It's Super Effective: A Pokemon Podcast

Pokémon Center adds $600 pens, new beach stuff, and wave 3 of the Bear Walker skateboards. We talk about Pokémon Snap, some light Pokémon GO news, and the new gimmick in the Pokémon Trading Card game, V-Union. Question of the week leads to some long discussion about Easy vs Hard in Pokémon games.  00:00:20 - Introduction 00:06:30 - Pokémon Center Updates 00:29:00 - Break 00:31:45 - Pokémon Snap Ta...

Nintendo officially announced their E3 plans, but will it include Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl? A $450 Slowpoke arrives in the Pokémon Center and Niantic is bring Galarian Slowpoke and Mega Slowbro to Pokémon GO this week. Target brought back Pokémon cards and it was very easy to pre-order the newest set off Pokémon Center. Pokémon Masters gets a Hoenn update featuring Team Aqua and Team Ma...

The Pokémon Company randomly dropped release dates for Pokémon Legends: Arceus and Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Pokémon Shining Pearl out of no where. We now know when those games are coming at the end of this year and early next year. Niantic also gave us the dates, price, and details of Pokémon GO Fest 2021 this week too!  00:00:20 - Introduction 00:03:50 - Release Dates 00:27:00 - Pokémon HO...

After Target removed Pokémon and sports cards from their shelves, we get a video of fans rushing to buy cards at a Walmart. While Battle Styles has been easier to get, Evolving Skies was announced as the next set after Chilling Reign. Pokémon Sword & Shield has a Shiny Wooloo event this past weekend. Pokémon GO news, including the upcoming Gible Community Day. Finally, Al shares their opinion...

The Katy Perry song is here with a time travel Pikachu music video. We talk about some ups and down in New Pokémon Snap. Greg and Will talk about their Community Day experience. Pokémon Masters adds new Galar Sync Pairs. Pokémon GO finally brings Sylveon to the game. Target is removing sports cards and Pokémon cards from their stores.  00:00:20 - Introduction 00:02:00 - Pokémon GO Community Day 00...

Gible Community Day was announced and with the announcement, we see Pokémon fans gatekeeping Shiny Pokémon. We talk about the 2021 Pokémon GO Fest announcement. Will gives their impressions on Pokémon Snap, while Greg and Steve talk about the amount of content after the credits. We go in-depth about DLC and if Snap should or should not have it. The Pokémon anime starts back up later this year and...

After 20+ years, New Pokémon Snap is here! We talk about if this game is worth $60! We go over the online functions, the leaderboard, the boss levels, and the amount of Pokémon in the game. We skip over most story stuff and we don't talk about any Legendary Pokémon in the game to help people avoid spoilers. This episode is 90% New Pokemon Snap talk and some about Greg saving a mouse.  00:01:00 - I...

Fujifilm and Nintendo partnered together to make an app for an old printer on the market. With the release of New Pokémon Snap, the timing means you can print out your pictures to this $99 printer at home. Pokemon GO fixed a couple bugs (Lucky Eggs & Team Rocket) before Friendship Day! A Pokémon Fossil exhibit is coming to museums in Japan. Shiny Eiscue Raids were in Pokémon Sword and Shield t...

New Pokémon Snap is right around the corner! We got new information on Pokémon Snap from IGN and Game Informer interviews with the director. Nintendo's YouTube channel also posted a 6 minute video showing off things from Pokémon Snap we haven't seen before. Pokémon GO will be celebrating the release of New Pokémon Snap with an in-game event and GO Snapshot. TPCi released Primer books for young chi...

A new Pikachu line of collectable figures comes to Pokémon Center, sells out day 1. Chilling Reigns, the next Pokémon TCG set, got announced. SBJ, Will, and Greg talk about the issues, again, with the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online. A giant Nintendo Switch was built, then donated. Rival's week comes to Pokémon GO.  00:00:30 - Introduction 00:06:00 - Player's Cup III 00:10:40 - PTCGO Issues  00:3...

We talk about buying Pokémon cards local, how PSA is halting grading, and how Battle Styles is a bit easier to find compared to past Pokémon TCG sets. With the new Pokémon Masters EX Easter event, we talk about that, the Sword & Shield Easter event, and the freshly started Pokémon GO event too! Pokémon Center released some kids books, which already sold out, and we are still in a waiting perio...

What if we had Pokémon GO, but with Pikmin? Nintendo and Niantic announced a new AR Pikmin game coming. Player's Cup IV was announced and takes place in two weeks with $45,000 on the line between the VGC, TCG, and Pokkén Tournament. Pokémon Sword & Shield got a new Shiny event over the weekend. Pokémon Center keeps putting out new merch, but Butter Pikachu sold out last week.  00:00:30 - Intro...

