More Pokémon Day details revealed

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A post to the official Pokémon site has revealed more of what is in store for February 27, Pokémon Day.

We’re getting ready for fun events on February 27, better known around the world as Pokémon Day! It’s the day the first games in the Pokémon video game series, Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green, debuted in Japan in 1996. Recognized by fans around the world, it’s the perfect time to celebrate the world of Pokémon.

But before we can get there, we need input from every Pokémon fan. With the help of Google, we’re holding a Pokémon of the Year competition where you can vote for your favorite Pokémon. The voting period is from Wednesday, February 5, at 6 a.m. PST through Friday, February 14, at 5:59 a.m. PST.

To participate, search for “Pokemon vote” on Google. The voting screen will be displayed in your search results. Select the category you want to vote on from the eight choices. Then select one Pokémon from the list (sorted by National Pokédex number) and click the vote button. When you’re signed in to your Google account, you can cast one vote per category for a maximum of eight votes daily. You can vote only once in each category per day, but you can vote each day during the voting period. Votes will be counted based on the Pokémon’s National Pokédex number, even for Pokémon that have multiple forms, including regional forms.

Pokémon GO is getting a head start on the Pokémon Day excitement. Starting on Tuesday, February 25, keep an eye out in the wild for Pikachu and Eevee donning their party hats, as well as Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle sporting the same festive look and hatching from 7 km Eggs. In celebration of the Pokémon Day launch of the movie Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolutionon Netflix, special Pokémon clones including Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise will start to appear in Raid Battles. Plus, be sure to take a lot of pictures—you might notice that clone Pikachu will want to be in the shot, too. Finally, each day you’ll be able to complete two Special Trades instead of just one. There may be even more special events on the way, too, so check back soon for details. These events will take place every day through Monday, March 2.

Look forward to even more Pokémon Day fun, including the big reveal of a special, newly discovered Pokémon! There will also be news and updates for Pokémon Masters. Some special Max Raid Battles in Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield will also launch that day. And remember, the full-length movie Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution will arrive on Netflix on Pokémon Day, too.

Be sure to visit Pokemon.com regularly as we’ll have updates as to what you can expect on Pokémon Day.

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150 thoughts on “More Pokémon Day details revealed”

  1. my kanto vote was super easy, mewtwo has been my #1 favorite pokemon since forever. the others are gonna take a little bit of narrowing down

    hoenn’s definitely gonna be rayquaza. i’ve got alola and galar down to two each, and three each from sinnoh and kalos. johto and unova are gonna be the hardest, i’ve got more than five for each that i’m stuck between!

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  3. My picks were easy outside Hoenn, Unova and Galar

    Kanto: Poliwhirl
    Johto: Heracross
    Hoenn: Tropius (Was torn between Armaldo, Deoxys and Flygon as well)
    Sinnoh: Torterra
    Unova: Reuniclus (Torn on Oshawott too)
    Kalos: Goodra
    Alola: Morelull
    Galar: Flapple (Was torn between Cufant and Centiskortch as well)

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  4. I only voted for Incineroar, Appletun and Leavanny, couldn’t decide any other ones

    (Also minecraft got a new ore and I’m excited about that)

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  6. My picks
    Kanto:Arcanine
    Jotho: Crobat
    Hoenn: Sceptile(should shock no one at this point)
    Sinnoh: staraptor
    Unova: krookodile
    Kalos: hawlucha
    Alola: lycanroc (more specifically mid day)
    Galar: Grimmsnarl

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  7. Kanto: Growlithe
    Johto: Crobat
    Hoenn: Dustox
    Sinnoh: Tangrowth
    Unova: MUTHA EFFIN VOLCARONA!!!!
    Kalos: Heliolisk
    Alola: Dewpider
    Galar: Toxel

    All time favorite: Delibird

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  8. Special Max Raid battles that launch that day?
    Well GMax Toxtricity appears this Friday…

    I wonder if this is the Meltan/Melmetal distribution I’ve been waiting on. Since a GMax Melmetal would have to be caught, meaning if a Meltan is added to the games it would have to evolve without Go.
    I hope so. It’ll complete my 890 living dex.

