The 2024 Pokémon Charlotte Regional Championships were won by 2016 World Champion Wolfe Glick. The event ran from 20-21 January 2024, and featured a total of 845 trainers battling for an invite to the 2024 Pokémon World Championships. This tournament used the Regulation Set F format, allowing access to every Pokémon in Scarlet and Violet, excluding Restricted Special Pokémon such as Koraidon or Miraidon.

Claim an Alpha Charizard in Pokémon Legends Z-A to celebrate the upcoming release of the Mega Dimension DLC's additional story content! The distribution runs from 9 December 2025 at 14:00 UTC to 19 January 2026. To claim this Pokémon, press the X Button while in-game, select Link Play, followed by Mystery Gift, and Get with Code/Password. Enter the code B1G0006, and claim your level 36 Alpha Charizard!

Mega Sceptile, Mega Swampert, and Mega Blaziken make their debut in Pokémon Legends Z-A; claim their Mega Stones as rewards for climbing the ranks in the Z-A Battle Club! To join the action, press the X Button while in-game, select Link Play, and then Ranked Battles. Sceptile's, Swampert's, and Blaziken's Mega Stones will be given as rewards throughout Ranked Battles Seasons 5, 6, and 7, respectively.

Players will have opportunities to acquire multiple Sync Pairs featuring Charizard over the coming weeks in Pokémon Masters EX. Lance debuts his new Sync Pair in a set of Variety Scouts and the Lance's New Partner Pokémon Special Co-op Event, Arc Suit Leon & Charizard's Arc Suit Fair Scout makes a return, and everyone logging in before Christmas will receive a Guaranteed Ticket to team up with Sygna Suit Red & Charizard.

"Balan's VGC Wonderworld", an unofficial Video Game Championships (VGC) tournament, was won by 2025 Singapore Premier Ball League Champion Jude Lee, also known as magicaura. The event ran from 6-7 December 2025, and featured a total of 967 trainers battling for a share of the $1,500 USD prize pool. This makes it one of the largest unofficial online events in Pokémon VGC history.

I wonder what made the writers decide to give Pokémon Horizons three episodes back-to-back riddled with evolutions, but I’m not complaining! It’s no secret that I enjoy Dot-focused episodes and this latest episode is probably one of the better ones. I love it when Dot goes on her solo adventures, whether it be by herself or with another person—I think this is the first time she’s with someone. The fact that the frilly dress was Penny’s idea was also very funny.

The Day 2 livestream for this weekend's Pokémon Champions League 2026 tournament in Japan's Aichi prefecture has revealed another batch of cards from the upcoming Start Deck 100 Battle Collection decks for the Pokémon Trading Card Game, which are being released in Japan on December 19th. Cards from these decks will released internationally in the Ascended Heroes expansion on January 30th.

The newest Wonder Pick Event in Pokémon TCG Pocket brings new Drifblim and Eevee promo cards to the game's Wonder Pick feature, along with a selection of limited time event items. This event will run through to December 16th, at 9:59pm (PST).

Gigantamax Snorlax makes its return this month as the featured Pokémon for Pokémon GO's final Max Battle Day for 2025 on Sunday, December 14th, running as usual from 2:00pm to 5:00pm local time. Lucky Trainers may also encounter Gigantamax Snorlax in its Shiny variant during this event.

The Pokémon Company has announced a small collection of plushes that have a smooth, glittery texture, which will be arriving at Pokémon Centers in Japan beginning on December 13th, and to the Pokémon Center Online on December 11th. Meanwhile, The Pokémon Company International is continuing to collab with The Wand Company for collectors’ quality Poké Ball replicas, this time debuting a new Safari Ball, available online now at the Pokémon Center websites serving the US and Canada.

The 2024 Pokémon Portland Regional Championships were held from 6-7 January 2024, and were won by 3x Regional Champion Alex Underhill. This tournament used the Regulation Set F format, allowing access to every Pokémon in Scarlet and Violet, excluding Restricted Special Pokémon such as Koraidon or Miraidon.

