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NEWS ARTICLES
2019 Pokémon World Championships Annoucements - Sword and Shield TCG / New Game Info

During the 2019 Pokémon World Championships opening ceremonies, Tsunekazu Ishihara, president and CEO of The Pokémon Company, unveiled Sword & Shield, a new series coming to the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Included in the series are Pokémon V, powerful new cards that will play an important role in pl...

Pokémon Cafe - A New Halloween 2019 Menu!

For a limited time from September 7th, 2019 until October 31st, 2019, three new items will be added to the Pokémon Cafe menu. The art used in the design of limited placemats and clear coasters is from the "Halloween Festival!" Series, scheduled to be released on Saturday, September 7th, 2019 at ...

Pokémon Secret Club - Pocket Monsters Sword and Shield - Pre-Order Demo Event

For the first time in Japan, for a limited-time, those that are a member of the Pokémon Secret Club and how have pre-ordered Pocket Monsters Sword or Shield will have a chance to play a demo of the upcoming games at an event. At the event, players can challenge a Pokémon Gym, where Rurina, who s...

2019 Pokémon World Championships Streaming Schedule

Pokémon Trainers have been sharpening their skills all year so they can prove they're the very best at the 2019 Pokémon World Championships. You'll be able to watch the most important Pokémon battles of the season all weekend long from Friday, August 16th, 2019 through Sunday, August 18th, 2019 live...

Pokémon GO - Dive into Water Festival 2019!

Niantic has announced that from Friday, August 23rd, 2019 until Friday, August 30th, 2019, the Water Festival 2019 will be held in Pokémon GO and Water-type Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild. Dive into Water Festival 2019! Trainers, Time to make a big splash! Even if you don’t ...

Pokémon Sword and Shield Double Pack Pre-Order on Amazon - Gold Studded Leather Case Code

Amazon has announced that those who pre-purchase the Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield Double Pack, will receive a download code for an exclusive in-game Gold Studded Leather Case for their Pokémon Trainer. The offer expires November 14th, 2019 and the download codes will be emailed starting on Novem...

Pokémon Masters - Pre-Registration Hits 5 Million

The Pokémon Company and DeNA announced that pre-registration has hits 5 million users for the Pokémon Masters game which will launch on August 29th, 2019. The early access version of the game is already playable in Singapore and Canada. Source: https://twitter.com/PokemonMasters/status/116171...

GameStop - Trade and Play Day TCG - August 17th, 2019

On Saturday, August 17th, 2019, GameStop in the United States will be holding a Pokémon Card Game Trade and Play Day at participating locations. If you bring a friend to the event and learn about the Pokémon Card Game, you can receive a free Trade and Play Day kit while supplies last. Source...

The Pokémon Company International Licensed Retail Sales - $2.98 Billion in 2018

According to the August 2019 Issue of License! Global Top 150 Global Licensors, The Pokémon Company International is now the 23rd most profitable retail licensor worldwide selling over $2.8 billion USD in licensed products worldwide in 2018. This is down from $3.3 billion USD in 2017. The Po...

Pokémon Center - Pokémon Researcher

Starting on August 24th, 2019, the Pokémon Centers and Pokémon Stores in Japan will begin selling a line of merchandise called Pokémon Researcher. The line features painting and drawnings of a Pokémon Researcher in the style of an observation notebook with sketches and accompanied with explainat...

20th Pokémon GO Community Day - Turtwig

Niantic have announced the details for the 20th Pokémon GO Community Day which takes place on September 15th, 2019 at 11:00 AM until 2:00 PM EST. The featured Pokémon for this day is Turtwig. Turtwig will appear in the wild more frequently for three hours that day. If you evolve Grotle into Tort...

Pokémon GO - Race your way through the Safari Zone Montreal this September!

Niantic has announced that a Safari Zone will take place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on September 20th, 2019 until September 22nd, 2019. Pokémon that evolve into fast Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild, and unique Field Research will be available for Trainers to complete throughout the ...