Jan15

Latest video on the official Japanese Pokémon TCG YouTube channel reveals Vikavolt evolution line cards from the upcoming Cyber Judge expansion

A new video on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese YouTube channel has revealed new cards for the Vikavolt evolution line, which will be released in Japan at the end of next week on January 26th as part of the Cyber Judge expansion for the Scarlet & Violet series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Cards from Cyber Judge, and its partner set Wild Force, will be released internationally later this year as part of the Scarlet & Violet - Temporal Forces expansion on March 22nd.
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Jan14

Latest video on the official Japanese Pokémon TCG YouTube channel reveals Scizor ex and Scyther cards from the upcoming Cyber Judge expansion

A new video on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese YouTube channel has revealed new Scizor ex and Scyther cards, which will be released in Japan later this month on January 26th as part of the Cyber Judge expansion for the Scarlet & Violet series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Cards from Cyber Judge, and its partner set Wild Force, will be released internationally later this year as part of the Scarlet & Violet - Temporal Forces expansion on March 22nd.
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Jan14

Bali in Indonesia will host the next collaboration event between Pokémon GO and Pokémon Air Adventures on March 2nd and 3rd

Niantic has announced a special ticketed collaboration event for the launch of Pokémon Air Adventures for Indonesia, exclusively for Indonesian Pokémon GO players. The Pikachu's Indonesia Journey in Bali event will run on March 2nd and 3rd, from 10:00am to 6:00pm local time. Tickets are available to purchase now for 150,000 IDR. Trainers may only purchase a ticket for one day of the two-day event.
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Jan14

Annihilape makes its Pokémon GO debut late next week as part of the Raging Battles event, which will run alongside the Timeless Travels GO Battle Week

The Rage Monkey Pokémon Annihilape will be making make its Pokémon GO debut next week as part of the Raging Battles event, which will run alongside the GO Battle Week that was previously announced all the way back in November 2023. Both events will run from January 19th at 10:00am local time, through to January 24th at 11:59pm local time.
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Jan13

The Pokémon Company publishes 2022 Social Impact Report regarding progress in corporate diversity, philanthropic work, and sustainability efforts

2022 Social Impact ReportThe Pokémon Company International (TPCi) has issued their second annual Social Impact Report, detailing their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) strategies from 2022. TPCi has also used this announcement to welcome their first occupant of a newly-created role at the company, Raquel Daniels as its first Chief Diversity and Social Responsibility Officer, who will be responsible for overseeing and growing the CSR and DEI initiatives.
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Jan12

Origin Forme Dialga and Palkia to make their Pokémon GO debuts next month in Pokémon GO Tour Sinnoh events, together with the new Adventure Effects

Niantic this week has released more details regarding the upcoming Pokémon GO Tour: Sinnoh Live Event in Los Angeles on February 17th and 18th, and the Pokémon GO Tour: Sinnoh – Global event which will follow held on February 24th and 25th. These events will see the Pokémon GO debuts of both Origin Forme Dialga and Origin Forme Palkia, who can each be found in special space-time anomalies that will appear during these events.
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Jan12

Iono & Bellibolt debut in Pokémon Masters EX in a Poké Fair Scout alongside The Electrifying Influencer Story Event, plus #IonoStream Sweepstakes

As previewed in the special trailer posted earlier this week, Iono & Bellibolt are making their Pokémon Masters EX debut today in a new Poké Fair Scout. Alongside this scout, Iono will be taking center stage in the brand new The Electrifying Influencer Story Event and Time We Got Down to It! Special Event launching in-game today. An #IonoStream Sweepstakes is also now running on the game's official X account.
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Jan12

Today's updates to the official Japanese Pokémon TCG site and YouTube channel reveal wide variety of new cards from Wild Force and Cyber Judge

An update on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese homepage has revealed a selection of new cards which are being released in Japan later this month on January 26th as part of the Wild Force and Cyber Judge expansions for the Scarlet & Violet series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Cards from these sets will be released internationally later this year as part of the Scarlet & Violet - Temporal Forces expansion on March 22nd.
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Jan12

The Pokémon Company’s Project Snorlax continues with new art and merchandise by Japanese-American artist CHRIS

The Pokémon Company has announced the latest addition to Project Snorlax (プロジェクトカビゴン), a year long celebration of the titular Pokémon through social media and product tie-ins. The Japanese-American pop artist known as CHRIS has debuted his version of Snorlax, with its eyes unusually open in his signature style, to be featured on products and art available online and at the Isetan Shinjuku department store in Tokyo, Japan. From January 17th until January 23rd, an art exhibition will be held on the #2 Stage inside the store's main building, featuring several of CHRIS’s Snorlax-themed art pieces, including a life-size (6’11”) Snorlax titled “The Snorlax in the Dream.”
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Jan12

Catch 'em All Run of Pokémon Red/Green to feature in the RTA in Gunma 2024 event - Run starts today at 3:00pm JST

The RTA in Gunma 2024 event will be happening live from the 11th annual LAN Ran♪Gunma in ISOBE event from January 12nd to January 14th. A run of Pokémon Red and Green will feature in the event, in which the runner will attempt to complete the Diploma on both games without the use of glitches or assistance from other people. The event will be hosted on the RTA in Japan Twitch channel.
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Jan11

Read up on the details and schedule for the Japan Championships 2024 VGC Online Competitions - First qualifying round commences February 2nd

The Pokémon Japan Championships 2024 video game tournaments and qualifiers were officially announced earlier this week through the Japanese Poké Portal News in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet. The PJCS2024 is being held as a series of official online competitions for Japanese players in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet.
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Jan11

Latest video on the official Japanese Pokémon TCG YouTube channel reveals Reuniclus evolution line cards from the upcoming Wild Force expansion

A new video on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese YouTube channel has revealed new cards for the Reuniclus evolution line, including an Art Rare version of Reuniclus itself, which will be released in Japan later this month on January 26th as part of the Wild Force expansion for the Scarlet & Violet series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Cards from Wild Force, and its partner set Cyber Judge, will be released internationally later this year as part of the Scarlet & Violet - Temporal Forces expansion on March 22nd.
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Jan11

Pokémon Sleep to hold a two week-long Lapis Lakeside Opening event, starting January 29th, to mark the addition of the new area

The holiday season may be well and truly over, but Pokémon Sleep is continuing to deliver with regular in-game events. Starting on January 29th, the first Monday following the addition of the new Lapis Lakeside area to Pokémon Sleep on Wednesday January 24th, and running through to Monday February 12th at 3:59am local time, the game will be holding a two week long event to celebrate the addition of this new area, giving players who've not yet unlocked enough entries in their Sleep Style Dex a chance to catch Pokémon that would otherwise be exclusive to the new area.
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Jan11

Next Standard Format Rotation for the Pokémon Trading Card Game to take effect from April 5th for in-person play, and from March 21st in TCG Live

With today's announcement of the Scarlet & Violet - Temporal Forces expansion, we also now finally have an official date for the start of the next Pokémon Trading Card Game Standard Format Rotation. The 2024 Standard format will begin for in-person events on April 5th, and will come into force for online play in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Live app from March 21th. From these dates, cards with the "E" regulation mark will no longer be legal for play in Standard format, with players only able to use cards with the "F", "G", and "H" regulation marks (and any future released marks), or which have received reprints with those marks. Cards will become legal for tournament play two weeks after their international release date.
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