Friday: Pokémon Sword & Shield - Max Raid Battle Event by Serebii This update will be amended throughout the day so be sure to check back. If you have any ideas for the site, be sure to send them in

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Edit @ 07:37: Pokémon Café Mix | Edit @ 13:14: Pokémon Journeys | Edit @ 18:04: Pokémon GO | Edit @ 21:00: Raid Battles In The Games Department Pokémon Sword & Shield The Wild Area Event has now shifted in Pokémon Sword & Shield for a new Extra Event. With this, for the next few days, the Electric & Grass Pokémon have left raids and Pokémon that evolved with the Sun Stone and Moon Stone to celebrate the September Seasonal Equinox, including Shiny Clefable. We're currently compiling all details of the event so be sure to keep checking back. This event runs until Sunday at 23:59 UTC

Edit @ 01:17: We have updated our section with full details of this Max Raid Battle Event, as well as updated our ItemDex for TR locations. In The Games Department Pokémon GO The Raid Bosses have changed in Pokémon GO. From now until 20:00 UTC on September 24th, Articuno is the 5 Star Raid Boss and with it, other Raid Bosses are to come. Mega Pidgeot is also now to appear in Raids and be able to Mega Evolve. We're currently collating all details so be sure to keep checking back

Edit @ 22:04: We're now cataloguing all associated Raid Bosses in Pokémon GO including Alolan Vulpix and more In The Games Department Pokémon GO Ahead of this weekend's Pokémon GO Community Day, the special Ticket to get the "Decoding Porygon" Special Research is now available to purchase for £0.79/$0.99/€0.99. This Special Research will activate during the Community Day on September 20th from 11am to 5pm In The Games Department Pokémon Café Mix Further details for Team Events have been revealed for Pokémon Café Mix. When the Team Events begin, a Special Customer will appear and will require befriending. To do this, as usual, you will gain friendship with each order you complete. However, as it's a team event, any orders your team complete for Snorlax will also go towards befriending it. In The Anime Department Pokémon Journeys - News A new Episode Title has been released by a Japanese magazine. This episode is due to air on October 9th, the first Friday airing in the new timeslot and features a Legendary Raid Battle against the Legendary Pokémon Zapdos

Episode 1129: VS Zapdos! Legendary Raid Battle

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Thursday: Pokémon Masters EX - Team Rocket Event + Lillie Event by Serebii This update will be amended throughout the day so be sure to check back. If you have any ideas for the site, be sure to send them in

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Edit @ 16:07: Play! Pokémon | Edit @ 21:02: Jessie & James In The Games Department Pokémon GO Niantic have confirmed that, from Midnight local time on September 22nd until 23:59 local time on September 30th, the Meowth balloon featuring Jessie & James will start to appear more often from the Rocket Balloons. After this, they will no longer appear, as this appearance was to tie in with the original planned release period for the movie Pokémon the Movie Coco. In The Games Department Pokémon Masters EX The Blasting Off Again event has begun in Pokémon Masters EX. This event ties in with the movie, Pokémon the Movie Coco and features a story where Jessie & James try to steal Pokémon in a Fireworks Festival. Completion of this event unlocks the Sync Pair James & Weezing In The Games Department Pokémon Masters EX The Family Ties Story Event has had its final addition of the Full-Force Battles. These battles allow for you to get various rewards and medals in the game. The special Sync Pair Scout to get Lillie & Clefairy is now live In The Games Department Play! Pokémon The Pokémon Company International have confirmed that all live competitions are to be continued to be suspended until the end of the year. They have also revealed that decisions for Early 2021 will be revealed in November 2020. We'll bring full details as they come so be sure to keep checking back

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Wednesday: Pokémon Masters EX - Legendary Arena Event + Pokémon Café Mix + Funko by Serebii This update will be amended throughout the day so be sure to check back. If you have any ideas for the site, be sure to send them in

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Edit @ 07:09: Café Mix | Edit @ 08:36: Funko | Edit @ 09:01: Pokémon Masters EX | Edit @ 22:14: Pokémon GO Box In The Games Department Pokémon Masters EX The next Legendary Arena event has begun in Pokémon Masters EX. This event features a battle against Azelf with various rewars and medals for completion. This runs for two weeks until September 30th 2020 and runs alongside a new Spotlight Scout focused on Guzma & Golisopod and Burgh & Leavanny

