Seeking to avoid the trap that many Pokémon fansites have in the past, where they are fairly similar to and serve much the same purpose as, Pokécharms' designs aim for a more unique style, with constant updates to reflect the latest events in the Pokémon franchise. Pokécharms has also had an important focus on the Pokémon fandom itself- something the site has strived to support through projects such as Bulbapedia and continues to work with other websites and webmasters rather than becoming part of various inter-site conflicts that have marred the Pokémon fandom over the years.Īs the site continues on in years and growth, being 'different' has been at the forefront of its design and content. Pokécharms was relaunched as a place for its webmaster and friends to upload fan works and soon grew with that very idea at the forefront, encouraging visitors to upload their work to the site to share with othersĮventually the site strayed from that theme as Doctor Oak and his team of Linkachu, Nemesis, and StellarWind Elsydeon took on the task of covering news on Pokémon Colosseum, then FireRed and LeafGreen before completely focusing on the Pokémon games, other video games, and the lives of its webmaster team. Both strayed from Pokémon but gave their webmaster a small following that eventually came to the rebirth of Pokécharms in the summer of 2003. Two further Web sites by Gary Oak followed in its wake, RPGCCG and Nintendo Gamer. com domain was discussed largely on the forum but was eventually discarded along with the site. It was eventually abandoned but not before an ezboard was created in its name that built up a small community of like-minded individuals from another Pokémon fan site, Pokeschool. It promised much but featured little and is in general a classic example of 'My First Website,' as described by Doctor Oak. Pokécharms originally found its way onto the Internet in 2001 on FreeServers as a very simple and amateur fan site manned solely by Gary Oak, later known as Doctor Oak. The site's slogan is 'Wii're Crazy and Proud of It' (formerly 'We're Crazy and Proud of it' but changed following the announcement of the name for Nintendo's latest Home Console, the Wii) and makes no bones about breaking convention in its news posts, often opting for a conversational blog style when reporting on Pokémon and video game news. Pokécharms, an amalgamation of Pokémon and Lucky Charms, is a Northern Irish Pokémon fan site that caters to UK and European Pokémon fans.

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