Pokémon Sleep gets a new update to help with finding Shiny Pokémon and adjusting skills. Pokémon GO brings back Mega Kangaskhan and we talk about Niantic laying off team members next month. If you're in America, you can finally pre-order a Nintendo Switch this week! We talk Pokémon fatigue with 7-Star Raids and how we hope the games perform on Switch 2. 

00:00:00-Introduction 
00:01:40-Pokémon Sleep Updates
00:14:00-Pokémon Pop-Sockets
00:20:00-TCG Pocket Talk
00:30:50-Pokémon GO News
00:41:45-Niantic Layoffs
00:55:30-Nintendo Switch 2 Pre-Orders
01:03:40-Pokémon Games on Switch 2
01:19:20-Free VGC Rillaboom
01:23:40-Post Credits  

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[Featuring Joe Merrick] Darkrai arrives in Pokémon Sleep with new music and a new mission for players. Pokémon GO gets a new Stamp Rally feature for Osaka GO Fest and for all the PokéLids in Japan. Joe shares his thoughts on Pokémon Legends Z-A and the Nintendo Switch 2. 

00:00:00-Introduction 
00:02:50-Darkrai Arrives 
00:10:20-Pokémon Mobile Game Round-Up
00:25:30-Pokémon Stamp Rally
00:35:30-Pokémon GO News
00:59:15-More Switch 2 Talk
01:07:15-Pokémon Games on Switch 2
01:33:50-Post Credits  

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[Featuring StephOfAnime] Pokémon TCG Pocket passes every gacha game out there and continues to rake in the cash. The Cresselia event in Sleep is good! Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon Gale of Darkness is coming to the Switch 2 with some other GameCube games (but not at launch). Pokémon Scarlet and Violet will get a free update on Switch 2 for performance and Pokémon Z-A will also get a (paid?) performance updated planned for the Nintendo Switch 2 too. 

00:00:00-Introduction 
00:03:30-Pokémon TCG Pocket Money
00:18:30-Cresselia in Sleep
00:27:40-Pokémon UNITE Items
00:36:10-Pokémon GameCube Games
01:03:50-Legends Z-A and Scarlet/Violet Updates on Switch 2
01:35:30-Post Credits  

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[Featuring RealBreakingNate] Pokémon tells us that they are working hard to reprint current Pokémon TCG set and future sets to meet the demand of their audience. Pokémon TCG Pocket releases their first Shiny set with over 100 cards and they also debuted their Ranked mode for players to earn more rewards and emblems. The most recent Nintendo Direct gave us a short trailer for Legends Z-A featuring the Z-A Royale. We now know you are suppose to catch Pokémon during the day and battle at night. 

00:00:00-Introduction 
00:05:10-Pokémon Reprints Are Coming
00:28:00-Shining Revelry
00:50:35-Pocket Ranked Mode
01:03:00-New Legends Z-A Trailer Info
01:45:00-Post Credits  

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We now have more details for the Cresselia vs Darkrai event in Pokémon Sleep. The US Pokémon website finally acknowledged the Pokémon Manga. Pokémon announces a deal with LEGO, which is coming in 2026. Pokémon TCG Pocket announces another mini-set, but it'll be over 100 cards and it'll feature Shiny Pokémon. Pokémon GO has two new events coming for early April. 

00:00:00-Introduction 
00:04:30-Cresselia Vs. Darkrai
00:17:55-Pokémon Manga
00:26:35-LEGO x Pokémon
00:48:10-Shining Revelry
01:15:45-Pokémon GO News
01:33:35-More Legends Z-A Thoughts
01:44:45-Post Credits  

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Pokémon Worlds has announced sign-ups to enter a lottery to purchase tickets for the event in Anaheim. Tickets went up in cost and now have new limits. Pokémon TCG Pocket plans to remove trade tokens completely later this year. Claude Plays Pokémon shows us how Pokémon Red & Blue can be used as benchmarks for silly ideas and also makes us second guess what we remember about those games. The Scopely deal for Pokémon GO actually goes through and we readdress the future of this game.  

