Maranda the Marauder

Episode 172: The serious hundred and seventy-second episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Tonight, we have a special guest! The hilarious Matt Maranda joins us tonight to talk about his latest excitement at PAX Unplugged, repping for Pelgrane Press, the publisher of 13th Age, Gumshoe, Cthulhu Confidential, Ashen Stars, and TimeWatch! He tells us about the games he played in his free time at the Con, including Honey Heist! We talk about Action Cats, First Quest, the Gamer Assembly and Gamer Assembly publications, Reaper Miniatures, his blog, which he plans on picking up more this year, and Aboleths.

We also talk news!

Pokémon GO Buddy Adventure is happening now! Check out the 2019 Year in Review! The next community day on January 19th will have different times in different hemispheres!

PowerA Controllers has some really great Pokemon Designs. There are ones for the original starters and the new generation's starters, along with many more Pokemon designs!

Play the Overwatch Winter Wonderland event until January 2nd.

They've just started announcing the comics for Free Comic Book Day, which is on May 2nd, 2020.

From @VIZMedia comes The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and Splatoon: Squid Kids Comedy Show!

In Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, an evil menace is trying to find the fragments of the Shadow Crystal to gain the power over both the Twilight Realm & the World of Light! pic.twitter.com/zsaBMtV35o

— Free Comic Book Day (@Freecomicbook) December 17, 2019

PAX South is happening January 17th - 19th. There's a lot of good panels! Miz Sylver is one of the hosts of Nintendo Feud: Team Zelda vs Team Meowth, but she also wanted to highlight some excellent sounding panels: Zelda Universe Presents: A Musical History of Zelda, and What the Heck is Mr. Mime? A New Phylogeny of Pokémon!

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December to PokeRemember

Episode 171: the happy hundred and seventy-first episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! So much news!

Pokémon GO Community Day at Night Weekend is today and tomorrow the 15th, 9 am to 9pm your local time. And the winter events continue on, with:

• New special research with Giovanni and Shadow Zapdos: A Challenging Development.
• Different Pokémon will be hatching from Eggs starting on Monday, December 16, 2019.
• Virizion glides into five-star raids on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 until Tuesday, January 7, 2020.
• Lugia and Ho-Oh Special Raid Weekend is December 20, 2019 to Monday, December 23, 2019.

And then, Pokémon GO Holidays 2019 is happening Tuesday, December 24, 2019 to Wednesday, January 1, 2020.

• Catch Pikachu, Raichu, and Pichu wearing beanies and Stantler wearing bells!
• Cubchoo, the Chill Pokémon will debut!
• Alolan Sandshrew, Alolan Vulpix, Pichu wearing beanies, and Stantler wearing bells will be hatching from 7 km Eggs!
• Raichu wearing beanies and Stantler wearing bells will be available to challenge in two-star raids!
• Throw a Glacial Lure Module onto a PokéStop near you, and you’ll have a chance of encountering Cryogonal, the Crystallizing Pokémon, making its Pokémon GO debut!
• Enjoy event-exclusive Field Research tasks that will reward you with the chance to encounter Pokémon like Pikachu wearing beanies!
• New Shadow Pokémon, including Delibird, into Shadow Pokémon!
• Shiny Stantler wearing bells and Shiny Snover!
• Stantler Sweater, Stantler Headband, and a Beanie Hat avatar items!
• Open twice as many Gifts each day and carry twice as many Gifts
• Receive one single-use Incubator at no cost once per day during the event by spinning a Photo Disc on a PokéStop.

And, warm up with a special winter weekend event! - Saturday, December 28, 2019, from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. in your local time zone, with two-hour Glacial Lure Module duration which will allow you to evolve a Glaceon with Last Resort. Regice will return to raids, and you will get up to two additional free Raid Passes!

More changes are happening in Pokemon GO. Pokemon will appear more in less dense areas, in part due to the Wayfarer program that lets Pokémon GO Trainers to review nominations for PokéStops and Gyms. Also, there are updates to the battle system including new moves ahead of the new Go Battle League.

