Cancelled Community Day

Episode 178: the severe hundred and seventy-eighth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Today we talk news.

In Pokemon Go, Battle League Season 1 is here through Friday, May 1. Reward Pokemon at higher ranks include Rufflet and Pikachu Libre! Plus, at the end of Season 1, you’ll receive an Elite Charged TM if you’ve reached Rank 7 or higher. Cobalion and Lugia return as Raid bosses. A new Special Research story event is coming: A Drive to Investigate! This paid ticket event lasting a whole week (March 20-26) is your chance to encounter Genesect early. A Genesect themed weekend on March 20-23 celebrates this event as well. Abra Community Day is CANCELLED! There are a bunch of helpful changes that are in place until further notice to make it easier to play, including a one-time purchase bundle of 30 Incense for 1 PokéCoin.

If you are following or competing in Play Pokemon, many Pokemon regional championships have been cancelled...

Entertain yourself with the Pokemon TV app, now featuring the first Pokemon movie.

In Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield, encounter Gigantamax GENGAR and Machamp (and Snorlax returns) until Wed March 25th! Until March 19 - Extreme Speed! Single Battles!! Online Competition. With only 10 seconds per turn to select a move, you'll have to think fast and make quick decisions.

Miz Sylver caved and bought Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX! When it comes to Wonder Mail, there's a great listing of codes on Gamefaqs!

MAR10 day just happened! There's all kinds of celebration products, including Mario LEGOS that remind us of Mario Zone from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. (The Wolf Doctor was wrong, she has totally played that game!) Graph is offering new Nintendo Clothing! And Levi's is making Mario Overalls!!! And check out the video of Mario Day at Nintendo New York from friend of the show Kirby!

Happy #MAR10Day. Collaboration coming 04.01. pic.twitter.com/vk4H9UWQNs

— Levi's® (@LEVIS) March 10, 2020

The Overwatch Archives Event is happening, and it's pretty awesome!

Smite is having another weekend event! And there are some sweet new skins... Including a new Bastet skin... do you know what this is a reference to? Please tell us!

Adventurer's Guild Bastet has pounced onto the Battleground from the Jade Corruption Event! pic.twitter.com/AxGacgwn47

— SMITE (@SMITEGame) March 11, 2020

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PAX in Review

Episode 177: the serious hundred and seventy-seventh episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! This week we talk news AND PAX East.

In Pokemon Go, the GO Battle League Season 1 begins Friday, March 13, 2020! For practice, all 3 leagues will be available from March 5 to March 13! You’ll have a chance to encounter Darkrai as a GO Battle League reward encounter from Friday, March 6, 2020 to Monday, March 9, 2020 and Altered Forme Giratina from Friday, March 13, 2020 to Monday, March 16, 2020! March has a zillion other events, including saving Shadow Entei from Giovanni, March Research Breakthrough encounter of Ferroseed, Thundurus in five-star raids, Legendary Special Raid Weekends, new special research, a Team GO Rocket global take-over, the Psychic Spectacular, aaand Abra community day.

The Mythical Pokémon Zarude, the Rogue Monkey Pokémon, is coming to Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield.

Vaporeon comes to the "An Afternoon with Eevee and Friends" figure series.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX has a demo available!

PAX East had a lot of Pokemon stuff! Miz Sylver saw the screening of Pokémon: MewTwo Strikes Back - Evolution. We talk about a looooot of different stuff! Miz Sylver tried the FFVII Remake demo, which you can now download (and get a theme)! We talk Animal Crossing, including the incredible photo op set-up! We talk about a bunch of games we demoed, including Doom Eternal, Calico, Freshly Frosted, The Red Lantern, Lumote, Freedom Planet, Cyber Shadow, and Trial by Trolley. We visited the Red Bull Arcade with Castle Party Rental. And of course, we discuss our panels! Nintendo Feud: Team Bowser vs Team Isabelle was a laugh riot! We are working on getting footage available to share. The Pokémon, I CHOOSE YOU - Adventure panel was streamed on PAX3, so we were able to get you video footage as shown below! Don't forget, you too can play the adventure from your web browser! Listeners, I challenge you to become Youngster Joey or a Magikarp salesman... just two of the many crazy endings you can get!