It has also been announced that some changes are coming to Blue & Blastoise's Sync Grid. Due to this, the Scout shall be extended to October 29th 2020 In The Games Department Pokémon Masters EX Pokémon Masters EX has announced the next Story Event. This event is the Blasting Off Again event, replacing the Double Trouble one, and features the addition of the Sync Pair of James & Weezing adding the second anime character as a Sync Pair In The Games Department Pokémon Café Mix A new feature has been announced in Pokémon Café Mix - Team Events. The events will allow for you to form a Team with other players to participate in special Team Events. The full details aren't yet known but the first one will begin on September 24th and feature the Pokémon Snorlax

Alongside this, new orders will run in Café Mix from next week adding Orders #351-400, Master Orders #176-200 and the Pokémon Plusle and Minun into the game In The Games Department Pokémon GO A Free Bonus Box is live in Pokémon GO. This Box contains 5 Hyper Potions, 10 Great Balls and 1 Revive all for no cost. This is pushed as an apology for players after the game was unplayable on the iOS14 beta and unplayable on iOS14 unless you install the update that went live today In The Pokémon Department Pokémon Funko! It has been confirmed that the previously US exclusive Funko Pop! figures are to be released in UK & Europe from next month. They'll be available exclusively in certain stores:

UK/Ireland - Smyths

France - Fnac

Spain & Portugal - El Corte Inglés

Germany, Austria & Sweden - Müller

Italy - Toys Center

Nordic Countries - BR, Føtex, Bilka, Hemmakväll and Extra Leker

It's also confirmed that Pikachu will be available in more stores next year

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Tuesday: Pokémon Masters EX - Psychic Scout by Serebii This update will be amended throughout the day so be sure to check back. If you have any ideas for the site, be sure to send them in

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Edit @ 21:36: Pokémon GO Raid Passes In The Games Department Pokémon GO Niantic have announced that anoth 3 Remote Raid Pass Box will go live for players in Pokémon GO this month. Following the end of the currently running one, which is available until September 19th at 20:00 UTC, a new one will go live on September 21st at 20:00 UTC until September 29th at 20:00 UTC In The Games Department Pokémon Masters EX Another new Spotlight Scout is now live in Pokémon Masters EX. This Spotlight Scout focuses on the Sync Pairs of Sabrina & Alakazam and Caitlin & Reuniclus. This will last until September 30th at 05:59 UTC

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Monday: Pokémon GO - Mega Pidgeot & GO Battle League + Pokémon Masters EX - Gladion Scout by Serebii This update will be amended throughout the day so be sure to check back. If you have any ideas for the site, be sure to send them in

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Edit @ 11:02: Pokémon Masters | Edit @ 19:39: Pokémon GO | Edit @ 21:00: GO Battle League In The Games Department Pokémon GO Niantic have announced that Mega Pidgeot will be available in Pokémon GO from Friday, September 18th. at 20:00 UTC. If you have collected enough Pidgeot Mega Energy from defeating Mega Pidgeot in Mega Raid Battles, you'll be able to Mega Evolve your Pidgeot from that point In The Games Department Pokémon GO GO Battle League Season 3 has ended and GO Battle League Season 4 has begun. This season changes things by making it so you can get to Rank 9 with only wins, and also includes the new Halloween Cup as the league continues. The schedule is as follows:

Great League (September 14th - September 28th)

Ultra League & Premier Cup (September 28th - October 12th)

Master League & Premier Cup (October 12th - October 26th)

Halloween Cup (October 26th - November 3rd)

All Leagues (November 3rd - November 9th)

Alongside this, a few moveset changes have happened including the addition of the move Lunge for Masquerain & Galvantula and Signal Beam for Vespiquen. Our database has been updated with these details In The Games Department Pokémon Masters EX As part of the Family Ties event in Pokémon Masters EX, a new Sync Pair Scout is live. This Sync Pair Scout adds in the Sync Pair of Gladion & Silvally to the game, giving a Tech Move Candy on your first 11 Scout bundle. This will last until October 1st at 05:59 UTC In The Games Department Pokémon Masters EX Pokémon Masters EX has announced the next Legendary Arena event. This event is focused on the Legendary Pokémon Azelf and runs from September 16th 2020 at 06:00 UTC

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Sunday: Pokémon Journeys - Episode Details + Character Biography by Serebii This update will be amended throughout the day so be sure to check back. If you have any ideas for the site, be sure to send them in

