460 Should New Pokémon Snap Get DLC?

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460 Should New Pokémon Snap Get DLC?

Gible Community Day was announced and with the announcement, we see Pokémon fans gatekeeping Shiny Pokémon. We talk about the 2021 Pokémon GO Fest announcement. Will gives their impressions on Pokémon Snap, while Greg and Steve talk about the amount of content after the credits. We go in-depth about DLC and if Snap should or should not have it. The Pokémon anime starts back up later this year and another TCG box got released over the weekend to collect.

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434 The Pyramid Scheme of the Pokémon World

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434 The Pyramid Scheme of the Pokémon World

We dive into more Crown Tundra, addressing some complaints with the DLC and comparing it to the Isle of Armor. What went well here, what didn't. Vivid Voltage, the next Pokémon TCG set, arrives this week! We talk about the new "fad" in the Pokémon world involving the card game. Pokémon Center finishing launching it's Christmas stuff, we chat about what gets the Pokémon tax and what doesn't. Finally, more competitive stuff is happening in both the TCG and the VGC and it's both exciting and worry-some.

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433 New Pokémon!! Glastrier and Spectrier

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433 New Pokémon!! Glastrier and Spectrier

Week with the Crown Tundra DLC, we have more thoughts! Niantic forgets to turn back on some Shiny Pokémon, two Community Days for November, and an anime week coming to Pokémon GO. Sword & Shield gets a promoted pumpkin event for the holiday this past weekend. We talk about some more impressions on the Crown Tundra including the two new horses added, the new Galarian Birds, and the new Regis.

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Legendary Version Exclusives for Pokémon Sword and Shield

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Legendary Version Exclusives for Pokémon Sword and Shield

The Crown Tundra DLC for Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield has a couple of version exclusives, including Legendary Pokémon. Don’t worry! Due to the online play of Sword and Shield, a random player or a friend can help you get the Legendary Pokémon not native to your game. On top of that, you can remember up to three encounters, meaning you can save a Pokémon (even not found in your game normally) and hunt it anytime you want or host it yourself!


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432 Dynamax Adventure, Calyrex, & Exploring the Crown Tundra

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432 Dynamax Adventure, Calyrex, & Exploring the Crown Tundra

The Crown Tundra is here! While we don't talk about story spoilers, we talk about the Legendary paths you can explore, our initial impressions, and spend a lot of time talking about Dynamax Adventure, the new co-op feature in this expansion. Some Halloween stuff happening in Pokémon GO, some new Champion's Path TCG sets released, and Pokémon HOME gets updated too.

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431 The Crown Tundra Arrives This Week

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431 The Crown Tundra Arrives This Week

We learn more about Dynamax Adventure based off some new information off Pokemon.com! Pokémon GO partners with Grubhub and also releases some new 12K eggs with Team Rocket. Pokémon Masters gets two new holiday characters to celebrate the spooky season. A promotion card in Japan hints at you being able to battle as a human. We give some final thoughts before we arrive at the second DLC for Pokémon Sword / Shield.

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429 Crown Tundra Release Date and New Details

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429 Crown Tundra Release Date and New Details

The Crown Tundra gets a release date of October 22nd, 2020. We talk about the latest trailer and information dump from this past week. From worries about Co-op Raids, to Galarian Slowking, and seeing Melmetal return, we cover it all. Pokémon GO is giving out free Raid Passes every Monday, they rolled back their stay-at-home changes, and Deerling is finally coming to the game. Pokémon HOME to GO arrives before the end of the year?

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The Odds of Mark Hunting in Pokémon Sword & Shield

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The Odds of Mark Hunting in Pokémon Sword & Shield

Pokémon Sword and Shield introduced another thing to collect in the Pokémon World. Marks are like Ribbons, they appear on the Ribbon tab for a Pokémon, but cannot be earned like a Ribbon can. Instead, Marks appear on any Pokémon caught in the wild. These Marks do not appear on Egg Pokémon or Raid Pokémon.

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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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