Pokémonesque

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1. alternativeAlternative form of Pokémon-esque.

   Ultimately, then, it’s left to the Pokémonesque discovery and nurturing of dinosaurs to maintain one’s interest.

   2001 Christmas, Jonathan Davies, “Jurassic Park III: Park Builder”, in Advance, number 01, page 90

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   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.

   2001, ArtNexus, page 51

   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).

   2002 January, Stephen Brown, “There’s Something About Harry”, in Journal of Marketing, page 127, column 2

   The truth is, the hundreds of different items available in Road Trip could easily give birth to a Pokémonesque collect-’em-all obsession.

   2002 October, Joe Rybicki, “Road Trip”, in Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine, number 61, page 150, column 3

   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).

   2007 December, George S., “Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker”, in Nintendo Power, number 222, page 86, column 2

   Make your own bee Pokémonesque game using bee identification cards, giving them points for every bee they spot and identify.

   2020, Jean Vernon, The Secret Lives of Garden Bees, Pen and Sword White Owl, →ISBN, page 75