539 Scarlet & Violet Launch Week

539 Scarlet & Violet Launch Week

Spoiler-free! One of our biggest episodes of the year! Let's talk about Charizard returning, Eevee Raids, Ash winning and his future, and more! We talk about the latest Pokémon Scarlet & Violet trailer and what everything means as we gear up for this Friday.

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526 Victini Distribution / 2022 World Championships

526 Victini Distribution / 2022 World Championships

Lots of in-game events and IRL events surrounding the 2022 Pokémon World Championships this weekend. All trainers will be able to get Victini in Pokémon Sword and Shield this weekend. A special Pikachu and event is coming to Pokémon GO. Pokémon UNITE is still celebrating their 1 year anniversary, and Masters EX is about to celebrate year 3. BBC x Pokémon do a collaboration which sold out in 15 mins. Finally, we get price and details about the BOOster Packs!

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523 Official Pokémon Squishmallow Collab Announced

523 Official Pokémon Squishmallow Collab Announced

We talk about the changes in Pokémon Unite after the one year anniversary and the impact of emblems on gameplay. Was Xurkitree accidentally released early at Seattle GO Fest? Ingo and Emmet return to Pokémon Masters EX - was Ingo able to return from Hisui? How many ways can you stuff a Pokémon? New collab announced with Squishmallow and Build-A-Bear releases new Pikachu for their 25th anniversary.

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509 Breeding Coming to Pokémon GO?

509 Breeding Coming to Pokémon GO?

Niantic announced a new game that includes breeding, a staple in Pokémon games. Pokémon UNITE his 70 million downloads across mobile and Nintendo Switch. A new TCG set has dates in Japan with some Hisuan cards being the focus. Build-a-bear gets Leafeon added to their line-up.

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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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390 Shiny Magikarp Invaded Max Raid Battles

390 Shiny Magikarp Invaded Max Raid Battles

To celebrate the new year, The Pokémon Company pushed a new promoted event to Max Raid battles, Shiny Magikarp! We talk about that event and Season 2 of the Ranked Battles in Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield. Pokémon GO kicked off their Adventure Sync Hatchathon event with party hat Wurmple and friends! Pokémon GO also ranked high in revenue after 2019 ended, we go over their truckload of money here. Also, Pokémon Masters has a new event to dive into!

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374 Shiny Solgaleo and Shiny Lunala

374 Shiny Solgaleo and Shiny Lunala

Pokémon Masters is now available on mobile and we give first impressions on that! Shiny Solgaleo and Shiny Lunala may be our last distributions on the 3DS as we gear up for Sword and Shield. Build-a-bear is still pumping out overpriced toys, but this time, it's Snorlax. We got an anime announcement for another anime announcement this week too.

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356 The 3DS is Dead

356 The 3DS is Dead

Nintendo has posted their Fiscal Year Ending (March 2019) and we go over what their plans are for the 3DS and the Nintendo Switch for the rest of 2019. Detective Pikachu kicked off in Japan, and results have been very positive for the movie. Build-a-bear is getting more plushes, GO tickets are still slowing rolling out, and new Wobbuffet merch is hitting shelves in Japan.

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290 Mimikium Z! (NO USUM SPOILERS)

290 Mimikium Z! (NO USUM SPOILERS)

SPOILER FREE! SBJ, Will, and Al talk about Niantic making their next game and how it may affect Pokémon GO. Bulbasaur is coming to Build-a-Bear, and Mimikyu gets it's own Z-Crystal. This is the last normal episode before Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon!! We will return to regular schedule after our playthroughs of USUM!

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266 Adventure Week - Pokémon Anime - Squirtle

266 Adventure Week - Pokémon Anime - Squirtle

Adventure Week for Pokémon GO (catch those Rock-type Pokémon)! We debate over the new Sun & Moon anime, we talk about Squirtle coming to Build-a-Bear Workshop. E-mails range from losing Pokémon games to asking what Pokémon town we'd want to live in. We also talk about Splash Magikarp coming out in Italy too.

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