Unite

Episode 219: The Magcargo episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Tonight, we discuss GO Fest and the new Pokemon UNITE!

Pokemon Go Fest was exciting! Miz Sylver and the Wolf Doctor both had very satisfactory Fests, how about you? Miz Sylver relates the in person excitement in New York! She's in KirbyGCN17's video recap of the event!



Speaking of GO Fest, all three of the Ultra Unlocks were achieved! Ultra Unlock Part 1: Time is on until August 3, but some of the activities are on until August 6 when Ultra Unlock Part 2: Space starts! Part 2 features both forms of Shellos and Basculin, this is your chance to catch the ones that usually don't appear in your hemisphere! August also features a two-day Eevee Community Day, August 14 and 15, with some great bonuses!

Today in Pokémon Sword & Shield, dig up Omanyte, Kabuto, and Aerodactyl!

Pokemon Unite is here! Who did you pick as your starter?

In Pokemon TV, take a deep dive into the Pokémon world's sporty side.

Poke-Shopping! Cute caps, Mega Shiny Plushes, and Parade Figures, and Pickachu Moods...

Today is the last day to Cutesy Snowman Jump stamp for first win of the day in SMITE! The latest Prime Gaming SMITE reward is a Gummy Worm Medusa!

The Overwatch Summer Games are on until August 10th! Check out the cool skins!



Top Golf is coming to Fenway Park in Boston November 3-7!

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Pokemon GO FEST Preview

Episode 218: the Slugma episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! This week is our Pokemon Go Fest preview! Before we get into it, we talk about the other things happening in Pokemon GO:

The July Research Breakthrough encounter is Rufflet. As an extra bonus throughout July, you’ll also receive a free Remote Raid Pass when you achieve a Research Breakthrough. In raids, the Mythical Pokémon Deoxys will be appearing in its Defense Forme through today, July 16, at which point Mewtwo will be appearing July 16 to July 23. Mega Houndoom is here until today, July 16, followed by Mega Gengar July 16 to July 23, and Mega Charizard X July 23 to August 6. Wednesday raid hours feature Mewtwo July 21 and TBA!?!?! July 28. Tuesday spotlight hours are on, too, July 20 is Squirtle and July 27 is Natu.

And now for Pokemon GO FEST! It's happening July 17 and 18 - 10am to 6pm local time!!! Tickets are $5 instead of the usual $15, and there are sooooo many features, even if you do not get a ticket. The musical theme is super exciting! Will you pick Pop or Rock? Are you excited for raid day? There are all kinds of print at home activites, too! Android users get some special perks! In addition, GO FEST is happening in person in cities around the US, Europe, and New Zealand! Check here to see if your city is on the list! Registration is free and separate from purchased tickets.

Pokémon TV MASTER Journeys comes to Netflix September 10th!



More Pokemon Comics are coming in 2022!

Announcement: Awesome Pokémon adventures inspired by the best-selling Pokémon X and Y video games! The reclusive child prodigy Pokémon Trainer, X, is stirred out of hiding after a surprise attack! Pokémon Adventures: X•Y drops Spring 2022! pic.twitter.com/Y18gWG78Qm

— VIZ (@VIZMedia) July 9, 2021

Miz Sylver opens a pack of Pokémon TCG Chilling Reign!

Original Stitch Hoenn is here!

The Pokemon Center always has new stuff. Check out the cute gardening figures! Some of them have actual planters! Plus, Bidoof Hat IRL!

Have you seen the cute Vulpix manhole covers for Hokkaido?

My Nintendo Rewards now has a Monster Hunter Sweepstakes!

Hallmark has cool new Nintendo ornaments. Cards, too!

And of course, Nintendo has announced the Switch OLED, coming October 8th.



Join in on Splatoon 2 online competitions all weekends in July!

It's PAX East Online this weekend! Miz Sylver suggests an awesome Tetris Panel this afternoon and Insane in the Rain's concert tonight! (Insane in the Rain was a past special guest, listen to his episode!)

Freeplay Bar & Arcade in Providence has started hosting Neon Synth Nights again!

Platinum City Gaming's Food Truck is open!

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Killian's Krawls are Killer

Episode 217: the Usaring episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Tonight, we have a special guest! Stu Killian of Killian's Krawls is here to tell us about the joys of Dungeon Crawl Classics. (If you want a quick taste of DCC, check out the quick start guide on Goodman Games!) He just had his first three adventures published!

• DS-00 - Refugees of the Desolation, a zero-level funnel adventure (Print and digital here, print and digital here!)
• MX-01 - The Laboratory of Melifex the Med, an adventure for 2nd-level characters (Print here, print and digital here!)
• MX-02 - The Treasure of Melifex the Mad, an adventure for 3d-level characters (Print here, print and digital here!)

Plus, Stu shouts out to Artist Courtney Boling III Follow @gamingartdude, the Order of the Dragon, and Campaign Cartographer software... If you'd like to get in touch with him, email him at sckillianfsh at gmail dot com ... put it together!

And, we talk news!

