Pelliper Pops Up on Pokemon Day

Episode 279: the Pelliper episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast!

It was Pokémon Day!!! We're getting a new game, Pokémon Champions, and the starters have been announced for Pokemon Legends Z to A! We're getting Tepig, Chikorita, and Totodile. No firm release date... just late 2025!



Pokémon GO is keeping the Season of Alola busy! Miz Sylver wants to know, have you tried Pokemon Playgrounds? Tides shift during the Deep Depths event in Pokémon GO, until March 24, 2025, featuring the debut of Nickit, the Fox Pokémon, and its Evolution, Thievul! Mega Absol Raid Day is Sunday, March 23. The Bug Out event returns March 26-30, featuring Sizzlipede’s Pokémon GO debut! Don't forget that this summer's GO Fest tickets are on sale! Volcanion makes its inaugural appearance in Pokémon GO during the fest! And, Crown forms for Zacian and Zamazenta! Purchase your global event tickets by April 15 to receive Timed Research that awards an encounter with Skiddo. Also, Pokémon GO is moving to Scopely...

The Pokemon Championships are August 15th - 17th in Anaheim. Sign up for the spectator interest list until March 23, 2025!

Pokémon Shopping! Buildabear Wooper, Oodie collab, Pokémon x Omocat, and Eeveelution Key Chains!

MyNintendo rewards includes a Mar10 sweepstakes; the Wolf Doctor is entered already!

If you're in the Boston area, want to go to Wicked Comic Con on April 19th? Tickets are free! Plus there's a RedSox One Piece x MLB collab on May 3!

Finally, we hear about Miz Sylver's trip to Emerald City Comic Con! Check out photos from her Smash Bros meetup!



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Back 2 Basics 278: Parties

Episode 278: Back2Basics... Party!!! Miz Sylver likes to Party all the Time! Parties are a pretty new feature, so we explore the way of the party. You have to fight for your right to party!



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Wingull Winter

Episode 278: The Wingull Episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast!

Pokemon Day is February 27! In honor of that, there will be a Pokemon Presents! Get up early! There will be a lot of events, including getting a Flying Tera Type Eevee with a Classic Ribbon for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Through Feb 27th, GameStop and Best Buy. Plus, get a Sylveon promo card for the TCG! Miz Sylver recommends stopping by Comicazi in Somerville to get your card...

In Pokémon GO, many GameStop gyms have changed to Pokémon Day Symbols (Pikachu on Pokéball background)! This weekend is Pokémon GO Tour: Unova – LA and Taipei! Next weekend, March 1 and 2, is the Global Tour! Next season's big dates have been announced, starting with March 2025 Community Day: Fuecoco on Saturday, March 8, and March 2025 Community Day Classic: Totodile on Saturday, March 22! This next news is even further in the future, but Pokemon GO is collaborating with the MLB at selected future games. Routes, merch, and more!

Shiny Keldeo and Shiny Meltan are new rewards in Pokémon HOME for completing Pokedexes!

Pokémon Shopping - Preorder the SIXTY THREE INCH GARDEVOIR (that is life size)! Another item that caught our eye are the new puzzles. Grass types and Ditto 1000 piece puzzles, and more approachable 100 piece cuties like Substitutes and Underwater Friends!

If you use MyNintendo, the Gold Rewards program will be discontinued soon. Use your points!

Final Fantasy x Magic crossover cards are being released June 13th. These things are cool!

Miz Sylver is the cohost of a new game show, Couch Quests! The first episode is out now, please give it a watch!



You can also see Miz Sylver in person at Emerald City Comic Con! She's cohosting a Super Smash Bros Meetup Saturday March 8th 11 am - 11:45 am. There's some awesome Pokemon things too, a Pokémon Meetup and a Panel on the Science of Pokemon.

Finally, we have our fingers crossed for the new Free Play Arcade Bar (opening in Taunton sometime in March).

