It's Super Effective: A Pokemon Podcast

Hannah hosts this week to celebrate women in the Pokémon scene for International Women's Day 2024! Joining her is Aislinn @AisTrainer and NHoff @GoddessNHoff to talk about their love of Pokémon and the franchise as a whole! Please enjoy this bonus episode!     LINKS 🌐  www.pkmncast.com 👾  www.twitch.tv/pkmncast 📸  www.instagram.com/pkmncast 📝  www.reddit.com/r/supereffective 🐦  www.twitter.co...

Pokémon Legends Z-A got announced and it's the next game by Game Freak coming in 2025. That means no main series game this year for 2024? Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket is the next mobile game and that is coming this year. Pocket is being made by both Creatures Inc. and DeNA. We get updates for Masters EX, UNITE, Sleep, Pokémon GO, and Cafe Remix. Oh yeah, the anime is coming next week.  00:00:0...

Was the flight and hotel worth the cost to travel to LA to play Pokémon GO and experience the Sinnoh Tour? We bring on Chris from the GOCast podcast to talk about this event and to compare it to recent GO Fests and event in Vegas last year. We talk about the park, shiny rates, the new adventure effects, and the Spiritomb stops! 00:00:20 - Introduction  00:01:30 - Culture Shock 00:07:00 - The Rose...

With the 2024 Pokémon Day around the corner, we talk about what makes the most sense to show up and what we would like, even if that's probably not possible. Our conversations go from Pokémon UNITE to Pokémon GO to the new Pokémon and more! We talk about the potential of a new Main Series game being announced to even having nothing that big announced as it could be a lighter year.  00:00:20 - Intr...

Pokémon Day is approaching fast and TPCi just gave us our first hint at what to expect. A Ceruledge TCG stamped with the Pokémon Day logo will be coming next week, which debuted with a small short. This hints at the Ceruledge in the anime and the rumors of Ceruledge coming to Pokémon UNITE as well. Pokémon sales numbers got updated, Pokémon collaborated with 100 Thieves, and we have a new pin coll...

Pokémon Sleep is getting a Valentine's Week event with boosted Shiny Pokémon. We get the 3.0.1 patch notes for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. They fixed what they said they would, but also patched the Smeargle issue too. Pokémon GO is getting one of the rarest Legendary Pokémon in the game. Pokémon UNITE gets "kinda" gets 3 new characters announced.  00:00:20 - Introduction  00:02:00 - Pokémon Sleep...

Two players got banned at the Liverpool tournament this past weekend for using cloned Pokémon on their teams. This sparked a conversation that they didn't have enough time to make the Pokémon properly because the games have become "pay to win" because of needing to trade or buy the DLCs. Paldean Fates, the newest Shiny TCG set, has arrived. The Pikachu Van Gogh situation gets another update. Pokém...

Pokémon TV shuts down after running for 10 years, making it harder to find Pokémon anime episodes. Pokémon GO is bringing Shadow Kyogre to the game soon and Shadow Ho-Oh returns. Pokémon Sleep preps us for the new event and new island coming next week. We dive deep in the Epilogue: Mochi Mayhem and talk about our thoughts on the new Mythical Pokémon.  00:00:20 - Introduction  00:05:20 - Pokémon Sl...

Pokémon Sleep gets a new island this month! Pokémon Masters EX adds the first Paldea character to the game. Niantic announces more surprises for Sinnoh Tour and two new gameplay mechanics for hardcore players. The Epilogue for Scarlet and Violet dropped this week, but we'll be doing a spoiler episode for that in 601. To celebrate 600 episodes, we talk about 600族 aka the 600 Club aka Pseudo-legend...

We go over both the most searched for Pokémon Cards and the most expensive Pokémon cards for 2023. Thoughts on Pokémon Concierge and if it's worth signing up fro Netflix. People are (once again) saying that Pokémon GO is dying, we talk about it and what Niantic did introduce for 2023 and what expectations are for 2024. Pokémon Sleep recap too.  00:00:20 - Introduction  00:03:40 - Pokémon Sleep 00:...

No spoilers for Pokémon Concierge, but we do talk about how everyone seems to really like it! On top of that, Netflix added Pokémon profile icons you can use! Pokémon GO has a New Years event featuring Jigglypuff with a bow. Pokémon Sleep also has a New Years event and this episode we compare free to play to premium and where everyone is at. Finally, there are some events ending in Pokémon Scarlet...

HUGE Spoilers for those who didn't finish the story! We talk about the characters of the Indigo Disk and the continuation of the story from the Teal Mask into this. We also talk about the upcoming Epilogue that was announced and the secret story that you can access after the credits. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  00:00:20 - Introduction  00:03:00 - Item Printer 00:17:10 - The BB Elite Four ...

