11-01-2021 07:04 GMT / 02:04 EST by Serebii
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Pokémon Sword & Shield
Following this weekend's special Christmas event, the Max Raid Battle Event has reverted back to the Normal and Dragon-type event. From now until December 31st at 23:59 UTC, certain Normal and Dragon-type Pokémon including Gigantamax Snorlax and Duraludon are in Max Raid Battles..
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Pokémon Masters
A new Special bonus has begun in Pokémon Masters EX. This is the Skyla 6 Star EX Rally and provides a variety of items through Missions for you to get Skyla to 6 Star EX including 3 Star Power-Ups, 4 Star Power-Ups and 5 Star Power-Ups. This is available from today until January 20th 2020
10-01-2021 08:06 GMT / 03:06 EST by Serebii
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Edit @ 13:04: Pokémon of the Week | Edit @ 13:12: Pokémon Timeline
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Pokémon Masters
A new Special Login Bonus has begun in Pokémon Masters EX. If you log in for 10 days during its run, you'll get a total of 40 Skip Tickets and 500 Gems. This is available from today until January 20th 2020
In The Pokémon Department
Pokémon Timeline
Ahead of Pokémon's 25th anniversary next month, we have created a new page to celebrate the 25 years of Pokémon and beyond: A Pokémon Timeline. This page details everythingfrom games, to movies, to TCG, Pokémon Centers and more, this page details every major event that has happened in Pokémon. It'll be continually updated in the future for all future releases and connects to the various elements of the Serebii website where possible.

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Who's That Pokémon
Today marks the sixtieth entry into the Generation VIII competitive field with a Galar Pokémon. These entries are created by the visitors for the visitors and then compiled by our writers Psynergy, Jellal, Aminith & Mcdanger. To get involved, Click here for the discussion forum
Today, we are covering a Pokémon introduced in the eighth generation. It drifted in on the flow of ocean waters from a frigid place. It keeps its head iced constantly to make sure it stays nice and cold. This Pokémon keeps its heat-sensitive head cool with ice. It fishes for its food, dangling its single hair into the sea to lure in prey. The hair on its head connects to the surface of its brain. When this Pokémon has something on its mind, its hair chills the air around it. So, here it is, the sixtieth entry, Eiscue
09-01-2021 08:06 GMT / 03:06 EST by Serebii
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Pokémon GO
Following the start of the promotion on Monday, Niantic have released a code to let players get the The North Face x Gucci outfits in Pokémon GO rather than need you to spin the sponsored Poké Stops. This can be done through the code GXSD5CJ556NHG
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Pokémon Café Mix
The next event has begun in Pokémon Café Mix. This event is a repeat of the Grookey Special Customer Event, allowing you to level up Grookey or recruit it if you have previously not done so. It runs until January 13th 2021
08-01-2021 05:00 GMT / 00:00 EST by Serebii
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Edit @ 10:05: Upcoming Anime Elements | Edit @ 10:22: Character Biography | Edit @ 10:42: Episode Details
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Pokémon Sword & Shield
The Wild Area Event has now shifted in Pokémon Sword & Shield for a new Extra Event. With this, for the next few days, the Normal & Dragon-type Pokémon have left raids and Pokémon such as Skwovet have returned with Shiny Skwovet and Greedent being available . We're currently compiling all details of the event so be sure to keep checking back. This event runs until Sunday at 23:59 UTC
Edit @ 05:11: We have updated our section with full details of this Max Raid Battle Event, as well as updated our ItemDex for TR locations.
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Pokémon (2019) - Upcoming Details
In the new opening for the anime in Japan, it has been confirmed that alongside Bea, Korrina and the addition of Wikstrom, both Iris and Gary will be making return appearances in the anime. At present it's unclear how soon they'll return but we'll provide more details as they come.
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Pokémon (2019)
The latest episode has aired in Japan today. This episode features Ash, Goh & Chloe go to Galar to help excavate some fossils. The AniméDex has been updated with the contents of this episode. Click the picture to go to the section but be warned however as it contains spoilers.
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Pokémon (2019) - Character Biography
With the episode that has aired in Japan today, we have been able to update Ash's biography with new Pokémon he obtained in this week's episode. Be warned as it contains spoilers.
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Pokémon (2019) - Character Biography
With the episode that has aired in Japan today, we have been able to update Goh's biography with new Pokémon he obtained in this week's episode. Be warned as it contains spoilers.
07-01-2021 06:00 GMT / 01:00 EST by Serebii
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Edit @ 21:00: Pokémon GO | Edit @ 21:07: Pokémon GO Spotlight Makeup Event

