Friday: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - Great Tusk & Iron Treads Tera Raid Event & Chesnaught Tera Raid Event + Pokémon Horizons - Episode Details
19-05-2023 01:00 BST / 20:00 EDT by Serebii.
Be sure to check yesterday's update for Pokémon HOME news. This update will be amended throughout the day so be sure to check back. If you have any ideas for the site, be sure to send them in.
Last Update: 19:30 BST
Edit @ 05:32: Pokémon Shirts | Edit @ 07:00: Pokémon Café ReMix | Edit @ 11:39: Episode Details | Edit @ 18:25: Pokémon GO Postcards | Edit @ 19:30: Pokémon HOME
In The Games Department
Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
Following its reveal yesterday, The Pokémon Company International have confirmed that the date given for May 24th yesterday is erroneous and that the official release date has yet to be revealed. They promise it will come very soon and more information will come soon alongside the HOME maintenance period. We'll provide more details as they come
In The Games Department
Pokémon World Championships
It has been confirmed that there will be a pop-up Pokémon Center at the Pokémon World Championships in Yokohama Japan from Wednesday August 9th through Sunday August 13th. This Pokémon Center will have exclusive merchandise but will only be accessible via a ticket lottery system and an appointment system. We'll provide full details as they come so be sure to check back
In The Games Department
Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
The next Tera Raid Battle event is now live in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. This event is a special event featuring different Pokémon based on the game you play. If you are playing Pokémon Scarlet, then Great Tusk will appear and if you're playing Pokémon Violet, Iron Treads will appear. This event runs until May 21st 2023 at 23:59 UTC
We're currently compiling all details of the event so be sure to keep checking back
Edit @ 01:14: We have updated our section with full details of this Tera Raid Battle Event
Edit @ 05:32: Due to an error with the raids which caused the Great Tusk and Iron Treads raids to try and call a Material item for those Pokémon which doesn't exist causing the game to lock online, the raids for both the Great Tusk & Iron Treads, and the Chesnaught event, have been temporarily suspended and the event withdrawn. We'll provide more details on it as it comes
Edit @ 12:38: The event this weekend has been cancelled and will be rescheduled soon for a later date. We'll provide these details as they come so be sure to keep checking back
In The Games Department
Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
The repeat of last week's Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Tera Raid Battle event has begun. This event is the Mighty Chesnaught event and offers players a chance to catch the Chesnaught through 7 Star Raid Battles. If players caught Chesnaught in last week's event, then players will be unable to catch another Chesnaught. This runs until May 21st 2023 at 23:59 UTC
We have full details of this Tera Raid Battle Event in our event section
In The Anime Department
Pokémon Horizons
The latest episode has aired in Japan today. This episode features Liko and Roy going into battle training with Captain Pikachu. 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.
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Following the expansion of Pokémon GO's Postcard system, a new feature has finally been added to the game that allows you to upgrade the maximum number of post cards you can store. You can upgrade this by 50 for 100 Poké Coins with a maximum postcard amount right now of 1000
In The Games Department
Pokémon Café ReMix
The next Pokémon Café ReMix event has begun. This is a Team Event, Baking with Bewear, and allows players to get Bewear's Pastry Chef by working together to earn points. It is available until May 29th
Alongside this, a special pack to get a new outfit for Pachirisu - Tea Party, is now available to purchase in the in-game shop for Ł8.99/$9.99 until June 5th 2023
In The Pokémon Department
Pokémon Shirts
Pokémon Shirts by Original Stitch have released a new wave of Shirt patterns. These are three special Summer designs. The first featuring Surfing Pikachu, the next the Botanical Jungle featuring Tropius, Bounsweet, Meganium and Bellossom and the third "Sunset in Alola" featuring Alolan Exeggutor, Alolan Raichu and Lapras
Alongside this, 100 new embroidery options have been added, allowing the Johto Pokémon to be added to shirts and Polo Shirts
We have added all these new options into our Pokémon Shirts section