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Edit @ 10:53: Episode Details | Edit @ 13:00: Pokémon of the Week In The Anime Department Pokémon (2019) The latest episode has aired in Japan today. This episode features Ash & Goh go to the Alola Region where Ash reunites with his old friends. The AniméDex has been updated with the contents of this episode . Click the picture to go to the section but be warned however as it contains spoilers. In The Anime Department Pokémon (2019) - Character Biography With the episode that has aired in Japan today, we have been able to update Goh's biography with new Pokémon he obtained in this week's episode. Be warned as it contains spoilers. In The Anime Department Pokémon Journeys - News It has been confirmed that, as of October 9th 2020, the Pokémon anime will now air on Fridays at 18:55 JST in Japan. This is the second time slot move it has had in decades following the move from Thursdays to Sundays in October 2018 In The Pokémon of the Week Department Who's That Pokémon Today marks the forty-second entry into the Generation VIII competitive field with a Johto Pokémon. These entries are created by the visitors for the visitors and then compiled by our writers Psynergy, Jellal, & Mcdanger. To get involved, Click here for the discussion forum

Today, we are covering a Pokémon introduced in the second generation. Heracross loves sweet sap and will go looking through forests for it. The Pokémon uses its two antennae to pick up scents as it searches. This Pokémon takes pride in its strength, which allows it to lift things 100 times heavier than itself with no trouble at all. So, here it is, the forty-second entry, Heracross

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Friday: Pokémon Sword & Shield - Online Competition + Pokémon GO - Mega Battle Event + Pokémon TCG - Japanese Set by Serebii This update will be amended throughout the day so be sure to check back. If you have any ideas for the site, be sure to send them in

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Edit @ 20:13: Players Cup Clarification In The Games Department Pokémon Sword & Shield Following the conflict in information regarding the ruleset for the Players Cup II Qualifier Online Competition, more official material on the official site and Switch News has now shifted to state the ruleset for this competition is the Series 5 ruleset, allowing for all Pokémon except certain Legendaries and Mythical Pokémon. We have full details in our Players Cup II Qualifier section In The Games Department Pokémon GO The Mega Battle Challenge event in Pokémon GO is now starting to roll out globally. This event runs from 08:00 local time until September 17th at 22:00 local time and features various spawns, the addition of Shiny Ledyba & Ledian in the game. There is also a boost to Mega Beedrill in battles and the incentive of, if players play in 217 million battles during the event, Mega Houndoom In The Anime Department Pokémon Journeys The second 12 episodes of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, are now available in the US on Netflix. This saga of the anime features Ash as he meets up with a new trainer Goh and become research assistants, travelling the world in order to achive their dreams of becoming a Pokémon Master and catching all Pokémon respectively. New episodes will come every 3 months. In The Trading Card Game Department Pokémon Sword & Shield - TCG Set Release The Pokémon Company have officially revealed all the cards the next set for the Pokémon Sword & Shield TCG. This subset, Astonishing Volt Tackle, is being released on September 18th 2020 and features a variety of Pokémon VMAX. As such, our card listing and the associated Cardex have been updated with the details of this set with thanks to ToineLay for help with translation.

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Thursday: Pokémon Sword & Shield - Online Competition + Pokémon Masters EX - Family Ties by Serebii This update will be amended throughout the day so be sure to check back. If you have any ideas for the site, be sure to send them in

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Edit @ 14:04: Taiko no Tatsujin | Edit @ 20:32: Pokémon GO | Edit @ 21:00: Pokémon GO Raid Battles In The Games Department Pokémon Sword & Shield The next online competition has been announced. This competition, Players Cup II Qualifier/Global Challenge 2020 Autumn, is a Double Battle competition runs VGC Rules from last month allowing for all Galar Pokédex Pokémon, Isle of Armor Pokédex Pokémon and the Alola Starters, Cobalion, Terrakion & Virizion without allowing for certain Legendary & Mythicals. Download Rules are also now available for this competition. The top players will gain entry to the Players Cup II this November

Registration is open from now to September 24th 23:59 UTC. Battles will run from September 25th 00:00 UTC to September 27th 23:59 UTC.