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Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO event. This event is the Sinnoh Celebration Event and featured an increased focus of Sinnoh Pokémon. It runs from January 12th 10:00 local time to January 17th 20:00 local time.
This event features increased spawns of Turtwig, Chimchar, Piplup, Bidoof, Cranidos, Shieldon, Combee, Buizel, Drifloon, Glameow, Purugly, Hippopotas, Skorupi & Snover with Shiny Buizel appearing starting with this event
Kricketot, Budew, Cranidos, Shieldon, Bronzor, Bonsly, Hippopotas, Croagunk will be in 5km Eggs
There will be Field Research tasks that give Stardust or encounters with Turtwig, Chimchar, Piplup, Cranidos, Shieldon or Buizel
Turtwig, Chimchar, Piplup, Shinx, Buizel and Gible are in 1 Star raids while Lopunny, Hippowdon, Toxicroak, and Lumineon will appear in 3 star raids.
There will be a Collection Challenge that gives Stardust, Magnetic Lure and 15 Ultra Balls
Following this event will be the Hoenn Celebration Event which runs from January 19th through 24th

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Pokémon GO
Following the issues with Snover Spotlight Hour in UTC+11, UTC+12 and UTC+13 regions last week, a new makeup event has been announced for them running at 18:00-19:00 local time on January 11th 2021. This event brings back all bonuses live at that time including 2* Catch Experience, 2* Transfer Experience and 2* Lucky Egg Duration
In addition to that, a Genesect Burn Drive Raid Hour Makeup event will run in Pokémon GO from 18:00 to 19:00 local time tomorrow, January 8th 2021, for UTC-3, UTC-4 and UTC-5 regions
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Pokémon Masters
The Electric and Steel-type Egg Event has begun in Pokémon Masters EX. This event allows for players to get eggs of various Electric and Steel-type Pokémon to make Sync Pairs. You can get the Sync Pairs of Main Character & Pichu, Elekid, Magnemite & Voltorb with Shiny varaints of Pichu & Elekid being available
Alongside this, the Battle Villa has made a return, running from today until January 21st
06-01-2021 16:18 GMT / 11:18 EST by Serebii
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Pokémon Journeys - News
A new set of Episode Titles have been released by a Japanese TV Guide. These episodes are due to air on February 5th
Episode 1143: Sobble In Possible
05-01-2021 07:32 GMT / 02:32 EST by Serebii
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Edit @ 21:01: Pokémon GO Battle League
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Pokémon GO
The Unova Celebration Event is starting to roll out in Pokémon GO. This event runs from 10:00 local time to 20:00 local time on January 10th & provides various boosts of Unova Pokémon alongside the addition of Shiny Snivy. In addition to it, new Raid Battles have begun including battles with Genesect Burn Drive.
Edit @ 21:24: In conjunction with this event, 3 new boxes have gone live
Special Box - 480 Coins - 2 Premium Battle Pass, 2 Incense, 2 Super Incubator, 30 Poke Ball
Ultra Box - 1480 Coins - 30 Ultra Balls, 16 Premium Battle Pass, 4 Super Incubator, 5 Incense
Adventure Box - 1480 Coins - 30 Ultra Balls, 13 Super Incubator, 5 Incense, 4 Egg Incubator

