Normal people try to explain WTF Pokémon are
Some of us lead charmed lives. We can tell our Xerneas from our Zubats, our Rattata from our Zigzagoon and our Pikachu from our Plusle.
But most other people would probably have an easier time understanding a foreign language than parsing the above sentence.
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We challenged a group of Poké-newbies (including someone with "video games" in his job title) to name a few common (and a few more curious) Pokémon. The results show just how complicated something we've been enjoying for the last 20 years is to an outsider -- especially when some Pokémon are just a little troubling.
BONUS: How to draw Millennial Pikachu
Chelsea Stark was the Games Editor for Mashable, where she covered everything from AAA titles, mainstream consoles, indie gems, mobile games and gaming culture. She handled news, feature stories and reviews. Before that, Chelsea was Mashable's Multimedia Producer, where she helped develop visual storytelling aids, whether they were photos of video. She came to New York in 2010 to pursue her master's degree in journalism at NYU's Studio 20 program, which focused on innovation as journalism is changed by new technology. Before coming to New York, Chelsea lived in Austin, where she did online journalism and social media for the local CBS affiliate. She loves good beer, classic Nintendo games, and all things geeky, and spends her time attempting to find anything close to good Tex-Mex in Brooklyn.
