Mega News

Episode 195: the heroic hundred and ninety-fifth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast. This week we have a lot news!

Pokemon GO has so much going on in September! Check out the results of the votes for the upcoming fall community days! September will have rotating legendary 5 star raids with Heatran, Cresselia, Articuno, and Zapdos and Spotlight Hours with Eevee, Houndour, Tentacool, Spearow, and Skitty. GO Battle Night will be on Thursday, September 24, 2020, from 6:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. local time. And don't forget about the upcoming Victini Special Research: Investigate a Mysterious Energy. And sadly, we are saying farewell to Jessie and James in their Meowth balloon on September 30th.

🗳️ Trainers, it’s time to cast your vote! 🗳️

The two Pokémon with the most votes will be the featured Pokémon for our next two Community Day events! #PokemonGOCommunityDay

— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) August 23, 2020

Pokemon GO has finally brought Mega Evolution! You can Mega Evolve any of your Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise, and Beedrill once you have enough of their corresponding Mega Energy! Get started on the Research Quest Line - A Mega Discovery to get Beedrill Mega Energy. And September will feature a Mega Evolution–themed event with a Mega Raid week, a Mega-battle week, and a Mega-buddy week. And with Mega Raids, comes other raid changes, most notably the elimination of two and four star raids.



Pokemon Masters is having its first anniversary! Commemorate a year of fun with 6★ EX sync pairs and the Kanto Challenge in the new Champion Stadium. And lots of Sygna Suit sync pairs!

New Pokémon Loungewear including Eevee, Wooloo, and ... CORVIKNIGHT!

A new Pokemon Center is opening up in Kanazawa, Japan later this year?

Summertime fun on Pokemon TV!

Nintendo Lunchables are coming this fall!

Nooo... Team Chicken won the rematch Splatfest!

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Smite fans, if you create Smite content, you can apply to join the partner program. Smite celebrates the online version of gamescon this weekend.

And don't forget to vote in this week's twitter poll!

Finally #MegaEvolution is here in @PokemonGoApp ! Which is your favorite of the mega-evolving pokemon available?

— PokeProblems (@pokemoncast) August 29, 2020

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August Poke-News

Episode 194: the notable hundred and ninety-fourth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! This week we talk news.

In Pokémon GO, last weekend was the GO Fest Makeup event, and this week is the Dragon Week Makeup event. Heatran is back in five star raids until September 10. More gift stickers are here, both for purchase and receivable in gifts! There are also new items in the Style Shop... 2020 Sandals (50 Coins) in Blue, Yellow, Red, and Black. The Pokemon Company is donating 5 million dollars to kids' charities! The next two Community Days will be up for a vote, starting today! Vote for Caterpie, Muk, Charmander, or Porygon!

Speaking of Porygon, get a battle-ready Porygon2 for Pokemon Sword and Shield by watching the broadcasts of the Players Cup today or tomorrow!

Are you into Podcasts? The Official Pokémon Podcast is on its second episode! (Nintendo Power is on its 30th!)

More episodes of Pokémon Journeys the Series are coming to Netflix September 11. And catch classic Slowpoke episodes on Pokemon TV.

Eevee toys! The Afternoon with Eevee and Friends Jolteon Funko is here. The Build-a-Bear Vaporeon is available now!

New levels are here in Pokemon Cafe Mix: Now with Wobbuffet!

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The Tetris 99 16th Maximus Cup 2nd chance edition is wrapping up, you still have a chance to get the RingFit Adventure theme!

Smite has introduced Tsukuyomi - God of the Moon!

In Overwatch, it's the last week of Summer Games! Get your Ice Cream Orisa Skin... And in honor of that ice cream skin, check out our Twitter poll!

I know it's not @Pokemon related, but... when it comes to ice cream, what is the best kind of cone?

— PokeProblems (@pokemoncast) August 21, 2020

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Rick Rocks Revels

Episode 193: the hysterical hundred and ninety-third episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Tonight we have a special guest, Rick Brown! Tonight he tells us about the GenCon online experience! He's a buddy of frequent show guest Skerrit the Green and works with him to run Cold Iron Conventions! (Keep up with them on FaceBook!) We also talk news:

In Pokemon GO, it's Magikarp community day today, Saturday, August 8, 2020, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time. Don’t forget the GO Fest Makeup event August 16, 2020, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. local time, and don't forget the Unlock weeks either! Enigma Week is running until Friday, August 14.

In Pokemon Sword and Shield, a Pikachu Mass Appearance event is happening now until August 16 at 4:59 p.m. PDT. The Ranked Battles August Season is now underway until August 31, where you can earn Battle Points, Armorite Ore, and Gold Bottle Caps.

In Pokemon Masters, Stephen and Alolan Sandslash, and Lyra and Jigglypuff are here!

Do you like to see Pokemon on TV? Episode 7 of Pokémon: Twilight Wings, the Galar Region Animated Series is now available on Pokémon TV and YouTube. Pokemon XY Kalos Quest is on the Pokemon TV app, too!

Real life things to buy: The Pokemon Sports Collection! Beautiful Animal Crossing Pocket Camp Sou Sou Yukata. And a really impressive Lego NES!

Pikmin 3 is getting the deluxe treatment for Switch!

It's the Overwatch Summer Games 2020!


A week of sweet swag in Smite is coming to an end tomorrow, but we have to draw attention to the idea that this week is in honor of National Lazy Day???

BitBar Salem has reopened for dining and takeout! Nintendo NYC has reopened, but you must sign up for a Warp Pipe for half hour slots!

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GO Fest Review

Episode 192: The hilarious hundred and ninety-second episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast. This week we have Tenku No Oni to join us for our GO Fest 2020 review! Enjoy some Boston event photos at the bottom of this post... But we also talk news!

MORE is going on in Pokemon GO! Makeup Day for GO Fest is Sunday August 16th 11 am - 2 pm. There's several special Ultra Unlock effects from the event, including Dragon Week, Enigma Week, and Unova Week! Scraggy is the August Research Breakthrough Pokemon and there will be Tuesday spotlight hours. Magikarp Community Day will be August 8th 11 am - 5 pm.

Pokemon Purchasing Power! The Espeon Afternoon with Eevee figure is out. Get Pokemon notebooks for back to school! Black Milk Pokemon collection! Pokémon Cafe food that looks like Pokémon Cafe Mix food!

Pokemon the Movie: the Power of US! is on the Pokemon TV app.

You can play Pokkén Tournament DX for free with Nintendo Switch online until 8/4 and get 30% off until 8/11. My Nintendo Rewards has a cool Pokkén Tournament Wallpaper 50 for coins.

Overwatch has new music for sale: Cities & Countries.

Gen Con Online is this weekend! Explore the Con on the Minecraft server!

Let's be real guys, in @PokemonGoApp would you join #TeamRocket if you had the chance?

— PokeProblems (@pokemoncast) August 2, 2020

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