Well #pokeproblems @PokemonGoApp fans, what Pokemon can replace @elfontheshelf ?? Make your best suggestions!!!

— PokeProblems (@pokemoncast) December 14, 2019

Hey @mzsylver you better suggest #rattata on the #chibatta https://t.co/YhRjpWIIu6

— PokeProblems (@pokemoncast) December 14, 2019

Pokémon Masters has a Holiday Theme and new music, and new sync pairs of Siebold dressed for hospitality with his octillery, and Rosa with Delibird. Don't forget to finish challenging Giovonni by December 19th!

If you got a Black Friday Pokéball Plus like Miz Sylver, you can use it to get Mew in Pokémon Sword and Shield! Remember to Surprise Trade on Christmas!

Pokémon: Twilight Wings, a Galar Region Short Animated Series, is debuting in January 2020 on the Pokemon YouTube Channel.

Nintendo Indie World Presentation featured some cool games!





The Game Awards Winners have been announced! The show also featured a lot of cool performances and trailers!



Tetris 99 has had a lot going on, including a Team Battle Update and the 10th Maximus Cup!

Indy Gaming League Circuit is having a Killer Queen Competition! Sign up by December 30th.

The Overwatch Winter Wonderland is on until January 2nd.

Smite has new official and unofficial clothing! New design competition, with a Birthday theme! Submit by February 21st!

Speaking of cool clothing, check out the Danielle Nicole x Nintendo collection.



And finally, if you are in the Boston/New England area, StreetPass Boston is having a Round1 Holiday Miitup on December 28 at Round1 in Taunton!

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December Evolution Event

Episode 170: the super-duper hundred and seventieth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast!

In Pokemon Go, the Evolution Event is happening until Thursday, December 12, 2019. If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny Burmy!

In Pokemon Masters, Giovanni and Mewtwo are here! Miz Sylver finally summoned Grimsley with his Liepard!

The final year of Pikachu figure, ‘Ringing In the Fun’, from Funko is now at the Pokémon Center.

The 2020 Pokémon Video Game Championships (VGC) Format Rules have been announced. This year's rules feature Pokémon Sword & Shield doubles battles!

Pokemon Diamond and Pearl episodes have been added to Pokemon TV.

The Super Mario Maker 2 Update added a lot of cool stuff... including a bunch of Legend of Zelda items like the Master Sword! Don't forget the new Ninji Speedruns - collect stamps to get Maker outfits and more!

Enter the Nintendo Happy Holidays Sweepstakes daily through December 14.

Check out the new red Mario Switch pack. (With Bowser of course!)

Shout out to all the peeps at PAX Unplugged! Check out the Merch sheet here, and all the Pinny Arcade Pin Quest pins here!

Round1 Japan hosted their 2019 DDR championships yesterday. Check out the stream below!



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Happy Farfetch'd Day

Episode 169: the silly hundred and sixty-ninth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast!

The Pokemon Center has a new Pokémon GO Teams collection!

Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield. The first online competition is coming up... Don't forget to sign up by December 5th! And get psyched for Gigantamax Snorlax! My Nintendo Printable Sword & Shield Greeting Cards are available now!

Did you know there are Pokémon Quest Toys?



Pokémon Masters is keeping it exciting! Grimsley & Liepard are a new five star feature. There's also new story event with Giovanni and Mewtwo, and mid-December will feature two new sync pairs: the Indigo Plateau Champion and his Pokémon, Lance & Dragonite, and the Sinnoh region Champion and her Pokémon, Cynthia & Garchomp. There's also a custom avatar maker...

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is having a Resident Evil Event right now... with Leon and more.

Playing Smite? Three first wins of the day gets you a Cutesy Chest through Sunday. The Ultimate God Pack on sale for 67% off. (That's around $10!) Here it is in the Steam Store.



There are a lot of Nintendo sales, both on physical and digital stuff!

