532 Furfrou, Arceus, Charizard, and Sheeran

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532 Furfrou, Arceus, Charizard, and Sheeran

All the hype for the Fashion Week themed Pokémon GO event and the upcoming Pokémon GO October Community featuring Litwick, tied in with the Season of Light. Steve writes in about his experience in Korea and we discuss availability of the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet themed OLED Switch and the new Hori Pikachu, Mimikyu, and Gengar themed controllers. Ed Sheeran will have a new Pokémon song out this week.

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517 Masuda Leaves Game Freak

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517 Masuda Leaves Game Freak

Masuda has left Game Freak to work directly for the Pokémon Company. On top of that, James Turner, the first non-Japanese Pokémon designer, has left Game Freak to start his own game studio. We talk about both departures. Niantic has announced Deino Community Day with a new twist, you can extend it if you rope your friends in.

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506 Unsettling Changes in Pokémon GO

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506 Unsettling Changes in Pokémon GO

Niantic continues to make bad changes to Pokémon GO. While this upcoming Community Day has a lot of good things going for it, including the new Lure bonuses, it's overshadowed by poor decisions and communication. While Niantic is always open to feedback, it seems that they don't listen to any of it. We talk about Pokémon GO for April, Community Day, changes to current paid features, and "playing" at home.

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487 Exclusive Legends for Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

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487 Exclusive Legends for Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

We traveled all the way to St. Louis for an IRL Pokémon GO Safari Zone. Pokémon GO also is bringing a Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl event to the game to celebrate the release of these games. Pokémon UNITE gets a new battle pass and fixes Greedent. We get a new trailer showing off more new things in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl with a week before release. We talk about version exclusives and updates coming to the game.

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377 Sirfetch'd, Hidden Fates, Unova in Pokémon GO

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377 Sirfetch'd, Hidden Fates, Unova in Pokémon GO

Sirfetch'd was unveiled as a Pokémon Sword exclusive Pokémon! Unova Pokémon have arrived in Pokémon GO. The Ultra Bonus week is ending, but Mewtwo is coming back! Trapinch Community Day was announced. Hidden Fates, the newest Pokémon TCG set, is still impossible to find. The season finale of the Japanese Pokémon anime wrapped up and people are talking about it, including us.

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354 Detective Pikachu Talking Toys

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354 Detective Pikachu Talking Toys

Wicked Cool Toys released their Detective Pikachu toy line at retailers this past week, SBJ goes over what you should and should not buy. Pokémon GO burnout seems real for some trainers in the community. We talk about the past Community Day and the upcoming egg event this week. Sword & Shield gets a brand new Steel-type move that a fan from Japan will get to name, we compare it to a past move that had a similar contest. Finally, what things bothered us in Pokémon games, like poison outside of battle, that we are happy that Game Freak addressed in future games.

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299.82 Pokémon GO Community Day & Shiny Dratini

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299.82 Pokémon GO Community Day & Shiny Dratini

We count how many Shiny Dratini we caught on the last Pokémon GO Community day. SBJ, Al, and Will talk about Detective Pikachu and the upcoming Pokemon Day on Feb 27th. We also give you some fun facts about Dratini! Please send in your e-mails for episode 300!

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