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  9. Kanto: Sandshrew
    Johto: Heracross/Donphan
    Hoenn: Aggron
    Sinnoh: Rhyperior/Garchomp
    Unova: Excadrill
    Kalos: Pangoro
    Alola: Golisopod
    Galar: Coalossal/Drednaw

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  11. Kanto: Raichu
    Johto: Crobat
    Hoenn: idk Hoenn’s hard for me because I hate half the region and love the other half. Banette or Metagross maybe?
    Sinnoh: Roserade
    Unova: I love Unova as a region but honestly I find the Pokemon pretty lacking compared to those of other regions. Stoutland, maybe?
    Kalos: Florges
    Alola: Incineroar
    Galar: Rillaboom

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  14. Toxtricity
    (Amped Formed)
    A high-voltage guitarist
    To generate electricity, it breaks down the poisons it takes into its body. During the process, Toxtricity stimulates its chest intensely, which produces a thrumming sound like a stringed instrument. It’s said to sound like a melody played on an electric guitar.

    Dynamic and aggressive
    Amped Form Toxtricity is extremely confident and short-tempered. When its eyes meet those of a person or another Pokémon, Toxtricity approaches them aggressively and attacks them, no matter who or what they are.

    Low Key
    A high-voltage bassist
    It has an electrical organ on its chest and generates electricity by strumming this organ. The organ is said to be very dangerous, capable of generating 15,000 volts of electricity. While generating electricity, Low Key Form Toxtricity produces a rhythmic sound like an electric bass guitar keeping a precise beat.

    Low-key yet provocative
    Low Key Form Toxtricity holds its own strength in high regard and often acts selfishly. When it meets a person or another Pokémon, it won’t initiate an attack, but it will taunt them until they start a fight.

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  17. Watched Lego Masters on Phox
    It was… interesting but Will Arnett kinda steals every scene

    The designs were phenomenal but it kinda makes me feel like I could never construct anything half as good without a really good idea.

    And I would murder literally anyone in the world for a chance to work in that workshop. My stupid little dream is building a great Lego workshop filled with every type of brick imaginable so I could spend my days just assembling whatever my brain can think of, it’s essentially my Valhalla

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    • I think we have a version of that here. Not anyone as good as Will Arnett hosting though.

      I would love to do that myself, though I’ve not had any Lego for quite some years now, I’d soon get stuck back into it.

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  19. I wonder if the winner of the poll will get something cool like a new dynaform or just a distribution event. But here’s my basic taste anyways

    Kanto: Dragonite
    Johto: Stantler
    Hoenn: Sableye
    Sinnoh: Lucario
    Unova: Chandelure
    Kalos: Espurr
    Alola: Marshadow
    Galar: Cramorant

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  21. Im more excited about the special raids in SwSh. Since we’re already getting GMax Toxtricity tomorrow i wonder what else they’re gonna put in those dens

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  34. Pokemon has decided it wants as little types as possible, and has asked you to help them in this endeavour. You may only remove up to three types and the rest must be compressed into other types. How do you accomplish this?

    Don’t worry about type match ups, this exercise is almost purely based on type theme and aesthetics as well as IRL connections.

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  41. Have to display my grief. I just encountered a shiny Gigantamax Corviknight and I’m so bummed since I didn’t manage to catch it I hate this so much 🙁
    What Poké balls do you use in max raid battles

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  47. I saw one of the worst trade deals ever today

    Some guy found shiny Charmander raid his price to do it

    3 kinds Apricorn balls for 1 try
    A Master Ball (note I think it once again is a one and done deal in SwSh) for 3 tries

    If you fail you must repay the exact amount

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  48. Oh yeah posting this before I forget. I’m delaying my sword playthrough for now. Just having trouble getting into it for now so I’m replaying an old psone game instead. May actually restart my sword playthrough on Pokémon day. And yes I’ll still be picking Scorbunny! https://youtu.be/bGjYMAqDnMs

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  50. It REALLY sucks that you cannot transfer save data on Animal Crossing New Horizons between consoles…I don’t understand why Nintendo would do this. If you break your console or want to upgrade to their supposed “Switch Plus” that comes out this same year you’re out of luck. Kind of embarrassing

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  52. “Gigantamax Toxtricity with Amped Form being available in Sword and Low Key Form being available in Shield. This is the only way to get Gigantamax Toxtricity in the game. It also features Gigantamax Kingler & Gigantamax Grimmsnarl in Pokémon Sword and Gigantamax Orbeetle & Gigantamax Hatterene in Pokémon Shield.”

