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

The Olympic Council of Asia has announced that a total of 11 titles, including Pokémon UNITE, will feature as part of the eSports portion of the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 (第20回アジア競技大会 愛知/名古屋2026). The inclusion of eSports in the Asian Games was first seen as a demonstration at Jakarta-Palembang 2018, before becoming an official medal event in Hangzhou 2022.

To commemorate 20 years of the Bulbapedia, we're celebrating with a special fundraiser for the American Cancer Society! The Bulbagarden Catch-a-thon challenges players all around the world to catch as many Pokémon as possible in a four-day event this February 14th-17th.

Niantic has announced the locations and dates for the three Pokémon GO Fest 2025 in-person events, which this year will be held in Osaka, Japan; Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; and Paris, France.

The Pokémon Company International confirmed today that a giant Pokémon balloon will appear in the 2024 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, just as in every parade since the debut of the original Pikachu balloon in 2001. Pikachu and Eevee will appear along the 2.5 mile long parade route in New York City in their Poké Ball sleigh, one of 22 balloons in this year’s parade. This will be Pikachu and Eevee’s fourth appearance in the sleigh, as the balloon debuted in 2021 in conjunction with the franchise’s 25th anniversary.

I guess the Pokémon Company International couldn’t afford New York Comic Con this year, so they hosted their own event near the venue over the same weekend. Which is great, because I can’t afford Comic Con either! Thus, the stage was set. For the first time in a while, I got to attend a Pokémon event.

The Pokémon Company International is going to be hosting a slightly belated launch event for the new mobile game Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, a digital adaptation of the Pokémon TCG, which will launch worldwide on October 30th. The launch event will be held from 10 am to 7 pm on November 9th and from 11:15 am to 7 pm on November 10th at Outernet, an events complex in central London that features screens covering its walls.

Pokémon is expanding its presence in the Indian subcontinent: As part of the "Pokémon Festivities" campaign, Pikachu will be donning an Indian look and appearing in various events - from Pokémon GO to Pokémon Kids TV, to collaborations and celebrations taking place across the country. The male Pikachu sports a stylish navy-blue kurta with a beige vest, while the female Pikachu is clad in a pink saree. Pikachu’s attire has a clear Indian influence, with the Mago Berry pattern, resembling India’s national fruit, the mango. The design also incorporates the Poké Ball motif that is well-known among Pokémon fans. In addition to an exclusive event in Pokémon GO, the campaign will include a special gift box, a sticker pack, a dance video, keychain giveaways, and Pokémon Mela events.

Nintendo Live 2024 Sydney was held last weekend. The event was, ultimately, a bit of a disappointing showing for the first run of this event Down Under. Rather than being a full scale official Nintendo fan convention, the event was more like a jumped-up version of the old Nintendo Connection Tours that visited major shopping centres around the country in the 2000s.

As part of the news announcements made during the closing ceremony for the 2024 Pokémon World Championships, The Pokémon Company International have officially confirmed the locations and dates for the 2025 and 2026 Pokémon World Championships.

The first day of the Pokémon World Championships 2024 has concluded! Everything you need to know about the results of the streamed VGC matches and other players and off-camera games is featured right here within this article.

Pokémon Center Nagoya, currently located on the 5th floor of the Matsuzakaya mall in the Sakae area of Nagoya's Naka Ward, will be relocating to a larger and more accessible location on the 2nd floor of the PARCO East Building, also in Sakae. The current store is scheduled to close on September 8th, though as of writing no date for the opening of the new store has been announced.

The Pokémon × Kogei: Playful Encounters of Art and Japanese Craft exhibit, featuring handcrafted works of Pokémon by 20 different Japanese artists, will be opening for another run from November 1st, this time at the Azabudai Hills Gallery in Tokyo. This latest installment, which will be open until February 2nd, 2025, will include additional works by several artists, and also talk events, workshops, a collaboration café, and new merchandise.

In addition to the Pokémon GO Safari event for Jakarta, Indonesia, Niantic this week also announced a Pokémon GO City Safari event to be held in the Songdo Central Park in Incheon, South Korea, running from September 27th to 29th. In this ticketed in-person event, Trainers will explore Incheon, a city "where the future and the past coexist".

This week, Niantic announced details on a new Pokémon GO City Safari event for Jakarta, Indonesia, which continues the run of Pikachu's Indonesia Journey events in collaboration with Pokémon Air Adventures. This ticketed in-person event will run over the weekend of September 21st and 22nd, featuring encounters with both location-themed wild Pokémon and Pokémon themed around the Pokémon Air Adventures, along with event-exclusive Research.

A press release from The Pokémon Company International earlier today has announced a collection of Pokémon activities, displays, and distributions that will be taking place at the upcoming Comic-Con International 2024, which is being held later this month from July 25th-28th, with a special preview night being held on July 24th. These include an interactive booth where attendees can learn more about Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and a special early distribution of Roy's Fuecoco for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. A variety of other Pokémon-related activities and attractions, including TCG tournaments, will also be running during this event.

The German speedrunning community is set to perform live at the DoKomi event for 2024. Based out of Düsseldorf, Germany, DoKomi is an annual fair for anime and manga. Speedruns of two Pokémon games are scheduled for the final day of the event, which can be watched on the Germench Twitch channel. A Pokémon Scarlet/Violet competition is also set to take place at the event, in colaboration with the Grugapark Poké-Liga.

Niantic has released full details on the Pokémon GO in-person event being held in Perth, Australia this weekend on June 29th and 30th in conjunction with the Supanova pop culture expo. Trainers will be able to take part in the in-person gameplay experience during the event at the Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre between Saturday June 29th at 10:00am, and Sunday June 30th at 6:00pm local time.

Held over the weekend of May 31st to June 2nd, Pokéverse was an unaffiliated, “Made by Fans for Fans” Pokémon convention held in Mandaluyong City, near Manila in the Philippines. Since the convention, congoers, vendors, and even its own celebrity guests have come online to discuss the many issues they encountered, from its unusually high ticket prices and table fees to concerns with how it treated its Make-A-Wish child guests.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Blue Rescue Team and Pokémon Pinball Ruby & Sapphire are set to be featured in back-to-back runs as part of this weekend's Pixel Art Runners (PAR) Spring Sprite speedrunning marathon. The event is being hosted on the streamer cic_ada's Twitch channel.

Niantic has released full details on the Pokémon GO in-person event being held in Melbourne, Australia starting later this week in conjunction with the DreamHack Melbourne festival, which runs from April 26th to April 28th. Trainers will be able to take part in the in-person gameplay experience during the event around the Rod Laver & Margaret Court Arena at Melbourne & Olympic Parks.