The latest Pokémon to join the fray in Pokémon UNITE is Articuno, a Ranged Defender with Novice difficulty that deals Special damage. Until Thursday, May 7th, players can clear event missions to collect exclusive coins and exchange them for Articuno's Unite License.
Pokémon Masters EX is throwing down the gauntlet to trainers once more, with the Legendary Gauntlet returning until April 19th at 10:59pm (PDT). 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.
Following the release of Pokémon Champions, further details regarding its first competitive ruleset, Regulation Set M-A, have been released. Most Mega Evolutions return for this new ruleset, but there are a noticeable amount that are not present in Pokémon Champions at launch, including notably some of the game's biggest threats in Mega Salamence, Mega Metagross, and Mega Mawile.
The newest Drop Event in Pokémon TCG Pocket, running through to April 19th, offers players the opportunity to challenge a series of special solo battles to attempt to obtain new promo cards, including a full-art Slowpoke, and various other rewards.
On Sunday 12 April, the community art collaboration project, Poké Earth Collabs, is teaming up with Jwittz, the 1.5m subscriber YouTube personality, to help raise money for entertainment devices for hospitalised children through Gamers for Giving.
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 March 2026.
On April 2nd, the Singen customs office issued a statement regarding an incident at the Germany-Switzerland border that took place last week. A 33-year-old Swiss man attempted to smuggle 900 boxes of Pokémon Trading Card Game cards, worth €6,900 (approximately $USD 7,950), into Germany through the Bühl border checkpoint.
Check out all the latest updates from Pokémon UNITE: Electrode Volleyball World Tour regional championships; Battle Pass Season 40 now available featuring Knight Style: Latias; and new and returning Fashion and Holowear.
Following on from the recent launch of Chapter 9 of the Arceus Arc, Arc Suit Sabrina & Alakazam make their debut today in Pokémon Masters EX in a set of Arc Suit Scouts. Also launching today is the game's latest Pasio Gym Battle, accompanied by the special Tiered Scout featuring three Fair-Exclusive Sync Pairs.
In celebration of the recent release of Pokémon Pokopia, several cities in Europe are seeing urban spaces transformed into Pokopia gardens, complete with Pokémon and other elements from the game among the plants. Pokopia gardens in London, Berlin, and Paris are all free and open to the public today, and will each stay open for several months.
The first half of Pokémon Horizons: Season 3—Rising Hope is now available for streaming on ABC iview in Australia, consisting of 25 episodes (HZ090 - HZ114). The opening theme for the season is "Evolving Again", written by Ed Goldfarb and Nataan Hong, with vocals by Haven Paschall.
The newest song from Project VOLTAGE High ↑, the continuation to the art and music collaboration between Pokémon and the popular Volcaloid character Hatsune Miku, is now available: “Facade Question (Yuri Kuriyama Remix)” by Yuri Kuriyama, featuring vocals by Hatsune Miku and Kasane Teto.
The release date for Articuno, the next Pokémon to join the fray in Pokémon UNITE has been announced — It will be available to play from April 10th. Articuno is a Ranged Defender that does Special damage, with Novice difficulty. At the time of writing, no further details on its moveset have been officially announced.
As announced earlier this week, Pasio Gym Battle No. 2: "Galar Gym Leaders Assembled" commences in Pokémon Masters EX late today, April 2nd, at 11:00pm (PDT). Battles in this event will run through to April 9th, at 10:59pm (PDT).
It has been confirmed that Pokémon HOME will be undergoing maintenance on 2 April 2026 with a planned runtime from 00:00–12:00 UTC. The update to version 4.0.0 will allow users to trade between Pokémon HOME and Pokémon Legends Z-A for the first time.
The Play! Pokémon Video Game Championships (VGC) Tournament Handbook was updated at the end of March 2026 to include rules and guidance relating to Pokémon Champions and VGC's transition to the upcoming title. It includes insights into currently unannounced features present in Pokémon Champions, future rulesets, and the controversial removal of local communication.
As announced in the recent trailer and message from the game's producers, a range of events, scouts, and bonuses are launching today in Pokémon Masters EX alongside Chapter 9 of the Arceus Arc, including the Korrina Arc Suit Fair Scout, a new Special Battle Event, and the first set of monthly 30-Year Celebration events and missions.
Four Job Fiesta's 2026 Pokévent is now live. In this event, players who register will be assigned one of 78 Pokémon games at random. The goal is to beat the game. If possible. Otherwise "have fun and then submit something."
Really Really Lots of Lore 7 is currently underway, having started on March 30th and scheduled to run through to April 11th. Among other speedurns, a run of Pokémon Scarlet/Violet is scheduled to close out the event, which can be watched from its Twitch channel.
Pokémon Local Acts has announced four new Poké Lids to be installed throughout April in Iwate Prefecture in Japan. Poké Lids are donations from The Pokémon Company to prefectures, and along with events and merchandise hosted by Pokémon Local Acts, are intended to encourage tourism to various areas of Japan.
