Friday, August 21, 2020

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!



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Saturday, August 8, 2020

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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Sunday, August 2, 2020

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!





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Friday, July 10, 2020

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 ?



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Tuesday, June 30, 2020

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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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!



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:



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!



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Saturday, June 20, 2020

Kaitlin Coaches Coolness



Episode 189: the hopeful hundred and eighty-ninth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Tonight we have a special guest, Kaitlin Teniente, the Head Coach of ESports at St. Mary's University of San Antonio, Texas! She is starting their ESports program, which is kicking off its first season this fall. Kaitlin tells us about how she got into ESports and her plans for the team! Check out the St. Mary's Rattlers online at Facebook, Instagram, and Twitch, as well as . You can find Kaitlin on Twitter here!

This week we also talk news! Did you watch the Pokemon Presents news announcements??? There's so much to unpack!



Pokémon Smile, the tooth-brushing app, Pokémon Cafe Mix puzzle game for mobile and Switch, and... POKEMON SNAP for Switch! And apparently that's not all, expect another announcement next week on June 24!

In Pokémon GO news, today is Weedle Community day! And there's so much else coming up. GO Fest Tickets are available for sale for $14.99, and include admission to both days of the event, July 25th and 26th from 10 am to 8 pm. Will it include Victini as teased in the tweet below??? Did you catch a Galarian Farfetch'd? The clothing items are still available in the store! Mega Evolution will be coming to Pokemon GO... Upcoming daily encounter and daily box tests, keep your eye on the shop icon and Professor Willow in case you are part of the test! Free Pokémon Sword & Shield Clothing themed to the Isle of Armor in the shop! Look for Zekrom in 5-star raid battles through July 7. You can now BUY stickers for coins - Piakchu being squeezed by Raichu, Fat Pikachu, Ditto Love! The Solstice event featuring Shiny Clefairy is happening through June 24, and the Bug Out! event featuring Shiny Dwebble will be happening June 26 to July 1. The Bug Out! event will also have a Pinsir Raid Day on Sunday, June 28, 2020, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. local time. There will also be a 1 PokéCoin bundle available featuring three Remote Raid Passes! And finally, you can nominate a local business to be featured in Pokemon Go!



Miz Sylver has started on the Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield - Isle of Armor expansion! New clothes! Apricorns! Plenty of other stuff is happening in game, like the appearance of Zeraora in Max Raids! This summer's International Friendly Online Competition is happening June 25-28 - it's a Double Battle Format! Sign up through June 25.

Pokémon Journeys launched on Netflix this week!

More Pokémon Toys! An Afternoon with Eevee Flareon figure is now here. And, have you seen this awesome life-size Psyduck plush?

New Sync Pairs and storylines have come to Pokemon Masters. Sharpedo!

Crocs has new cute kids' Super Mario Crocs!

Cthulhu is here in Smite!

In real life, Platinum City Gaming in Taunton reopening on June 28th.

And PAX is having a massive online event, PAX Online, September 12th - 20th. If you are interested in PAX Pokemon League for this event, take their survey to help they figure out how to best serve the fan community!



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Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Ultra Dolphin Revolution is Here



Episode 188: The happy hundred and eighty-eighth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Tonight we have not one, not two, but three special guests. Amber, Jeremii, and Vincent, the dynamic trio at the core of Ultra Dolphin Revolution and Nintendium! Nintendium is a cosplay collective, including even more awesome groups within the Nintendium family like Dark Link Val, Reploid Angel, and Four Swords Cosplay! Follow their awesome streams and pages including Dr. Console on Twitch, moomoo.bear on Instagram, Gabriel Lamas Art on Facebook, and RadicalLindsay on Instagram.

And don't forget about Ultra Dolphin Revolution, their amazing game company. Keep your eyes open for their new releases coming to Switch. Check out their existing games for Wii U and follow them on Twitter! After our awesome conversation, Miz Sylver and The Wolf Doctor talk news:

Pokemon GO is having a Special Raid Weekend Friday June 12th - Monday June 15th. Stickers are coming soon! And you will be able to invite friends to raids!

The Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield Gigantamax Festival is on until June 29th! And don't forget about the hidden ability Mystery Gift Pokemon! If you have Pokémon Home, get free starters with hidden abilities... Check out the new Regi-Pokemon in the Isle of Armor Expansion, Regidrago and Regieleki! They will be here June 17th!



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