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The Pokémon Company has announced a few new plushies coming to Pokémon Centers in Japan, including some additions in conjunction with 2025 being their Year of Eevee. Two plush drops will arrive at Pokémon Centers on February 1st, and will become available at the Pokémon Center Online beginning 10 am JST on January 30th.
The MagFAST charity marathon is currently ongoing, having started on January 23rd and continuing through to January 26th. A randomizer run of Pokémon Crystal is set to feature at the event, which can be watched from the event's official Twitch channel.
An update on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese homepage has officially revealed two new Starter Set ex. Expanding on the Trainer's Pokémon mechanic that made its return in the Battle Partners expansion, which released just today in Japan, these sets feature fan fave Pokémon Trainers Marnie and Steven Stone, together with their Pokémon. ex Starter Set Marnie's Morpeko & Grimmsnarl ex (スターターセットex マリィのモルペコ&オーロンゲex) and ex Starter Set Steven's Beldum & Metagross ex (スターターセットex ダイゴのダンバル&メタグロスex) will release in Japan February 21st.
Pokémon Masters EX is today launching its latest Ranked Damage Event, Super Sparring No. 6. Featuring battles against Gladion, Shauna, and Bianca, this event will run through to February 1st, at 9:59pm (PST).
Following up on their initial announcement a week ago, Pokémon TCG Pocket have now provided additional details on the game's next expansion, Space-Time Smackdown, as well as the upcoming Trade feature, both of which will launch in the game mid-next week.
Build-A-Bear Workshop’s first Pokémon addition of the year has arrived. Their ever-growing line of Pokémon plushies now includes the 10 inch tall Yamper, available online to customers in the US and UK, with no word on if or when it will be available in stores. Yamper is available exclusively as a part of an online bundle, which includes a cape with fur trim and a purple Electric type-print bandana.
Galarian Rapidash is the latest Pokémon to join the fray in Pokémon UNITE. Galarian Rapidash is a special attacking Ranged Speedster with Intermediate difficulty, and can be purchased from the in-game shop for 790 Aeos Gems. It will also be available for 13,000 Aeos Coins from next week.
Following the first three Grand Challenges taking place at the end of last year, the first Global Challenge of VGC's 2025 series has now been announced. Registration for this online competition is open until January 30th, at 11:59pm (UTC), with the event itself scheduled to run from January 31st at midnight UTC through to February 2nd at 11:59pm (UTC).
The version-exclusive Pokémon Scream Tail, and Iron Bundle will be appearing as part of a 5-star Tera Raid Battle event in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet beginning this Friday January 24th, at Midnight (UTC), running through to Sunday January 26th,, at 11:59pm (UTC). This is the first time either Pokémon has appeared in a 5-star Tera Raid Battle event, however Iron Bundle previously appeared in a 7-star event with the Mightiest Mark for Christmas 2023.
A Psychic-type Pokémon Mass Outbreak Event has launched today in Pokémon TCG Pocket, offering players the opportunity to more easily acquire various cards of various Psychic-type Pokémon, as well as new Flair. This event will run through to January 29th at 5:59am (UTC) / January 28th, at 9:59pm (PST).
Pokémon Sleep's 1.5 Year anniversary was earlier this week, on Monday January 20th. In celebration of this milestone, the game is now distributing a special bundle of gifts to all Sleep Researchers. These gifts can be redeemed by anyone who logs in to the game before April 8th, at 4:00am (UTC).
The newest addition to The Wand Company's Poké Ball replicas, the Mini Love Ball replica, is now available from the Pokémon Center online stores in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. This compact Love Ball is priced at USD $59.99/GBP £59.99/CAD $77.99/AUD $107.99/NZD $117.99, with LED displays and proximity/touch sensors on a black matte base for a sleek look.
On top of the ongoing promotion between McDonald's in the United States and Pokémon GO, McDonald's starting today are launching two additional promotions in conjunction with the Pokémon Trading Card Game, and Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket. Until late February and while supplies last, fans will be able to purchase special a Happy Meal®, which comes in a Dragon-themed Pokémon box. Each Pokémon Happy Meal® contains a Pokémon poster, a sticker sheet, and a booster pack of four cards from this year's McDonald's Collection.
Japanese clothing company UNIQLO, known for its quality casual fashion, has put up a page showing new shirts stamped with sketches of different Pokémon, with the shirts being released in both mens and childrens sizes. This line is expected to release at the end of March in Japan. As of the time of writing, no international release for this particular line has yet been announced, however fans can likely expect to see these coming to international UNIQLO stores sometime later this year.
Pokémon Masters EX this week sees the return of 2023's Who's the Best Singer? Story Event, featuring a selection of musically inclined Trainers. Also launching alongside this event is a new Double Feature Poké Fair Scout featuring Sygna Suit Roxie & Toxtricity and Sygna Suit Piers & Toxtricity, both of whom made their debut together with the original run of the event. Both the event and scout will be available until February 7th, at 9:59pm (PST).
The newest set to be added to the Pokémon Trading Card Game is Prismatic Evolutions, and the Eevee-forward expansion has already had quite a chaotic release weekend. The Pokémon Company International (TPCi) acknowledged the issues it was having supplying the set even before its official international release on Friday, January 17th, and shortages seem to be a trend the company is aware of. Meanwhile, Prismatic Evolutions and preorders for it are sold out at retailers across the web, and the secondhand market is similarly discouraging. On top of how difficult it is to even purchase the new set, fans have been speculating that the rate at which highly-desired cards, like the new Eevee and its evolutions’ special illustration rares (SIR), appear is different from previous expansions.
The latest video on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese YouTube channel has unveiled the Super Rare print of the previously revealed Hop's Zacian ex card from the upcoming Battle Partners expansion. This cards will be released in Japan at the end of this week on January 24th. Cards from this set will be released internationally on March 28th as part of the Scarlet & Violet—Journey Together expansion.
Pokémon TCG Pocket today celebrates yet another milestone, with a gift of a special Pokédex promo card being distributed to mark players having acquired more than 40 Billion cards in-game. The Mythical Island SP Emblem Event, the game's latest PvP Event, is also launching today.
The 2025 Birmingham Regional Championships were won by William Bassolino, using a team almost identical to the team that won the 2024 World Championships. More details on this team, and other high-placing teams, can be found below!
This week's episode of Pokémon Horizons is easily the best episode so far because there’s a shot where multiple Jumpluff appear. Okay, bias aside, this is a good episode because it shows off how fascinating Area Zero is. The only thing missing from making it amazing was the lack of Area Zero music. Damn it, give me that spectacular theme song; it’s such a waste to NOT use it for this episode. Also, I can definitely say that Scarlet players are eating well.
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