Overwatch fans... you can send ornaments to Blizzard digitally of even physically! And the Boston Uprising has a new practice facility; the Helix ESports Center in Foxborough!

Mortal Kombat has added Sindel in the Kombat Pack!

Who is the hottest man of @MortalKombat ??? I know who the @thewolfdoctor and @mzsylver prefer... If your choice didn't make it please comment!

— PokeProblems (@pokemoncast) November 30, 2019

Who is the hottest woman of @MortalKombat
??? I still expect @thewolfdoctor
and @mzsylver to vote... If your choice didn't make it please comment!

— PokeProblems (@pokemoncast) November 30, 2019

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Sword and Shield are HERE

Episode 168: the sexy hundred and sixty-eighth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! This week we talk news:

How was your Pokemon Go Chimchar community day? Did you catch a Galarian Wheezing? The December 2019 "Thank You" Community Day is Saturday, December 14, and Sunday, December 15, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. You can catch up on catching all of this year's community day picks, including evolving to special moves! Continuing now in Pokemon Go, It's Suppereffective Week until November 26, followed by Friend Fest November 27 through December 2, and on top of that from now until December 17, you can see Terrakion in five star raids! Yay!

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will feature Pikachu and Goku from Dragon Ball Z again this year. The parade starts at 9 a.m. in all time zones. If you are a big DBZ fan, the official Dragon Ball Meetup is happening in NYC on November 27, the day before the parade. Sign up on Facebook!

Pokemon Sword and Shield are HERE! Miz Sylver attended the launch at Nintendo NYC. Check out a video of the event!



The new Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Event adds Galar Pokémon to the Spirit Board until Wednesday November 27. And there's a new My Nintendo Rewards Galar wallpaper.

Pokemon Club events for kids are starting today.

Voting is open for the Game Awards! What's your GOTY?

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Mike Kraack Rocks

Episode 167: The hilarious hundred and sixty seventh episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast. This week, we have a special guest! Mike Kraack works at Disbelief as a technical programmer, making games work behind the scenes. His first gig was at Sunstorm Interactive, his next move was to Midway Games, where he worked on Stranglehold, the sequel to John Woo's Hard Boiled! He then moved on to Irrational Games, where he worked on Bioshock Infinite before heading to his current home at Disbelief. He explains the technical programming side of gaming; his desire for AR here and now, and giant Songbird cakes. Look for Mike at Tabletop Network, November 18 and 19, or Board Game Geek Con, November 20 to 24, in Dallas. You can also find him on Twitter! Follow @kraackerjack



We also talk news! Today November 16 is Chimchar Community Day. If you live in the Boston area, Super League Gaming is having a Community Day meetup in Christopher Columbus Park. So much is going on in GO: Regigagas will be in EX raids starting Nov 19 and 20. Now you can battle Team GO Rocket leaders, just like our team leaders!

The December Pikachu Funko is ‘A Cool New Friend’.

Pokémon Sword & Shield launched this week! Go to Walmart with your Pokémon Pass app to get a unique trainer outfit November 16th - 25th.

Who is your starter?

— Miz Sylver (@mzsylver) November 8, 2019

In Overwatch, it's Mercy's Recall Challenge until December 2! Watch on Twitch for rewards.

Smite has a new Battle Pass themed to the online anime RWBY!



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Poke-vember

Episode 166: the huggable hundred and sixty-sixth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Tonight we talk Poke-News!

In Pokemon Go, Team Rocket leaders are here! New special research will get you there! They've also changed what Pokemon appear on the regular map... Meowth that's right! And Cobalion appears in five star raids through November 26.



More details about Pokemon Sword and Shield! New items have been revealed, Max Raid Battles will have more Gigantamax Butterfree until January 2020, and the first official Online Competition is happening December 6-8. Also, there are many many pre-order bonuses to choose from this week! Don't forget, if you buy before January 15th get Long Long Meowth,

Holiday Plushes are here!!!

Hahahah Ash is a loser on Pokemon TV.

New Pokemon Club events for kids are starting November 23.