Edit: Note that at the moment, Pokémon HOME and English language news state that this runs the current Series 6 ruleset while in-game and the Japanese news list it as Series 5. At present we're going with the in-game notice but we'll provide more details on clarifications if and when things change In The Games Department Pokémon GO The Mega Battle Challenge event in Pokémon GO is now starting to roll out in Asia Pacific Regions. This event runs until September 17th at 22:00 local time and features various spawns, the addition of Shiny Ledyba & Ledian in the game. There is also a boost to Mega Beedrill in battles and the incentive of, if players play in 27 million battles during the event, Mega Houndoom will start appearing in the game In The Games Department Pokémon GO The Raid Bosses have changed in Pokémon GO. From now until 20:00 UTC on September 17th, Cresselia is the 5 Star Raid Boss and with it, other Raid Bosses are to come. We're currently collating all details so be sure to keep checking back

Edit @ 22:06: We're now cataloguing all associated Raid Bosses in Pokémon GO including Alolan Exeggutor and more In The Games Department Pokémon Masters EX The Family Ties Story Event has begun in Pokémon Masters EX. This event has you follow the story of Lusamine, Lillie and Gladion as they arrive on the island of Pasio. This event runs for two weeks. Full details of the event are being added to our event page

In addition to that, a special Sync Pair Spotlight Scout is now live which adds the Sync Pair of Lusamine & Pheromosa to the game In The Games Department Players Cup The Pokémon Company International have put out details on the Players Cup II. As noted above, VGC players will qualify through the Onlin Competition above. Trading Card Game Players will be availableto enter through TCG Online from September 28th to October 26th with each player getting 50 Tournament Keys to use to enter and try and qualify. As before the Top 256 players from North America, Europe and Latin America and Top 128 from Oceania will go forward. The Regional Qualifiers then run in November and the finals will be played in December In The Games Department Taiko No Tatsujin Drum 'n' Fun The first Opening Theme to the current Japanese Pokémon anime is to be released as DLC on Taiko No Tatsujin Drum 'n' Fun is now available in Europe for £0.79/€0.99. This song, 1·2·3 by After the Rain. Its difficulty is 2☆, 4☆, 5☆ and 7☆ on each respective difficulty. There's currently no details on international release but will be expected a few weeks after

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Wednesday: Pokémon Café Mix - Torterra Event + Pokémon GO PokéStop Mapping by Serebii This update will be amended throughout the day so be sure to check back. If you have any ideas for the site, be sure to send them in

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Edit @ 21:17: Pokémon GO PokéStop Mapping In The Games Department Pokémon Café Mix The next event has begun in Pokémon Café Mix. This event adds the Pokémon Torterra to the game. To recruit it, you need to encounter it at least once during the event period and then continue to invite it until recruited. This event runs until September 23rd 2020 Check our event page for more details. In The Games Department Pokémon GO Niantic have announced that the PokéStop Scanning feature, which lets you scan a 3D image of a Poké Stop to add to Niantic's mapping software, is now available for players Level 20 and above globally. In The Anime Department Pokémon Journeys - News Further details episode titles for the episodes revealed last week have been released by a TV Guide. This episode is due to air on September 20th and features Ash & Goh go to Pewter City to study Pokémon Fossils. Summaries for the following episode have also been revealed and show that Ash revisits Cianwood City's Gym in Johto to face Bea under the eye of the Gym Leader, Chuck

Episode 1127: The Colossal Restoration and the Fossil Pokémon!

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Tuesday: Pokémon Masters EX - Story Event by Serebii This update will be amended throughout the day so be sure to check back. If you have any ideas for the site, be sure to send them in

Last Update: 09:04 BST In The Games Department Pokémon Masters EX Pokémon Masters EX has announced the next event. This event is the Family Ties event and introduces the Sync Pairs of Lillie, Gladion & Lusamine into the game. It will begin on Thursday at 06:00 UTC. Be sure to check back for more details

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Monday: Pokémon GO - Battle League + Pokémon Masters EX by Serebii This update will be amended throughout the day so be sure to check back. If you have any ideas for the site, be sure to send them in

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Edit @ 21:00: Pokémon GO In The Games Department Pokémon GO GO Battle League Season 3 has now shifted to the final week and with it, all three formats: Great League, Ultra League and Master League formats are in play, as is the Master League Premier Cup format. This format will run for one week until September 14th 2020 at 20:00 UTC. This will then be replaced by Season 4

In The Games Department Pokémon Masters EX Pokémon Masters EX has shifted the Kanto Challenge in the Champion Stadium. From now, once a week it will reset and change the Pokémon that you have to face, alongside the type weakness.