00:00:00-Introduction 
00:02:30-Pokémon Worlds Tickets
00:16:00-Removal of Trade Tokens
00:36:35-Claude Plays Pokémon
01:15:10-Scopely Takes Over Pokémon GO
02:06:15-Post Credits  

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Cresselia soon arrives to Pokémon Sleep and we get Munna as we get closer to that event. Honda makes a Koraidon, but you cannot sit on it. Pokémon GO Global Unova Tour makes as much money as Global Hoenn Tour through app-store purchases, but most likely more due to web-store purchases. The Lucky Trinket had weird limits. We talk about the $87,000 Cheetozard and how Pokémon stuff is really weird. More Triumphant Light talk. 

00:00:00-Introduction 
00:02:40-Pokémon Sleep News
00:12:15-Honda's Koraidon
00:30:20-The Lucky Trinket
00:46:55-Global Unova Tour
01:04:30-The $87,000 Cheetozard
01:12:25-Triumphant Light
01:36:00-Post Credits  

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We run through the entire Pokémon Presents. The first segment of the podcast covers Pokémon mobile titles such as Sleep, Masters EX, UNITE, and TCG Pocket. After the first break, we spend a lot of time talking about Pokémon Champions and the future of VGC and battling. Finally, we talk about the first look at Pokémon Legends Z-A and what we thought of what was shown on Pokémon Day. 

00:00:00-Introduction 
00:03:45-Season 2 of Concierge 
00:07:15-Urshifu coming to Pokémon GO
00:16:25-Shiny Pokémon in Masters EX
00:17:05-Development behind Cafe Remix
00:21:10-First to 500 Mode
00:23:20-Arceus Set in TCG Pocket 
00:30:05-Cresselia & Darkrai in Sleep
00:32:45-Pokémon Scarlet & Violet News
00:39:20-Pokémon Champions
01:35:30-Pokémon Legends Z-A
02:28:40-Post Credits  

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Bloomberg is reporting that Niantic is in talks to sell Pokémon GO to Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely for $3.5 billon dollars in a few weeks. We talk about the future of GO and what some outcomes could be. The second part of today's show is our feelings after day 1 of Unova Tour in LA. 

00:00:00-Introduction 
00:02:20-Pokémon GO Being Sold Off
00:38:50-Unova Tour Recap
01:14:40-Post Credits  

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Shiny Meltan and Shiny Keldeo added to Pokémon HOME. EUIC is around the corner and will have 4 distributions you can collect. Our Pokémon Day 2025 predictions range from Z-A talk to thoughts on what's coming to Pokémon Sleep, UNITE, and Pokémon TCG Pocket. The main conversation is how competitive will work for next year if we assume that Legends Z-A is not a competitive focused game.  

00:00:00-Introduction 
00:01:55-EUIC Information
00:09:55-Pokémon HOME Adds New Shinies
00:34:50-A New Eevee Evolution
00:52:00-Furfrou
00:55:30-Mewtwo in Pokémon Sleep
00:58:50-New Set in Pokémon TCG Pocket
01:01:40-Updated Mode in Pokémon UNITE
01:05:30-Cafe ReMix? 
01:07:30-100 Free Pulls in Masters EX
01:12:05-Pokémon Stadium 3
01:32:45-Black and White Remakes
01:49:40-Legends Z-A Thoughts
01:56:30-Post Credits  

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The Space-Time Smackdown meta is nothing but chip damage right now. DeNA gifted everyone 1,000 trade tokens and we anticipate something more around Pokémon Day. Speaking of Pokémon Day, we are to get a new Dragonite anime on YouTube, which might also be hinting at a TCG promo card? Pokémon Sleep gets a quality of life update. Pokémon Day will have new basketball jerseys for sale and Unova Tour LA is not canceled! 

00:00:00-Introduction 
00:01:20-TCG Pocket Talk
00:35:30-Pokémon Sleep Quality of Life Updates
00:44:00-Netflix Horizons S2
00:50:10-New Dragonite Anime
01:02:05-Pokémon Day Jerseys
01:09:50-Nintendo Music App
01:16:00-GO Tour Unova
01:33:00-Post Credits  

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