Wide awake on a Saturday morning typing up this post… News is news lol
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The Popplio community day on Pokemon Go is going live globally and will run from 2 PM to 5 PM local time. During the community day event, players will be able to encounter a shiny Popplio in the wild. Also, evolving Brionne to Primarina during the event will result in Primarina learning the exclusive move, Hydro Cannon.
As reported yesterday, the upcoming season for Pokemon Go, called Max Out, was teased by Niantic. This season focuses on Dynamax Pokemon and will run from September 3rd at 10 am till December 3rd at 10 am local time.
Players will be able to take on Max Battles within certain locations known as Power Spots and catch Dynamax Pokemon, while being able to unlock Max Particles. These Power Spots can be located using the in-game map.
Along with the season's reveal, Ponyta and Galarian Ponyta will be showcased as September's Community Day on September 14th. The October Community Day will be on October 5th, followed by November's Community Day on November 10th. The Pokemon featured are not yet known for these months.
New Themed Stickers can also be unlocked by spinning PokeStops, purchasing from in-game shop, and opening gifts. Additionally, the Go Battle League returns as part of the Max Out season.
By completing Field Research, the player will be able to unlock Research Breakthrough encounters for one of the following Pokemon (with the ability to encounter a Shiny if lucky):
It has been revealed that the next Pokemon Go season will be titled "Max Out" and will available between September 3rd to December 3rd. Niantic did not provide full details about this upcoming season, but the teaser trailer was revealed on YouTube earlier today. This season will feature the theme of Dynamax!
An additional post will be made once further details are released.
I did not previously make a post about this, but thought I'd go ahead and make a post as there is an on-going 7-star Tera Raid Battle for Normal-Tera type Dragonite in Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet. This event started on Thursday, August 22 at 5:00 PM PDT and will last until Sunday, September 1st at 4:59 PM PDT.
You can encounter this Dragonite at the black Tera Raid crystals.
Today at the Gamescom 2024, Pokemon-branded microSD cards were revealed. These cards are designed for the Nintendo Switch and come in 3 varieties: 256 GB at $32.99 (featuring Pikachu), 512 GB at $54.99 (featuring Gengar), and 1 TB at $129.99 (featuring Snorlax).
These microSD cards have up to 100 MB/s read speed and up to 90 MB/s write speeds.
Pokemon has announced the 2025 and 2026 locations for their World Championships.
The Pokemon website has officially revealed a new Pokemon coming to the Pokemon Scarlet and Violet DLC.
Per the site:
"This Pokémon is small in stature and not particularly strong, but when push comes to shove, it can crystallize the energy in its body to form a protective shield. Apparently, it can also assume a dormant state when it feels that its life is in danger by pulling its head, limbs, and tail into its shell and making itself look like a jewel.
Its splendid aura is reminiscent of the Legendary Pokémon Terapagos, but this Pokémon’s name and true nature are shrouded in mystery."
This new Pokemon (no known name yet) was initially revealed in the first episode of the Pokemon Horizons anime.
No further details are known at this time.
The next Tera Raid Battle event for Pokemon Scarlet & Pokemon Violet has been announced! You can view the details below for the upcoming event:
Nintendo of America recently tweeted out that they will be pushing a software update for Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet on December 1st. The update includes the following fixes:
We do not know what other bug fixes this update will tackle, but if more information is released, I'll be sure to make a post.
Nintendo ends with the following statement regarding performance:
"We are aware that players may encounter issues that affect the games' performance. Our goal is always to give players a positive experience with our games, and we apologize for the inconvenience. We take the feedback from players seriously and are working on improvements to the games."
A couple pages from the CoroCoro magazine has begun to leak, showcasing a few images from the TCG, anime, and the upcoming games: Pokemon Scarlett and Pokemon Violet.
Please not that the image regarding the anime contains spoilers, so be careful in case you want to go into the Master 8's tournament blind.
While the images for Pokemon Scarlet/Violet don't contain anything substantial, it does give a couple of new insights regarding outfits, battle, and a mysterious dark image, which the contents are still being looked into. Will update this post if additional information comes about.
On today's Pokemon Direct, the next-line Pokemon games were announced, titled: Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet. These games mark the introduction of generation 9, providing an open-world experience.
From the official Pokemon website:
"The Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet games, the newest chapters in the Pokémon series, are coming to Nintendo Switch later this year. With these new titles, the Pokémon series takes a new evolutionary step, allowing you to explore freely in a richly expressed open world."
"Various towns blend seamlessly into the wilderness with no borders. You’ll be able to see the Pokémon of this region in the skies, in the seas, in the forests, on the streets—all over! You’ll be able to experience the true joy of the Pokémon series—battling against wild Pokémon in order to catch them—now in an open-world game that players of any age can enjoy."
You can view in-game screenshots below, followed by the reveal trailer. Click the images to enlarge.
Pokemon Evolutions, a new animated web series, was announced! Pokemon Evolutions will feature a total of eight episodes, focused around exploring each of the eight regions - starting in the Galar region and ending in Kanto in the final episode. Each episode will take the viewer on an adventure with familiar characters from the games to Pokemon found within those respective regions, too.
The following episodes will be released:
The official Pokemon Twitter account recently announced the upcoming Pokemon Presents presentation on August 18th. This presentation will focus around Pokemon Brilliant Diamond, Pokemon Shining Pearl, and Pokemon Legends.
This presentation will be held on their official YouTube account at 6 am PDT on August 18th (Wednesday). Any information that is revealed and shown will be posted here ASAP! So be sure to keep checking back
Two new upcoming episodes have been revealed!
PJEpisode #080: "The Moon and the Sun: Chloe and Haruhi" (Premiering September 3rd)
PJEpisode #081: "Trial Mission! Volcarona's Golden Scales!!" (Premiering September 10th)
I'll be working on compiling a list of all Pokemon Journey episodes and where the US stands in terms of episodes within an additional page within this site.
Furthermore, I have been noticing a great influx of people visiting this site over the past month! This is very exciting, especially now that we have our own domain. I'll be working on a new layout for this site to make it more accessible and user friendly + for upcoming projects down the line
A new episode title for Pokemon Journeys was revealed by the Japanese TV Guide:
Episode #1163: "Full Power! Alola Uninhabited Island Race!!"
This episode will be premiering in Japan on August 13th, 2021. We'll bring you more details as they come.
