It's Super Effective: A Pokémon Podcast

Pokémon TCG Pocket has a new event happening. We revisit the conversation about how Shiny Cards may be too much in the newest Pocket setting leading to future problems with the game. Niantic has upped the amount of Remote Raid passes you can use and turned on the ability to remote into both Shadow Raids and Dynamax Raids. TIMESTAMPS00:00:00-Introduction00:01:50-New Pocket Events00:11:15-Pocket Being Ruined00:34:20-Remote Raid Pass Expanding01:03:40-Max Raids01:36:20-Not Scopley's DoingLINKS

Celestial Guardians have arrived in TCG Pocket and adds the new Rare Candy meta. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet gets two new events to celebrate Golden Week in Japan. Pokémon Centers in Japan get three new Medals in Pokémon HOME for in-person visits. Pokémon GO is getting a crowned Nidoking and Nidoqueen, as well as, Pawmi Community Day. Black Bolt & White Flare will feature every Pokémon from Gen 5 like Pokémon 151 did for Kanto. 00:00:00-Introduction 00:02:00-Celestial Guardians Debut00:36:30-Golden Week Events in Pokémon SV00:54:30-New Pokémon HOME Medals01:04:00-Pokémon GO News01:16:00-Black Bolt & White Flare01:29:00-Post Credits Ad this episode brought to you by Mint Mobile! Check out MintMobile.com/pkmncast to start your new wireless plan for just $15 a month! LINKS

[Featuring GlitchxCity] Nintendo Switch 2 Pre-Orders happened and it was a mess! Pokémon Sleep is adding two new salads and the Chansey line to the game! We get Glitch's thoughts on Legends Z-A. Pokémon TCG Pocket announces a set focused on Alola and we finally get Rare Candy added to the game too! Pokémon HOME gets an update that revolves around a new medal system. 00:00:00-Introduction 00:02:30-Switch 2 Pre-Order Mess00:23:40-More Thoughts on Legends Z-A00:46:20-Pokémon Sleep News00:52:50-Celestial Guardians01:10:40-Pokémon HOME v3.3.001:29:10-Post Credits GitchxCity on Spotify  | GlitchxCity on YouTubeAd this episode brought to you by Pretty Litter! Check out prettylitter.com/pkmncast to save 20% off your first order! Ad this episode brought to you by HIMS! Check out hims.com/pkmncast to start your free visit online! LINKS

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 Updates00:14:00-Pokémon Pop-Sockets00:20:00-TCG Pocket Talk00:30:50-Pokémon GO News00:41:45-Niantic Layoffs00:55:30-Nintendo Switch 2 Pre-Orders01:03:40-Pokémon Games on Switch 201:19:20-Free VGC Rillaboom01:23:40-Post Credits LINKS

[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-Up00:25:30-Pokémon Stamp Rally00:35:30-Pokémon GO News00:59:15-More Switch 2 Talk01:07:15-Pokémon Games on Switch 201:33:50-Post Credits You can check out Serebii.net for all more Pokémon news! LINKS

[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 Money00:18:30-Cresselia in Sleep00:27:40-Pokémon UNITE Items00:36:10-Pokémon GameCube Games01:03:50-Legends Z-A and Scarlet/Violet Updates on Switch 201:35:30-Post Credits You can check out StephOfAnime on Twitch! Ad this episode brought to you by Mint Mobile! Check out MintMobile.com/pkmncast to start your new wireless plan for just $15 a month! Ad this episode brought to you by HIMS! Check out hims.com/pkmncast to start your free visit online! LINKS

[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 Coming00:28:00-Shining Revelry00:50:35-Pocket Ranked Mode01:03:00-New Legends Z-A Trailer Info01:45:00-Post Credits You can check out RealBreakingNate on YouTube! LINKS

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. Darkrai00:17:55-Pokémon Manga00:26:35-LEGO x Pokémon00:48:10-Shining Revelry01:15:45-Pokémon GO News01:33:35-More Legends Z-A Thoughts01:44:45-Post Credits  Ad this episode brought to you by Factor. Get started at factormeals.com/pkmncast50off and use code pkmncast50off to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping. LINKS

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 Tickets00:16:00-Removal of Trade Tokens00:36:35-Claude Plays Pokémon01:15:10-Scopely Takes Over Pokémon GO02:06:15-Post Credits   LINKS

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 News00:12:15-Honda's Koraidon00:30:20-The Lucky Trinket00:46:55-Global Unova Tour01:04:30-The $87,000 Cheetozard01:12:25-Triumphant Light01:36:00-Post Credits   LINKS

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 GO00:16:25-Shiny Pokémon in Masters EX00:17:05-Development behind Cafe Remix00:21:10-First to 500 Mode00:23:20-Arceus Set in TCG Pocket 00:30:05-Cresselia & Darkrai in Sleep00:32:45-Pokémon Scarlet & Violet News00:39:20-Pokémon Champions01:35:30-Pokémon Legends Z-A02:28:40-Post Credits   LINKS

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 Off00:38:50-Unova Tour Recap01:14:40-Post Credits   LINKS

