On the Origin of Species: Sobble, Drizzile, and Inteleon

Today, the official Chinese Pokémon Card Channel posted a video unveiling the Full Art variant of the Zorua card from the upcoming White Flare expansion. This set releases in Japan on June 6th, in Taiwan on June 20th, and internationally on July 18th.

Today's livestream on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese YouTube channel has unveiled new cards for Vullaby and Mandibuzz. These cards will be released in the Black Bolt expansion in Japan on June 6th, and internationally on July 18th.

The 2025 Santiago Regional Championships were won by Max Morales, making use of the pairing of Miraidon and Calyrex's Ice Rider form. This event was the first in the Latin America region to use the Regulation Set I ruleset, allowing the use of Paradox Pokemon, Legendary Pokemon, along with a choice of two Restricted Special Pokemon per team.

The Superpower Pokémon Machop will be the featured Pokémon for Pokémon GO's next Community Day Classic event, this Saturday May 24th. During the event, which will run from 2:00pm to 5:00pm local time, Machop and its Shiny variant will be appearing more frequently in the wild.

Grimsley is debuting his new Sync Pair with Absol today in Pokémon Masters EX debut in a set of Variety Scouts. The pair feature as an opponent in a brand new Special Co-op Event also launching today, Mega Evolve—Luck of the Draw. Additionally, a large quantity of Sync Pairs with the ability to Mega Evolve are receiving additional Sync Grid tiles together with this new event.

Today's video on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese YouTube channel has unveiled new cards for Litwick, Lampent, and Chandelure, including an Art Rare print of Chandelure. These cards will be released in the Black Bolt expansion in Japan on June 6th, and internationally on July 18th.

Urshifu makes its Pokémon GO debut in the Final Strike: GO Battle Week, ending the Might and Mastery season. The Final Strike event runs this week from Wednesday, May 21st, at 10:00am to Tuesday, May 27th, at 8:00pm local time.

The next set of special Tera Raids in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet will be focusing on the Mach Pokémon Garchomp, which will be making its first appearance in 7-star Black Crystal Tera Raid Battles between May 23rd at midnight (UTC) / 22nd at 5:00pm (PDT), and May 25th at 11:59pm (UTC) / 4:59pm (PDT). This will be followed by a second appearance one week later from May 30th at midnight (UTC) / 29th at 5:00pm (PDT), to June 1st at 11:59pm (UTC) / 4:59pm (PDT). Blissey will also be appearing more frequently in 5-star Tera Raid Battles during the second weekend of this event.

What seems at first like a casual episode of Pokémon Horizons ends up surprisingly plot relevant. Now that Uruto is permanently joining Liko and Roy in their travels, there's clear differences in his dynamic with each of them.

The 2025 Thailand Master Ball League was won by 2025 Thailand Premier Ball League Champion Anousak Jung. Their team is led by the Restricted Pokemon Koraidon and Calyrex’s Ghost-type Shadow Rider form, with slightly niche picks such as Dondozo, Tatsugiri, and Galarian Weezing in the back.

The 2025 Utrecht Regional Championships were won by 2024 Worlds Semi-finalist and 2023 Worlds Finalist Michael Kelsch, using a team headed by Miraidon and a more defensive build for Calyrex's Ice Rider form.

Today's video on the Japanese Pokémon Card Channel showcased two new cards, Frillish and Jellicent ex, to be released in White Flare in Japan on June 6th, and internationally on July 18th.

The 2025 Melbourne Regional Championships were won by Masayoshi Kuroo, cleverly using a unique combination of Koraidon and Calyrex Shadow Rider.

RPG Limit Break 2025 is scheduled to begin tomorrow, May 18th, running through until May 24th for close to a week of nonstop RPG speedruns. Two Pokemon speedruns are scheduled to be a part of the marathon: Pokémon Crystal, and a co-op diploma run of Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu/Eevee. The event will be held live out of Denver, Colorado (with some runs performed remotely) and will be raising money for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). The event will be available to watch on both Twitch and YouTube. Individual runs will be available on-demand from the latter at a later point.

The release date for Alcremie, the next Pokémon to join the fray in Pokémon UNITE has been announced — It will be available to play from June 12th. Alcremie is a Supporter. At the time of writing, no further details have on Alcremie have been officially announced.

Netflix has revealed that the third batch of Pokémon Horizons: Season 2—The Search for Laqua will be releasing exclusively on Netflix in the U.S. and other territories on June 27th. This batch is expected to consist of 11 episodes, from 2x23 HZ068: Into a New Sky! The Brave Olivine!, to 2x33 HZ078: Entei's Fierce Battle Cry!.

Drop Events are back in Pokémon TCG Pocket with the launch of the Alolan Ninetales Drop Event. In this event, which runs from May 15th at 11:00pm through to May 25th at 10:59pm (PDT), players will be able to challenge a series of special solo battles to attempt to obtain promo card packs and other rewards.

Regigigas is being featured in a Shadow Raid Day in Pokémon GO this Saturday, May 17th, from 2:00pm to 5:00pm local time.

Pokémon UNITE updated to Version 1.18.2.7 at 7:00am (UTC) on May 15th. These updates, dubbed "Breath of Evolution [Part 2]" (Japanese: 「進化の息吹 Part2」), bring balance adjustments for a variety of Pokémon and Items, alongside bug fixes and Shop and Event updates.

Bede is debuting his new Sygna Suit Sync Pair with Iron Valient today in Pokémon Masters EX debut in a new Poké Fair Scout. The pair also star in a brand new Story Event launching today, Blades of the Future. Both the scout and Story Event will run through to June 1st, at 10:59pm (PDT).