It's Super Effective: A Pokemon Podcast

Episode 004 of our Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee coverage. Greg and SBJ arrive in Celadon City to shop, visit the arcade, explore the clean city, and battle Erika. We run into Team Rocket here after trudging through the Rock Tunnel and stopping in Lavender Town before our big Gym battle with Erika. Also, we share our thoughts on how characters and skin color is used in this world. ww...

Episode 003 of our Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee coverage. Lots has happened since our last episode! SBJ and Greg head to Vermilion City to meet DUX, Lt. Surge, the Pokémon Fan Club folks, Mr. Mime, the Captain of the SS Anne, and an old Alolan guest. We talk about getting our first "HM," called a secret technique. Also, we talk about Masuda's in touch with the fans and making small...

Episode 002 of our Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee coverage. In this episode, SBJ and Greg run down the balance between catching and battling. After we spent hours in Mt. Moon, we challenged the Nugget Bridge, met Bill, adored the bike store, and battled Misty. There is nothing but charm and delight in these games, but they are not without issues, we discuss the Poké Ball Plus, the pac...

Episode 001 of our Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee coverage. In this episode, SBJ and Greg talk about our intial thoughts and feelings about the game up to the fight Brock, the first Gym Leader. We talk about the motion control using the Joy-cons or the Pokeball Plus. We also talk about the look and feel of the game. A lot has changed since we last visited Kanto, so we have plenty to s...

Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee are a couple days away! Old hat Pikachu return to Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon. The "dead game" that is Pokémon GO brought in 67% more money that this time last year. Shiny Tapu Lele is going to be obtainable for the first time if you sign up for the November Global Link Tournament this month. Tamagotchi is making a come back with rumors of a Pokémon one on the w...

A huge interview off Pokémon.com with GAME FREAK’s Junichi Masuda (Director) and Kensaku Nabana. Masuda talks about how this may be the last Pokémon game that he directs. We also hear about the inspiration of why Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee is being made. On top of that, some Pokémon GO news, and the new TCG set, Lost Thunder, is out now! GameStop also has Ho-Oh and Lugia download codes no...

The spooky Pokémon GO Event is here! Catch yourself a Shiny Drifloon or just try to get yourself a haunted Spiritomb before November! We get more information about Meltan, including that it's the first known Mythical Pokémon to evolve! Our question of the week let's us think about our favorite episodes of the anime, and our Pokemon of the week will for sure fit in your nightmares. 00:00:20 - Intro...

We break down a huge interview with Masuda that was from Eurogamer. We talk about this past Pokémon GO Community Day, Gen 4 coming to Pokémon GO, and the new GO regionals too. Master Trainers seem to be the only post game offered for Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee, so we offer our thoughts on that and the thoughts on Masuda not wanting eggs in this game. A tiny bit of Pokémon TCG news this ep...

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp crosses path with Pokémon! Gen 4 has been added to Pokémon GO, but we await it's arrival "soon." We learn even more about Meltan this week and get two trailers to show off how it acts, how to possibly get it, and if it actually evolves. Singapore is getting a Pokémon Center store, Pokémon GO is getting CP changes, and our Pokémon of the Week has a boatload of trivia! A...

New HORI merchandise is coming for Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee. A Psychic event is now taking place in Pokémon GO with a new hat Pikachu that visited this past weekend. Zeraora is coming to GameStop, and new Legendary Pokémon will be available at Target this month. With NES and SNES Classics selling off shelves, will we see something regarding a Gameboy Classic? 00:00:20 - Introduction 00...

Meltan is our new Pokémon with a name! Lots of Pokémon GO news regarding a ban to a very notable player of the game. We cover future community news and events coming this October. We also go more in-depth about Metlan and the connection to PikaVee and Pokémon GO. The PikaVee Tour has also started, and we give you information on that. Finally, we introduce Question of the Week! 00:00:20 - Introduct...

A new Pokémon has appeared in Pokémon GO! This would be the 808th Pokémon that we know about? Mass confusion has hit the Pokémon world as we try to piece together who or what this "new" Pokémon is and how it fits into this past weekend's Community Day. Held items and Abilities have been removed from Let's Go Pikachu & Let's Go Eevee! Some games press had hands-on impressions of PikaVee and we...

Mewtwo is no longer an EX Raid Pokémon in Pokémon GO! Ash gets an Eevee in the anime, making it possible that the new Pokémon in Let's Go is not an Eevee evolution. Korea gets a bunch of events, a special edition PikaVee Nintendo Switch has been announced at GameStop and Best Buy, and there was more footage shown of Let's Go from the Nintendo Direct this past week. 00:00:20 - Introduction 00:04:45...

No more HMs in Let's Go Pikachu or Let's Go Eevee! The Sun & Moon anime get a new hair style. Greg, Will, and SBJ talk about Shiny Poipole coming to GameStop, two new Pokémon TCG sets coming, and some Pokémon Duel news. We also talk about Build-a-Bear getting it's 9th Pokémon plush and how Nintendo Cloud Saves will not be supporting the PikaVee games. 00:00:20 - Introduction 00:03:45 - News 00...