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Back 2 Basics 277: Team GO Rocket

Prepare for trouble... MAKE IT DOUBLE!!! Team GO Rocket!



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Season's Swellow to You

PokeProblemsPodcast Episode 277: the Swellow Episode!



Happy Mew Year! or Year of the Snaaaaake? The Lunar New Year Event in Pokemon Go is happening January 29 to February 2!

Dynamax Articuno, Dynamax Zapdos, and Dynamax Moltres are here for the Legendary Flight event! Test your mettle during the Steeled Resolve event, with the debut of Rookidee until Sunday, January 26, 2025. Then, Gigantamax Kingler Max Battle Day is Saturday, February 1. Pokémon GO Tour: Unova – Global is heating up! Rank up and earn rewards for your GO Tour victories with the all-new Tour Pass! There's all kinds of new stuff coming out, like the new Lucky Trinket item, plus a Masterwork Research that leads to an encounter with Shiny Meloetta!

Plus, get a Pokémon During the 2025 Europe International Championships, in PoGo, Scarlet and Violet, and TCG Live! February 21 - 23.

Speaking of the Pokémon TCG, new McDonald’s Happy Meals with CARDS!

In other Pokemon Shopping news, it's the Year of Eevee. But there's always more cool stuff, like new card sleeves!

Oh, and My Nintendo has a Shiny Rayquaza wallpaper!

How excited are you for the Nintendo Switch 2??? There are Switch 2 preview events happening in New York, Los Angeles, and Dallas in the spring, but you have to sign up for the lottery by January 26th!

Other sweet live events:

The Final Fantasy Rebirth Conert is March 8th at the Boch Center.

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Super Live North American Tour is coming this spring! The closest event to Boston is in Hartford, CT.

Don't forget about PAX East, May 8-11 here in Boston!

And the Warcraft 30th Anniversary celebration is happening May 10th in Boston.

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Back2Basics 276: Eggs!

Episode 276 Back2Basics: Eggs

"When I was a lad I ate four dozen eggs every morning to help me get large. And now that I'm grown I eat five dozen eggs so I'm roughly the size of a barge!"

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Terrifying Taillow

Episode 276: the Taillow episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast!



In Pokemon GO, December Community Day 2024 is happening Saturday, December 21, and Sunday, December 22, 2024, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time. Holiday Part 2 is starting soon! Sunday, December 22, at 10:00 a.m. to Friday, December 27, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. local time. Soon, we will Celebrate with Pokémon GO’s New Year’s 2025 event, Monday, December 30, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. to Wednesday, January 1, 2025, at 8:00 p.m. local time! Miz Sylver and the Wolf Doctor love the new Friend Raid feature! And Miz Sylver will definitely try to catch Pokémon at McDonald’s in the United States on special lures and raids from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. local time each day during the following weeks; Monday, January 20, to Sunday, January 26, 2025; Monday, February 10, to Sunday, February 16, 2025; Monday, March 10, to Sunday, March 16, 2025. Plus catch up with us soon on our upcoming Back2Basics episode... This week, it's about EGGS!

In Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, the Shiny Rayquaza Event is happening until January 5, 2025, at 3:59 p.m. PST.

Miz Sylver tells us about Tinkaton in Pokemon Unite!

Pokemon Shopping! Gift Ideas: Shiny Rayquaza Sitting Cuties Plush! Pokemon Cookbook gift set with apron!

In My Nintendo Rewards, check out the Festive Nintendo Icons!

Miz Sylver is the adventurous half of the duo... she went to PAX Unplugged and tells us about the awesome time she had! Miz Sylver enjoyed the incredible Pokemon Cosplay Meet-Up. She met another Liepard! She played Ekans Hoop Hurl by Katzer’s Creations! And she saw a lot of cool games; Catastrophe, Horrified: World of Monsters, Altered, and Slay the Spire the board game! She went to some cool event, including the concert featuring Paul & Storm!

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Throwback shoutout to The Huntington News - Northeastern’s paper - for their article on PAX East!

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