There are 135 Pokémon to catch in "Pokémon GO." The weakest, most pathetic one is undoubtedly Magikarp. The lopsided goldfish's very existence is even questioned in the game itself: "Magikarp is a ...

Andrew Webster is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories. Magikarp is the most ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. It seems that a resourceful Japanese gamer has managed to beat ...

Worthless. Pathetic. Horribly Weak. Virtually useless. This is how Pokémon games' in-game encyclopaedias describe Magikarp, a hapless fish-creature that is widely regarded as the "worst" monster in ...

Magikarp, the weakest of all the Pokémon, has a music video celebrating his flailing, flopping futility — and it's official. It's called "I Love Magikarp" (of ...

Ah, Magikarp. It feels like the huge flopping mess of the Pokémon franchise, but everyone knows that there's hidden power in those tiny aquatic disaster. Yes, it's common knowledge that Magikarp ...