Recap of Pokémon Worlds 2018. We talk about Latios and Latias at Best Buy, new TAG TEAM cards in the Pokémon Trading Card game. Thoughts about how Pokémon Worlds was handled and the Pokémon Center that was there. Finally, our usual update on what's going on in Pokémon GO, and as always, our Pokémon of the Week too! 00:00:20 - Introduction 00:03:55 - Best Buy Pokémon 00:08:25 - Pokémon GO News 00:1...

Featuring Jeff Gerstmann from Giant Bomb (interview starts at 24 mins into the episode). Jeff talks about the time that Pokémon arrived in the United States. Jeff also gives thoughts on how Pokémon spin-off games appeal to non-hardcore fans, his favorite Pokémon, and how sometimes games don't change. We also spend time talking about the machine that is Giant Bomb and creating and dealing with cont...

Lots of Pokémon GO news regarding Celebi, kids accounts, Community Day(s) and more! Will, Greg, and SBJ also talk about the passing of Professor Oak's voice actor, Meloetta being at Worlds, and people being disappointed with Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee (in regards to battle animations). 00:00:20 - Introduction 00:13:40 - Pokémon GO News 00:26:15 - Community Days 00:37:20 - Break Music 00:3...

Pokémon has renamed Lt. Surge's title in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee. New DVDs coming to the States this November. Can one man handle the power of 11 phones for Pokémon GO? Finally, we get around to some e-mails this week too! 00:00:20 - Introduction 00:09:00 - Battle Frontier DVDs 00:15:35 - 11 Pokémon GO Devices 00:18:55 - Lt. Surge in Pikavee 00:42:50 - Break Music 00:44:30 - E-mails 01:16:15...

The internet is on fire after seeing how Venusaur moves in Let's Go: Pikachu and Let's Go: Eevee. Pokémon GO adds two new Shiny Pokémon and a trading event for August. The Power of Us has an english theatrical release for this holiday. Your Legendary Pokémon of the month are Kyogre and Groudon at GameStop! 00:00:20 - Introduction 00:02:50 - Kyogre & Groudon Codes 00:09:50 - Pokémon GO News 00:...

Pokémon Manga has moved to digital. The Detective Pikachu movie is still slated for next year, but some changes are made to it. Lucky Pokémon are here in Pokémon GO and what this might mean for future Pokémon games. Greg and Micah join SBJ this week to talk about all of this! 00:00:20 - Introduction 00:03:00 - Pokémon Manga on Kindle 00:19:00 - Detective Pikachu Movie 00:54:40 - Lucky Pokémon 01:3...

New hair, gender options, customizations, and more are all coming to Pokémon: Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee this Fall. SBJ, Greg, and Will talk about banning in Pokémon GO. We talk about Zapdos day and some minor things coming to GO. We also share our thoughts on pushback to change in these upcoming games. 00:00:20 - Introduction 00:06:55 - Alolan Pokémon in Raids 00:16:45 - Zapdos Community...

Full recap of the 2018 Pokémon GO Fest (Saturday) in Lincoln Park, Chicago. SBJ, Will, and Micah talk about their full thoughts and feeling about the second ever Pokémon GO Fest and how the day and the event went. Disclosure: Niantic did provide us with three media passes again, just like last year! 00:00:20 - Introduction 00:31:30 -Break Music #1 01:01:20 -Break Music #2 01:47:25 - Post Credits w...

Two community days this past weekend, plus reports on Pokémon GO sales numbers. New events to celebrate that Pokémon GO is turning 2 years old. Plus, we cover some news regarding a banned Pokémon anime episode! Will gives us Pokémon of the Week and SBJ dropped his phone on cement. 00:00:20 - Introduction 00:03:15 - Pokémon Anime Banned 00:11:40 - Pokémon GO Sales 00:23:00 - Pokémon Duel Update 00:...

Pokémon of the week returns! We recap the first major event of the summer for Pokémon GO! We also cover some news regarding Duel, USUM downloads, and e-mails! Thundurus and Tornadus coming to Target Stores! Shiny Roselia now in Pokémon GO! 00:00:20 - Introduction 00:02:30 - Pokémon GO Coverage 00:32:30 -Break Music 00:33:10 - North America Championships 00:36:00 - Pokémon Duel Update 00:38:10 - Th...

Regice, friends, and trading all added to Pokémon GO. Pokémon beats out Star Wars in over all sales of merch and product. Man fights other man because of Pokémon GO dispute. No real news on the Let's Go front now that E3 is over. 00:00:20 - Introduction 00:06:30 - Pokémon overtakes Star Wars 00:12:00 - Switch Failure 00:15:00 - Pokémon GO Arrest 00:26:00 -Break Music 00:27:00 - New Pokémon in 2019...