Sunday: Pokémon GO - Community Day + Pokémon Sleep - New Moon Day + Pokémon of the Week
18-01-2026 00:00 GMT / 19:00 EST by Serebii.
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Edit @ 06:00: Pokémon Café ReMix | Edit @ 13:00: Pokémon of the Week
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO - Community Day
The Pokémon GO Community Day is rolling out globally. For three hours in each region, Grookey will appear, en masse, in Pokémon GO and adding its Shiny into the game. During this event, when you evolve into Rillaboom, it will know the move Frenzy Plant, which is exclusive to this event, alongside the introduction of Drum Beating. This coincides with 3* Catch Starduust , 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 Grookey Community Day page
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sleep
The latest Pokémon Sleep New Moon Day event is starting to roll out. This event runs from 04:00 local time today until 03:59 local time on January 21st 2026 and features a special boost where Pokémon will not become hungry straight away and has an increased Shiny chance. It also features increased spawns for Darkrai
We have all details to our New Moon Day Event Page
In The Games Department
Pokémon Café ReMix
The third and final bingo reward panel is now live for the Dedenne's Splendid Mochi event in Pokémon Café ReMix. This panel gives a number of tasks which, if completed, give you Ludicolo Stylish Snow outfit. These need to be completed before the event ends on January 21st 2026
We have full details in our Dedenne's Splendid Mochi event page
In The Games Department
Pokémon Café ReMix
The Pokémon Café ReMix event, Collect with Gholdengo, has made its repeated return. This event has Gimmighoul appear as icons in Main & Master Café stages. If you collect them, you can earn rewards including Gholdengo. It runs until January 21st at 05:59 UTC
We have details in our Collect with Gholdengo event page
In The Pokémon Championship Series Department
Pokémon Regional Championships
Today is Day 2 of the Pokémon Toronto Regional Championships. 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 14:15 (UTC) / 09:15 (EST) / 06:15 (PST)
The Pokémon TCG Stream begins at 15:30 (UTC) / 10:30 (EST) / 07:30 (PST)
The Pokémon GO Stream begins at 14:45 (UTC) / 09:45 (EST) / 06:45 (PST)
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 UNITE Championships
Today is the Week 1 Day 2 of the Pokémon UNITE Regional Leagues across North America, Europe and These streams will be running all day starting at 17:00 UTC. We have all the streams in our Play! Pokémon Stream Hub which allows for tabbing between UNITE and other streams
In The Pokémon of the Week Department
Who's That Pokémon
Today marks the one hundred and sixty-third entry into the Generation IX competitive field with a Unova & Hisui 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 fifth generation.
Screaming a bloodcurdling battle cry, this huge and ferocious bird Pokémon goes out on the hunt. It blasts lakes with shock waves, then scoops up any prey that float to the water's surface.
So, here it is, the one hundred and sixty-third Pokémon, Braviary