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  62. Attention underlings cherished compatriots

    I am in a extremely dire need of a Thick Fat Swinub to finish my Galar Ground Mono team in order to mop the clock of one of my associates

    I got lucky with my Yamask and it only took 10 eggs so all I need is a Thick Fat Mamoswine but my stupid brain demands it be in a Premier Ball or Timer Ball because I’m officially one of those guys who needs their teams in unique PokéBalls

    So if anyone has one I’m more than willing to give something of good or equal value I have a lot of perfect and near perfect level Ball Silicobra and a Duraludon or literally anything I can give, but I’m gonna be gone in the afternoon so no rush…. but I need it by tomorrow

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  63. Favorite by type of each gen:

    1.
    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/41451e30129c90d4ffbf767a16cd01c473f06291bb7143945180804ee22fe4b7.jpg

    2. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/dbe8fa375ce3b2cab14e7beaa1efa3aaf9657830cda219b76f5e725d8cd2a4e1.jpg

    3. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/2da0a6bec38f60bd14ef0f91dc7231c44f0b6bf416295e3e8b58b7b6da172d58.jpg

    4. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7395b4b66ba5be37185a258546fcd54035ea0505c44e4abeaa9bf005bb93124b.jpg

    5. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8bb6e06bff022e50b3146a88fb97ef61af426dd989fa3577bb5531ce8c218d19.jpg

    6. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b2ad640821dfdd94b6f4e824936eea4cd3c2645a4ae02ca55c93493bc46f3e58.jpg

    7. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/05b23d2c7d286bb45896d3ceb9aec374d4bf728ecb1c239e2551fc6634f51f1b.jpg

    8. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/675e4c32c16e7312c98d17fe28e418986a1e995d4a81b2bb96a11efc4e7f32e8.jpg

    Hardest ones to pick were Gen 4 and Gen 6.
    Sometimes I had to settle for one for a type because I really didn’t “like it like it” but in some cases I just blanked out the mon, because I can’t even settle for them (Kingdra and Crabominable)

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  66. Thank you Kei for the idea! My favorites from each gen!
    1:
    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/36abb0afb5bc1f4829e141db74d0563030767cfdc965e35a1bc83d3b2a1e4e87.jpg
    2: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/fbc9b1380965b3b0ff9f323109256aef3fed35ae0a868e1eb7e69438a9260071.jpg
    3: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/769ea385dbf23a7291f3d8efeed0b51a357eabfa7a2d551b77c4c2dad3af375a.jpg
    4: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e62d736be267e417ba1f1cce71dfffcbc565184ac7885c2fe2c36d37c9d2d8c2.jpg
    5: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0a2e0132b11fb2f2a9c4e795da1e75d1a1b033e900fb20120a45b718d135a247.jpg
    6: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a058ef640d0063da9be0e39841646b33d60f6a29f47322900feb9192d4b424a0.jpg
    7: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9a081ccbe9e3e2a9df007815a37c0674c8e8db167d315d60fc31a3af5601a151.jpg
    8: (for now) https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/97c01555959ed726e4e37cdb0fdb9a4ae451a0b66e268cc96727c806391069af.jpg

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  67. favorites per gen! most of these were pretty easy picks, there wasn’t a whole lot of settling or hemming and hawing until the very end. the hardest part was negotiating and puzzling out what type to count certain pokemon as in order to fit as many favorites as possible, and even at that i’m still not positive it’s as good as it can be!

