Joe Merrick of Serebii joins us this week to talk the state of Pokémon mobile games, their current thoughts on Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, and what we think (so far) of Legends Z-A. We go over every mobile game from Pokémon GO to UNITE. We also talk about the mess that was BD/SP and how Scarlet and Violet should have been delayed.

Pokémon Sleep's Entei event is right around the corner. Australia and New Zealand get their own Online Pokémon Center. Pokémon GO wins the most buggiest game in the App Store? The next TCG, Shrouded Fable, gets announced.

Pokémon Sleep gets a small update to help new players and a couple Pokémon receive a small buff. Twilight Masquerade is right around the corner with 160 new cards. GameStop is working directly with PSA to now buy and sell graded Pokémon cards. Part 2 of Pokémon Horizon's dropped on Netflix this past week. Finally, we talk about how Pokémon GO wants you to give them $2 so they can give you $3 back.

The Entei event has been details and explained to us! We breakdown how you should prepare. Pokémon Pocket gets a small update, which hopefully means good things coming. A brand new merch set with James Turner art dropped on Pokémon Center. Rika comes to Pokémon Masters EX. Pokémon players cheat to find Wiglett.

Pokémon GO gets a background refresh as part of the Rediscover campaign they have been running and it's actually very cool! Diancie returns to Pokémon GO for FREE for anyone who did not get one at GO Fest. This has been the only way to get a Diancie in a couple years. A new Mass Outbreak event with boosted Shiny chance has come to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, along with the return of Walking Wake and Iron Leaves Raids. Pokémon Sleep announced that Entei is coming and a Fire-type week will...

Pokémon Sleep introduced the Flower Festival this week! Pokémon UNITE does another character balance, a new battle pass, and updates to the draft system. A man in Japan is arrested for selling digital Pokémon. Niantic launches one of its biggest updates yet for Pokémon GO and people hate it. We compare Mall of America to Disney for Pokémon GO players.

Pokémon Sleep prepares a new update. Netflix announces that we are getting the next episodes of Pokémon Horizons in May and also that we are getting more episodes of Pokémon Concierge. Necrozma and Ultra Beasts will be in raids during GO Fest this summer, all with the chance of being Shiny. Finally, the Nintendo Online Services for 3DS shutdown this week for good, but Pokémon Bank still operates.

Pokémon put out an article on how to shiny hunt in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. 7-Star Meganium Raids seem to be a pain for some trainers this past weekend. Pokémon Worlds 2024 dates were finally announced after EUIC this past weekend. The Bug event and Mega Heracross arrive this upcoming weekend!

Pokémon Sleep messed up, but players weren't mad because of how they handled it. The first week of Raikou is over, we talk about how easy or hard it was to get, even for players who just picked up the game. Pokémon Works is a new thing between ILCA and the Pokémon Company and we don't really know what it means yet? There is some weird price things happening with the latest Pokémon TCG set. If you spent $10 on the Season Pass in Pokémon GO, we now know what part 2 is going to get you.

PAX East 2024 recap with the Play Lab experience and the new additions to it. Pokémon Sleep information around catching Raikou and how free-to-play players can do it with no money or stress. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are getting a new Mass Outbreak with six baby Pokémon as the focus. Finally, we go over a short interview with an ex-Pokémon employee who handled removing fan-made games from the internet.

Pokémon Sleep might be surprising people in how simple, but also how deep the game is. Electric Week is over and now we wait a week until Raikou shows up! We go over what to expect when our first Legendary arrives in Pokémon Sleep. Temporal Forces, the next TCG set, drops this weekend at retail. We also get news about the next set, Twilight Masquerade. Finally, Pokémon GO slowly rolls out Character customization and the Mythical Pokémon, Zarude, returns to the game for $7.99.

Twelve episodes of Pokémon Horizons are now on Netflix and we talk about how it feels compared to the older anime. Light spoilers, but the focus is overall feel of the show, not plot. Interview with Pokémon employees about Ash and where he is. 7-Star Raids are still rotating from Pokémon Day. Toyota builds a Miraidon motorcycle just because they can? The location for the Pokémon World 2026 was leaked by the venue and Niantic announces three locations for Pokémon GO Fest 2024.

