First Looks - Pokemon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew Board Game!

In this 'First Looks' video, CasualJohn takes a look at the board game adaptation of the...*counts*...9th Pokemon movie. Why do I get the feeling that Pokemon board games are largely unplumbed depths for Internet researchers? CasualJohn questions his investigation into this area of video game board games.



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