Pokémon Center gets a new collection of Pikachu kitchen merchandise. Three bugs were discovered recently and named after Pokémon. Diantha finally comes to Pokémon Masters, as well as, Champion Iris too. Pokémon TV gets a free movie added for now. Pokémon GO has an India event and we talk about the changes to the Mew Quest that happened.  00:00:20 - Introduction 00:07:00 - Pokémon Masters News 00:1...

Pokémon cards are in cereal boxes and there is an actual Pokémon cereal too! Pokémon GO gets a refer-a-friend system, a new Electric-event, and Eggs now show some probability to them. Korea is getting the Phantom Challenge Mythical event that Japan got late last year. We talk fan-made games and a new $250 Charizard item added to Pokémon Center.  00:00:20 - Introduction 00:02:50 - Pokémon GO Referr...

New Shining Fates are here and still impossible to find. Battle Styles, the newest Pokémon Trading Card Game set, is coming later this month. Pokémon GO is getting a Shiny Nosepass event and the make-up event for the Kanto Tour seems to need another make-up event due to issues from Niantic. Pokémon TCG is crossing over with Pokémon GO this summer, featuring Professor Willow! Leon has come to Pokém...

After 15 years, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl are being revisited on the Nintendo Switch. Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl will take us back to the Sinnoh region, the twist is that these games are not being made by Game Freak. Game Freak instead is working on a game that takes place before the events in Diamond/Pearl called Pokémon Legends: Arceus. This game will have trainers try to build the ve...

With Pokémon Day around the corner, The Pokémon Company announced that a digital concert featuring Post Malone will happen this Saturday night. The 2021 Pokémon World Championship event is canceled, again. Produce of Pokkén interested in a sequel, but not up to him. Ambrella, makers of the Pokémon Rumble series, gets bought and then shutdown. Pokémon UNITE gets a Beta program for Canada! 00:00:20...

The Pokémon Pass app is going to be used again after a year of nothing, for Shiny Toxtricity. Shiny Mew, in Pokémon GO, got the details revealed in regards to the Masterworks quest you'll have to complete. McDonald's is having scalper issues and TCG woes after the new Pokémon cards arrive and limits have to be set on Happy Meals. Pokémon HOME is now a year old, and it got a fresh update to celebra...

Pokémon cards coming to McDonald's. Pokémon cards coming to General Mills cereal. Pokémon clothing coming to Levi's. A Shiny Cramorant event happened this past weekend. Pokémon launched the Top Deck Academy on YouTube. Pokémon Journey's is coming to a warp-up on Netflix.  00:00:20 - Introduction 00:03:15 - Pokémon Journey's News 00:06:10 - McDonald's x Pokémon 00:19:00 - Levi's x Pokémon 00:27:00...

Pokémon toys and cards are coming  back to McDonald's. The Pokémon TCG drought is still real, and Shining Fates seem impossible to pre-order and find before it's launch. We go more in-depth why cards are so hard to find. Pokémon Center updated with Hoenn (Gen 3) Sitting Cuties.  Pokémon Masters get a Valentine's Day event. Pokémon GO has a loaded February, plus the Kanto Day with Shiny Mew coming...

We see new playable characters and outfits for Pokémon UNITE, a game which is in early access for Chinese players. Pokémon GO is gearing up for Johto week. The Pokémon Center went down due to demand for the 25th Anniversary skateboard. Series 8 will add new Legendary Pokémon to Sword/Shield VGC starting February 1st.  00:00:20 - Introduction 00:04:25 - Pokémon Center Issues 00:09:15 - Year of the...

New Pokémon Snap arrives this April! We go over the trailer and our thoughts on the sequel to the loved N64 version of the game. Pokémon GO wins a lawsuit, someone in Europe gets fined for playing GO, and we find out just how much money GO made in 2020. Pokémon's 25th Anniversary starts soon, and to kick it off, Katy Perry will be headlining some music project for the year.  00:00:20 - Introductio...

Pokémon GO gears up for the Sinnoh throwback week. We talk about The North Face x Gucci and Pokémon GO collaboration and how it's not the best one they've done. Pokémon Masters has a new login bonus. We talk about how a scammer tried to make fake popsicle sticks to get and sell $500 Zarude cards and we talk about how a Pokémon scam went down in Singapore too.  00:00:20 - Introduction 00:03:40 - Po...

The space launch didn't bring us new Pokémon games, but it brought us a new Pikachu for Pokémon Sword and Shield. This week Pokémon GO kicks off Unova week! A life-size Appletun plush arrives in Japan. We talk about the rumors regarding the "Master Collection," but keep in mind there are not a lot of strong signs pointing to these games as real as of this recording. We revisit an old interview bef...

The International Space Station will feature something Pokémon related on New Year's Eve. While we don't know the details, we know that Pokémon, Coke, and Twitter have sponsored the Sunrise Event that will be streamed on Twitter and YouTube. An interview with the Pokémon TCG creator talks about Darkness Ablaze. Pokémon GO is getting a lot of January events. Gen 5 favorite, N, arrives to Pokémon Ma...