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Arc Suit Lance & Dragonite, who made their original debut back in September 2024, return to Pokémon Masters EX today in a limited-time 48 Hour Arc Suit Fair Scout, which is running through to March 21st, at 10:59pm (PDT).
As announced last week, Sleep Researchers will soon be getting an opportunity to observe the sleep styles of Latias in Pokémon Sleep, with the two week long Latias Research event scheduled to commence Monday April 6th at 4:00am local time. Pokémon Sleep has also updated to Version 3.3.3, which makes some minor bugfixes to the game.
A new trailer has provided players with their first look at Pokémon TCG Pocket's next Themed Booster Pack, Mega Shine, which is set to launch worldwide next week on Wednesday, March 25th / Thursday, February 26th. Accompanying website updates have also detailed a selection of events coming to the game throughout the next month.
Arc Suit Cynthia & Garchomp are returning to Pokémon Masters EX today in an extremely limited-time Arc Suit Fair Scout. Also launching today is a special Arc Suit Tiered Scout, featuring six separate Arc Suit Sync Pairs, as well as a new Special Co-op Battle.
Following on from the recent launch of the Bede and Marnie's Pursuits Story Event, Bede (Alt.) & Rapidash are making their playable debut today in a new EX Fair Scout, which will run through to April 10th, at 10:59pm (PDT).
The anniversary celebrations have already been going on for weeks at this point, but Pokémon Masters EX is today squeezing in another new Story Event, Bede and Marnie's Pursuits, together with the first of two Presents ×2 EX Fair Scouts, this featuring the debut of Marnie (Alt.) & Grimmsnarl.
Owners of Garmin Smartwatches will no longer need to double-up on their Sleep Research, with Pokémon Sleep announcing that the app will now fully support most Garmin smartwatches for Sleep Tracking and studying Pokémon Sleep Styles.
Noibat and Noivern will be sleepwalking their way onto player's devices later this month, as they making their Pokémon Sleep debuts in the Pokémon Skills Spotlight Week Vol. 1 event. This event is scheduled to begin on March 23rd at 4:00am local time, running through to March 30th at 3:59am local time.
Sleep Researchers will soon be getting another opportunity to observe the sleep styles of a Legendary Pokémon, with a new event featuring Latias announced for Pokémon Sleep. This event is set to begin sometime in April.
The next Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion in the Mega Evolution Series has been officially announced in a press release by The Pokémon Company International. Mega Evolution—Chaos Rising will release internationally from May 22nd. The set will primarily contain cards from the Japanese Ninja Spinner expansion, which releases there this Friday March 13th.
Updates posted today on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese homepage and YouTube channel have given fans their first look at all remaining regular print versions of cards from the upcoming Ninja Spinner expansion that hits store shelves in Japan on March 13th.
The anniversary celebrations have only just begun, but Pokémon Masters EX is already squeezing in a new Story Event, with the launch today of Teal and Indigo Festival, featuring Florian & Ogerpon. The first of three phases of the Double Anniversary Mission Bingo has also commenced.
As announced earlier during the Pokémon Presents presentation for Pokémon Day, a range of scouts, events and bonuses are launching in Pokémon Masters EX to celebrate the game's 6.5 year anniversary. The monthly message from the game's producer has also dropped, providing more detail on the three EX Master Sync Pairs that will be making their debut as part of these anniversary celebrations.
Pokémon Masters Day is here again in Pokémon Masters EX, with the usual assortment of regular events and presents, plus multiple One-Time-Only Scouts featuring Fair-exclusive Sync Pairs. Hilbert & Oshawott are also receiving Sync Grid upgrades alongside this monthly event.
Today's video on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese YouTube channel has unveiled new cards for each of the four forms of Deoxys, which will be released in the upcoming Ninja Spinner expansion that hits store shelves in Japan on March 13th.
The Day 2 livestream for this weekend's Pokémon Champions League 2026 tournament in Japan's Fukuoka prefecture has given fans their first look at a selection of eleven new Pokémon Trading Card Game cards which will be released in the upcoming Ninja Spinner expansion that hits store shelves in Japan on March 13th.
Pokémon Sleep are encouraging everyone to get a good sleep for the Pokémon Day celebrations next week on February 27th, with a special ×1.5 Drowsy Power bonus for all players the night before, on the night of Thursday February 26th.
Pokémon Sleep will enter a maintenance period this coming week for an update of the software to Version 3.3.0. This update is expected to run for roughly four and a half hours, commencing Tuesday February 24th at 4:30am (UTC), and continuing through until 9:00am (UTC). The update will prepare the game for an as yet unannounced future event, likely something to do with Pokémon Day celebrations.
As announced earlier this week, the new Gym Battle feature is making its debut in Pokémon Masters EX today with Pasio Gym Battle No. 1: "Kanto Gym Leaders Assembled". This event will run through to February 26th, at 9:59pm (PST).
Following on from the commencement of Pokémon Masters EX's celebration of the run-up to the game's 6.5 year anniversary earlier this week, players can now scout Arc Suit Brock & Onix in the Brock Arc Suit Fair Scout. A new special event has also commenced in game, the Run-Up to 6.5 Years Battle Countdown.
