As previewed in the recent message from Tetsuya Iguchi, the new Special Monthly Event, Happy Prize Box, has made its debut today in Pokémon Masters EX. Meanwhile, Lear & Hoopa are returning for a second time in less than two weeks in the latest Monthly Poké Fair Scout.

The Pokémon Local Acts program has announced plenty of new Poké Lids today, including the first ones ever coming to Shimane Prefecture. 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. Shimane Prefecture showed off five new Poké Lids today, the very first to be installed there. In the absence of a prefectural Ambassador Pokémon, which would act as a mascot, the new Poké Lids coming to Shimane instead feature a variety of Pokémon in different scenes.

Pokémon Local Acts, the program which encourages tourism in Japan through events, merchandise, and its most popular project, Poké Lids, has revealed its newest additions to the streets of Fukushima Prefecture. Eight new Poké Lids, manhole covers decorated with Pokémon, will be installed throughout the prefecture one by one, beginning this week. These eight Poké Lids will feature Chansey, as Fukushima Prefecture’s appointed Ambassador, in scenes with other Pokémon.

Today's video on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Chinese YouTube channel has revealed new cards for Alolan Diglett and Alolan Dugtrio for the upcoming Super Electric Breaker expansion for the Scarlet & Violet series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, which releases in both China and Japan this October. Cards from Super Electric Breaker will release internationally as part of the Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks expansion, which comes out November 8th.

Pokémon Masters EX's five-year anniversary celebrations begin to wrap up this week with the launch of a brand new Event, Academy Founding Chapter: Let's Make a School on Pasio, and the debut of the first of two new sync pairs, Giacomo & Kingambit.

The next past generation first partner evolution to appear in special Tera Raids in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet will be the Flame Pokémon Infernape, which will be making its first appearance in 7-star Black Crystal Tera Raid Battles between October 4th at midnight (UTC) / 3rd at 5:00pm (PDT), and October 6th at 11:59pm (UTC) / 4:59pm (PDT). This will be followed by a second appearance one week later from October 11th at midnight (UTC) / 10th at 5:00pm (PDT), to October 13th at 11:59pm (UTC) / 4:59pm (PDT). Blissey will also be appearing more frequently in 5-star Tera Raid Battles during the second weekend of this event.

The second and final day of the 2025 Pokémon Dortmund Regional Championships has concluded! Everything you need to know about the results of the streamed VGC matches, the highest placing trainers, and the most popular Pokemon are featured within this article!

Today's video on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese YouTube channel has revealed a new card for Eternatus, which will be released in Japan next month on October 18th as part of the Super Electric Breaker expansion for the Scarlet & Violet series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Cards from Super Electric Breaker will release internationally as part of the Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks expansion, which comes out November 8th.

A special trailer posted to Pokémon Masters EX's official social media accounts today has revealed that Giacomo, the boss of Team Star's Dark crew, the Segin Squad, and Clavell, the director of the Academy in Paldea, will each be making their Pasio debuts in separate Poké Fair Scouts commencing in the next few days, alongside a new story event entitled Academy Founding Chapter: Let's Make a School on Pasio. Welcome Giacomo and Clavell Sweepstakes have also been launched on the official English and Japanese language accounts on X.

This week's episode of Pokémon Horizons was the perfect way to end an arc. I’ve been here since the beginning of Horizons, and seeing Liko and Roy grow from only spamming Leafage and Ember to now being competent trainers got me getting all emotional. They’ve come so far!

The first day of the 2025 Pokémon Dortmund Regional Championships has concluded! Everything you need to know about the results of the streamed VGC matches, trainers moving on to Day 2, and the most popular Pokemon are featured within this article!

SpeedGamingEspañol are hosting a marathon in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month this weekend from September 28th to September 29th. As the premise suggests, every runner in the marathon will be Hispanic, although as a twist, the marathon will be broadcast in English on the main Speedgaming Twitch Channel. A mix of randomizers, races, and solo speedruns of various games are set to feature in the event, which will include runs of Pokémon Blue and Pokémon Trading Card Game.

While this isn’t the first POKÉTOON I’ve watched, I think I'd like to properly review all of them after watching this latest one. Pokémon is never afraid to experiment, but even among those many experiments these shorts really stand out.The POKÉTOONs do an amazing job showcasing a different type of story from the usual weekly show. This particular short is animated by ZEXCS, the studio behind the Shadowverse anime, with touchups from other studios like Wit Studio. I think it’s always nice that Pokémon showcases what all of these different animation studios can do with the Pokémon franchise.

A new Growlithe throw blanket is now available from the Pokémon Center online stores in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada, costing USD $44.99/GBP £39.99/CAD $58.99. Measuring 50 x 60 in (127 x 152.4 cm), the blanket features line art of Growlithe against a geometric background on one side, with a reverse side showing a negative image of the design, making it look great with other merchandise from the Pokémon Home Accents line. This adorable throw blanket was made in China with polyester, cotton, rayon and acrylic.

Various plush keychains featuring the First Partner Pokémon along with Pikachu and Mew will be released on the Japanese online Pokémon Center store on October 3rd, with physical releases happening on October 5th. The mascots are soft and fluffy, and each come with a Poké Ball strap that can be attached to bags, backpacks, pouches and more. The lineup includes a total of 29 different Pokémon, with each keychain retailing for JPY ¥1,560 (~USD $10.97).

A new merchandise line called Dondon Donkan Yaan?, focused on Slowpoke and all of its evolutionary and regional forms, will be released on October 3rd in Japan on the Pokémon Center online store, with physical store releases scheduled for October 5th. This line includes a wide variety of different goods such as plushes, stationery, kitchenware, bags, apparel, and other miscellaneous items.

Pokémon UNITE will end service in Belgium and the Netherlands from November 30th, 2025. Players in the two countries will no longer be able to purchase new Aeos Gems and other in-game items from October 31st, this year. While no official reason has been given for this termination, it has been speculated that this may be coming about due to the in-game mechanics of reward boxes qualifying as gambling elements under local laws, which would place certain regulatory restrictions and obligations on the game.

Pokémon UNITE has updated to Version 1.16.1.4 as of 7:00am (UTC) on September 27th, bringing with it a variety of Bug Fixes and Shop and Event updates. This update also adds the first Orange Rarity Holowear (Elegant Style: Sylveon), alongside new events and a new item: Goal Hacker.

Today's video on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese YouTube channel has revealed new cards for Flutter Mane and Iron Bundle, which will be released in Japan next month on October 18th as part of the Super Electric Breaker expansion for the Scarlet & Violet series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Cards from Super Electric Breaker will release internationally as part of the Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks expansion, which comes out November 8th.

The inaugural Speedrun Charity marathon is set to begin on September 27th, running through to September 29th. Created by RandycomicsFR and Hikari67, and hosted on the former's Twitch channel, Speedrun Charity 2024 will feature 52 hours of nonstop speedrunning with the goal of raising money for les petites bosses, a charity that aims to provide support of all kinds for children and adolescents to improve their daily lives. A run of Pokémon Black in which the runner will attempt to softlock the game as quickly as possible will feature in the event.