amazon Alexa-enabled devices. CalledPikachu Talk, it will give your smart hardware the ability to talk to you in the voice of Pikachu, one of the most famous Pokemon creatures.
Once Pikachu Talk is enabled, you can ask the yellow mouse questions, and it will respond in its own gibberish, which means you won’t be able to understand a thing, but hey, the idea is cute. In the future, whenever you want to talk to Pikachu, you can just say, “Alexa, ask Pikachu to talk.” or “Google, ask Pikachu to talk.” Pikachu will greet you with various Piks, Pikas, Pika-pis, and Pikachus.
How to get Pikachu Talk
Amazon Alexa
Google Home
What to say to Pikachu Talk
Try out these phrases:
What about the Pokemon lenses?
Last, but not least, you may also celebrate Pokemon Day by usingPokemon-themed lensesin your Snapchat photos and videos. Starting February 27, the first of three new Snapchat lenses, Bulbasaur, will be released. Charmander will arrive later, followed by Squirtle. Each lens will showcase emoji and “beautification effects”, as well as the features Pokemon creature popping onto the screen.
These Pokemon Snapchat lenses will be available for only a short time.