Watch PAX EAST 2020 - DRAGONFLY THEATRE from PAX3 on www.twitch.tv

Thank you to everyone who came to #Nintendo Feud at @pax last night (and @EzTechNerd for a cute picture of me!) Everyone made my evening and looked so fabulous!!!! #TeamBowser #PAXEast pic.twitter.com/9oYvRYwVV2

— Miz Sylver (@mzsylver) March 1, 2020

Here's a sneak peek at an exclusive #PS4 theme that will be available from April 10th, but make sure to download the #FinalFantasy VII Remake demo before May 11th to receive it!

Get the free #FF7R demo here
👉 https://t.co/Gj6b2af2An pic.twitter.com/H4S50DXORv

— FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE (@finalfantasyvii) March 4, 2020

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IChooseYou

Check out our interactive Pokemon I Choose You story from PAX East!

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Pre-PAX Pokemon

Episode 176: the sensational hundred and seventy-sixth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast!

Pokémon GO is filled with new stuff! The Valentines event with Pink Pokemon is going on until tonight. Tickets are now live for the Liverpool Safari Zone, which is happening Friday, April 17, to Sunday, April 19, 2020. The February Community Day Pokemon is Rhyhorn! It's happening Saturday, February 22, 2020. Pokemon Day is February 27! The in-game event is February 25, 2020, to Monday, March 2, 2020. There will be more party hats and armored Mewtwo strikes back in five-star raids! Clone Pokemon will be appearing too! Sunday, March 1, 2020, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time is a Raid Day featuring Nidorino and Gengar wearing party hats! And, there are more February events than that! Including: a special friendship weekend event - Friday, February 21, 2020, to Monday, February 24, 2020, Tornadus in five-star raids through Tuesday, February 25, 2020, Woobat with bonus Woobat Candies February Research Breakthrough, and you can save Shadow Raikou from Giovanni!

Pokémon Home is here! Check out this Transfer Chart by PatStef.

Team Up with Professor Oak & Mew and Steven & Metagross in Pokémon Masters

Hot on the heels of Funko's popular A Day with Pikachu collection comes An Afternoon with Eevee & Friends Funko figures. The first figure is available on February 18, 2020.

It’s back! Giant Mareep plush!

Pac-Man Tamogotchi for 40th Anniversary releases March 15th!

We are getting ready for PAX East, happening Feb 27-Mar 1! Friend of the show Kelsey from Pink Gorilla Games was in Not for Resale, which is showing at Friday night at 8 PM! Miz Sylver regrets that she will not be playing in the Monster Hunter World Iceborne USA Championship at Royale on Saturday February 29th. You should enter! And of course, our events are happening too! The Nintendo Feud Team Bowser vs Team Isabelle is happening Saturday 7:30 pm in the Arachnid Theatre. The I Choose You Adventure is happening Sunday at 1:30 pm in the Dragonfly Theatre!

Who is the real villain?

— Switch & Play Boston (@StreetPassBOS) February 14, 2020

What is the best Valentine's day game for lovers? @mzsylver I blame you for this!

— PokeProblems (@pokemoncast) February 17, 2020

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February Battles

Episode 175: the sassy hundred and seventy-fifth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! This week we talk news!

The Pokémon GO Battle League is in the pre-season!

Pokémon HOME is coming!

Get Zinnia & Rayquaza, Kukui & Lycanroc, and Leaf & Eevee in Pokémon Masters!

Solgaleo and Lunala on the Pokemon TV app!

Pokémon Skateboards designed by Bear Walker master craftsman of skateboards.

Byleth is now in Smash! The Fighters Pass Vol. 2 is available to pre-order. And... If you have an active Nintendo Switch Online membership, you can download the Spirit Booster Bundle for a limited time - 3000 spirit points, 100 small snacks, 30 medium snacks, 5 large snacks - in the eShop!

Tetris 99 Maximus Cup Lunar New Year Point Stacking Challenge is going on!

