"Let It Ring Out! Music With a Great Beat!" CoroCoro Ichiban! December 2024 Issue

Published:  October 21st, 2024


7 Pages
Theme:  The Pokémon students practice making music.

Lullaby (子守り歌)
The Pokémon students' lullaby works a little better than their teacher had expected.

Zupika Alarm (ズピカけいほう)
Zupika wants to find a way to protect its classmates' voices.

Get Fired Up, Carbou (燃えろカルボウ)
Carbou gets so fired up its singing starts devolving into a shouting match!

Toxic Upah (どくどくウパー)
Paldea Upah's attempt to play the recorder results in it getting covered in poison.

Harabarie and the Organ (ハラバリーとオルガン)
Harabarie uses its stretchy body to give an unforgettable performance on the organ.

Castanets (カスタネット)
Dekanuchan decides to use its massive hammer to click a pair of castanets.

Zupika Alarm 2 (スピカけいほう②)
The desire to protect musicians' hands prompts Zupika to cover all the percussion instruments with cotton.

Jumpy Minive (びくびくミニーブ)
Minive gets startled and sprays oil every time someone makes a loud noise.

Arukujira's Song (アルクジラの歌)
Arukujira creates a punny song the other Pokémon are unable to sing along to as a group.

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Notes
You can read these comics for free on the CoroCoro Comics website.

These comic strips were included as part of the "Nintendo All Star Gag Book" (ニンテンドーオールスターギャグBOOK), a supplemental booklet that came with the December 2024 issue of CoroCoro Ichiban!

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"The White Hot Dodgeball Tournament!" Pokémon Fan Issue 91

Published:  November 29th, 2024


8 Pages
Theme:  The Pokémon play dodgeball

Practice (練習)
Wanaider uses its sticky web to help with target practice.

Upah's Ball (ウパーのボール)
Paldea Upah decides to help the other Pokémon practice their dodging by coating the balls with its poison.

Kuwassu's Catch (クワッスのキャッチ)
The hair gel Kuwassu uses on its coif makes it difficult for it to catch oncoming dodgeballs.

Nonokurage's Court (ノノクラゲのコート)
The dodgeball court Nonokurage makes is a bit too much like its own habitat.

Watch the Face (顔は禁止)
The Pokémon agree not to aim for each other's faces...but then what can they do about those Pokémon whose face takes up pretty much the entirety of their body?

Zupika's Warning (ズピカけいほう)
Zupika's suggestion for a gentler type of dodgeball makes the game practically unplayable.

Dodge It, Harabarie! (よけろハラバリー)
The stretching and squashing Harabarie does to avoid oncoming dodgeballs causes electricity to start emanating from its body.

Otoshidori's Lost Property (オトシドリの落とし物)
Otoshidori's ability to drop dodgeballs from high up in the sky seems a bit unfair...

The Gluttonous Gourton (グルメなグルトン)
Gourton uses its magnificent nose to catch an oncoming dodgeball.

Bite Down, Bochi (かまってボチ)
Bochi mistakes dodgeball with a game a catch.

I Can't Catch It (キャッチできない)
Minive's and Sebie's unique abilities make the dodgeballs they throw impossible to catch.

Hit 'Em, Jiodumu (あてろジオヅム)
Jiodumu's use of its jet streams of salt make it difficult for everyone else to continue playing.

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"Let's Have Fun Running! The Marathon Race!" CoroCoro Ichiban! January 2025 Issue

Published:  November 21st, 2024


7 Pages
Theme:  The Pokémon students run a marathon race.

The Overly Relaxed Parmot (おっとりパーモット)
Parmot's ready to put together a marathon race for the students...or is it?

Race Courses (コース)
Gakegani and Umidigda offer to create race courses for the other students to run but end up creating paths nobody else will be able to use.

Arukujira's Cold Receptions (さぶさぶアルクジラ)
Arukujira's race course based puns get a chilly reception.

Get Fired Up! Carbou (もえろ！カルボウ)
Carbou finds a way to take its run to the next level.

Jiodumu's Pat on the Back (ジオヅムのあとおし)
Jiodumu decides to help a tired Hogator by giving it a push from behind with a jet stream of salt.

Jumpy Minive (びくびくミニーブ)
Minive excretes oil every time it gets startled, causing the course behind it to become dangerously slippery.

Zupika Alarm (ズピカけいほう)
Zupika covers the ground in cotton to protect the runners from the hard pavement of the race track.

Almost at the Finish Line (ゴールまでもうすぐ)
Mototokage decides to help Nyahoja finish the last leg of the race.

Goal Tape (ゴールテープ)
Puppimocchi, Paldea Upah, and Carbou each offer up unique alternatives to the tape the other runners will have to break through at the finish line.

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Notes
You can read these comics for free on the CoroCoro Comics website.

These comic strips were included as part of the "Nintendo All Star Gag Book" (ニンテンドーオールスターギャグBOOK), a supplemental booklet that came with the January 2025 issue of CoroCoro Ichiban!

"Talent Show! Who's The Greatest of them All?" CoroCoro Ichiban! February 2025 Issue

Published:  December 20th, 2024


7 Pages
Theme:  The Pokémon students put on a talent show.

Japanese Stand-Up Comedy (まんざい)
A slap on Paldea Upah's head during a Japanese style comedy routine leaves Nyahoja's paw covered in poison!

Reactions (ツッコミ)
Nyahoja’ｓ attempt at getting the audience to participate in its stand up comedy routine ends with it being sprayed with Jiodumu's salt and almost hit by Dekanuchan's hammer!

Imitations (ものまね)
Tamatula's round body makes it great at doing impersonations...just as long as those impersonations are of other round objects!

