Between all the sales worldwide for Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas, Boxing Day, and New Year's, the October-December quarter is a big one for any business dealing with consumer products, and Nintendo is once again no exception to that. While Nintendo's latest quarterly investor report has revealed the company has generated significantly less profit in 2022 compared to the performance of the previous year, the report also highlights several significant milestones set during this last quarter for the Nintendo Switch, and for the Pokémon Franchise.

Niantic has released the first details on the brand new Location Card feature that will be making its first in-game appearance in Pokémon GO during the Pokémon GO Tour: Hoenn - Las Vegas live event later this month. Niantic has also announced dates for upcoming in-game events for Season 10, including Community Day and Community Day Classic events.

Palentine's in Pokémon Masters EX is bringing with it some returning seasonal content, with last year's Sweet Shenanigans Story Event making a return, together with Seasonal Scouts featuring Pallentine's Sync Pairs from the past two years. Palentine's Day is just like Valentine's Day, only instead of celebrating romantic love, it's for celebrating your love for your friends and pals. The Champion Stadium is also receiving an update, with the debut of the Kalos Challenge.

Tandemaus will be appearing in 1 star through 5-star Tera Raid Battles in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet between February 13th at 00:00 (UTC), and February 14th at 23:59 (UTC). These Tandemaus will be available in a wide array of Tera Types, including rare Tera Types for this species. Players will also receive a selection of sweet tasting rewards for their sandwiches by defeating Tandemaus, including Strawberries and Whipped Cream.

An update on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese homepage has revealed new cards that will be released with Triplet Beat, the first Scarlet and Violet subset to be released in Japan later this year. A concurrent update on the official YouTube channel has also revealed Art Rare cards for each of the 3 Paldean starter Pokémon.

The smartphone versions of Pokémon HOME have been updated to version 2.1.0. These updates bring with them an expansion to the app's Battle Data functionality, which adds in information from player's Ranked Battles in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Players must have linked their Pokémon HOME to a Nintendo Account with data from these games in order to view their results. The update does not add any functionality for players to deposit their Pokémon from Scarlet and Violet into Pokémon HOME, however the Japanese announcement states an update to add that functionality has been scheduled for the Northern Hemisphere Spring.

Elesa is now appearing in Pokémon Masters EX in a new seasonal sync pair with Togetic, wearing the same outfit as she is currently debuting in the Chef's Heartful Delivery Story Event which began earlier this week. The Elsea Seasonal Scout and Seasonal Tiered Scout will both run until February 20th at 9:59pm (PST), while the associated Ticket Scout will run through to February 27th, at 9:59pm (PST).

Niantic has announced details on upcoming events and activities in Pokémon GO across February, with an infographic posted to their social media accounts. While several of the items included in this infographic were previously announced during January, freshly announced today are two Valentine's themed events, the first of which will be starting in-game on February 8th at 10:00am. This event will feature the Pokémon GO debuts of Mega Gardevoir, Shiny Frillish, and Shiny Tapu Lele.

Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet's Ranked Battles Season 3 has begun. This season, which will run through to February 28th, at 23:59 UTC, will follow the new Series 2 regulations announced at the beginning of January, which permit the use of Paradox Pokémon.

The Pokémon Company International has announced that active development on the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online will cease as of March 1st this year. While the game may continue to receive occasional bug fixes, the company's focus will now shift over to the Pokémon Trading Card Game Live, the beta of which opened up to global audiences from November 15th, 2022.

The Fair-Exclusive 5★ N & Zekrom are the featured Sync Pair for the latest Monthly Poké Fair Scout in Pokémon Masters EX. Players who manage to scout the pair will be able to invite N as a Guest to the Trainer's Lodge. The sync pair has also received new fair-exclusive tiles in their sync grid in conjunction with this scout, which will remain available until February 28th, at 9:59pm (PST).