Black Friday stuff! Pokéball Plus for $19.99, and a Nintendo Switch bundle with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe!

Just Dance 2020 is here! And should we get Miz Sylver's mom Just Dance Unlimited?

Tetris 99 has it's 9th Maximus Cup on now through November 12th... It's Pokémon Sword & Shield Themed!

Try Ring Fit Adventure… today! From 1 to 4 pm at select GameStops.

BlizzCon had a lot of good announcements! Diablo IV guys... And Overwatch 2!





Hi-Rez Expo is next weekend, November 15-17! Get HiRez rewards for online viewing or go to a viewing party. (Like the one at Ignite Gaming Lounge Sunday November 17th... Miz Sylver says hi!)

If you live in the Boston area, Malden just got a new LAN center... Wanyoo Boston!

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The Mind Behind Merrill Grambell

Episode 165: The spooktackular hundred and sixty-fifth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Tonight, we have a special guest... Will, the creator of Soda Drinker Pro and Merrill Grambell. We talk about the many lives Will has led as a creator and performer. He's created several indie games, including MyGirlTheGame and Soda Drinker Pro, and is now doing hilarious live action AI shows starring his creations like Merrill Grambell. Soda Drinker Pro will be featured in "The Coming World", an upcoming exhibition at the Garage in Moscow, and has also been used as a therapeutic tool for stroke recovery (in the first video below).



Check out the catchy theme song!



He also created an arcade game, Get Outta My Face!



His latest endeavors are about performing AIs. His creation Merrill Grambell is an AI talk show and panel host. I'm partial to GARF, the AI standup that's also a piece of fruit...

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Garf at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts

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If you like what you see, Merrill Grambell has upcoming shows!

• Deep Learning With Merrill Grambell @ AS220 Providence RI on November 8, 2019.
• Deep Learning with Merrill Grambell @ Improv Asylum NYC on November 10, 2019.
• Deep Learning with Merrill Grambell Live @ the Boston Comedy Festival on November 15, 2019.
• Deep Learning with Merrill Grambell @ NORTHEAST COMICCON & COLLECTIBLES EXTRAVAGANZA on November 30, 2019.

He's also a magic performer! And he's designed tools for magicians, like the Sound Reading Trainer in the second video:





Somehow Will's also had time to be in several bands!





And also, the news! In Pokemon Go, TODAY, November 2, there's a special event featuring Regigigas, the Colossal Pokémon. Regigigas will be appearing in EX Raids, starting in November. The Willow Report is getting updates! The Niantic Wayfarer Beta is coming soon.

New chapters are getting added to the main story of Pokemon Masters on November 6. Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! players can get Mewtwo by downloading the Pokémon Pass app for your iPhone or Android device and visiting a Best Buy store November 4–14, 2019. And, Build a Bear now has Pichu!

The Smite Reaping is over, but this is the last week of Overwatch Halloween Terror!
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Happy Pokeween

Episode 164: The funky hundred and sixty-fourth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! This week's news:

Pokémon GO: Did you get pinched on Trapinch Community Day? The next one is Chimchar, on November 16, from 11 am to 2 pm. The PoGO Halloween event is in full swing. Get that candy! And, they've teased new developments... Battle League and new discoveries from Professor Willow of weird Team Rocket technology.

Get a shiny Solgaleo or Lunala at Gamestop until November 10th.

Pokémon Sword & Shield shows off new Gigantamax forms, including a Meowth you can get as an early purchase bonus (before January 15th 2020). Get Gigantamax Pikachu and Eevee with save data from their respective Let's Go games.

Have you bought any Pokémon Makeup from the new Shu Uemera Pikashu collection?

McDonald's has new Pokémon Happy Meal Toys Miz Sylver's mom is going to have to go on a hunt. (Miz Sylver also bought Pokemon toys at Uwajimaya...)

Mario Kart Tour is having a Halloween event featuring Luigi. The current Tetris 99 Maximus Cup, happening October 25th - 28th, is Luigi's Mansion themed.



