Games·IGN·26 mrt 2023

Best Pokemon Movies

Though it is marred by a muddled “Pokémon shouldn’t fight” message and the fact that it had a rather difficult journey full of edits on its way from Japan to the United States, Pokémon: The First Movie is the film that has had the most staying power in the 2+ decades since its release. The film sees the genetically-engineered Mewtwo undergo an existential crisis, so it lures Ash, Pikachu and several other top trainers into a Pokemon match with its super-clones in order to hash out which species is the strongest. This film has pretty much everything you could want from a Pokémon film, and then some. From the absolutely bangin’ soundtrack (Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and *NSYNC are just a few of the era-appropriate names to grace the tracklist) to the epic Mew vs. Mewtwo showdown, Pokémon the First Movie will always be a fan favorite. After all, can anyone watch that “Brother My Brother” sequence without shedding a tear? If not, Ash’s “death” will do the trick. Were it not for the unnecessary memory wipe ending, this film might be the best entry in the film series, but that honor actually goes to…