Lego’s Smart Play Pokémon can train and battle, but don’t do the one thing I wish they could

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Why, oh why, can’t Pikachu say ‘pika pika’? Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. If you buy something from a link, The Verge may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Why, oh why, can’t Pikachu say ‘pika pika’? Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. If you buy something from a link, The Verge may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. When Lego announced its tech-packed Smart Bricks at CES, we were impressed by the potential — enough to give it our best-in-show award. But