Overwatch's Halloween Terror is on through November 4th.

Smite The Reaping is on until October 31!

In Madison, WI next weekend? Go to Gamehole October 31st - November 3rd and say hi to Skerrit the Green & Claire Hoffman! Free Trick or Treating on October 31st!

Miz Sylver tells us about the National Video Game Museum! (And check out Kelsey's tour video!)



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Spookymon

Episode 163: the hoopy hundred and sixty-third episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! This month's spooky news...

Pokemon Go Trapinch Community Day - now with Earth Power, is happening right now! (Oct 12, 11am to 2pm.) Original Stitch’s Pokémon Shirts are now available in the US! You can also get selected shirts for your avatar in Pokémon GO in a Vileplume pattern, a Lickitung pattern, a Magikarp pattern, and a Snorlax pattern. Don't forget October Legendary Raid hours... Altered Forme Giratina October 16 and TBA October 23 and 30 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in your local time zone.

Pokemon Masters has more new content, including the new story event "The Girl in Black and White" starring Hilda and Tepig. Hau and his Alolan Raichu are also appearing in Pokemon Masters.

Pokemon Sword and Shield 24 hour Galarian live stream revealed all kinds of cool stuff, like the Galarian Ponynta! And... new Galarian starter merch is coming to the Pokemon Center.

Speaking of Pokemerch: New ‘Completely Thank-Full’ Pikachu Funko Figure at the Pokémon Center! There's a Shaymin (Land Forme) cookie in the figure!

Cookie cutter making machine pic.twitter.com/XyGCn51N0V

— Tool Of The Day (@toolotheday) December 24, 2018

Pokemon Rumble Rush has some new game improvements in the latest updates, in addition to new content like Empoleon and Garchomp.

Install the Version 1.1.0 update in the Super Mario Maker 2 game to magically gain the ability to play co-op and versus multiplayer with people on your Nintendo Switch friends list! YESSSS!

The Nintendo Switch “Quad Goals” tour is coming to a college campus near you! Check out the locations and dates.

In honor of Overwatch coming to the Switch on October 15, there's Reaper and D.Va Switch controllers! And have you heard of this Overwatch cookbook?

Miz Sylver's arcade adventures continue! She tried WACCA, the hottest new 360 rhythm game, at the Round1 in Holyoke. She stopped by the Salem Willows Arcade area on her way to Bit Bar Salem, which has added the Special Collector's Edition of the Addam's Family Pinball Machine, as well as a ton of other new stuff including a new menu!

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Trapinch Lyfe

Episode 162: The supreme hundred and sixty-second episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! This week, we talk news...

In Pokemon GO, Giratina Altered Forme will appear in raids until October 17, with a chance of SHINY! Mewtwo with Shadow Ball is back in EX raids... Happy World Tourism Day! All kinds of goodies for this, but most notably the release of Mime Jr.! Don't forget Trapinch community day! It's October 12.

Pokemon Sword will feature Sirfetch’d!

Miz Sylver is playing Pokemon Masters, while The Wolf Doctor is playing Mario Kart Tour!

Nintendo Switch Lite is out now. Yellow Grey Turquoise! The Pokemon Sword and Shield version will be out November 8!

Ivysaur, Squirtle, and Link's Awakening Link Amiibo are out now. (PS check out KirbyGCN's Nintendo NY release day video for Link's Awakening for the Switch, as well as this trailer for the game...)



Smite's new BattlePass is Pirate Queens!



Overwatch has a sweet Lego tie-in until September 30, featuring Brick Bastion!

Miz Sylver's arcade adventures continue, with Lost Levels in Claremont, CA, and Round1 in Santa Ana, CA! Her next arcade will be the Round1 in Holyoke, MA!

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Unova You Want It

Episode 161: The hilarious hundred and sixty-first episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! This week in Pokemon GO news: Unova Pokemon are here! And with them, the Unova Stone.

Watch Umbreon and Darkrai in Pokémon the Series and in the movie Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai! Remember that you can watch Pokémon TV here on Pokemon.com or using the Pokémon TV mobile app.