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Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced details for Pokémon GO Battle League Season 6 Part 2, starting on January 11th 2021 at 21:00 UTC. The league will again cycle through the previous leagues as well as some new ones:
From January 11th through January 25th, Great League will be the ruleset once more
From January 25th through February 8th, Ultra League and its Premier Cup will be the ruleset
From February 8th through February 15th, Master League and its Premier Cup, Master League Classic and a Special Cup that will be announced later will run
From February 15th through February 22nd, all three Leagues and Ultra League's Premier Cup will be available
From February 22nd to March 1st, the Kanto Cup will return with a CP limit of 1500 and only allowing Pokémon #001-#151. This league will not affect your rating
From the start of this half, Frillish will be available in Pokémon GO, only as a GO Battle League reward from Rank 20 with a guaranteed encounter at Rank 20
There will also be some changes to moves:
Ember: This Fire-type Fast Attack will now deal more damage.
Karate Chop: This Fighting-type Fast Attack will now generate more energy.
Bubble: This Water-Type Fast Attack will now deal less damage.
Razor Leaf: This Grass-Type Fast Attack will now deal less damage.
Crabhammer: This Water-type Charged Attack will now deal more damage.
Sky Attack: This Flying-type Charged Attack will now deal less damage.
Rock Slide: This Rock-type Charged Attack will now deal less damage.
Shadow Bone: This Ghost-type Charged Attack will now deal less damage.
Finally, the following Pokémon will get new moves:
Vulpix & Ninetales - Weather Ball Fire
Alolan Vulpix & Alolan Ninetales - Weather Ball Ice
Politoed - Weather Ball Water
Primeape - Ice Punch
Claydol - Shadow Ball, Ice Beam
Porygon2 - Tri Attack
Excadrill - Mud Shot
04-01-2021 06:00 GMT / 01:00 EST by Serebii
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Edit @ 06:43: Pokémon GO | Edit @ 08:27: Pokémon Masters EX Egg Event | Edit @ 12:07: Pokémon GO x Gucci | Edit @ 18:04: Pokémon GO Kanto Tour | Edit @ 21:00: Pokémon GO Battle League | Edit @ 22:11: More Gucci Poké Stop Locations

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Pokémon GO
Ahead of the Unova Celebration Event that runs from tomorrow at 10:00 local time to 22:00 local time on January 10th, a special Unova Collection Challenge has gone live. Previously announced but not detailed, this challenge requires you to catch certain Pokémon and if you manage to collect each of them, you'll get a myriad of rewards. We've updated our event section to include details on the challenge
Edit @ 07:51: It seems this feature went live early for some players and Niantic have stopped it appearing until the event unless players already activated it. We'll provide full details as they come

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Pokémon GO
Niantic have revealed a competition to get your player character to appear as a battleable CPU controlled character in the Pokémon GO Tour Kanto event next month, with players being able to complete Timed Research for battling. All players regardless of if they bought a ticket can battle these trainers.
From now until January 12th at 07:59 UTC, you can send in a Twitter screenshot of your Trainer profile alongside 3 Kanto Pokémon that make up the team (excluding Ditto, Legendary and Mythical Pokémon) and the hashtag #PokemonGOTourContest inorder to get yourself a chance of appearing on the map for players to battle. Players will be judged based on theme, team composition and avatar creativity.

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Pokémon GO
A new sponsored promotion is now live in Pokémon GO. If you spin certain Sponsored PokéStops in Japan from The North Face x Gucci, you'll get a special hat, backpack and T-Shirt. This is rolling out in the following areas:
Europe, Africa & Middle East:
Milan, Florence, Rome, Paris, Cannes, Madrid, London, Moscow, Vienna, Brussels, Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Kuwait City, Monaco, Amsterdam, Doha, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Barcelona, Geneva, Istanbul, Dubai, Abu Dhabi
Americas
Toronto, Vancouver, New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta, King of Prussia, Palm Desert, Scottsdale, Houston, Honolulu, Orlando, Paramus, Manhasset, Las Vegas, Beverly Hills, Miami, Tysons, Boston, Troy, Costa Mesa, San Diego, Seattle, Dallas, Washington DC, Nashville
Latin America
Sao Paulo, Santiago, Monterrey, Mexico City
Asia
Bangkok, Hong Kong, Singapore, Osaka, Tokyo, Macau, Kanazawa, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Sendai, Yokohama, Kobe, Sapporo, Nagoya, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Singapore, Taipei, Taichung
Australia
Sydney, Melbourne
At present it's not known for how long you'll receive these items or if they'll make the clothing available elsewhere