ANIMAL CROSSING SWITCH!!!

Smite has a new battle pass, Enchanted Chronicles!

Mortal Kombat!!!



Miz Sylver recaps her PAX South! Thanks to Kait! Follow @kaitlineh. Highlights include: Klask, Pistol Whip, Haunted Halloween 85 and 86 NES, Mother to Earth (a documentary on Earthbound!), Ultrabugs, The Artful Escape and Wattam, Blaster Master Zero II, Ultra Dolphin Revolution Games including Cow Level Immobile , Freedom Planet & Petal Crasher, True Dungeon, A Legendary Nightmare: What It Takes to Capture All Of Pokemon's Most Powerful Creatures...

THANK YOU @TitanCupcake_ @TitanIsiah FOR THE @SMITEGame codes. I have been crying for years over dat Artemis skin... no more! #smite #paxsouth Clan Leviathan rejoice!!! pic.twitter.com/yGOzjPCwGR

— Miz Sylver (@mzsylver) January 19, 2020

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Stephen Strife Saves Sprites

Episode 174: the sonic-inspired hundred and seventy-fourth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Tonight, we have a special guest... Stephen Strife DiDuro, the creator of Freedom Planet, the head of GalaxyTrail Games, and huge Poke-fan! We talk about GalaxyTrail's upcoming titles, Freedom Planet 2 and Petal Crashers, how Stephen started making games, and how cute Cavalier King Charles Spaniels are! Check out trailers for the two upcoming games below, followed by a tweets from the GalaxyTrail family!





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When you're 31 but have 28 years of work experience... (That is actually me as a baby!) pic.twitter.com/hLXNpNHFmN

— Stephen DiDuro (@SDiDuro) December 25, 2019

He shaggy 🐶 pic.twitter.com/LcABYpugu0

— Sammy DiDuro (@sammy_doggo) January 24, 2020

An example of the #pixelart #animation process for @galaxytrail's #FreedomPlanet2! First, I make a rough movement for the animation, then when @SDiDuro approves I finalize it. Later, the incredibly talented @pics_pixels do her shading magic to make it beautiful!#indiedev pic.twitter.com/8RypvndwUo

— Rafael Ventura (@rafaelborven) November 27, 2019

✨GRAPPLE FORCE RENA IS OUT!!✨

Check it out on Steam today!! I hope everyone has fun with it!!https://t.co/x6SsyONxKC pic.twitter.com/cByuu8yQ84

— Grapple Force Rena (@GrappleForce) December 4, 2018

Wanna come chat with us? GalaxyTrail's official Discord server is open to the public! https://t.co/R1cC5aT01G

— GalaxyTrail 🌀 (@galaxytrail) June 15, 2019

Nefarious is not a GalaxyTrail game, but Stephen gives it a shout out!



Slowpoke break!



We also talk news:

Piplup Pokémon GO Community Day was good, but February's community day will be users choice! Everybody Votes by completing research tasks on Saturday February 1st!

Did you catch lots of Pokemon with Hats?

Pokémon GO Lunar New Year Event is on until February 3, and it features Darumaka! And... Minccino Limited Research February 2, 2020, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in your local time.

Special events are coming to Pokemon GO! The Taiwan Lantern Festival is happening in Taichung City, Taiwan, from Thursday, February 6, to Sunday, February 9, 2020. The very first Safari Zone event of the year will take place in the Tower Grove Park of St. Louis, Missouri, from Friday, March 27, to Sunday, March 29, 2020. The UK's first-ever Safari Zone will be taking place in Liverpool's 235-acre Sefton Park from Friday, April 17, to Sunday, April 19, 2020.

More Unova pokes are here! So is Trade evolution!

The Pokémon Sword Expansion Pass is coming!



London will host the 2020 Pokemon Worlds on August 14-16!

Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution debuts on Netflix on Pokémon Day, February 27, 2020.

Look at this upset Detective Pikachu plush!

Pokemon Twilight Wings is here!

Miz Sylver explains how to get the latest Rocket League Twitch Prime goodies!

It's Overwatch Lunar New Year!