No character or storyline spoilers this episode. The Indigo Disk is here and we talk about the new Flying mechanic, the task before each gym leader, the lack of a battle tower, becoming Pokémon, BBQs, the Legendary Pokémon being Shiny locked and more. This is our longest episode of the year, so I hope you really enjoy it.  00:00:20 - Introduction  00:02:00 - Flying  00:11:00 - The Dome 00:27:00 -...

The final trailer for the Indigo Disk shows us more of what the DLC will include. A new feature where you can be Pokémon, a side quest mission related to something called BBQs, the ability to unlock flying for our Legendary Pokémon and more. This DLC seems much more packed than the Teal Mask. On top of that, Legendary Pokémon will be returning and there is a Shiny Mass Outbreak Event happening rig...

Pokémon Sleep won some Google Play awards! Pokémon GO just launched their new Season, Timeless Travels, which involves Hisui Pokémon and a whole lot of Sinnoh. This season also leads up to the Sinnoh Tour, which will happen in LA early next year. This season will also include a $5 ticket each month, which is getting closer and closer to a monthly membership for the game. Pokémon Horizons finally h...

Eevee Week comes to an end in Pokémon Sleep, but now we have Good Sleep Day. We talk about the pros and cons of the 7-Star Hisuian Samurott Raid that happened this past weekend. Two new Luxury brands partnered with The Pokémon Company releasing items that most cannot afford. Don't get locked out of your Pokémon GO.  00:00:20 - Introduction  00:02:00 - Pokémon Sleep News 00:05:40 - Samurott Raid Re...

Eevee week is coming to Pokémon Sleep. Speaking of Eevee, we talk about our thoughts on the 7-Star Eevee Raids. Paldean Fates, a Shiny TCG set, is coming in January and TPCi chose some interesting Pokémon to display on the packaging for this set. Party Play in Pokémon GO now works with Routes!  00:00:20 - Introduction  00:02:40 - Toys R Us is Back 00:09:00 - Pokémon Sleep News 00:16:30 -  7 Star E...

Pokémon Sleep and Pokémon Masters EX gets an Eevee event to Celebrate Eevee Day! Pokémon Center restocks some Sitting Cuties, but also raises the prices. Niantic released information on how much money Pokémon GO Fest brought to the three cities that it visited in 2023 and compared that revenue to how much money a Taylor Swift concert would bring in.  00:00:20 - Introduction  00:04:20 - Pokémon Sle...

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's The Indigo Disk Expansion, which is part 2 of The Hidden Treasures of Area Zero DLC, will be released on December 14, 2023. We talk about the new Typhlosion Raids and what could come next. Pokémon GO gets another IRL event early next year in Taiwan. Pokémon UNITE is in a good spot with Meowscarada coming next.   00:00:20 - Introduction  00:01:20 - Pokémon Sleep Hallowe...

We figured out Pokémon Sleep and the calculator! Pokémon Scarlet and Violet got two different events for Halloween this past week. We spoil the ending to Detective Pikachu Returns to circle back if the game is worth $50 or not. Pokémon Cafe Remix celebrates two years and we celebrate that the Party feature in Pokémon GO actually works.   00:00:20 - Introduction  00:01:20 - Pokémon Sleep Halloween...

Pokémon Sleep is having a Halloween Event with new Pokémon and double candy! We finally touch on this Hatsune Miku x Pokémon collaboration that seems to have no end in sight. Pokémon UNITE finally nerfs Mewtwo and players are happy once again. If you were waiting on the Van Gogh Pikachu, the second Pokémon Center release just happened. After five long years, the sequel to Detective Pikachu is here...

The Van Gogh Museum was having so many problems with the Pikachu promo card that it pulled the card altogether due to scalpers. Pokémon Center plans to release the card again soon, but no date or time has been given, making fans worry they may miss it again. Pokémon GO is adding a new Party feature and their Halloween event is around the corner. Pokémon Masters EX wraps up their 4 year anniversary...

With the 3DS and the Wii U online services completely shutting down in April of 2024, we know that Pokémon Bank will still work for a "period of time" after that, but we don't know how much longer. This is the last bridge we can cross Pokémon over into the Switch. Thoughts on the new format of Safari Zones with a trip to South Korea to play that experience. Detective Pikachu arrives with very aver...

We have confirmation that bug fixes for the Teal Mask DLC are coming early October. The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam launched a collaboration with Pokémon over the next couple months resulting in what seemed to be a Black Friday rush over a new Pikachu card. This rush also seemed to cause a rush on Pokémon Center's website causing disappointment for most fans attempting to get in on this collabora...

The Teal Mask DLC has a planned update for early October for a bug that is preventing players from finishing one of the side storylines in the game. The Pokémon Classic TCG collection comes out in November and already sold out without listing anything about quality. Routes are getting an update and a new event in Pokémon GO.  00:00:20 - Introduction  00:02:30 - Good Sleep Day, Pokémon Sleep 00:16:...