    Kanto
    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/6a68fcc09e439cf9a030418ab0c1fdeaedf1ea9b100e17996f0b026927bcc1b8.jpg

    Johto https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ca904931d1e28785f862f5c928484a93ae4ec3c149eb0563fccdd3414aa73464.jpg

    Hoenn
    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/194519e8a87d0e02f17ffe994fc3ad2356d46c885721e331484d8f4bbffff1e8.jpg

    Sinnoh
    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/30f92b9ffe406b3a990260671786a70aaeeca7d8904a416b4d0d153ec8f8eb14.jpg

    Unova https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b30d62e28896108fcaff1a895a64e73a9899f1ed96c0bf53193295f93696070c.jpg

    Kalos https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4b462203601e6455dc53694b88cfab1aee906c0e9277f4b3c688df2569e9c76c.jpg

    Alola https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b019031935817774a06bfc78302a24916708b59a3dc10358fb39e14a779d4f57.jpg

    and Galar (supposed to be Frosmoth instead of Snom there, whoops) https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c2011d96817e6be327e788d61aff8ccbcdcba6b7b1da1bc3d5ae5a4b2f71a68c.jpg

    least favorites to come

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  69. Well just finished playing Tomba again. Can finish it so much quicker now since I pretty much know where everything is. Still this game means so much to me. Was one of the first games I ever played and is the game that got me so into gaming. It’s a shame the company went out of business. Would have loved to get more games from the series besides just the first two. Either way the first game will always have a special place in my heart. https://youtu.be/zwHZoXRmKuo

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  70. WHY DONT YOU HAVE BLUBBER

    I’ve wasted at least 25 wishing pieces on my attempt for a Thick Fat Piloswine and all of them aren’t HA
    So freakin dumb

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  75. Well I dun bought ACNH
    Now I wait until I can terraform a peaceful untarnished tropical paradise, strip it of all natural resources and turn it into a cold unforgiving place of profit and capitalism where nobody has rights or bathroom privileges

    It’s gonna be fun on a bun :3

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  78. Because I’m in a very good mood thinking about Animation and it’s greatness so I wanna know!
    What are your Top 10 Favorite Animated films of all time?!

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    • i’ve got a general “animation good” mindset but i’ve never really thought too hard about specific ones! let’s see…

      Atlantis: The Lost Empire
      Zootopia
      Fantastic Mr. Fox
      How to Train Your Dragon
      Summer Wars
      Lilo and Stitch
      The Black Cauldron
      Megamind
      Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (thank you for saying this one btw, it wouldn’t have occurred to me to pick it but it definitely counts)

      The Emperor’s New Groove

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  82. I wonder if there will be a new evo method for meltan in SWSH or if we’re going to have to maintain the god awful 400 candy method from GO. I assume the latter. 🙁

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    • Personally it makes no sense to me to have a pokemon that is capable of evolution be unable to evolve in your game. I’m sure it will be able to evolve some how

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  83. New Tittles
    Episode 1104: Snow Day: Where is Cubone’s Bone?
    Stop returns home to see his parents and grandmother, only to find a Cubone being attacked by a Mankey nearby. (Normally i would never harm a Mankey but i will tear them limb from limb if they so much as look at a poor sweet innocent Cubone the wrong way)

    Episode 1105: Ash Has Been Cursed…!
    Weird things start happening in the lab due to the Gengar that keeps appearing, and Ass starts to act possessed. I mean Ash-hole isn’t too bright so possessing his mind wouldn’t be a grand feat
    Also
    JEZUSFOOK
    https://www.serebii.net/anime/pictures/pokemon/1101/DP361.jpg

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  84. Thank you for showing me that you all need to watch some Studio Ghibli ASAP.

    Also if you can go see Weathering with You in theatres right now, please, go see it. It’s quite literally the prettiest thing I’ve ever seen.

