This Pikachu video is shocking
by Candace Savino 
{ Mar 1st 2008 at 4:00PM }
Ah, science. We're not exactly sure how this experiment works, at least this blogger isn't (being a history major and all), but we still love it. Why? Because Pikachu gets to shoot out electrical bolts in real life.
We always knew the little critter had it in him, but what other Pokemon characters' powers would you like to see recreated scientifically?
Also, if any of you Bill Nye types want to explain the workings of Tesla coils, go right ahead.
[Via GoNintendo]
We always knew the little critter had it in him, but what other Pokemon characters' powers would you like to see recreated scientifically?
Also, if any of you Bill Nye types want to explain the workings of Tesla coils, go right ahead.
[Via GoNintendo]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
jorojoserojas @ Mar 1st 2008 6:24PM
Next up: have someone fire a Hadoken.
It can be done! Just crouch...crouch forward...walk a little bit...and punch.
Easy!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ylp8wd1265s
bryansurvive @ Mar 1st 2008 8:42PM
i wish my computer didnt suck i wanna see the video :(
hvnlysoldr @ Mar 1st 2008 9:09PM
Shocking
manaman @ Mar 1st 2008 10:50PM
Wow,
That was really rather cool.
Thanks,
manaman
Dio @ Mar 2nd 2008 4:28AM
I'd rather not see any fire types. Water types are good though.
Gulag @ Mar 2nd 2008 5:14AM
That was cool.
Pokemon is a cool game. As is Pikachu. So cute.
Donald @ Mar 2nd 2008 11:11AM
Will it teach me to AIM FOR TEH HORN!?!?!?
THe Shit @ Mar 2nd 2008 11:22AM
Am I the only one who wanted to see it explode and combust into flames?
nintendolover @ Mar 2nd 2008 11:30AM
Piiii.....kaaaaa......CHHUUU!!
Covarr @ Mar 3rd 2008 1:32PM
The electric part of Pikachu is it's red circles on its cheeks; not its eyes.
Lucy @ Mar 7th 2008 11:44AM
Bill Nye moment: It's a tiny Van der Graaff generator! It basically generates crazy static electricity by bringing only positive charges to the top via a rubber belt (that's what the whirring noise is). It decharges just like a person touching a doorknob on a dry day or a storm cloud during lightning storm. It can also light up unconnected fluorescent tubes at a short distance (which I think is the coolest thing ever). ...And this is coming from an art major ;-).
Now let's see Razor Leaf at work...
Ellimist @ Mar 12th 2008 9:10PM
Well, charmander and squirtle should be easy enough to recreate (although, you'd have to be damn careful not to incinerate the charmander plushie). You could might be able to do vinewhip as well, by growing a fast growing vine in a bulba/ivysaur's bulb, and then using a camera taking a shot every hour and a variable light source, see the plant "move" via phototropism