With the Pokémon GO Tour: Hoenn set to start next month, Niantic has announced details for the new Primal Rumblings event, which will be running from February 22nd at 10:00am local time, through to February 24th, at 10:00pm local time. During this event, a range of Pokémon who first appeared in the Hoenn region in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire will be appearing more frequently, and players will have the opportunity to have encounters with several of Hoenn's Legendary Pokémon in both Five-Star and Mega Raids.

February once again brings new seasonal content to Pokémon Masters EX, with the first of two new Sync Pairs and the new Chef's Heartful Delivery new Story Event both debuting today in celebration of Palentine's Day. Palentine's Day is just like Valentine's Day, only instead of celebrating romantic love, it's for celebrating your love for your friends and pals. Both the event and the associated Seasonal Scouts will be available until February 20th, at 9:59pm (PST).

Armarouge and Ceruledge will be appearing in 4-star and 5-star Tera Raid Battles in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet between February 3rd at 00:00 (UTC), and February 5th at 23:59 (UTC). Armarouge will appear exclusively for players with Pokémon Scarlet, while Ceruledge will be appearing exclusively in Pokémon Violet. These Pokémon will be available in a wide array of Tera Types, including rare Tera Types for these species.

Titles and descriptions for episodes four through seven for Ash and Pikachu's final chapter, Pocket Monsters: Aim to be a Pokémon Master (currently airing Fridays at 6:55pm on TV Tokyo) have been announced in a Japanese press release, together with screenshots of scenes from each episode. The titkes of episodes four and five were revealed earlier this month in the February issue of Animage magazine, however this is our first in-depth informatiomn about the plot of these episodes. This epilogue arc began airing in Japan earlier this month, starting on January 13th.

A new version of Pokémon Masters EX game, Version 2.29.0, is now available to download. This relatively minor update will enable players to invite Morty to the Trainer Lodge, starting from January 31st. The monthly message from the producers of Pokémon Masters EX however provides a much more substantial update, revealing details on a new Palentine's seasonal event and sync pairs coming to the game in March, as well as information about the second half of the Kalos Chapter of the Villain Arc, upcoming revamps to the Trainer Lodge and Pokémon Center, and rallies to celebrate the run-up to the game's 3.5 year anniversary. The next developer letter is slated for late February, and will include more information regarding planned anniversary celebrations, as well as new events and sync pairs coming to the game in March.

The Pokémon Company International has announced that new episodes of Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series, the 25th season of the long-running Pokémon animated series, will premiere exclusively on Netflix in the United States on February 24th. This season will continue to follow Ash and Pikachu as they continue their fight up the World Coronation Series rankings, while Goh challenges his last Project Mew trial missions.

Pokémon Masters Day is here once again! This special Monthly Event, which first ran back in November 2021, currently runs every month in Pokémon Masters EX from the 24th at 10:00pm (PST), through to the 25th at 9:59pm (PST). All players who log in today will receive a special present of 500 gems from Pikachu, and have the opportunity to take advantage of special event and co-op battles. As always, several Sync Pairs are also receiving upgrades to their Sync Grids alongside this monthly event.

Rivals return this week in Pokémon Masters EX, with re-runs of the Revel in Rivalry Story Event, and Rival Challenge Special Event, featuring rival characters from across the history of the Pokémon franchise. These events originally ran together in Mid-June and early July in 2022. This is the first time both events have been re-run. Also running alongside these events is a Poké Fair scout featuring Bede, who is the focal character of the Revel in Rivalry Story Event. All of these events and scouts will be available until February 5th, at 9:59pm (PST).

In the latest update on Pokémon GO's official site, Niantic has released details on a pair of events coming to Pokémon GO across late January and early February. The Crackling Voltage event starting January 27th will feature the Pokémon GO debuts of Shiny Helioptile and Shiny Tapu Koko. Running alongside this event will be the latest Team GO Rocket Takeover, which will start February 1st. The Team GO Rocket Takeover will see Trainers completing Special Research and chasing down Giovanni before he can complete an evil plot involving Shadow Registeel.