Sunday: Pokémon World Championships - Final Day + Pokémon of the Week
17-08-2025 14:15 BST / 09:15 EDT by Serebii.
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In The Pokémon Department
Pokémon World International Championships
Today is Day3 of the Pokémon 2025 World Championships. Today features battles for all four of the games in the current Play! Pokémon Circuit: TCG, GO, UNITE and Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. All four games will be streamed in the main stream starting with UNITE through to VGC with the Closing Ceremonies currently scheduled for 19:00 PT
All streams begin at 17:00 (BST) / 12:00 (EDT) / 09:00 (PDT) alongside the opening ceremony
We have all the streams in our Play! Pokémon Stream Hub which allows for tabbing between all streams or loading all together
Edit @ 18:35: The 2025 Pokémon UNITE World Champions are Peru Unite
Edit @ 20:14: The 2025 Pokémon GO World CHampion is Beelzeboy
Edit: The Pokémon TCG Junior Division World Champion is Yuya Okita
The Pokémon TCG Senior Division World Champion is Fuguan Liao
The Pokémon TCG Masters Division World Champion is Riley McKay
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
The next Pokémon GO event is rolling out in Asia Pacific regions. This event is the Dark Skies event which runs from 10:00 local time on August 18th through 10:00 local time on August 23rd and features a focus on Max Battles
We are compiling full details in our Cozy Companions event section
In The Pokémon of the Week Department
Who's That Pokémon
Today marks the one hundred and fourty-second entry into the Generation IX competitive field with a Kitakami Pokémon. These entries are created by the visitors for the visitors and then compiled by our writer Mestorn. To get involved, Click here for the discussion forum
Today, we are covering a Pokémon introduced in the eighth generation.
This form of Urshifu is a strong believer in the one-hit KO. Its strategy is to leap in close to foes and land a devastating blow with a hardened fist. Inhabiting the mountains of a distant region, this Pokémon races across sheer cliffs, training its legs and refining its moves. So, here it is, the one hundred and fourty-second Pokémon, Urshifu