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Pokémon GO
Pokémon GO Battle League has now shifted to the allow for all the leagues: Great League, Ultra League, Master League and Ultra League Premier. This will run until January 11th 2020 at 21:00 UTC
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Pokémon Masters
The next Egg Event has been officially announced for Pokémon Masters EX. This event runs from January 7th 2021 and allows for players to get eggs of various Electric and Steel-type Pokémon to make Sync Pairs. You can get the Sync Pairs of Main Character & Pichu, Elekid, Magnemite & Voltorb with Shiny varaints of Pichu & Elekid being available
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Pokémon Masters
The Pure Hearts & Rainbow Wings Legenday Event is now live in Pokémon Masters EX with a repeat run. This event runs until January 15th 2021 and tells the story of the appearance of Ho-Oh, culminating in getting Silver & Ho-Oh with various Item Exchanges
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Pokémon Café Mix
The next event has begun in Pokémon Café Mix. This event is a repeat of the Sobble Special Customer Event, allowing you to level up Sobble or recruit it if you have previously not done so. It runs until January 9th 2021
03-01-2021 13:00 GMT / 08:00 EST by Serebii
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Who's That Pokémon
Today marks the fifty-ninth entry into the Generation VIII competitive field with a Johto Pokémon. These entries are created by the visitors for the visitors and then compiled by our writers Psynergy, Jellal, Aminith & Mcdanger. To get involved, Click here for the discussion forum
Today, we are covering a Pokémon introduced in the second generation. A combination of toxins and the shock of evolving has increased Shellder's intelligence to the point that Shellder now controls Slowking. While chanting strange spells, this Pokémon combines its internal toxins with what it's eaten, creating strange potions. So, here it is, the fifty-ninth entry, Slowking
01-01-2021 00:00 GMT / 19:00 EST by Serebii
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Edit @ 06:00: Pokémon Masters EX | Edit @ 06:45: Ranked Battle | Edit @ 21:00: Pokémon GO
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Pokémon Sword & Shield
The Wild Area Event has now shifted in Pokémon Sword & Shield. With this, the Fire and Ice-type Pokémon have left the boosted raids and with this, various Normal & Dragon Pokémon have been added including Gigantamax Snorlax and Gigantamax Duraludon. We're currently compiling all details of the event so be sure to keep checking back. This event runs until 23:59 UTC on January 31st
Edit @ 00:11: We have updated our section with full details of this Max Raid Battle Event, as well as updated our ItemDex for TR locations.
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Pokémon Masters
The Season's Greetings Story Event is now live in Pokémon Masters EX. This event runs until January 14th 2021 and tells the story of Lance and Lillie sending out New Years Cards
In addition to that, 2 Seasonal Scouts are now live that introduce the Sync Pairs of Lance & Gyarados & Lillie & Ribombee
There is also a special Happy New Year Rally with a Mission Bingo card to complete
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Pokémon GO
The Research Breakthrough Pokémon have shifted. From now until February 1st at 21:00 UTC, when you unlock a Research Breakthrough reward, the Pokémon will be Chansey and, with this, Field Research is shifting
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Pokémon GO
From now until 10:00 local time on January 5th, Ho-Oh will appear as the 5 Star Raid Boss. This follows on from Kyurem being in raids all through December
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Pokémon Sword & Shield - VGC Ruleset
Ranked Battle Series 7/Season 14 is now live. This ruleset adds all Pokémon that were added with The Crown Tundra and brings back the 16 banned Pokémon from the previous season. This will run from January 1st at 04:00 UTC to January 31st at 23:59 UTC. With this, the rewards that you'll get after this month's Season have also been announced including the addition of Dynite Ore as a reward
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Pokémon Sword & Shield - Ranked Battle Rewards
The thirteenth season of Pokémon Sword & Shield's Ranked Battle has come to an end and with it, the rewards for participation in battles is now live. To get them, you need to check your ranking in the Ranked Battle mode and then go to Mystery Gift > Receive via Battle Stadium. These rewards include BP and items range from Armorite Ore up to Bottle Caps depending upon your placement. We have full details of the rewards in our Ranked Battle section
31-12-2020 07:35 GMT / 02:35 EST by Serebii
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Edit @ 07:54: Pokémon GO | Edit @ 12:00: The Space Sunrise Live 2020 | Edit @ 15:25: Pikachu Gift
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Pokémon - Pikachu Distribution
To celebrate the Space Sunrise stream, a special Pikachu is now being distributed to all players. This Pikachu has the moves Thunderbolt, Swift, Wish and Celebrate and comes holding a Comet Shard. It is available over Mystery Gift over Internet until January 15th 2021. Our Event Database has been updated with full details of the event

