Pokémon Masters Day is back 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 11:00 pm (PDT), through to the 25th at 10:59 pm (PDT). 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 events and co-op battles. As always, several Sync Pairs are also receiving upgrades to their Sync Grids alongside this monthly event.

In what seems like the culmination of Pokémon Masters EX's 3.5 year anniversary celebrations, Galar's own Ball Guy is making his debut today in Pokémon Masters EX in a Variety Scout together with his partner Pokémon Amoonguss. Alongside this scout, Ball Guy will also be taking center stage in a variety of in-game events, including brand new Story and Expedition events.

Niantic has announced that the Happiness Pokémon, Togetic will be the featured Pokémon for Pokémon GO's Community Day in April. During this event, Togetic will be appearing more frequently in the wild, with its Shiny variant also appearing rarely. The event will be held on April 15th, from 2:00pm to 5:00pm local time.

The Happiness Pokémon Blissey will be appearing in 5-star Tera Raid Battles in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet between March 24th, at 00:00pm (UTC), and March 26th, at 11:59pm (UTC). Blissey will be appearing in both versions of the game, and will be available in a wide array of Tera Types, including rare Tera Types for this species.

There's only seven days remaining for 3DS owners to purchase games from the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U eShops before both services shut down on the 27th of March, 2023. Though purchased games can still be downloaded after this point, this means that Pokémon fans will have to move swiftly to get their hands on a wide range of games that are only widely available via Nintendo eShop. Notably, this list also includes Pokémon Bank; though Bank (and its associated DLC, the Poké Transporter) cannot be downloaded after this date, the Pokémon Bank service will become free of charge for users who have already downloaded it by this date. Players are encouraged to visit the eShop while they still can, so that they are not limited to expensive second-hand physical copies when wanting to delve into Pokémon video game history.

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet have taken out multiple awards at Famitsu Dengeki's Game Awards 2022, which were broadcast yesterday evening on Famitsu's official YouTube channel, with the game itself receiving the Best Scenario award, while fan fave Arven picked up an award for Best Character.

The Pokémon Company has today opened up a website, Twitter account and Instagram account for Project Snorlax (プロジェクトカビゴン). Details on the project are currently sparce. While it seems likely that this project will tie-in in some fashion to Pokémon Sleep, no explicit mention of the upcoming spin-off title has been made in any of the initial posts for the project.

Pokémon Masters EX is throwing down the gauntlet to trainers once more, with the Legendary Gauntlet returning until April 5th, alongside new 5★ Poké Fair and Select Scouts focused on Sync Pairs with Rock-, Water-, Fairy-, Dragon-, Flying-, and Poison-type Pokémon.

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 March. The Let's GO event starting March 21st will feature a collection of different Pokémon including the Hex Nut Pokémon Meltan. Running alongside this event will be the latest Team GO Rocket Takeover, which will start March 25th. The Team GO Rocket Takeover will see Trainers completing Special Research and chasing down Giovanni before he can complete an evil plot involving Shadow Regice.

Pokémon Masters EX continues its run of events celebrating the game's 3.5 year anniversary, with the launch of a new Solo Event, Special Day with the Guys. Running alongside this new event is a brand new Triple Feature Poké Fair Scout, featuring several of the trainers featured in this latest event.

On top of all the events currently running for the 3.5 Year anniversary, Pokémon Masters is offering players even more content over the coming week with a brand new Legendary Arena focused on Terrakion. Multiple rallies and monthly events are running, including the monthly Training Area Reward Boost and Special Rally, the Blissful Bonanza Daily Battle event and the Battle Villa.

Following hot on the heels of Looming Shadow of Kanto, the Spreading Shadows Villain Event is making its own return to Pokémon Masters EX until March 26th, at 9:59pm (PDT). This event originally ran in September and October 2001 together with the launch of the Kanto arc of the Villain chapter, before being re-run from late-February to early March 2022 in conjunction with the game's 2.5 year anniversary.

The Looming Shadow of Kanto Villain Event is making a return to Pokémon Masters EX until March 26th, at 9:59pm (PDT). This event originally ran in September and October 2001 as a prelude to the Kanto arc of the Villain chapter, before being re-run from mid-February to early March 2022 in conjunction with the game's 2.5 year anniversary. A new remix of Battle! (Galar Gym Leader) was also made available today.

Regidrago will be making its Pokémon GO debut this week in a series of special Elite Raids on March 11th. Trainers who managed to conquer the raid will not only earn an opportunity to catch it, but will also unlock exclusive timed research awarding Regirock Candy, Regice Candy, and Registeel Candy on completion.

Continuing the story from the Neo Champions: Fight for the Future Together Event, players can now take on the three Neo Champions in Challenge Galar's Worthiest, a new Special Battle Event running through to March 20th. The Champion Stadium has also moved on from Kalos, and will be focused on Unova until April 2nd.

The next past generation starter evolution to make its Paldea debut in special Tera Raids will be the The Arrow Quill Pokémon Decidueye, who will be making its first appearance in 7-star Black Crystal Tera Raid Battles later this month, between March 17th at 00:00 (UTC), and March 19th at 23:59 (UTC), with a follow-up appearance one week later from March 24th at 00:00 (UTC), to March 26th at 23:59 (UTC).

As announced earlier this week during the Pokémon Presents presentation for Pokémon Day, Bede is appearing in Pokémon Masters EX in a brand new Sync Pair together with Galarian Form Articuno. Bede (Champion) & Articuno's Master Fair Scout is available now, and will continue through until April 8th, at 9:59pm (PDT).

Between the Pokémon Presents and the beginning of Rising Heroes, a brand new in-game season, a wealth of information has been released this week by Niantic and The Pokémon Company about upcoming in-game events coming to Pokémon GO during March, April, and May.

As announced earlier this week during the Pokémon Presents presentation for Pokémon Day, Hop is appearing in Pokémon Masters EX in a brand new Sync Pair together with Galarian Form Zapdos. Hop (Champion) & Zapdos's Master Fair Scout is available now, and will continue through until April 8th, at 9:59pm (PDT).

The Fair-Exclusive 5★ N & Zekrom are the featured Sync Pair for the latest Monthly Poké Fair Scout in Pokémon Masters EX, which will remain available until March 31st, at 9:59pm (PDT).. Players who manage to scout the pair will be able to invite Gloria 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.