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*NO PHOTOSHOOT PRODUCTION WAS REQUIRED IN THE MAKING OF THIS ISSUE A preview of the January 2020 Vogue Italia Special Issue on newsstands January 7th @Yoshitaka_Amano featuring @LindseyWixson in @Gucci Cover 5 of 7 *** "All of the covers, as well as the features of our January issue, have been drawn by artists, ranging from well-known art icons and emerging talents to comic book legends, who have created without travelling, shipping entire wardrobes of clothes or polluting in any way. The challenge was to prove it is possible to show clothes without photographing them. This is a first, Vogue Italia has never had an illustrated cover: and as far as I know no issue of Vogue in which photography is not the primary visual medium has ever been printed. Thanks to this idea, and to these artists' process, the money saved in the production of this issue will go towards financing a project that really deserves it: the restoration of @FondazioneQueriniStampalia in Venice, severely damaged by the recent floods.” @efarneti See more via link in bio. Full credits: #LindseyWixson @thesocietynyc Editor in chief @efarneti Creative director @ferdinandoverderi Fashion @franragazzi @robertaninapinna Casting directors @pg_dmcasting @samuel_ellis @ DM Fashion Studio #VogueValues

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Happy Unova Year!

Episode 173: the silly hundred and seventy-third episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Today we talk news!

Pokémon GO has a new splash screen! January will be full of events. Community Day is Sunday, January 19th. In addition:

• More Team GO Rocket Special Research!
• January Research Breakthrough encounter: Lapras that know Ice Shard and Ice Beam
• The egg-citing Adventure Sync Hatchathon is back - Thursday, January 2, 2020 to Thursday, January 16. You can also find and hatch Pokémon wearing party hats!
• Heatran blazes back into raids Tuesday, January 7, 2020 to Tuesday, February 4, 2020.
• New Unova Pokemon are coming!

We talk about Buddy Mode. Miz Sylver gets gifts from her Rayquaza!

Pokémon Sword & Shield is constantly having special events. This Magikarp one just wrapped up, but pay attention to your in-game news and the PlayPokemon Twitter to stay in the know!

Hey, Trainers! Have we got a deal just for you!

January 1–3, you’ll have an increased chance of finding Shiny Magikarp in Max Raid Battles! And it won’t cost you anything. 😉

✨🐟✨ https://t.co/apsocHxPuf#PokemonSwordShield pic.twitter.com/dSA5uaptyr

— Play Pokémon (@playpokemon) December 31, 2019

Also in Sword and Shield, Special Distribution Gifts! Be careful with these codes, there's a lot of zeros and ones!

• Item Set Gift: Heavy Ball, Lure Ball, Beast Ball: 1YAHAYA
• Item Set Gift: Fast Ball, Moon Ball, Level Ball: K0UN1NMASC0T
• 10 Luxury Balls: PRESENT
• 20 BP: G1GANTAMAX
• 10 Dive Balls: 0T0SH1DAMA

Pokémon Masters how has Mission Bingo. Solgaleo is coming!

Solgaleo will shine on Pasio!

To add Solgaleo to your team, you’ll need to complete the upcoming legendary event, The Beast That Devours the Sun!

We’ve made some adjustments since the previous legendary event, so we hope you enjoy this new one even more!#PokemonMasters pic.twitter.com/Oyi6kTJYod

— Pokémon Masters (@PokemonMasters) December 20, 2019

Pokémon on TV! The Power of Us is now on Netflix! Diamond and Pearl episodes from BP Battle Dimension are on the Pokemon TV app!

Have you been watching The Witcher? The TV show started Dec 20th on Netflix.

Exclusive My Nintendo Gear is available online!

PAX South Survey! Team Zelda vs Team Meowth! The game show will be on Saturday, January 18th at 8:30pm in the Cactus Theater. Learn more about the panel on the official PAX South website.

Happy New Year! And happy upcoming Lunar New Year! It's Year of the Rattata!

Do you keep track of who you lend your video games to? #pokeproblems @mzsylver @thewolfdoctor

— PokeProblems (@pokemoncast) January 4, 2020

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