Edit @ 16:30: In addition to this, the special filter is now live on Facebook and Instagram

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Sunday: Pokémon Journeys - Episode Details + Character Biography + Pokémon of the Week by Serebii This update will be amended throughout the day so be sure to check back. If you have any ideas for the site, be sure to send them in

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Edit @ 10:46: Episode Details | Edit @ 13:00: Pokémon of the Week In The Anime Department Pokémon (2019) The latest episode has aired in Japan today. This episode features Ash & Goh go to Hoenn to investigate the cause a mysterious sandstorm in Mauville City. The AniméDex has been updated with the contents of this episode . Click the picture to go to the section but be warned however as it contains spoilers. In The Anime Department Pokémon (2019) - Character Biography With the episode that has aired in Japan today, we have been able to update Goh's biography with new Pokémon he obtained in this week's episode. Be warned as it contains spoilers. In The Pokémon of the Week Department Who's That Pokémon Today marks the forty-first entry into the Generation VIII competitive field with a Galar Pokémon. These entries are created by the visitors for the visitors and then compiled by our writers Psynergy, Jellal, & Mcdanger. To get involved, Click here for the discussion forum

Today, we are covering a Pokémon introduced in the eighth generation. It uses the horns on its head to sense the emotions of others. Males will act as valets for those they serve, looking after their every need. Through its horns, it can pick up on the emotions of creatures around it. Positive emotions are the source of its strength. These intelligent Pokémon touch horns with each other to share information between them. They diligently serve people and Pokémon so they can gather feelings of gratitude. The females are particularly good at babysitting. So, here it is, the forty-first entry, Indeedee

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Saturday: Pokémon Sword & Shield - King's Rock Distribution by Serebii This update will be amended throughout the day so be sure to check back. If you have any ideas for the site, be sure to send them in

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Edit @ 08:45: Charizard & Mewtwo Distributions In The Games Department Pokémon Sword & Shield Event Pokémon Korea have released the special shared code for the King's Rock distribution in Pokémon Sword & Shield. This code is: K2020CHAMP10NS and will be redeemable until tomorrow, September 6th, at 14:59 UTC In The Games Department Pokémon Sword & Shield Event Pokémon Korea have also announced two distributions when you go see the movie, Mewtwo Strikes Back EVOLUTION, when it releases there at the end of the month. When you go see it, you'll receive two Serial Codes. One to receive a Mewtwo in Let's Go, Pikachu! & Let's, Go, Eevee! and another to get a Charizard based on Ash's Charizard for Pokémon Sword & Shield. The Mewtwo matches the one distributed in Japan last year. The Charizard is Level 50 and comes with the moves Flamethrower, Dragon Tail, Slash and Seismic Toss, a move it can't normally learn in Sword & Shield. We have updated our Event Database with details of this event

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Friday: Pokémon Café Mix - New Special Customer Event by Serebii This update will be amended throughout the day so be sure to check back. If you have any ideas for the site, be sure to send them in

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Edit @ 21:03: Pokémon GO Battle League In The Games Department Pokémon GO GO Battle League Season 4 has been announced by Niantic. This season adds a new cup, the Halloween Cup from October 26th though November 2nd which only allows Poison-, Ghost-, Bug-, Dark-, and Fairy-type and gives rewards of Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle in Halloween Costumes. It has a limit of 1500 CP

Great League will run from September 14th through September 28th

Ultra League and its Premier Cup will run September 28th through October 12th

Master League and its Premier Cup will run from October 12th through October 26th

Halloween Cup will run October 26th through November 3rd

Great, Ultra and Master League will run from November 3rd through November 9th with Season 5 following

Season 4 features a change in that you can get through Ranks 3 through 9 solely based on wins, with only Rank 10 depending on a Ranking of 3,000

GO Battle Night will run with the Flying Cup on September 24th from 18:00 to 23:59 local time. It only allows Flying-type Pokémon with a CP Limit of 1500. If you evolve Pidgeotto into Pidgeot during the event, you'll get a Pidgeot that knows Gust.

In addition, Lunge will be added to the game for Masquerain and Galvauntula. It's a Bug-type Charge Move that lowers the opponent's Attack

Bug Buzz now has a chance of lowering opponent's Defense

Flame Charge deals less damage but raises user's Attack

Signal Beam now has a chance to lower the opponent's Attack and Defense and Vespiquen will learn it.

Season 5 will only last 3 weeks and won't feature Ratings, just have ranks based on number of wins. In The Games Department Pokémon Café Mix The next event has been announced for Pokémon Café Mix. From September 9th through September 23rd, Torterra will start to appear in the Café as a Special Customer. Once you encounter it, you'll be able to invite it to Parties and recruit it as staff

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