In Pokemon GO, Shiny Corsola is coming worldwide and a special Pikachu wearing an Okinawan kariyushi shirt will be appearing in Pokémon GO starting July 22! Tepig Community Day will be Saturday, July 3, 2021. Bonuses will be changing. New raid Achievements, plus Regigigas is here until July 1! And... Pokémon GO Fest 2021: Raid Day will feature every Legendary Pokémon discovered in Pokémon GO so far!

Do you love Nurse Joy?

Relaxing River Pokemon figures! And relaxing plushes. And more Bear Walker skateboards!

Hatch Grass and Poison types in Pokemon Masters EX until July 4th.

New My Nintendo Rewards! Including a Disgaea 6 contest and a Mario Golf tag.

Overwatch has crossplay now! And get Ashe-themed rewards from Ashe’s Deadlock Challenge.

Game Underground in Waltham's weekly events are back on! And Miz Sylver has deja vu about Gorilla Games in Raymond, NH, and visited Midgard Hobbies and Games in Derry, NH!

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Teddiursa E3 Madness

Episode 216: the Teddiursa episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! There's E3 news this week...

Pokemon GO is going along! Pokemon GO FEST is happening July 17 and 18, and the shirts are here! Professor Willow is finally getting his turn the the Pokemon TCG! Regigigas is still in 5 star raids, but today is it! The Bidoof event is coming June 25 to July 1.

Speaking of the TCG, you can get a Sandaconda promo card in honor of the latest Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion, Sword & Shield—Chilling Reign. And Miz Sylver opens a Battle Styles Card Pack!

The new Pokemon Unite Trailer is here! It's coming July 2021 on Nintendo Switch systems and in September 2021 on mobile devices...



And now, the massive Nintendo Direct from E3!



So many titles have been announced, along with their release dates! We talk about a few of these...

• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate x Tekken! More details about the new Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Kazuya Mishima character will be revealed in a "Mr. Sakurai Presents" stream on June 28, 2021.
• Life is Strange True Colors - September 10
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy by Square Enix - October 26
• Worms Rumble - June 23
• Astria Ascending - September 30
• Two Point Campus - 2022
• Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (20th anniversary of the series!) - October 5
• Mario Party Superstars - classic boards (N64) and minigames with online capability for all of it! - October 29
• Metroid Dread, and corresponding amiibo of Samus and E.M.M.I. - October 8
• Just Dance 2022 - November 4
• Cruis’n Blast - “Fall”
• DragonBall Z Kakarot - September 24
• Mario Golf: Super Rush - June 25
• Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin - July 9 - Free demo June 25
• WarioWare Get It Together - September 10
• Shin Megami Tensei V - November 12
• Danganronpa: Decadence - “later”
• Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water - “later”
• Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods Part 1 - DLC for Doom Eternal - now!
• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 - June 25
• Strange Brigade - now
• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope - 2022
• Advance Wars 1+2 - December 3
• Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity Expansion Pass - Wave 1 Now, Wave 2 November
• Zelda Game & Watch - November 12
• Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword HD - July 16
• Zelda Breath of the Wild 2 - 2022

Phew! That was a lot of titles!

Are you a fan of The SwitchCast and/or RingFit??? The SwitchCast crew is having a RingFit Challenge starting tomorrow, June 21! Sign up on their Discord!

Smite has cool Juneteenth and Father's Day Avatars!

Play to Win!

From today until Friday, your (1st) First win of the day will reward you the Juneteenth Avatar.

Your (2nd) first win of the day will reward you the Father's Day Avatar.

Hit the Battleground, and earn your two First Wins of the Day! pic.twitter.com/fd9GS2hfNI

— SMITE (@SMITEGame) June 18, 2021

And, in honor of Father's Day... check out our Twitter Poll!

Who's your video game daddy? #FathersDay #FathersDay2021 #Nintendo

— PokeProblems (@pokemoncast) June 20, 2021

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June Sneasels

Episode 215: the Sneasel episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast!

In Pokemon GO, June is packed! You have until June 17 to save Shadow Zapdos from Giovanni, Clamperl is the June Research Breakthrough Pokemon, legendary raids feature Regirock, Regice, and Registeel, Mega Raids star Mega Slowbro and Mega Gyarados, Tuesday Spotlight Hours and Wednesday Raid Hours continue, and there will be several special events, including the Solstice Event and an unexpected event that trainers "will be able to sink their two front teeth into"! There will be a special event "A Seven-Colored Shadow" to free Shadow Ho-oh June 17th - Sept 1. And, GO Battle League Season 8 is on until August 30.

Saturday July 3rd and Sunday August 15th will be the next Community Days. Niantic will have special meet and greets, details coming soon! And, don't forget that Pokemon GO FEST will be coming EVERYWHERE July 17-18.

The Fair and Square Competition in Pokemon Sword and Shield starts June 16th!

We have dates now for Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl (November 19) and Pokémon Legends Arceus (January 28)

Pokemon Masters EX has a new event with Trainers from different regions! The Daily Region Rotation runs from June 9 to June 29.

Katy Perry's new Pokemon single!



Pokemon TV features Unova Episodes.

Shopping! Pokemon pool floats! KK Slider at Build-A-Bear! And awesome retro Pac-Man Timex.

