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.

Who will you vote to be Pokémon of the year? Be sure to participate in this fun collaboration with Google!

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150 thoughts on “More Pokémon Day details revealed”

  3. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  11. 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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  12. 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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  15. “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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  18. 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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