Saturday: Pokémon GO - Community Day + Pokémon Japan Championships + Pokémon UNITE Championships
10-06-2023 01:00 BST / 20:00 EDT by Serebii.
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Last Update: 16:00 BST
Edit @ 05:25: Bronzong Gift | Edit @ 07:00: Pokémon Masters | Edit @ 16:00: Regional Championships
In The Games Department
Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - Distribution
The Bronzong distribution has begun. This Bronzong is being given in the Pokémon Japan Championships 2023 stream this weekend and is based on the Bronzong used by 2022 Senior World Champion Yasuharu Shimizu.
The code is 22SEN10RCHAMP.
This event ends on June 11th 2023 at 14:59 UTC
In The TCG Department
Pokémon TCG - Ruler of the Black Flame
The Pokémon Company have officially revealed th next Japanese TCG set, Ruler of the Black Flame. This set is the first set with alternate Tera Type Pokémon such as Dark Tera Type Charizard ex. This set is to be used for the English Obsidian Flames set
Edit @ 11:04: We have added all the known cards to our Ruler of the Black Flame Card List
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO - Community Day
The Pokémon GO Community Day is rolling out globally. For three hours in each region, Axew will appear, enmass, in Pokémon GO with a chance of Shiny Axew appearing. During this event, when you evolve Fraxure, the evolution will know the move Breaking Swipe, which is exclusive to this event. This coincides with 3* Catch Experience, 2* Catch Candy, 3 hour Incense and more. This runs at these times:
It runs from 2pm to 5pm in your local time.
We have full details on our Axew Community Day page
In The Games Department
Pokémon Masters
The next event has begun in Pokémon Masters EX. This event is the Kris's Worries event which tells the story of Morty & Kris asking for your help to find her lost Suicune. It runs until June 24th 2023
In The Pokémon Championship Series Department
Pokémon Regional Championships
Today is Day 1 of the Pokémon Fresno Regional Championships 2023. Today features battles for three of the games in the current Play! Pokémon Circuit: TCG, GO and Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. All three games will be streamed in individual streams
The Pokémon VG Stream begins at 18:00 (BST) / 13:00 (EDT) / 10:00 (PDT)
The Pokémon TCG Stream begins at 18:00 (BST) / 13:00 (EDT) / 10:00 (PDT)
The Pokémon GO Stream begins at 18:00 (BST) / 13:00 (EDT) / 10:00 (PDT)
We have all the streams in our Play! Pokémon Stream Hub which allows for tabbing between all streams or loading all together
In The Pokémon Championship Series Department
Pokémon Japan Championships
Today is Day 1 of the Pokémon Japan Championships 2023. Today features battles for three of the games in the current format: TCG, GO and Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. All three games will be streamed in individual streams
All streams begin at 00;00 UTC / 01:00 BST / 02:00 CEST / 20:00 EDT / 17:00 PDT
We have all the streams in our Play! Pokémon Stream Hub which allows for tabbing between all streams or loading all together
In The Championship Series Department
Pokémon UNITE
The Pokémon UNITE Championship Series has reached the Regional Finals. Today, the finals of Regionals are being streamed with the Oceania, Brazillian, Latin America and North America finals being showcased.
The Oceania stream begins at 04:00 UTC / 05:00 BST / 00:00 EDT / 21:00 PDT
The North American stream begins at 16:00 UTC / 17:00 BST / 12:00 EDT / 09:00 PDT
The Brazil and Latin America streams begin at 18:00 UTC / 19:00 BST / 14:00 EDT / 11:00 PDT
Both streams can be watched in our UNITE Championship Series section
In The Manga Department
Pokémon Adventures
Viz Media have announced that the first full volume of the Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire saga of the Pokémon Adventures manga is to release in the west starting in Spring 2024. This story features the return of Ruby & Sapphire as they try to stop a meteor heading towards Hoenn
