The Pokémon Company has announced that two of its Pokémon Center locations in Japan will be closing and relocating this spring. Pokémon Center Hiroshima will close in late March and reopen in its new location sometime in April, while Pokémon Center Tohoku will close February 16th and reopen Spring 2025. Though the dates are vague, Pokémon Center Hiroshima’s new location is announced to be the second floor of Ekie, a shopping complex attached to the Hiroshima Station train depot; Pokémon Center Tohoku will relocate to the second floor of the Sendai Parco mall.

In a statement published on the official @PokemonTCG account on X (formerly Twitter), The Pokémon Company International have directly addressed ongoing stock issues regarding the Scarlet & Violet—Prismatic Evolutions expansion for the Pokémon Trading Card Game, which is scheduled for release internationally this Friday, January 17th.

This week's regular livestream on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese YouTube channel has unveiled two new cards from the upcoming Battle Partners expansion: Hop's Silicobra and Hop's Sandaconda. These cards will be released in Japan later this month on January 24th. Cards from this set will be released internationally on March 28th as part of the Scarlet & Violet—Journey Together expansion.

Loungefly has released two new mini backpacks and one crossbody bag themed after cafés, as well as a matching set of crossbody bag and wallet themed after Valentine's Day that is exclusive to their official online store. A selection of picnic-themed Pokémon goods have also been released at Hot Topic's online store.

Re-Ment has revealed three new blindbox sets with beautiful figures featuring a variety of Pokémonthree new blindbox sets with beautiful figures featuring a variety of Pokémon through a series of posts their official X (formerly Twitter) account. The revealed sets are the latest releases in the GEMSTONE COLLECTION, DesQ Battle on Desk and Pokémon Pocket BONSAI ranges respectively.

Popsockets, a brand famous for their high quality phone accessories, has released a new range of grips, wallets and phone cases themed after Fairy-Type Pokémon such as Jigglypuff, Sylveon and Fidough. A few other accessories such as phone straps, suction mounts, and laptop mounts are also available.

Welcome to 2025, Trainers! January brings a sense of refresh and renewal, especially for Bulbapedia and the wider Pokémon fandom this year.

The Academy Founding Chapter, which began towards the end of Pokémon Masters EX's five-year anniversary celebrations last year, continues today with the launch of a brand new Event, Academy Founding Chapter: Explosive Art, Ninja’s Craft, and the debut of Mela & Armarouge in a new Poké Fair Scout. Both the Event and Scout will continue until February 2nd, at 9:59pm (PST).

Pokémon Sleep will enter a maintenance period next week on Thursday January 16th for an update of the software to Version 2.4.0. Only a few short days later, Rufflet and Braviary will be sleepwalking onto player's devices as they make their Pokémon Sleep debuts alongside the new Super Skill Week event.

The latest video on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese YouTube channel has unveiled the new N's Joltik card from the upcoming Battle Partners expansion. This cards will be released in Japan later this month on January 24th. Cards from this set will be released internationally on March 28th as part of the Scarlet & Violet—Journey Together expansion.

The latest video on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese YouTube channel has unveiled three new cards from the upcoming Battle Partners expansion: Sentret, and both a regular and Art Rare version of Furret. These cards will be released in Japan later this month on January 24th. Cards from this set will be released internationally on March 28th as part of the Scarlet & Violet—Journey Together expansion.

After a three week break, Pokemon Horizons return with an episode that leaves a rather divisive opinion on the fanbase. On one hand, it’s mainly the gamers who already clowned on Geeta for the difficulty of her battle; on the other hand, it’s also the people who don’t really watch Pokemon Horizons who have the most to say.

Today's video on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese YouTube channel has unveiled three new cards from the upcoming Battle Partners expansion: Lotad, Lombre, and Ludicolo. These cards will be released in Japan later this month on January 24th, 2025. Cards from this set will be released internationally on March 28th as part of the Scarlet & Violet—Journey Together expansion.

The Pokémon Company has announced a small and sweet little collection which will be coming to Pokémon Centers in Japan beginning January 18th, and to the Pokémon Center Online on January 17th. The drop contains only five new items, two of which are boxes of assorted chocolates. The star of the collection is the Pikachu plush holding a heart (¥2,200 ($13.94 USD)), which is designed with dots for eyes, similar to its appearance in the monpoké line of merchandise from the Pokémon Center.

The Japanese Pokémon website has opened pre-orders of a huge range of merchandise themed after Pokémon Masters EX, with acrylic stands, acrylic photo blocks, postcards, can badges, tapestry, stickers and plushes themed after the in-game Lodge Decoration plushes. This new merchandise line is being released as part of the Strongest Trainers Festival, project focusing on the Pokémon Trading Card Game and Pokémon Masters EX which aims to showcase the appeal of Pokémon Trainers.

The Pokémon Center online stores in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada have released the final Monthly Dragon Type Pin, featuring the three Tatsugiri forms (Curly, Stretchy and Droopy respectively). As usual for this line of pins, the United States and Canadian stores quickly ran out of stock shortly after release, however as of the time of writing the United Kingdom store still has stock. It is unknown if this line of goods will be restocked in the future, as this line was a celebration of the Chinese Year of the Dragon in 2024.

Niantic has announced that they will be ending support for Pokémon GO on 32-bit Android devices to streamline their development process and focus resources on supporting newer operating systems and technologies.

Rookidee, Corvisquire, and Corviknight will be making make their Pokémon GO debuts next week as part of the Steeled Resolve event, which will run alongside the game's latest GO Battle Week. Steeled Resolve will run from January 21st at 10:00am local time, through to January 26th at 8:00pm local time, while GO Battle Week: Dual Destiny will run from January 21st, at 12:00am to January 26th at 11:59pm local time.

Today's video on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese YouTube channel has unveiled many new cards from the upcoming Battle Partners expansion. These cards will be released in Japan later this month on January 24th, 2025. Cards from this set will be released internationally on March 28th as part of the Scarlet & Violet—Journey Together expansion.

Pokémon Masters EX's latest High Score Event, Ice and Rock Conqueror, is launching today alongside 5★-Select Type and Triple Feature Poké Fair Scouts featuring Sync Pairs useful for challenging the event.