Random: Chicago Bulls Announce Upcoming NBA Schedule With A Classic Pokémon Tribute

Random: Chicago Bulls Announce Upcoming NBA Schedule With A Classic Pokémon Tribute

“Meet us in the gym”.

We have just a few months to go before the NBA tips off in October and the teams are beginning to reveal their schedules for the 2023-24 season. Normally, this news is nothing to do with Nintendo — it’s just a bunch of sports teams posting images of their filled-in calendars — but the Chicago Bulls have caught our attention this year with their Pokémon-inspired announcement.

Instead of simply revealing the team’s upcoming dates, the Bulls have published their schedule in the style of Pokémon Red and Blue (check it out above). There’s no calendar in sight as Benny the Bull (the team mascot) rides a bike around a pixel art Chicago, visiting gyms and challenging any trainers that he comes across. These opponents are other familiar faces from around the league, with Benny & co. facing off against the likes of Victor Wembanyama, Nikola Jokic and Lebron James, all in the style of a classic Pokémon battle.

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