All Pokémon News from every category, as well as miscellaneous Pokémon News. This does not include site updates or non-Pokémon updates.
From Mar. 30, 2023 at 5:00pm PDT / 8:00pm EDT (Mar. 31, 2023 at 00:00 UTC), you’ll be able to fight against a Bug Tera Type Samurott in 7-star Tera Raid Battles in Scarlet & Violet. The event runs over the weekend, with a second run the following week at the same times.
Until March 26, 2023 at 4:59pm PDT / 7:59pm EDT (23:59 UTC), the 7-star Decidueye Tera Raid Event is once again live, and a new 5-star Blissey Tera Raid Event is live as well, the latter rewarding players with lots of Exp. Candies and Tera Shards.
The next Pokémon TCG expansion set has been announced: Scarlet & Violet—Paldea Evolved launches worldwide on June 9, 2023 and features Meowscarada ex, Skeledirge ex, Quaquaval ex, Chien-Pao ex, Ting-Lu ex and more across over 190 cards total.
From now until March 19, 2023 at 4:59pm PST / 7:59pm EST (23:59 UTC), you’ll be able to challenge a Flying Tera Type Decidueye in 7-star Tera Raid Battles. This Decidueye marks the first time it has been available in Paldea.
In today’s Pokémon Presents presentation, details about the upcoming DLC for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet have been announced: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero and will be released in two parts—Part 1: The Teal Mask (Fall 2023), and Part 2: The Indigo Disk (Winter 2023).
In today’s Pokémon Presents video presentation, two new Paradox Pokémon were introduced and are now available in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet: Walking Wake and Iron Leaves. Walking Wake is exclusive to Pokémon Scarlet while Iron Leaves is exclusive to Pokémon Violet.
Until February 27, 2023 at 6:59am PST / 9:59am EST (14:59 UTC), you can fight against a challenging 7-star Tera Raid featuring none other than Pikachu. It is a Water Tera Type and has the Mightiest Mark, giving it the title Pikachu the Unrivaled during battle.
From Feb. 23, 2023 at 4:00pm PST / 7:00pm EST (Feb. 24, 2023 at 00:00 UTC), you’ll be able to fight against a 7-star Pikachu in Tera Raid Battles. This Pikachu is of the Water Tera Type and will be available to fight until Feb. 27, 2023 at 6:59am PST / 9:59am EST (14:59 UTC).
To commemorate this year’s Pokémon Day, a special Pokémon Presents broadcast will air about 20 minutes of exciting Pokémon news at 6:00am PST / 9:00am EST (14:00 UTC) on February 27, 2023.
Over the past few days, a few helpful Mystery Gift codes for Scarlet & Violet have been released. You can get 2× Love Ball, a Destiny Knot, and a special Garganacl based on San Diego Regional Champion Jiseok Lee’s Garganacl.