The Pokémon Company International Sales Reach New Heights for TCG and Toys in 2017
The Pokémon Company International announced today that Pokémon has followed up its record-breaking sales performance in 2016 with continued growth in Europe throughout 2017 for its Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) and toys. According to figures recorded by the NPD Group Toys retail tracking servic...
2018 International Challenge March
The fourth international tournament for Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon has been announced. The 2018 International Challenge March will take place from Friday, March 23rd, 2018 through Sunday, March 25th, 2018 at 23:59 UTC. Full details are listed below and on our 7th Generation Online Competitions...
Pokémon Day 2018 - February 27th, 2018 / Pikachu Talk / FRLG Costumes for GO
February 27th, 2018 is Pokémon Day for 2018 and a number of festivities and promotions occurred to celebrate the World of Pokémon. CELEBRATIONS UNVEILED FOR POKÉMON DAY 2018 Fan-Focused Introductions, New Snapchat Lenses, and More, Debut for the Annual Celebration of all Things Pokémon on Fe...
Movie 21 Website Updates with Info on Drawing Contest
The official Japanese Movie website has updated with information on the annual movie drawing contest. Translations follow: Organized by 12 Shogakukan magazines! The Pocket Monsters the Movie: Everyone's Story! "Created by 10000 People! Your Partner Pokémon" Drawing Contest Using "The Your Part...
Movie 21 Website Updates with Story, Character Profiles and New Trailers
The official Pokémon movie website has updated. Translations follow: Story: This summer, the emotional tale "Everyone's Story" will have an explosive birth, following in the footsteps of "I Choose You!" Once a year, a "wind festival" is held in Fura City, the city where people live toget...
NIHONBARE Campaign celebrating the opening of Pokémon Center Tokyo DX
The NIHONBARE Campaign celebrating the opening of Pokémon Center Tokyo DX will take place from Wednesday, March 14th, 2018 through Sunday, April 22nd, 2018 at Pokémon Centers and Pokémon Stores across Japan. The Pokémon Center Tokyo DX and Pokémon Cafe will open on the fifth floor of Nihombashi ...
Official Detective Pikachu Website / Demo Announced for Japan / Special 3DS Theme / Eievui Book
The official Detective Pikachu website has launched and has posted story information, biographies of the characters as well as screenshots from the game. A New Side of Pikachu You’ve never seen a Pikachu like this one before. Fancying himself a real detective, this Pikachu is gruff and never...
Rainbow Rocket Gang - Pokémon Center Campaign - Pokémon GO Sakaki's Nidoking Raid Battle
As part of the Rainbow Rocket Gang - Pokémon Center Campaign, players of Pokémon GO in Japan from February 26th, 2018 until March 11th, 2018 will have the chance to battle Sakaki's Nidoking in a Raid Battle at the Pokémon Center locations. Sakaki's Nidoking is very powerful unlike ordinary Ni...
Kyogre and Groudon Join Rayquaza for a Legendary Week of Raid Battles!
Niantic has announced that from February 23rd, 2018 until March 5th, 2018, players of Pokémon GO will have the chance to catch the Legendary Pokémon Kyogre, Groudon and Rayquaza in Raid Battles. Kyogre and Groudon Join Rayquaza for a Legendary Week of Raid Battles! Trainers, Now is the time ...
Legendary Year of Pokémon - March 2018 Distributions - Heatran and Regigigas
From March 1st, 2018 until March 24th, 2018, Heatran and Regigigas will be available to get wirelessly via the Nintendo Network on the Nintendo 3DS in Europe while players in the United States will have to get the code via the Pokémon Trainer Club newsletter. Players of Pokémon Ultra Sun or Pokémon ...
General Mills Fruit Flavored Snacks and Fruit Roll-Ups TCG Promo Set
The Pokémon Company and General Mills have teamed up for a Pokémon TCG card distribution. 12 different cards are available in this promo set and can be found in specially marked boxes of General Mills Fruit Flavored Snacks and Fruit Roll-Ups. Enjoy a Snack and Some Exclusive Pokémon TCG Cards...
Alternate Colored Bebenomu Ultra Beast Campaign
From Friday, March 2nd, 2018 until Monday, April 9th, 2018, the Alternate Colored Ultra Beast Campaign (輝くウルトラビーストキャンペーン) will be held! If you purchase Pocket Monster Ultra Sun or Ultra Moon at a participating store, you will receive a serial code that will unlock an Alternate Colored Bebenomu Ultra...
ARTFX J Mizuki with Mokuro
Kotobukiya has revealed that the next Pocket Monsters ARTFX J set will be Mizuki with Mokuro and it will be released in Japan during July 2018 for 9,180 yen. High resolution images of this figure set have been added to an Imageboard thread. ARTFX J Mizuki with Mokuro Details: Scale: 1/8 Bra...
Team Rocket Uniforms Available for Purchase in Pokémon GO
Niantic has announced that players can now purchase Team Rocket uniforms in Pokémon GO for their avatars to wear. 100 coins is equal to $1USD, so buying all the Team Rocket uniforms will cost approximately $15 USD. Team Rocket Uniform Coin Costs Team Rocket Hat: 100 coins Team Rocket Top: 400 c...
Honor the New Year with a Safari Zone event at the Chiayi Lantern Festival!
A new Safari Zone event has been announced by Niantic for Pokémon GO to celebrate the Chiayi Lantern Festival in Taiwan. The event will take place from February 26th, 2018 until March 3rd, 2018. The official Pokémon website also announced that Poochyena, Growlithe, Eevee, Snubbull and Electrike will...
Movie 21 Website Updates with Reveal of Lugia's Appearance in the Movie
The official Pokémon movie website has updated. Translations follow: The Legendary Pokémon Lugia Appears in the New Movie! In the teaser for the new movie, we could see the shadow of a flying Pokémon reflected in the water surface ... We will now disclose the true identity of this shadow!...
March Issue of Corocoro Comic Leaks, Reveals Lugia for Movie 21
Pages from the March issue of Corocoro has leaked. Translations follow: Lugia surfaces!!!!!!! The true identity of the mysterious shadow we could see in the teaser... was the legendary Pokémon Lugia! It's going to appear in the new Pokémon movie!!! Both the Pokémon that was gliding over Sat...
Pokémon GO - Valentine's Event / Fun and Festivities at Unibail-Rodamco
To celebrate Valentine's Day 2018, schools of Luvdisc will be out swimming and awarding 3x Stardust for each one caught from February 13th, 2018 until February 15th, 2018. Pokémon GO Fun and Festivities at Unibail-Rodamco Shopping Centers in February! Trainers in Europe will get an extra tre...
Pokémon North America International Championships and Pokémon World Championships Dates and Location
The Pokémon Company International today announced the dates and locations for the Pokémon North America International Championships which will take place between July 6th and 8th, 2018 in Columbus, Ohio while the Pokémon World Championships will be held August 24th to 26th, 2018 in Nashville, Tennes...
Pokémon Store Itami Airport - Osaka International Airport
A new Pokémon Store will open on April 18th, 2018 at the Osaka International Airport (Itami Airport), ITM for short. The concept of the Pokémon Store is to be a "Pokémon Casual Shop", basically a quick kiosk store, where people can purchase some of the official Pokémon merchandise available at the P...