Pamo's Magic Tricks (パモのてじな)
Pamo uses its electric powers to turn a white handkerchief into a handkerchief that's been burnt brown!

Wanaider's Magic Tricks (ワナイダーのてじな)
Wanaider makes Hogator disappear with the help of its sticky webs.

Balloon Art (バルーンアート)
Kuwassu wants to make some balloon art but is stopped by a worried Zupika.

Tap Dancing (タップダンス)
The damp climate loving Nonokurage decides to tap dance inside a washtub filled with water!

Arukujira's Many Talents (アルクジラのえんげいまとめ)
Arukujira's attempt at magic tricks, wordplay, and imitations are all just a cover for it to deliver a series of groan worthy puns.

Carbou's Juggling (カルボウのジャグリング)
Carbou's desire to juggle as many balls as it can ends up turning the classroom into a giant ball pit!

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Notes
These comic strips were included as part of the "Nintendo All Star Gag Book" (ニンテンドーオールスターギャグBOOK), a supplemental booklet that came with the February 2025 issue of CoroCoro Ichiban!

"Make Snow Sculptures at the Snow Festival!" Pokémon Fan Issue 92

Published:  February 28th, 2025


8 Pages
Theme:  The Pokémon hold a snow festival to show off their snow sculptures.

Untitled Prologue
Zupika's worried about everyone getting sick while out in the cold and so it suggests they wait to hold the snow festival in the spring instead...?

Get Fired Up! Carbou (燃えろ！カルボウ)
Carbou's attempt to create a giant snowball is foiled by its fiery touch.

Shigaroko's Lesson (シガロコのおしえ)
The master of rolling, Shigaroko, tries to teach Nyahoja the best way how to push a giant snowball around.

Ice (氷)
Hogator and Gourton's work to create an ice sculpture ends in the two creating giant bowls of shaved ice desserts instead.

Rikukurage's Sculpture (リククラゲの像)
Rikukurage creates an ice sculpture that relies on naturally forming icicles for its tentacles.

Gakegani's Sculpture (ガケガニの像)
Gakegani learns the hard way that the snow sculpture it created of itself isn't able to cling to walls.

Kanuchan's Sculpture (カヌチャンの像)
Kanuchan decides to use its own hammer to put the finishing touches on its snow sculpture...but maybe it's a bit too heavy for the job?

Welcome to the Snow Festival (雪まつりへようこそ)
Now that the Pokémon have finished all their sculptures they're ready to start the show...only to run away at the sight of Orachifu's ultra realistic piece of art!

Collecrei's Snow Sculpture (コレクレーの雪像)
The other Pokémon mistake Collecrei's giant sculpture of a coin for a kitchen table.

Jiodumu's Snow Sculpture (ジオヅムの雪像)
A pile of salt built up beside a pile of snow is what Jiodumu's apparently passing off as its entry into the art show.

Harabarie's Snow Sculpture (ハラバリーの雪像)
Harabarie creates a snow sculpture of itself stretching tall, figuring that once it starts to melt later in the year it'll shrink back down to normal size.

Kuwassu's Snow Sculpture (クワッスの雪像)
Kuwassu decides to give all its snow sculptures its own signature swooping hairstyle.

Light Up! (ライトアップ！)
The Pokémon want to shine spotlights on their sculptures to make them stand out more and so Hogator and Carbou volunteer to help, with disastrous results.

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"Let's Hide in the Great Hide-and-Seek Tournament!" Pokémon Fan Issue 93

Published:  April 25th, 2025


8 pages
Theme:  The Pokémon hold a hide-and-seek tournament.

Untitled Prologue
The organizer of the hide-and-seek tournament, Mafitiff, announces that the winner will receive a delicious looking Berry Tart. Hogator really, really wants to win, but its rumbling stomach ends up giving its hiding space away.

Get Fired Up Carbou (もえろカルボウ)
Carbou gets so fired up its starts to let out a battle cry, instantly giving away its location.

Jumpy Minive (びくびくミニーブ)
Whenever anyone comes close to Minive's hiding spot the Pokémon nervously expels a fountain of oil, alerting everyone of where it's hiding.

Buzzing Zupika (ビカビカズピカ)
Zupika lights up like a light bulb whenever it senses danger, a tendency that ends up giving away its location whenever it's in danger of being found.

Leave it to Jiodumu (ジオヅムにまかせろ)
Jiodumu helps Nyahoja hide from the others by covering it in a massive pile of salt!

Leave it to Dekanuchan (デカヌチャンにおまかせ)
Dekanuchan offers to help Nyahoja hide by using its giant hammer to flatten the Grass-Type like a pancake!

Sebie's Hiding Spot (セビエのかくればしょ)
Sebie creates a block of ice to hide behind, not realizing its hiding space is completely see through!

Today of All Days (きょうにかぎって)
Kuwassu has its hair just the way it likes it...which is a total waste since it'll be spending all day hiding from everyone!

Hirahina's "It" (オニのヒラヒナ)
The other Pokémon can't decide if Hirahina's tendency to run all over the place helps it or hurts it whenever the Pokémon is "It."

Dekanuchan's "It" (オニのデカヌチャン)
A strong hit on the ground from Dekanuchan's giant hammer produces shock waves that send all the hiding Pokémon bouncing up into plain sight!

Hide-and-Seek
In this special full page panel, Nyahoja challenges readers to find all ten Pokémon hidden in the illustration.

And the Winner Is...? (はたして優勝は…⁉)
As the contestants wonder who could have won the tournament its organizer, Mafitiff, pops up out of nowhere and declares itself the winner!

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Published:  April 21st, 2025