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  86. Pokemon of the Year votes so far:
    Mewtwo, no competition
    Rayquaza, no competition
    Lucario, runners up were Glaceon and Torterra
    Decidueye, Lycanroc was my other choice and if it were any closer i’d have flipped a coin
    Runerigus, no competition

    probably gonna go with typhlosion, haxorus, and noivern for the rest. but i’ve got plenty of time to second guess myself on johto and unova, so who knows

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  87. Ice Scales Frosmoth is really good on a Rain Team as it gets both Weather Ball and Hurricane which can be very useful for it. Issue is using it only against special attackers, because any physical move is gonna squash it.

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  90. “According to 4Gamer, If you have multiple user accounts on the same Nintendo Switch, you have the ability to access the different save files in one copy of HOME as long as they are on the same Switch, but we are currently hunting for further clarification on this.”

    Hah! People told me that my “free Pokebank through multiple profiles” idea was not real because you supposedly needed a Nintendo Online account for every account, but turns out I was right!

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  93. Why do I always fail. I try my best and people just be excessively cheap or so sore they DC the only win I get and earn nothing… I really want to break something
    I finally had a good streak for a while and I wind up losing more than half my winnings for nothing
    The therapist was absolutely right nothing brings me joy in this world and I sometimes believe that I’m not meant to be a part of it in any shape or form

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  101. Should i actually get back into competitive smash? I will forever hate the online lag but I’m thinking about playing it seriously again. I just usually play casual matches with my friends now.

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  104. I need to take my mind off of Smash so it’s Fakemon time

    I’m feeling calloused and angry
    Quillzila (Placeholder)
    Thorny Pkm
    Ground/Dragon
    Rough Skin/Poison Point HA: Dry Skin
    This tan and purple reptilian Pokemon is completely covered in long razor sharp spines, barbs and claws. It’s dry arid skin is heavily protected with gnarly spikes, which It can walk on all fours or stand on two legs to fight with its sharp talons, which reveals their one and only weak point it’s pink splotched stomach but it will defend it at all costs, it has red eyes that can be seldom seen behind armored plates in its face, it however lacks visible teeth.
    “It’s spines are its greatest offense and defense however if faced with a life or death situation it will inflate itself and fire off its spines in all directions. It takes a whole month to regrow”
    “Quillzila’s pink stomach is its only weak spot, even the slightest touch will cause it to become hostile and alert”

    HP: 75
    Atk: 115
    Def: 130
    SpAtk: 20
    SpDef: 95
    Speed: 55

    Scratch
    Sand-Attack
    Defense Curl
    Sand Tomb
    Dragon Rage
    Bulldoze
    Pin Missile
    Spikes
    Iron Defense
    Dragon Dance
    Spiky Shield
    Sandstorm
    Dragon Claw
    Razor Rush (Ground: Physical 65. the user rams into the foe with its jagged body it always critical hits)

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  105. So, the new Mythical’s silhouette is set to be revealed in this month’s CoroCoro as well as info on Pokemon Coco, so look out for that. I’m kinda excited to see people’s different interpretations of this Pokemon just from the silhouette

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  108. Interesting fact: The only types to have no Mythical Pokemon are
    -Ground
    -Poison
    -Ice
    -Dragon

    Forms count except for Arceus cause y’know so Flying does have one

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  111. So who’s gonna go see the supah sonik movie instead of going out on Valentines

    I am going with my brother and his friends only to see it tank

    My Brother is pissed off they made Sonic look acceptable because he his the type of person who wants to see the world burn and his exact words were “I want to see Chris Chan shoot up the movie theater”

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  113. So what movies are you guys excited for this year or going to see?

    -The Sonic Movie
    -Onward
    -The Eternals (I’m an MCU fan and it might look good)
    -Soul
    -The Croods 2
    -Scoob
    -The Spongebob Movie: Sponge on the Run
    -Wolfwalkers (Newest Cartoon Saloon film that comes out in Autumn though idk if it’ll be available in the US before 2021)
    -The Minions: The Rise of Gru (I’ve disliked the last two, but the trailer gives me hopes it’ll be good)
    -Raya and the last Dragon
    -Venom 2
    -Tom and Jerry movie
    -WW1984*
    -Ghostbusters: Afterlife*
    -Morbius*
    -Bob’s Burgers Movie*

    *=Not too keen on it, but if others want than sure

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