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NEWS ARTICLES
Movie 21 Website Updates with Info on Upcoming Relevant Media

The official Pokémon movie website has updated. Translations follow: Media Information Magazines: Monday January 15th: "Corocoro Comic" - Presentation of artwork Saturday January 20th: "Corocoro Ichiban!" - Presentation of artwork *Note that these are the scheduled publication dates, an...

Kyogre Appearing in Raid Battles around the World in Pokémon GO

Kyogre is appearing in Raid Battles in Pokémon GO around the world from January 12th, 2018 until February 14th, 2018 at 1:00 P.M. PST. Kyogre Appearing in Raid Battles around the World! Trainers, Kyogre, the Water-type Legendary Pokémon originally discovered in the Hoenn region, is now appea...

Pokémon GO Community Day

Niantic has announced Pokémon GO Community Day's. It is designed to be a day where players around the world meet up in a real-world location to play the game and meet new friends. Introducing Pokémon GO Community Day! Trainers, We’re incredibly excited to announce Pokémon GO Community Day–a ...

Detective Pikachu to be released March 23rd, 2018

The Pokémon Company International and Nintendo announced Detective Pikachu, a new video game scheduled to release exclusively on the Nintendo 3DS family of systems both digitally and at retail on March 23rd, 2018. It was originally released in Japan on February 3rd, 2016, which will be over two year...

P-Sports Aim To Be A Pokémon Battle Master (P-Sports〜目指せ、ポケモンバトルマスター!〜)

Abema TV has announced that a new TV Show called P-Sports Aim To Be A Pokémon Battle Master (P-Sports〜目指せ、ポケモンバトルマスター!〜) will air on Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 from 6:00 - 7:00 JST. The new program is a Pokémon e-sports show that focuses on battling. Will the challengers that appear and battl...

Pokkén Tournament DX Battle Pack

A Nintendo Direct Mini was broadcast on January 11th, 2018 and details about the Pokkén Tournament DX Battle Pack was announced. Wave 1 will be available January 31st, 2018 and Wave 2 will be available March 23rd, 2018. Nintendo Download, Jan. 11, 2018: Build Before You Buy! The Battle Pack ...

Six Pokémon Characters made Pornhub's Top Search List for Game Character Searches in 2017

Six Pokémon characters made Pornhub's top search list for Game Character Searches in 2017 according to Pornhub’s official 2017 Year in Review news post. Misty, Dawn, Ash, Serena, Gardevoir and Pikachu all placed in the list. Misty made it to fourth place with a 120% boost with 2,600,507 searches and...

"Win at the Battle Agency!" Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon Global Mission

The Pokémon Global Link website has announced another Global Mission for Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon called "Win at the Battle Agency!". If participating players win a collective 100,000 times at the Battle Agency in Festival Plaza between January 9th, 2018 at 0:00 (UTC) and January 22n...

2018 International Challenge January

The second international tournament for Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon has been announced. 2018 International Challenge January will take place from Friday, January 26th, 2018 at 00:00 UTC through Sunday, January 28th, 2018 at 23:59 UTC. Full details are listed below and on our 7th Generation Onli...

Pokémon GO to discontinue support on Apple devices that are not capable of upgrading to iOS 11

In what can only be described as yet another stupid move for Niantic, they have announced that Pokémon GO will no longer support Apple devices that can not run iOS 11. Players that have an Apple device than cannot run iOS 11 but can still currently play Pokémon GO will become obsolete on February 28...

Pokémon GO to Launch in China

Niantic has partnered with the Chinese company NetEase to help launch Pokémon GO in China. Pokémon Go set finally to land in China US group Niantic’s tie-up with games company NetEase opens door to launch “We absolutely intend to bring our existing games into China,” Mr Hanke said. “Beyond t...

The “Have Fun Mantine Surfing!” Global Mission Was a Success!

From December 12th, 2017 until December 25th, 2017, the second Global Mission for Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon, called Have Fun Mantine Surfing!, took place. The goal was for all participating Trainers to collectively earn 1,000,000 Beach Points (BP) in Mantine Surf events. The “H...