Pokémon fans in the US may have several hours of 2025 left, but 2026 has already arrived in Japan and the official Pokémon account started the new year with a teaser for the franchise’s 30th anniversary! The first games, Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green, were first released on February 27, 1996, in Japan and there … Read more
Our friends at Pokémon TCG-focused fansite PokéBeach are reporting that the card game will be returning to McDonald’s in 2026 for a special promotion to celebrate the Pokémon franchise’s 30th anniversary! Earlier this year, McDonald’s Japan posted an apology after an exclusive Pikachu card led to scalping and food waste. Hopefully there will be steps … Read more
The new year will start with a new Pokémon arriving in Pokémon GO, Klawf, and also another chance to take on Kyurem in its fused forms and gain Volt and Blaze Fusion Energy to fuse your own Kyurem and Zekrom and Reshiram to get Black Kyurem and White Kyurem, respectively. Pinch Perfect event details The … Read more
Ranked Battles Season 4 has started in Pokémon Legends: Z-A and players can earn Baxcalibrite, the Mega Stone required to Mega Evolve Baxcalibur, by reaching Ranks S before the end of the season on Thursday, January 8, 2026, at 7:59 PM CST. Mega Baxcalibur is one of the new Mega Evolutions introduced in the Mega … Read more
Christmas and the new year are right around the corner and Pokémon Sleep has prepared some special events to for players to celebrate! Holiday 2025 event details New Pokémon will be coming to Sleep with this year’s week-long holiday event: Togedemaru, Cetoddle and Cetitan, as well as a costumed Spheal. Players can participate from December … Read more
We’re ending this year with a special giveaway, one with not only Meccha Japan, who has generously supplied the giveaway prizes, but also Out of Context Pokémon, one of the best humorous Pokémon fan accounts to follow on social media! This month there will be two winners, one picked at random through OoC Pokémon’s giveaway … Read more