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Pokémon Augmented Reality Showcase
Today is the special Pokémon Augmented Reality Showcase live from the International Space Station. As part of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)'s livestream from the KIBO module on the ISS, this showcase will run alongside other elements hosted by Coca-Cola and Twitter and will showcase Pokémon in augmented reality over live imagery of space. It is being streamed on Twitter and Youtube by JAXA from 14:45 UTC / 09:45 EST / 06:45 PST.
Edit: The stream featuring Pokémon is over. It featured Pikachu in the capsule alongside Astronaut Soichi Noguchi followed by a live view outside the ISS with Rayquaza flying around.
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Pokémon GO
The Pokémon GO New Year Event is now rolling out running from 22:00 local time to 22:00 local time on January 4th. This event gives players the addition of various New Years themed Pokémon including Hat Pikachu and Glasses Slowpoke. It also includes variou party hat Pokémon in Research and Raids
Edit @ 17:48: The Raid Bosses have shifted with this event, including both Slowpoke and Slowbro as Raid Bosses. We're currently compiling them in our Raid Bosses section
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Pokémon GO
As more players are reaching Rank 24 in Pokémon GO's GO Battle League, there have been multiple reports that you are now able to get a chance to get Pikachu Libre as its Shiny variant as your first guaranteed encounter at that Rank
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Pokémon Masters EX
A new Special Scout has begun in Pokémon Masters EX. This scout is the Kalos & Alola 5-Star Guaranteed Scout. It can be done once and pulls 11 Sync Pairs, only from Kalos & Alola. With this, you have a guaranteed 5 star Sync Pair pulled. It is available until 06:00 UTC on January 1st
30-12-2020 06:00 GMT / 01:00 EST by Serebii
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Edit @ 08:02: Pokémon Masters EX | Edit @ 21:14: Pokémon GO Boxes | Edit @ 23:10: Celebi Research
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Pokémon Masters EX
The next event has been announced. This event is the Seasons Greetins event and is focused around New Year. It adds the special exclusive Sync Pairs of Lance & Gyarados and Lillie & Ribombee. It runs from Friday January 1st
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Pokémon Café Mix
Pokémon Café Mix has received an update. This update has added 50 new Regular Order stages, with the addition of various new gimmicks and offerings. We're currently compiling details for all these updates so be sure to keep checking back
Edit @ 08:06: Updated the Offerings, Gimmicks & Regular Orders pages with all the new details. It's confirmed the next batch of orders will be released on January 13th.
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Pokémon Café Mix
The next event has begun in Pokémon Café Mix. This event is a repeat of the Scorbunny Special Customer Event, allowing you to level up Scorbunny or recruit it if you have previously not done so. It runs until January 4th 2021
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Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the end date to start the Shiny Celebi special research. This research will stop being able to start from February 28th 2021 alongside Jessie & James. All players who have started the Research by the time it ends will be able to continue.
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Pokémon GO
Four new boxes are now live in Pokémon GO ahead of the end of the Holiday Event
Special Box - 480 Coins - 2 Premium Battle Pass, 1 Star Piece, 3 Super Incubator, 30 Poke Ball
Ultra Box - 1480 Coins - 16 Premium Battle Pass, 6 Super Incubator, 4 Incense, 4 Star Piece
Adventure Box - 1480 Coins - 16 Super Incubator, 4 Incense, 4 Star Piece, 4 Egg Incubator
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Pokémon GO
The special bonus for the Pokémon GO Holiday Event has shifted. From 00:00 local time today to 21:59 local time tomorrow, the special bonus for this event is now 2* Catch Stardust
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Pokémon Masters EX
A new Special Scout has begun in Pokémon Masters EX. This scout is the Hoenn & Sinnoh 5-Star Guaranteed Scout. It can be done once and pulls 11 Sync Pairs, only from Hoenn and Sinnoh. With this, you have a guaranteed 5 star Sync Pair pulled. It is available until 06:00 UTC on January 1st
29-12-2020 07:09 GMT / 02:09 EST by Serebii
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Edit @ 08:11: Spotlight Hour
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Pokémon GO
Today is the weekly Pokémon GO Spotlight Hour. However, due to some problems, players in the UTC+11, UTC+12 and UTC+13 regions couldn't get the usual boosted spawns. As such, Niantic have announced there will be a makeup event soon for these regions so they can have the Snover Spotlight Hour. At present it's not dated but we'll provide full details on it as soon as we get hem
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Pokémon Masters EX
A new Special Scout has begun in Pokémon Masters EX. This scout is the Hoenn & Sinnoh 5-Star Guaranteed Scout. It can be done once and pulls 11 Sync Pairs, only from Hoenn and Sinnoh. With this, you have a guaranteed 5 star Sync Pair pulled. It is available until 06:00 UTC on January 1st
28-12-2020 06:00 GMT / 01:00 EST by Serebii
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Edit @ 08:18: Latios Legendary Arena | Edit @ 21:00: Pokémon GO Battle League
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Pokémon Sword & Shield
Following this weekend's special Christmas event, the Max Raid Battle Event has reverted back to the Ice and Fire-type event. From now until December 31st at 23:59 UTC, certain Ice and Fire-type Pokémon including Gigantamax Lapras and Centiskorch are in Max Raid Battles..
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Pokémon GO
Pokémon GO Battle League has now shifted to the Master League format, alongside its Premier Cup. It also introduces Master League Classic, a new league that only allows up to Level 40 Pokémon. It also includes the Holiday Cup which allows Normal, Grass, Electric, Ice, Flying, and Ghost type only. This will run until January 4th 2020 at 21:00 UTC

