{"id":116607,"date":"2020-08-12T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/08\/pokemon_mewtwo_strikes_back_-_evolution_gets_an_official_western_manga_adaptation"},"modified":"2020-08-12T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T09:00:00","slug":"pokemon-mewtwo-strikes-back-evolution-gets-an-official-western-manga-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/08\/12\/pokemon-mewtwo-strikes-back-evolution-gets-an-official-western-manga-adaptation\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon: Mewtwo Strikes Back &#8211; Evolution Gets An Official Western Manga Adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/104e4f7ecd7f3\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/104e4f7ecd7f3\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution Manga 169\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/104e4f7ecd7f3\/mewtwo-strikes-back-evolution-manga-169.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/104e4f7ecd7f3\/mewtwo-strikes-back-evolution-manga-169.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"509\" alt=\"Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution Manga 169\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>An official manga adaptation of the movie <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/01\/pokemon_mewtwo_strikes_back_evolution_makes_its_netflix_debut_on_27th_february\">Pok\u00e9mon: Mewtwo Strikes Back\u2014Evolution<\/a><\/em>, previously only available in Japan, has now launched in the west.<\/p>\n<p>128 pages long, the book retells the story of Mewtwo and how it was created by a team of researchers based on the fossil of the Mythical Pok\u00e9mon, Mew. As you&#8217;d expect, it closely follows the event of the film:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p>Intended as a tool of destruction, Mewtwo becomes aware of its human creators&#8217; plans and seeks revenge. When Ash, Pikachu, and their friends find themselves in the center of the conflict, our heroes must battle to overcome Mewtwo&#8217;s challenge. Only by working together can they save the world of Pok\u00e9mon and help Mewtwo discover a new meaning for its existence.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>You can find paperback copies and digital copies on both <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Pokemon-Movie-Strikes-Evolution-Pok%C3%A9mon\/dp\/1974715523\/?tag=nlife-21\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon UK<\/a> and <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Pok%C3%A9mon-Mewtwo-Strikes-Back_Evolution-Movie\/dp\/1974715523\/?tag=nlife-20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon US<\/a> if you&#8217;re interested; in the US, it&#8217;s actually Amazon&#8217;s number one new release in children&#8217;s manga.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Mewtwo Manga\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/48b073cc66383\/mewtwo-manga.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 250 375'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"250\" height=\"375\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/48b073cc66383\/mewtwo-manga.250x.jpg\" alt=\"Mewtwo Manga\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Will you be treating yourself to a copy? Tell us below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An official manga adaptation of the movie Pok\u00e9mon: Mewtwo Strikes Back\u2014Evolution, previously only available in Japan, has now launched in the west. 128 pages long, the book retells the story of Mewtwo and how it was created by a team of researchers based on the fossil of the Mythical Pok\u00e9mon, Mew. As you&#8217;d expect, it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116607\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}