416 Countdown Pokémon GO Fest 2020

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416 Countdown Pokémon GO Fest 2020

Lots of new events, challenges, and tasks for the lead up to the 2020 Pokémon GO Fest. We talk about Stickers being added, the "bragging right" challenges, and more in regards to GO. The Pokémon Company talks about which charities they plan to use their 5 million dollar donation on. Pokémon also has some new wedding stuff for trainers in love. Finally, we cover all the current 2020 rules and regulations for battles and the upcoming 2021 rules.

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415 Pokémon UNITE Drama

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415 Pokémon UNITE Drama

Pokémon UNITE, a new MOBA Pokémon game, got announced this week and it was oddly received by the community. Some are not happy it's not a remake, some are upset it's being made by Tencent, and others are upset they had to wake up at 6AM to see the news, but we talk about it all. We also cover the short story aspects of the Isle of Armor DLC. Pokémon Masters gets a new Egg system and Niantic randomly canceled a Raid Day event with no reason why.

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Chance of Getting an Apricorn Ball in Pokémon Sword/Shield

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Chance of Getting an Apricorn Ball in Pokémon Sword/Shield

Everyone loves the Apricorn Balls that were introduced in Johto back in Pokémon Gold & Silver. These unique balls returned to Pokémon Sword/Shield through both Ball Guy and the Champion’s Cup rewards. There is now another way in Sword/Shield to get these Apricorn Balls and that is via the Cram-o-matic. There seems to be a 1% chance of getting the special Poké Balls by putting your Apricorns into it.

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414 Sword/Shield DLC Coverage & New Pokémon Snap

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414 Sword/Shield DLC Coverage & New Pokémon Snap

We talk about all the new features and our thoughts on the Pokémon Sword & Shield DLC. Kubfu, the Dojo, the new Wild Area, and the Cram-o-matic all get our thoughts after spending the last couple days on the Isle of Armor. We also cover the New Pokémon Snap announcement, Pokémon Smile, and Pokémon Café Mix news too. Mega Evolution is coming to Pokémon GO and Shiny Zeraora is an event right now in Sword/Shield. This episode does *not* cover the story of the DLC.

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413 Traveling to the Isle of Armor

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413 Traveling to the Isle of Armor

The Isle of Armor drops in just 72 hours, and we talk about what to expect, Pokémon HOME maintenance, and the upcoming VGC friendly tournament. A new TCG box is coming for new players trying to learn the game. Pokémon GO is going to stop working on any Android phone running 32-bit. The new Pokémon anime is out on Netflix this week! Finally, we chat about the upcoming changes to Pokémon Masters.

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How to Get Hidden Ability Scorbunny, Sobble, Grookey in Pokémon Sword/Shield

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How to Get Hidden Ability Scorbunny, Sobble, Grookey in Pokémon Sword/Shield

Starting Tuesday, June 2, 2020, if you transfer one or more Pokémon between Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield and the Nintendo Switch version of Pokémon HOME, you'll be able to receive a Grookey, Scorbunny, and Sobble with Hidden Abilities as Mystery Gifts in the mobile device version of Pokémon HOME.

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412 Isle of Armor Release Date, New Pokémon, Cram-o-matic

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412 Isle of Armor Release Date, New Pokémon, Cram-o-matic

June 17th is the release date to the Isle of Armor! We learn about Max Soup, the Cramorant bot, new abilities, moves, and more! We also learn about what we get to see this Fall with the Crown Tundra. Hidden Ability Galar Starters got released through Pokémon HOME. Pokémon Battle Academy is coming exclusively to Target first this summer. Finally, both TPCi and Niantic donated a lot of money towards current events happening in the world, we talk about it.

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411 Darkness Ablaze, Pokémon GO Fest, Mister Donuts

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411 Darkness Ablaze, Pokémon GO Fest, Mister Donuts

The Pokémon anime returns in Japan in June. Dawn arrives in Pokémon Masters. Pokémon GO Fest gets announced and June seems a bit more laid back then months before it in exciting events. Pokémon Center gets a huge update of merch. Finally, Darkness Ablaze, the next TGC set arrives in the US on August 1st.

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410 Countdown to Isle of Armor

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410 Countdown to Isle of Armor

Pokémon Sword & Shield gets four new Mystery Gifts as we gear up for the Isle of Armor DLC. Pokémon HOME gets adds friend trading finally, but only temporary for some odd reason. Pokémon GO is bringing the box Legends to 5-Star Raids starting this week. Pokémon Masters added another Johto favorite Sync Pair to the game.

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409 Pokémon Players Cup [Featuring Aaron Zheng]

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409 Pokémon Players Cup [Featuring Aaron Zheng]

Featuring CybertronVGC aka Aaron Zheng (interview starts at 40 mins into the episode). TPCi announced three summer tournaments revolving around the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, Pokken Tournament DX, and Pokémon Sword/Shield. Pokémon GO announces a new Community Day. Aaron talks with us about Dynamax Pokémon, old VGC, and steps getting into VGC.

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