The Sailor Moon Eternal Movie is here on Netflix.

Overwatch crossplay had been announced!

SMITE has a lot going on. If you have Twitch Prime, get Grim Weaver Arachne. This season's battle pass is Monster Cat! The next one will be Stranger Things!





It's E3 this weekend!

Pizza Hut has a great summer reading program, Book-It!

Balance Patch is restarting Tourneys!

Bay State Beatdown Open-Registration Announcements!! 🌊

•Fully Vaccinated Only
•Reg Link dropping at 6PM ET TOMORROW (6/13)
•64-Entrant Cap
•Wait-list will be posted same time, swap in for DQs. Capped at 32
•Everyone on wait list auto-entered into next week’s bracket

— Panda | BobbyWasabi (@BobbyWasabi) June 13, 2021

Smash weeklies return to Platinum City Gaming on July 2nd!

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May Flabebes

Episode 214: The Heracross episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Tonight, we talk news!

In Pokemon GO, May is full again! Xerneas makes its Pokémon GO debut alongside Dragon- and Fairy-type Pokémon originally discovered in the Kalos region in the Luminous Legends X event. May Limited Research featuring Marill is May 9th. Then, May 15 is SWABLU commumity day. And, Mark your calendars! Pokémon GO Fest 2021 returns this July 17 and 18!

Pokemon Masters EX is featuring Ghetsis & Kyurem and Raihan & Duraludon!

Pokémon TV now has Diamond and Pearl episodes!

Miz Sylver tells us about Pokémon Snap! There's a special My Nintendo Mission for it, too. Check out KirbyGCN17's Nintendo New York release day vid!



The Pokémon Center has summer gear, including beach cover-ups and hats! Plus, new Mega Rayquaza plush!

Build-a-bear Scorbunny!

Original Stich has new designs of Pokemon fabric and clothes.

Check out Paul George's Nike PS5 collab!

Nintendo Game Builder Garage is coming on June 11!



Free update for Super Mario Party! Online play comes to the board game mode...

Mario Golf Super Rush preorder bonus of cute pins!

🏌️‍♂️Hit the greens in style with this GameStop Exclusive Mario Golf: Super Rush gift with purchase pin set! Get your pre-order in now because just like that round of speed golf, these are gonna go fast! https://t.co/kfmWiQapkv pic.twitter.com/DKRt8zXz6U

— GameStop (@GameStop) May 6, 2021

Check out the Nintendo Japan 7-11 foods!



Smite has a new Twitch Prime free skin, Archangel chernobog.

Overwatch now has an awesome MM-Mei Skin!

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April Shelders

Episode 213: the aw shucks Shuckle episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Tonight we talk news!

It's Pokemon GOOOOO time! Today, April 24, 2021, is Friendship Day! From 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. local time! Sustainability Week continues until Sunday, April 25, 2021. And there is a special event soon to celebrate Pokemon Snap, from April 29 to May 2. A camera avatar item, a camera-themed Gift sticker, and snapshot based challenges will all feature in the event! Plus, have you noticed that Team GO Rocket has been out of commission? They are coming back, and there will be make-up Shadow Zapdos availability in June!

We are all waiting for the April 30 release of New Pokémon Snap for Nintendo Switch! There are lots of preorder options out there!

• Target has a magnetic photo frame.
• GameStop has a double sided poster.
• Walmart has a baseball cap!

Also, Fujifilm is releasing a Nintendo Switch Smartphone Printer, with a special Pikachu edition coming out in May! Wouldn’t this be perfect for Pokemon Snap???

In Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield, they're celebrating National Penguin Day through tomorrow! Plus, get a code for a Weakness Policy, good through April 26th.

Serebii Update: The Pokémon Company International has released the code for a Weakness Policy: WPF1NALSPC3.

Redeemable until April 26th. Full details @ https://t.co/gDbXkHSvkT pic.twitter.com/yt3RzoWGVn

— Serebii.net (@SerebiiNet) April 23, 2021

Battle Tornadus and Scout N & Zekrom in Pokémon Masters EX until May 5. Plus, get Water and Electric type eggs!

Take a quiz on your knowledge of the Alola region!

Shopping! The Levi's Pokemon collaboration is here. The Pokemon Center has new poseable plushes, like Lucario and (SOLD OUT!) Cofragrigus. Plus check out the cool new jewelry charms! There's a Litten! Also, Miz Sylver got a Build-a-Bear Eevee!

Miz Sylver gives us the rundown on the Nindies Showcase!



Lego Luigi is here to join Lego Mario! Also, is Boom Boom Bowser's kid?



Shovel Knight is collaborating with Arby's, and they made special "cheat codes" just for this!

Smite's newest God is Gilgamesh!

Boston Uprising's big online event is happening TODAY April 24, at 4:30 PM.

Watch the Monster Hunter Digital Event live on April 27.

Cheap Playstation+ Renewal?!?!?

There have been so many good games in the Playstation Play at Home program! Add Horizon Zero Dawn to your Playstation account by May 14th!

Get Quiplash for free until Monday, April 26!

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