Pokemon Labor Day

Episode 196: the holiday hundred and ninety-sixth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast. This week, we have lots of news.

Pokémon GO just keeps going! Get a 1 Coin Remote Raid Pass bundle until Sept 30, and on top of that, ANOTHER remote raid pass bundle will be coming on September 10th!

Trainers, next week on September 10th, we'll be releasing a second 3 Remote Raid Pass bundle for 1 PokéCoin. We will be sharing further details through our official channels the week of September 14th, please stay tuned!

— Niantic Support (@NianticHelp) September 4, 2020

And more in PoGo... Porygon Community Day is September 20th! Don’t forget the Mega Challenges happening in September. The current challenge is to use your Mega-Evolved Pokémon in battles; if Trainers win 275 million of these battles before the event ends globally, they’ll unlock Mega Houndoom in Mega Raids! Speaking of Mega Evolution, they are making it a little easier... GO Battle League Season 4 begins Monday, September 14, 2020. You can look forward to the all-new Halloween Cup, which will run from October 26 to November 3, 2020 featuring only Poison-, Ghost-, Bug-, Dark-, and Fairy-type Pokémon will be allowed. GO Battle Night on Thursday, September 24, 2020, will have the all-new Flying Cup!

Now in Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield, Max Raid Battles until September 30th with Ferrothorn, Eldegoss, Heliolisk, and Boltund and Gigantamax Appletun & Toxtricity (Low Key) in Sword and Gigantamax Flappe & Toxtricity (Amped) in Shield. Don't forget September's ranked battles!

The Pokémon Masters EX Grass-, Fire-, and Water-Type Egg Event now has eggs with Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle.

Pokémon the Series: XYZ Episodes Added to Pokémon TV.

New Halloween clothing at the Pokemon Center!

Watch and donate to the Pokéthon in support of Direct Relief starting on September 18th! Past guest Insane in the Rain is giving a concert on Sunday the 20th at 5pm, tune in!

PAX is happening September 12-20... Check out the PAX Pokémon League for the rules of how to join the challenge!



The 35th Anniversary of Mario has so much going on! So many new things! So many new compilations! A new Game & Watch. Cat Mario and Peach amiibo! Pins and sweepstakes! The new crazy Super Mario 35. Clothes by BlackMilk and Puma! Mario Kart Live Super Circuit!

Enjoy #SuperMario35 in style, @BlackMilkTweets clothing inspired by #SuperMario will be available for purchase starting at 5pm (ET) on 10/5. A lookbook sneak peek will be available on 9/30. pic.twitter.com/ggu7XQbzqR

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) September 4, 2020

In honor of the Mario re-releases, we ask:

Which of the #SuperMario3DAllStars games is your favorite?

— PokeProblems (@pokemoncast) September 6, 2020

And in Smite, there's a Gem Sale and this week is an All Gods Unlocked week.

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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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July is Blasting Off

Episode 191: The nine-tailed hundred and ninty-first episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Today, we talk news!

July is a busy month for Pokémon Go! Are you getting Professor Willow's daily Pokemon and the free daily boxes in the shop? The Pokemon Go Fest Skill Challenge is over, and now we are on to the Battle Challenge! Kyurem the “Boundary Pokémon” is here in 5 Star Raids! Did you see the scraps of instruction manual that Professor Willow found? It turns out it was for Team Rocket Balloons! And soon, look for the Meowth Balloon with Jessie and James! Don't forget Tuesday 6pm Spotlight Hours! It'll be Gastly Community Day Sunday July 19th 11 am - 5 pm. Evolve a Gengar with Shadow Punch! And finally, Pokemon GO Fest will feature a lot of new excitement! Chespin, Froakie, Fennekin... Victini? MEGA Lucario! PIKACHU LIBRE!!!!!!!!!!



Jesse & James are here in Pokémon Masters too!

Gigantamax Copperajah and Coalassol are in Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield until July 31st!

The San Diego Comic Con 2020 Funko have been announced, fuzzy MewTwo & Vulpix! And don't forget all the awesome new tropical Pokemon gear at the Pokemon Center!

Pokémon TV... New XY episodes on the Pokemon TV App, and Episode 6 of Twilight Wings!

Free Comic Book Day is now Free Comic Book Summer. Hear Miz Sylver's picks!

Ready Player Two will come out later this year!

Do you have what it takes to be a PAX Pokémon Gym Leader?

Have you heard of Video Games Day ?

Dear @Pokemon fans... @PokemonGoApp is teasing Gen VI starters for #gofest ... which is your favorite???

— PokeProblems (@pokemoncast) July 10, 2020

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Sinnoh Style with Insane in the Rain

Episode 190: the nifty hundred and ninetieth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Tonight we have a special guest! The creator of Insane in the Rain Music, Carlos Eiene! Find him everywhere!

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Get the tracks on iTunes and Google Play! (And listen on Spotify!)

We talk about everything Insane in the Rain, including how Carlos got into music, into video games, and how he combined the two to create his channel, which features incredible jazz covers of video game songs and some of his own originals! This year's big series on Insane in the Rain Music is the Year of Sinnoh!



We also talk news! Pokemon Go continues to have events! The Bug Out Event is wrapping up, but July features weekly challenges for the fourth anniversary of Pokemon Go leading up to GO FEST!

In Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield, over 1,000,000 people defeated Zeraora, which means it will be coming to Pokemon Home now through July 6th!

You did it, Trainers! Over a million of you have defeated Zeraora in #PokemonSwordShield! A shiny Zeraora will be arriving to all Trainers in #PokemonHOME on June 29!

But don’t stop now—greater rewards await if more Trainers come out victorious in this Max Raid Battle! pic.twitter.com/xmxjz59SSw

— Play Pokémon (@playpokemon) June 24, 2020

Miz Sylver is into Pokémon Cafe Mix! And speaking of new Pokemon games, last week's Pokemon news brought the announcement of Pokemon Unite!



New Pokémon My Nintendo Wallpapers.

New Pokemon Mystery Dungeon plushes!

Overwatch has new toys, too:

Fight for the future with these @PlayOverwatch themed #HotWheels! Which hero are you riding with? pic.twitter.com/G0f8cHTVIW

— Hot Wheels (@Hot_Wheels) June 25, 2020

The newest Smite battle pass will be Avatar: The Last Airbender themed!



Petal Crash, from past guest Stephen Strife's Galaxy Trail Games, is available to Wishlist on Steam!

If you are in the Boston area... Balance Patch reopened last Thursday!

Hey @Pokemon fans, #flyingpikachu is coming to @PokemonGoApp ! Which is cooler #flying or #surfing ?

— PokeProblems (@pokemoncast) July 1, 2020

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