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Pokémon Nintendo 3DS Theme - December 6th, 2017

Nintendo Japan has revealed a new Pokémon Nintendo 3DS theme: Pokémon Winter Hide and Seek (ポケモン 冬のかくれんぼ). The theme costs 200yen. The theme is available for purchase as of December 6th, 2017 on the Japanese Nintendo 3DS eShop store. Pokémon Winter Hide and Seek (ポケモン 冬のかくれんぼ) Features: Pika...

Introducing Weather and 50 Pokémon from the Hoenn Region in Pokémon GO!

The Pokémon Company International and Niantic have announced a new update for Pokémon GO that will add 50 Pokémon from the Hoenn Region as well as adding weather effects to the game. Big Changes Are Coming to Pokémon GO! Pokémon from the Hoenn region and new weather effects will expand your ...

Lana Nendoroid (ねんどろいど スイレン)

GOODSMILE ONLINE SHOP and the Japanese Pokémon Center Online have announced that pre-orders for a Lana Nendoroid (ねんどろいど スイレン) will be open from Friday, December 1st, 2017 at 14:00JST until Thursday, January 11th, 2018 at 12:00JST for GOODSMILE and from Friday, December 1st, 2017 at 14:00JST until ...

2018 Pokémon Oceania International Championships

The official Pokémon website has announced details for the Pokémon Oceania International Championships which will take place at Sydney Olympic Park in Sydney, Australia, from February 9th to 11th, 2018. Pokémon Oceania International Championships The Pokémon Oceania International Championshi...

Pokémon Center Tokyo DX and Pokémon Cafe

The official Japanese Pokémon website has announced that a new Pokémon Center and a Pokémon Cafe will open on Wednesday, March 14th, 2018 on the 5th floor of the Nihonbashi Takashimaya S.C. East Building. The Pokémon Center Tokyo DX and Pokémon Cafe (ポケモンセンタートウキョーDX & ポケモンカフェ) location will be t...

Pokémon GO Global Catch Challenge Results - Ho-Oh Appearing in Raid Battles around the World!

The Pokémon GO Global Catch Challenge successfully reached its goal of catching 3 billion Pokémon in a week resulting in a total of 3,364,580,633 Pokémon being caught during the 7 day period. As part of the reward for achieving that goal, the Rainbow Pokémon Ho-oh will appear in Raid Battles at Gyms...

Johto x Alola (ジョウト×アローラ)

The first tournament for Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon has been announced. Johto x Alola (ジョウト×アローラ) will take place from Friday, December 15th, 2017 at 00:00 UTC through Sunday, December 17th, 2017 at 23:59 UTC. Full details are listed below and on our 7th Generation Online Competitions page whi...

The Pokémon Company Reaches 300 Million Cumulative Games Shipped

The Pokémon Company announced via a press release on November 24th, 2017, that cumulative shipments of 76 Pokémon games over multiple systems has now reached a total of 300 million copies worldwide. Source: http://www.pokemon.co.jp/corporate/press/objects/pdf/poke_171124.pdf TOTAL POKÉMON...

Media Create Sales in Japan For November 13th to 19th, 2017

The sales figures for the debut week in Japan for Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon have been announced. The games debuted at the top of the charts taking the first and second spots. The Pokémon games sales absolutely crushed Star Wars Battlefront II which also was released on the same day. S...

Pokémon GO - Developer Insights: An Update on Raid Battles

Niantic has posted a detailed blog post on the Official Pokémon GO website detailing the upcoming changes to the Raid Battle feature. Developer Insights: An Update on Raid Battles Trainers, We greatly appreciate all the feedback you’ve shared with us about the Raid Battle feature over the pa...

2018 Season Pokémon Europe International Championships Results

Pokémon players and fans from around the globe gathered at London’s ExCeL centre from November 17th to 19th, 2017 for the 2018 season Pokémon Europe International Championships. High resolution pictures from the press release have been added to an Imageboard thread. Winners crowned at the Pok...

Pokémon GO Travel and the Global Catch Challenge - 298,159,864 Pokémon Caught on First Day!

Niantic has announced the Pokémon GO Travel and the Global Catch Challenge which aims to get players to catch 3 billion Pokémon in a week from November 20th, 2017 until November 26th, 2017. Pokémon GO Travel and the Global Catch Challenge Trainers, Ever since Pokémon GO launched, we've loved hea...