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 Information00:09:55-Pokémon HOME Adds New Shinies00:34:50-A New Eevee Evolution00:52:00-Furfrou00:55:30-Mewtwo in Pokémon Sleep00:58:50-New Set in Pokémon TCG Pocket01:01:40-Updated Mode in Pokémon UNITE01:05:30-Cafe ReMix? 01:07:30-100 Free Pulls in Masters EX01:12:05-Pokémon Stadium 301:32:45-Black and White Remakes01:49:40-Legends Z-A Thoughts01:56:30-Post Credits   LINKS

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 Talk00:35:30-Pokémon Sleep Quality of Life Updates00:44:00-Netflix Horizons S200:50:10-New Dragonite Anime01:02:05-Pokémon Day Jerseys01:09:50-Nintendo Music App01:16:00-GO Tour Unova01:33:00-Post Credits   LINKS

Space-Time Smackdown makes it's debut and Darkai seems to be the dominate card of the set for far. We talk about new cards and we also talk about how disappointing trading is so far. As of this recording, DeNA said they heard feedback on trading, but we don't know what their plans are going forward. Shiny Manaphy and Shiny Enamorus get added to Pokémon HOME. Pokémon Sleep gets a Valentine's Day event. Pokémon Day celebrates with a Flying-Tera Eevee. 00:00:00-Introduction 00:02:20-Pocket Trading Apology00:44:25-Space-Time Smackdown New Cards01:08:30-Next TCG Pocket Set Soon01:22:30-Pokémon Sleep Clodsire Debut01:31:50-Shiny Manaphy and Shiny Enamorus01:42:50-Flying Tera-Type Eevee01:54:05-McDonald's Trick02:01:00-Post Credits   LINKS

Pokémon TCG Pocket announces their newest expansion, Space-Time Smackdown, which will debut later this month. On top of that, trading will arrive to Pocket the day before the set drops. Pokémon Sleep gets a break in events, but celebrates it's 1.5 year anniversary with gifts. McDonald's gets a Pokémon TCG collaboration. Pokémon GO announces a Legendary lead-up to Unova Tour. 00:00:00-Introduction 00:03:50-Pokémon TCG Pocket Trading00:29:15-Space-Time Smackdown00:51:40-McDonald's Collab00:58:00-Sleep Talk01:09:00-Pokémon GO Tour01:20:00-Prismatic Event at Stores01:46:10-Post Credits   LINKS

Pokémon TCG Pocket says trading and a new booster pack set is coming this month. They pointed out that you'll need an item to trade, but didn't state what that was. Pokémon Sleep has a new event, along with our first Gen V Pokémon added to the game. The Nintendo Switch 2 has been announced and we remind everyone that Legends Z-A was confirmed as a Switch game. Pokémon GO announces a Tour Pass for the upcoming Unova Tour Event. 00:00:00-Introduction 00:01:45-Pokémon TCG Pocket Trading00:18:50-Prismatic Evolutions Sold Out 00:39:20-New Sleep Event00:49:50-Switch 2 and Legends Z-A01:05:10-Unova Tour $15 Pass01:47:45-Post Credits   LINKS

Pokémon GO announces some new events, more details about Unova Tour, and the dates for the 2025 GO Fest this year. Pokémon Center announces the Year of Eevee, to mostly likely just sell more merch. Pokémon (in Japan) trademarks two new names, “Mega Brave” and “Mega Symphonia," which is mostly likely for the TCG, but can be related to Legends Z-A. We talk about the two upcoming TCG sets and how both are sold out.  00:00:00-Introduction 00:03:20-Unova Tour00:14:15-More GO News 00:50:00-Even More GO News01:10:10-GO Fest Dates 01:24:15-Year of Eevee01:33:00-Mega Brave & Mega Symphonia 01:49:00-TCG Market Crash Again02:06:00-Post Credits   LINKS

Pokémon TCG Pocket has two current events as we are waiting for trading to be added later this month. Two new sets of the physical TCG are coming, starting with Prismatic Evolutions and then Battle Partners (JPN). Pokémon GO adds a new accessibility feature (still in testing) and announces Fashion Week. Finally, we talk about Niantic's AI + AR plans and why people are upset. 00:00:00-Introduction 00:03:00-Pokémon TCG Pocket00:24:30-Physical TCG Cards00:56:10-Pokémon GO Accessibility01:06:50-Fashion Week01:24:00-Niantic AI + AR01:47:40-Post Credits   LINKS

Should you care about limited-time flair in Pokémon TCG Pocket? Pokémon Sleep announced two weeks of events to celebrate the  New Year. One of the bundles apart of this event cost $70. Pokémon announced a new partnership with Aardman that will arrive in 2027. Struggles with some people and Rayquaza Raids sparks conversation about why this probably wasn't 7-Star. 00:00:00-Introduction 00:02:00-Pokémon Sleep News00:33:40-Aardman Collaboration00:43:40-Rayquaza Raid Talk01:11:10-Pokémon TCG Pocket Talk01:41:30-Post Credits   LINKS