Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet's Ranked Battles Season 1 (December 2022 Season) has begun alongside the release of the Version 1.1.0 update. This season will run through to January 5th, 2023 at 8:59am (JST).

The holiday season is once again upon us, so ìt's past time that we here at Bulbagarden got the ball rolling with our annual Holiday Contests! This year, we have a total of four separate contests running over the holiday period, with more than $2000 USD of prizes up for grabs.

On November 12th, Ash Ketchum defeated Leon to win the Masters Eight Tournament and be crowned world champion. With Ash having seemingly finally achieved his dream of becoming a Pokémon Master, many fans have been understandably concerned about the future of the Pokémon Anime and of their favourite characters. During a regular monthly press conference held earlier today, by TV Tokyo President Ishihara Ichiro (石川一郎), we now finally have confirmation that Ash's anime adventures will be continuing into the future.

Nintendo has announced that tomorrow, Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet will be receiving a software update to Version 1.1.0. This update will see the start of Ranked Battles Season 1, as well as fixes to a bug where in-game music was not playing during battles against the Elite Four and the Champion.

Niantic has released some additional details on upcoming events and activities in Pokémon GO for this month, including an infographic posted to their social media accounts. Several of the items included in this infographic were previously announced together with the update on the new Mythical Wishes season earlier this week.

Niantic has announced that Bahasa Indonesia language support has been added to Pokémon GO. Both new and existing players can now set Bahasa Indonesia as their in-game language. Future events in Indonesia will receive Bahasa Indonesia language announcements on the pokemongolive website, on Instagram @PokemonGOAppID, and on Facebook at PokemonGOAppID. To celebrate the launch of this new language, the Waktu Indonesia Nangkep event will be running for Trainers physically located in Indonesia until January 8th, at 8:00 p.m. local time.

Niantic has announced preliminary details regarding Pokémon GO Tour: Hoenn, which will be beginning in February 2023. The first live event of the tour will be held at Sunset Park in Nevada, Las Vegas on February 18th and 19th, from 10am to 6pm (PST). This will then be followed by a global event will be held on February 25th and 26th, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. local time.

The Pokémon Company has launched a new Theme for the LINE app called "Pokémon Seasons White". It features Piplup and a plethora of Ice-type Pokémon: Alolan Vulpix, Spheal, Glaceon, Cubchoo, Galarian Darumaka, Vanillite, and Snom.

Niantic has announced details of an upcoming event, the Heading to Hoenn Mega Raid Day, which will run on December 3rd, between 2:00pm and 5:00pm local time.

Niantic has released details on Pokémon GO's upcoming new season: Mythical Wishes. This new season will run from December 1st at 10am to March 1st, 2023, at 10am local time. Alongside this announcement, Niantic have also released details on a number of activities, bonuses, and events that will be running in Pokémon GO during December.

Pokémon Masters EX is celebrating Eevee Day with a new Story Event, Three Eevee Tales. Additionally, a new kind of scout, the Triple Variety Scout, has been launched featuring Lyra, Lucas, and Kris in sync pairs with new Eeveeloution partners.

A wave of Ultra Beasts will be appearing in Pokémon GO as part of global events running between now and November 27th. On November 26th, in-person events will be taking place in London in the United Kingdom, and Los Angeles in the United States. A livestream will also be broadcast on the official Pokémon GO YouTube channel as part of these events, starting from November 26th at 7:00pm (PST, GMT -8).

In the lead-up to the upcoming Ultra Beast Arrival: Global event in Pokémon GO, Niantic has announced details for the Astral Eclipse event, which will begin on November 23th at 10:00am, and run through until November 28th at 8:00pm local time, after the conclusion of Ultra Beast Arrival: Global. Solgaleo and Lunala, the Sunne and Moone Pokémon from Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon will each be making their Pokémon GO debuts during Astral Eclipse. Trainers can acquire these legendary Pokémon by using 100 Cosmog Candy to evolve their Cosmoem at day or night respectively.

Niantic has announced dates for Community Day events to be held in Pokémon GO during the next in-game Season, as well as dates for three other in-game events.

The Pokémon Company International has announced that Pokémon Trading Card Game Live beta is now available globally for download on iOS, Android, Windows PC and macOS devices. The app is currently available in six languages: English, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. The beta initially opened to players from Canada on February 22nd, and was later opened to players in Mexico on May 24th. The beta was further extended to players in Australia and New Zealand from July 20th, and to Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden from October 18th.

For the second year running, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will include a holiday themed balloon featuring Pikachu and Eevee riding in a giant Poké Ball-inspired sled and wearing winter clothing. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will be broadcast in the United States live on NBC, and livestreamed on Peacock, starting at 9am in all US time zones.

It's a little over 3 weeks out from the broadcast of The Game Awards 2022, and the nominees for the event have finally been announced. Only one Pokémon title was nominated for an award this year, with Pokémon Legends: Arceus picking up a nomination for Best Role Playing. Pokémon Legends: Arceus is the first Pokémon core series game to secure a Game Awards nomination since Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire in 2014.

As the chill of fall breezes on, the second half of the Villain Arc's Unova Chapter has arrived in Pokémon Masters EX. Running in conjunction with this main story content is a new Villain Event, Team Plasma's Icy Malice. The Poke Fair Scout for Sygna Suit N & Kyurem (Black Kyurem) that was previously announced is also now available.

History has been made at Wyndon Stadium, where Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town has secured a decisive victory over the Galar region's Champion Leon, in the finals of the Masters Eight Tournament. The latest episode of the Pokémon anime series, entitled The Finals IV: "Partner" (ファイナルⅣ「相棒」) aired in Japan in the evening of November 11th. This episode was the conclusion of the thirteen-part Masters Eight Tournament arc of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, as well as the climax of Ash's battle versus Leon, the number-one ranked Pokémon Trainer and the Monarch of the Pokémon World Coronation Series.

Pokémon Masters EX has launched a new Egg Event, focused on Bug-, and Steel-Type Pokémon. New event missions have also been added to Legendary Arena Azelf for a limited time only. Both of these events will run through to November 22nd, at 9:59pm (PST).