In this week's episode of Pokémon Horizons, it's Dot's turn to undertake her Basics test for the Terastal course!

Continuing on from the recent launch of the Trainer Files: Lovable Numskulls event in Pokémon Masters EX, Plumeria & Gengar are making their playable debut today in a new set of Variety Scouts.

The Pokémon Center has announced their latest additions for May, with lots in store for fans of the Paradox Pokémon new to Scarlet and Violet. Three Paradox Pokémon plushies, Scream Tail, Flutter Mane, and Slither Wing, as well as the Legendary Chien-Pao will be arriving to Pokémon Centers in Japan on May 18th, with preorders at the Pokémon Center Online beginning May 16th. Scream Tail and Flutter Mane will be available for ¥2,970 ($19.06 USD), Slither Wing for ¥4,400 ($28.24 USD), and Chien-Pao for ¥3,520 ($22.60 USD). All four plushies will also be available via Amazon Japan in limited quantities beginning May 25th.

Pokémon Sleep will enter a maintenance period early next week on Tuesday May 14th, ahead of a planned update of the software to Version 1.7.2. This maintenance period is expected to go for roughly 4 and a half hours, from 1:00am until 5:30am (UTC). The update includes additional perks for Novice Researchers, and a selection of Balance adjustments for helper Pokémon, in addition to preparing the game for the Entei Research event later in the month.

The new Trainer Files: Lovable Numskulls event has just launched today in Pokémon Masters EX. Running alongside this event are a set of Variety Scouts featuring Guzma, with his new sync partner Ariados, and the debut of a new Ultimate Battle, Leon's Unbeatable Blaze.

Pokémon Sleep's next Good Sleep Day event will run from Wednesday May 22nd through to Friday May 24th, during the first week of the Entei Research event. Good Sleep Day events are being held in Pokémon Sleep once every lunar month, starting the day before the full moon, and ending the day after. As usual, a Good Sleep Day Bundle will be available from the in-game shop alongside this event.

ColourPop, the cosmetics brand perhaps most famous for their various collaborations with beloved IPs like the Twilight movies and Sailor Moon, has announced their latest makeup collection inspired by Pokémon. The collection is currently not revealed in its entirety, but ColourPop has teased several lip glosses, blushes and a large eyeshadow palette featuring Pokémon-themed shades and packaging. The collection will be available via ColourPop’s website, shipping worldwide, beginning May 9th at 10 AM PDT, and at Ulta Beauty stores beginning May 12th.

Niantic and The Pokémon Company announced support for Latin American Spanish in Pokémon GO in a keynote speech at CCXP in Mexico City over this past weekend on May 5th. To commemorate this update, a special event entitled A New LATAM Adventure is currently running in-game until June 15th, at 8:00pm local time. This event is only available for Trainers physically present in in Latin America.

Shuntaro Furukawa, the current President of Nintendo, has announced in a post on the official @NintendoCoLtd account on X (formerly Twitter) that a successor to the Nintendo Switch will be revealed within the Japanese fiscal year, meaning the new console will be officially unveiled sometime before March 2025. There have long been rumors and speculation about the so-called Switch 2, but this is the first official word from Nintendo of the new console. No other information has been given about the new console as of the time of writing.

Pokémon Masters EX's latest High Score Event, Water and Fairy Conqueror, is launching today alongside two new Scouts featuring Water- and Fairy-type Sync Pairs. Both the event and these scouts will run through to May 20th, at 10:59pm (PDT).

The next past generation first partner evolution to appear in special Tera Raids in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet will be the Soloist Pokémon Primarina, who will be making its first appearance in 7-star Black Crystal Tera Raid Battles between May 10th 5th at Midnight (UTC), and May 12th at 11:59pm (UTC), with a follow-up appearance one week later from May 17th at Midnight (UTC), and May 19th at 11:59pm (UTC). Blissey will also be appearing more frequently in 5-star Tera Raid Battles during the second week of this event.

Action Role Playing Games Marathon Event (ARPGME) will be hosting their 8th annual speedrunning event from May 6th to May 12th. A full game run of Pokémon Scarlet is set to feature as the final run of the marathon. ARPGME will be raising money for The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation, and will be hosted on the ReallyReallyLongAThon Twitch channel.

A limited-time distribution of a Flutter Mane was announced for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet during the livestream of the 2024 Korean Pokémon Trainers Cup. This Iron Hands is based on the one used by Shin Yeo-myeong in 2023 Korean Pokémon Trainers Cup. This distribution will remain available only until May 7th, at 11:59pm (KST) / 2:59pm (UTC).

The A Golden Future Story Event that originally ran for Pokémon Masters EX's 40 million download celebration is receiving its second re-run today for the final day of the Japanese Golden Week holiday. Sygna Suit Morty & Ho-oh, who first made their debut alongside the original run of this Story Event, are also making a return in a new Poké Fair Scout. Both the event and scout will be available until May 19th, at 10:59pm (PDT).

Congratulations, Roy, it took 44 episodes, but you finally won your first official battle! You're finally making some progress! This week's episode of Pokémon Horizons highlighted both Roy's positive and negative qualities, and showed off what he's like as a character. He’s an innovative kid; but he's also impatient. I think that he needs to have someone tell him that he doesn’t need to rush, and that he needs to take his time to progress and improve his battling.

The Bulbapedia encyclopedia is always growing here at Bulbagarden! All sorts of edits and contributions sprout up every single day thanks to Pokémon enthusiasts from all around the world! Let's take a closer look at our editors' best contributions that have taken root during the Spring 2024 season.

The next Pokémon Trading Card Game subset for Japan was revealed during today's Pokémon Champion's League stream. The Night Wanderer subset will be released in Japan on Friday June 7th. Today's stream has also given fans their first look at a selection of cards from this set, including Pokémon ex cards for each of the Loyal Three originally introduced in The Teal Mask expansion for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, as well as Neutral Center, the game's first Ace Spec Stadium card.

Niantic released full details on the Catching Wonders event in Pokémon GO, which will be taking place later this month between Tuesday May 14th, at 10:00am, and Sunday May 19th, at 8:00pm local time. As part of this event, Masterwork Research: Catching Wonders will be made available for free for all Trainers.

Niantic has released full details on the Flock Together Research Day in Pokémon GO, which will be taking place on May 11th, from 2:00pm to 5:00pm local time. As the name suggests, this event will focus on Flying-type Pokémon.

Anime Speedruns Festival (ASF) will be hosting the 2024 edition of their annual online marathon this weekend. Runs of Pokémon Card GB and Pokémon Battle Revolution are scheduled as part of the event, which will be hosted on the Speedgaming Twitch channel.