New ‘Surprises to Fall For’ Pikachu Funko Figure at the Pokémon Center!

New: Nintendo Switch Online and Tetris 99 bundle!

Ring Fit Adventure comes out October 18! Have you seen Gymkata???



And... this week, Miz Sylver is in Los Angeles! She went to the Pokémon Pop Up Bar, which will be coming soon to many other places including Boston! (Their website is under construction at this time...) She visited the "Galar Visitors Center" at the LA County Fair, which will also be coming to other locations. She went to Little Tokyo for the River City Girls x Okamota Kitchen event! While there, she visited Follow @assistwig, a cosplay shop!

And... SMITE crossplay is coming to PS4 too! It's all together now!

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Nintendo Direct Pokemon News

Episode 160: The stunning hundred and sixtieth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! We talk news:

In Pokémon GO: Flower Crown Eevee is back! From September 1 to November 1, Eevee wearing flower crowns will be available as Research Breakthrough encounters. Get ready for Legendary Raid Hours in September! From 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in your local time zone, on these dates: September 11, 2019: Deoxys; September 18, 2019: Mewtwo; September 25, 2019: To Be Announced?!?!? There are new shadow Pokemon including Oddish, Gloom, Venonat, Venomoth, Psyduck, Growlithe, Abra, Hitmonchan, Larvitar, and Turtwig. BTW, Turtwig Community Day is next weekend, September 15 from 11 to 2! If you are in Boston, Super League is having a community day event (with prizes) on the Boston Common!

Miz Sylver is loving Pokemon Masters and the Blue special event! The Wolf Doctor still wants to play...

Lots of Pokémon Toys are out there! New Build-a-Bear Snorlax! The Pokemon Center had a $500 Mareep plush listed, but it's been pulled down now... And, there are new Sitting Cuties from the Hoenn region! There are even 28 different versions of Unown to collect!

What’s cuter than a big Mareep plush? An even bigger Mareep plush!

Standing about 2 feet tall, this jumbo plush is perfect for big hugs and lots of snuggles.

US Trainers: this large fluffy friend is available for preorder at the #PokemonCenter!

⚡️💛➡️ https://t.co/uZ1B11SPub pic.twitter.com/gewiyPVLWr

— Pokémon (@Pokemon) August 2, 2019

The Nintendo Direct included a lot of information about Pokemon Sword and Shield!



Nintendo Switch Online has even more classic NES and SNES games.

Overwatch is coming to Switch! Miz Sylver will be buying it again...



Smite's newest skin is a Bahamut skin for Kukulkan! And, the Community Celebration event features free stuff!





Miz Sylver is going to the Pokemon Pop-Up Bar in LA!

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Pokemon Go Jirachi Madness

Episode 159: the fantastic hundred fifty-ninth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast!

In Pokemon GO news, Turtwig community day is happening September 15 from 11AM to 2PM. Future community day dates have been announced: October 12, November 16, and December 14–15! Jirachi Ultra Bonus weeks are happening from September 2-23! All kinds of bonuses plus Jirachi is now available for all Trainers via Special Research! Taipei is going to have a Safari Zone event from October 3 to 6.

More Pokemon news: Congrats to all the champions from Pokémon Worlds! Pokemon Masters is out now, but the Wolf Doctor is not playing it since it is incompatible with her phone... Sadness... Get Shiny Lunala or Shiny Solgaleo for Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, or Ultra Moon at GameStop via Pokémon Pass starting October 21.

NINTENDO... IT’S FOR LUNCH NOW! Nintendo themed Lunchables are here from September 1 through November 30! Each Nintendo-powered Lunchables will include a My Nintendo code, which can be redeemed for the chance to win a prize package or 100 Platinum Points. Cold Stone Creamery is having Nintendo Switch Prize Pack giveaways on its website, My Nintendo Wallpapers, and go to the store for… Mario & Luigi’s Masterpiece Rainbow Sprinkle Road!

Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening for Switch is now available for pre-purchase, and it'll be out September 20.

Are you at PAX West? Check in with My Nintendo at PAX West for a spooky giveaway! Luigi’s Mansion™ 3 collectible lapel pin, plus 100 My Nintendo Platinum Points

Also at PAX West, Pokemon's Galar Visitor’s Center! It's also going to the Los Angeles County Fair, Sept. 11-15, and the State Fair of Texas, Oct. 10-14.

Dragon Con is also happening this weekend! Say hi to Skerrit the Green (Adventurer’s League) & Junae Benne!

Smite is having a Valentine's Day skin design contest!

Overwatch team Boston Uprising will be hosting matches here in Boston April 25 & 26, and tickets are already for sale! Shoutout to Houston Outlaws' new President Chris DeAppolonio Follow @deapps

Aladdin & Lion King classic games are coming this fall!



Also, we got mentioned in a Feedspot roundup of the top Pokemon Podcasts! Whoa!

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PoGo Water Festival

Episode 158: The hip hundred and fifty-eighth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast. This week we talk news!

Pokémon GO: The Water Festival is happening August 23 - 30. On Wednesday, August 28, 2019, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. local time, you’ll be able to encounter Uxie, Mesprit, or Azelf in five-star raids in their respective regions!

SO much news on Pokemon Sword and Shield! Pokémon Sword and Shield will be the official video games used for competitive play during the 2020 Play! Hear more about the Battle System, Dynamaxing, and new items and abilities. You can rent teams! (It reminds Miz Sylver of Pokemon Showdown, a free online battle simulator, which is awesome!) And, more info about Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield; the cards will feature Pokémon V...

Pokemon Halloween Toys announced!

pdp has some really cool Pokemon themed wired fight pads for Switch starring Jigglypuff and Pichu, coming out in October!

Bubble Bobble 4 Friends, exclusive to Switch is coming out November 19th Europe, US next year.



Nintendo Indie World Direct is happening tomorrow, Monday August 19th, at 9 am ET.

Penny Arcade News: Check out these sweet Zelda Pinny Arcade Pins. PAX West is happening Friday, August 30 to Monday, September 2. Very awesome past-show-guest Kelsey of Pink Gorilla Games is at Booth 136. Two Pokemon events that sound good: "Let’s fight over the best pokemon" panel on Friday at 3:00 PM in the Raven Theatre, and the Ultra Sun and Moon tournament on Saturday at 1:00 PM. (Also, there will be Moves Busted in the Omegathon!)

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August Pokenews

Episode 157: The happy hundred and fifty-seventh episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast. This week's news:

In Pokemon GO, September 15 (Sunday) is Turtwig community day, from 11:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.! Shiny Rayquaza available in raids until September 2. Montreal Safari Zone! September 20 to September 22. Thru Monday, August 19, 2019, give the gift of gifts! If you’re lucky, you may hatch a Shiny Bonsly! Let’s talk about Team GO Rocket!

Pokemon toys and cards... Funko Pikachu of the Month club is Charged Up for Game Day! Also, Blu-Ray & DVD is now out for Detective Pikachu, with a special card! And special Trade N Play days, at Best Buy September 21 and GameStop August 17.

News about Pokémon Sword & Shield! (And a "hilarious" tidbit of Team Rocket and Team Skull, rapping.





Have you heard about the Pokemon Pop Up Pokebar? It's supposed to be coming to Boston May 23 and 24... Miz Sylver will be visiting this fall in LA, so she'll give us a preview!

In Smash news, "Hero" from Dragon Quest is here now! And Pichu, the Pokemon Trainer, and Isabelle are here as Smash-miibo!

If you subscribe to Switch Online, play Mario Tennis Aces for free until August 13th!

Smite players... Persephone is coming soon. And watching Mixer can get you free outfits!



World of Warcraft Classic is coming August 26/27th, but you can create up to three characters August 13th!

FAN Expo aka Boston Comic Con is next week, August 16-18!

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