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Pokémon Masters
The Champion Stadium has been updated in Pokémon Masters EX. With this update, the Hard Lv. 1 Mode allows for players to battle against the Johto Elite Four & Champion. Each battle can be completed once a week with types of Sync Pairs used going towards your medal
New with this reset is the Master Mode. Here, you can earn points by inflicting certain elements onto the battle such as increasing opponents power in order to get better rewards.
Alongside this, some Special Scouts have begun. Each day this week a scout based on a region will be available, only focusing on Sync Pairs of a region starting today with a Kanto & Johto Scout. It can be done one time only and guarantees a 5 Star

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Pokémon Masters
A new Rally has begun in Pokémon Masters EX. This Rally gives you increased rewards in the Training Area, specifically the Level-Up Area, Cap-Unlock Area with new stages being opened for the Cap Unlock Area to allow for players to get the items required to get to Level 130. The Rally gives 50% more rewards and lasts until 06:00 UTC on January 4th. We're currently updating our section accordingly
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Pokémon Masters EX
The Legendary Arena Latios event has now begun a renewed run. This run runs until January 11th at 06:00 UTC. If you already received the items for completion a previous time, you will not receive them again
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Pokémon GO
The special bonus for the Pokémon GO Holiday Event has shifted. From 00:00 local time today to 23:59 local time tomorrow, the special bonus for this event is now 2* Lucky Egg Duration
27-12-2020 07:20 GMT / 02:20 EST by Serebii
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Edit @ 12:34: Pokémon of the Week
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Pokémon Café Mix
It has been confirmed that there will be brand new Order stages added to Pokémon Café Mix this Wednesday. It's currently unclear how many new stages will be added but we'll detail them in full as they are released so be sure to check back
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Who's That Pokémon
Today marks the fifty-eighth entry into the Generation VIII competitive field with a Galar Pokémon. These entries are created by the visitors for the visitors and then compiled by our writers Psynergy, Jellal, Aminith & Mcdanger. To get involved, Click here for the discussion forum
Today, we are covering a Pokémon introduced in the eighth generation. Glastrier emits intense cold from its hooves. It's also a belligerent Pokémon—anything it wants, it takes by force. Glastrier has tremendous physical strength, and the mask of ice covering its face is 100 times harder than diamond. So, here it is, the fifty-eighth entry, Glastrier