428 New Nintendo Switch in 20XX

428 New Nintendo Switch in 20XX

The 3DS is dead, production has stopped. On a recent call, Nintendo said they are not done making new hardware, but gives no date to when that will arrive. Pokémon Café Mix gets groups and Snorlax got added to the game. HeartGold and SoulSilver gets their trademarks renewed. Champion's Path is now in stores, if you can find them. Finally, we talk about the many updates coming to Pokémon GO this Fall.

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427 Entei Gets Trademarked

427 Entei Gets Trademarked

New merch featuring Gym Leaders are hitting shelves in Japan. New Pokémon skateboards are arriving soon (again) for your collection? Champion's Path, the newest TCG set, drops this Friday. The Players Cup II is still Series 5, you can sign up now. Shiny Clefable arrives in a Max Raid event in Pokémon Sword and Shield over the weekend. Entei gets trademarked for probably NOT game purposes.

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426 Pokémon Players Cup II

426  Pokémon Players Cup II

The 2nd Pokémon Players Cup has been announced and oddly enough, it's using old rules for banned Pokémon. Pokémon Center releases new Halloween merch, including a spooky village you can purchase. Pokémon GO has a bug-event right now with the goal to unlock new Mega Pokémon in the game. Netflix gets 12 more episodes of the new Pokémon anime, Journeys. The Family Ties event has arrived in Pokémon Masters, and they touch on the issues with the Sun/Moon story of Lusamine being a terrible mother.

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425 Jumpluff is a Dandelion

425 Jumpluff is a Dandelion

Pokémon Masters new egg event is here, where you can get Shiny versions of the Kanto Starter Pokémon. Pokémon Masters also seems to be the best mobile game TPCi has put out, besides Pokémon GO. Speaking of GO, Niantic says they are listening to the community, and slightly changes Mega Evolution in Pokémon GO, but the community doesn't seem to be happy. We are getting new TCG Tins and a new Eternatus collection this week, as well as a new Battle Deck for the Fall.

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424 Mega Evolution Woes

424 Mega Evolution Woes

Pokémon Masters finally gets Sygna Suit Blue and Leaf, and Red & Charizard returns to the game for the anniversary event. On top of that, 10 pulls in Masters now give you a bonus 11th pull for the event with the Elite Four stuff appearing this past week too. Pokémon GO added Mega Evolution this week and fans are not too happy with how it was implemented, so we talk about the ups and downs of the new system. GO Battle League also is a bit broken, but a GBL event is coming the end of September.

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423 Sixteen Competitive Pokémon Banned in Sword/Shield

423 Sixteen Competitive Pokémon Banned in Sword/Shield

Pokémon Masters gets a name change to celebrate it's 1 Year Anniversary. More seasonal characters are coming to the game, as well as, Lillie and family, 6-Star Sync Pairs, and the Kanto Elite Four. TPCi decides to ban 16 top used Pokémon in Sword & Shield for the Season 6 meta of the game. An employee at Creatures Inc. posted a tweet asking Pokémon fans for feedback on UI/UX as they continue to work on the upcoming Detective Pikachu game. Some minor Pokémon TGC news this week and a new Build-a-Bear Pokémon too!

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18 Vivillon Region-Based Forms, 2 Event Forms: GTS Helpful Guide

18 Vivillon Region-Based Forms, 2 Event Forms: GTS Helpful Guide

Now with Pokémon HOME being out, you might be able to do trades over the GTS that seems more difficult back during the Pokémon X and Pokémon Y era. Vivillon was introduced in Generation 6 and encouraged GTS and Wonder Trades. Vivillon’s forms were decided through the region originally set on the 3DS, so trading is your best way to collect them all.

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422 TPCi Debuts Play! Pokémon Podcast [Featuring Joshua Yehl]

422 TPCi Debuts Play! Pokémon Podcast [Featuring Joshua Yehl]

Featuring Joshua Yehl of IGN (interview starts ~36 mins into the episode). Joshua talks Detective Pikachu, Sword/Shield thoughts, Pokémon Snap excitement, and working for IGN. The Pokémon Company launches their own podcast. Pokémon GO is now running their Unova event this week. Pokémon Pass isn't dead yet? The PTGC's newest set, Darkness Ablaze, is here and two new SwSh TCG boxes are in store too. Finally, the new Pokémon movie, Coco, gets a Japanese release date.

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421 How To Get Zarude Right Now

421 How To Get Zarude Right Now

Since there was not a real life Pikachu Outbreak event, we get one in Pokémon Sword and Shield. Zarude, the newest Mythical Pokémon, is now available in Japan and we tell you how you can get one. Deoxys seems to be taking everyone's money due to it's Shiny. Twilight Wings is now over. Darkness Ablaze, the new Pokémon TCG set, arrives this week.

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420 Incoming Champion's Path

420 Incoming Champion's Path

10 Years as a podcast!! This episode we talk about our thoughts on Pokémon GO Fest! We talk about the new changes that happened with Pokémon Masters and their summer event. Our Kickstarter for the 10 year celebration has launched! New Pokémon Sword and Shield raids are here for August. Finally, we talk about the upcoming Champion's Path for the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

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