Mega Gyarados is the latest Pokémon to join the fray in Pokémon UNITE. It is a separate Unite License from Gyarados's regular Unite License. It is a Melee All-Rounder with Intermediate difficulty that deals Physical damage. It can Mega Evolve for a short while after using its Unite Move Dragon Current. To celebrate the introduction of Mega Evolution licenses, a special event in-game event will be held till December 19th, where players can complete missions to earn the Unite license for Mega Gyarados.

Speedromizer VIII is set to go live this weekend December 5th-7th, continuing with part 2 the following weekend December 12th-14th. Two Gameboy Color Pokémon games are scheduled for the 13th: Pokémon Trading Card Game and Pokémon Crystal, the latter of which will be a part of a multiworld alongside Tunic and Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The event will be raising money for QMUNITY!, a resource center for LGBTQ+ people in British Columbia.

Pokémon Masters EX is throwing down the gauntlet to trainers once more, with the Legendary Gauntlet returning until December 17th at 9:59pm (PST). Players finding themselves without the proper sync pairs to take on the Gauntlet will be able to take advantage of a new Scout launching alongside this event, featuring a variety of Sync Pairs suited to these particular challenges.

Pokémon UNITE updated to Version ver.1.21.1.2 at 4:00am (UTC) on December 4th. This update, dubbed "The Roar of Sea and Sky" (Japanese: 「蒼天海吼」), brings the new "License Journeys" feature, along with Ranked Matches Draft revamp, Main menu UI overhaul, the Theia Sky Ruins (Kyogre) map, the Snowball Battle in Shivre City event, and the usual balance adjustments, bug fixes, and Shop and Event updates. Specifically, this update provides buffs (⇧) for Glaceon, Mewtwo (X), Mewtwo (Y), Ho-Oh, Scizor, Gyarados, and Tyrannitar; both buffs and nerfs (⇅) for Dhelmise and Mamoswine; while bringing nerfs (⇩) for Latios, Darkrai, Clefable, Suicune, and Alolan Raichu.

As Bulbagarden's community-driven encyclopedia, Bulbapedia is always growing thanks to the hard work and dedication of Pokémon fans across the world. Each day new edits and contributions sprout up as contributors bring their expertise and passion to the project. Let's take a moment to highlight some of the standout contributions that blossomed in November 2025.

Ahead of the release of Wave 2 Story Content for Pokémon Legends: Z-A's Mega Dimension DLC next Wednesday December 10th, Mega Lucario Z was officially revealed in a new trailer released on The Official Pokémon YouTube channel. Also announced was the introduction of Mewtwo and its Mega Evolutions to the game in a new Side Mission which players can acquire through Mystery Gift.

Befriend a Shiny Teddiursa in the latest event of Pokémon Café ReMix Teddiursa's Shiny Festival. An adorably-dressed Furret with its new Soft Antique outfit is also now available in Pelipper Delivery, while Marill: Holiday and Spheal: Holiday are returning for a limited time. The featured Pokémon for December 2025's monthly goals is Tyranitar, with Macarons being added to the premium course for the first time.

The first rule of Fighting-type Pokémon events is that you tell everyone about them. Trainers in Pokémon GO mid-this month will be getting their hands on a bunch of Fighting-type Pokémon in the Well Armed event, which will be running from Thursday, December 11th, at 10:00am to Tuesday, December 16th, at 8:00pm local time.

The next set of special Tera Raids in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet will be focusing on the Stealth Pokémon Dragapult, which will be making its first appearance in 7-star Black Crystal Tera Raid Battles between December 5th at midnight (UTC) / 4th at 4:00pm (PST), and December 7th at 11:59pm (UTC) / 3:59pm (PST). This will be followed by a second appearance one week later from December 12th at midnight (UTC) / 11th at 4:00pm (PST), to December 14th at 11:59pm (UTC) / 3:59pm (PST). Blissey will also be appearing more frequently in 5-star Tera Raid Battles during the second weekend of this event.