Hannah hosts this week to celebrate women in the Pokémon scene for International Women's Day 2024! Joining her is Aislinn @AisTrainer and NHoff @GoddessNHoff to talk about their love of Pokémon and the franchise as a whole! Please enjoy this bonus episode!

Pokémon Legends Z-A got announced and it's the next game by Game Freak coming in 2025. That means no main series game this year for 2024? Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket is the next mobile game and that is coming this year. Pocket is being made by both Creatures Inc. and DeNA. We get updates for Masters EX, UNITE, Sleep, Pokémon GO, and Cafe Remix. Oh yeah, the anime is coming next week.

Was the flight and hotel worth the cost to travel to LA to play Pokémon GO and experience the Sinnoh Tour? We bring on Chris from the GOCast podcast to talk about this event and to compare it to recent GO Fests and event in Vegas last year. We talk about the park, shiny rates, the new adventure effects, and the Spiritomb stops!

With the 2024 Pokémon Day around the corner, we talk about what makes the most sense to show up and what we would like, even if that's probably not possible. Our conversations go from Pokémon UNITE to Pokémon GO to the new Pokémon and more! We talk about the potential of a new Main Series game being announced to even having nothing that big announced as it could be a lighter year.

Pokémon Day is approaching fast and TPCi just gave us our first hint at what to expect. A Ceruledge TCG stamped with the Pokémon Day logo will be coming next week, which debuted with a small short. This hints at the Ceruledge in the anime and the rumors of Ceruledge coming to Pokémon UNITE as well. Pokémon sales numbers got updated, Pokémon collaborated with 100 Thieves, and we have a new pin collection for the Year of the Dragon.

Pokémon Sleep is getting a Valentine's Week event with boosted Shiny Pokémon. We get the 3.0.1 patch notes for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. They fixed what they said they would, but also patched the Smeargle issue too. Pokémon GO is getting one of the rarest Legendary Pokémon in the game. Pokémon UNITE gets "kinda" gets 3 new characters announced.

Two players got banned at the Liverpool tournament this past weekend for using cloned Pokémon on their teams. This sparked a conversation that they didn't have enough time to make the Pokémon properly because the games have become "pay to win" because of needing to trade or buy the DLCs. Paldean Fates, the newest Shiny TCG set, has arrived. The Pikachu Van Gogh situation gets another update. Pokémon GO makes some good quality of life changes.

Pokémon TV shuts down after running for 10 years, making it harder to find Pokémon anime episodes. Pokémon GO is bringing Shadow Kyogre to the game soon and Shadow Ho-Oh returns. Pokémon Sleep preps us for the new event and new island coming next week. We dive deep in the Epilogue: Mochi Mayhem and talk about our thoughts on the new Mythical Pokémon.

Pokémon Sleep gets a new island this month! Pokémon Masters EX adds the first Paldea character to the game. Niantic announces more surprises for Sinnoh Tour and two new gameplay mechanics for hardcore players. The Epilogue for Scarlet and Violet dropped this week, but we'll be doing a spoiler episode for that in 601. To celebrate 600 episodes, we talk about 600族 aka the 600 Club aka Pseudo-legendary Pokémon!

We go over both the most searched for Pokémon Cards and the most expensive Pokémon cards for 2023. Thoughts on Pokémon Concierge and if it's worth signing up fro Netflix. People are (once again) saying that Pokémon GO is dying, we talk about it and what Niantic did introduce for 2023 and what expectations are for 2024. Pokémon Sleep recap too.

No spoilers for Pokémon Concierge, but we do talk about how everyone seems to really like it! On top of that, Netflix added Pokémon profile icons you can use! Pokémon GO has a New Years event featuring Jigglypuff with a bow. Pokémon Sleep also has a New Years event and this episode we compare free to play to premium and where everyone is at. Finally, there are some events ending in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet you should do ASAP.

HUGE Spoilers for those who didn't finish the story! We talk about the characters of the Indigo Disk and the continuation of the story from the Teal Mask into this. We also talk about the upcoming Epilogue that was announced and the secret story that you can access after the credits. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

No character or storyline spoilers this episode. The Indigo Disk is here and we talk about the new Flying mechanic, the tasks before each gym leader, the lack of a battle tower, becoming Pokémon, BBQs, the Legendary Pokémon being Shiny locked and more. This is our longest episode of the year, so I hope you really enjoy it.