I guess the Pokémon Company International couldn’t afford New York Comic Con this year, so they hosted their own event near the venue over the same weekend. Which is great, because I can’t afford Comic Con either! Thus, the stage was set. For the first time in a while, I got to attend a Pokémon event.

Having only just launched worldwide last week, Pokémon TCG Pocket is already running its second in-game event. The Lapras ex Drop Event will run through to November 17th, at 9:59pm (PST), and offers players the opportunity to acquire a selection of promo cards from the Promo-A promotional set.

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 October 2024.

Pokémon Masters EX continues its focus on the fan favourite brothers of the Battle Subway with a re-run of 2021's All Aboard the Victory Train Story Event. Also launching alongside this event is a new Double Feature Poké Fair Scout featuring Ingo & Excadrill and Emmet & Archeops, who both made their debut together with the original run of the event. Both the event and scout will be available until November 21st, at 9:59pm (PST).

The release date for Psyduck, the next Pokémon to join the fray in Pokémon UNITE has been revealed — It will be available to play from November 14th. Psyduck is a Special-Attacking Ranged Supporter with Novice Difficulty. At the time of writing, no further details have on Psyduck have been officially announced, however it has been available in the public test server since September 5th.

Pokémon UNITE updated to Version 1.16.2.8 at 12:00pm (UTC) on November 1st. These updates, dubbed "Freezing Rush Pt. 2" (Japanese: 「フリージング・ラッシュ Part2」), bring balance adjustments for a variety of Pokémon and various inventory adjustments, alongside bug fixes and Shop and Event updates. Additionally, players can obtain a special new Trainer background to celebrate the release of Pokémon TCG Pocket at the end of last week.

The 2025 Pokémon Gdansk Regionals have concluded! Everything you need to know about the results of the streamed VGC matches and the most popular Pokémon used are featured within this article.

Despite this week's episode being segmented into three different parts, Pokémon Horizons actually does a good job transitioning between all of it in one episode without making things feel too clunky or rushed. It’s a well-paced episode, that gives everything it needs to without putting anything off into off-screen land, or leaving it for another episode.

The first day of the 2025 Pokémon Gdansk Regionals has concluded! Everything you need to know about the results of the streamed VGC matches, which trainers are moving on to Day 2, and the most popular Pokémon used are featured within this article.

Pokémon UNITE Weekend, which is held on the first Saturday and Sunday of every month, is back again from November 2nd at 12:00am (UTC), through to November 3rd at 11:59pm (UTC). As with like previous months, all Pokémon licenses will be free to use (outside of Ranked matches) over the weekend, along with the ability to earn a large amount of Aeos coins, Aeos energy, and battle points over the weekly limit. All players will receive a 1-Day Battle Point Boost Card upon login each day, allowing them to double the amount of Battle Points earned after each battle. The energy multiplier for Aeos energy earned after each battle will also be increased, with this multiplier stacking with any Energy Boost Tanks used.

Having only just launched worldwide earlier this week, Pokémon TCG Pocket is already running its first in-game event. Wonder Pick Event Part 1 brings Chansey and Meowth promo cards to the game's Wonder Pick feature, along with a selection of limited time event items to the in-game shop, including a pair of backgrounds, and a binder cover. This event will run through to November 14th, at 9:59pm (PST).

The next Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion in the Scarlet & Violet Series, Prismatic Evolutions, has been officially announced in a press release by The Pokémon Company International. This expansion, which launches internationally on January 17th, 2025, is expected to primarily contain cards from the Japanese Terastal Fest ex subset, which launches there on December 6th, along with an assortment of Japanese promotional cards that have yet to have international release.

Pokémon Sleep's next Good Sleep Day event will run from Friday November 15th through to Sunday November 17th. 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.

Pokémon Masters EX today starts to move on from all of the recent Halloween festivities, with the launch of a brand new Extreme Battle event, Pasio Subway, featuring Ingo and Emmet with their new and improved minecart battle facility in Pasio. Meanwhile, Steven & Metagross feature in the game's latest Monthly Poké Fair Scout.

Today's update on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese homepage has revealed a range of new and reprinted cards from the upcoming Terastal Fest ex subset, including new Pokémon ex cards for Vaporeon, Jolteon, Espeon, Umbreon, Umbreon, Leafeon, and Glaceon, an Amarys Supporter card, and the Max Rod ACE SPEC item card. The set is scheduled to release in Japan on December 6th.

Details on several upcoming events and activities in Pokémon GO across November have been announced by Niantic on their website and official account on X (formerly Twitter) over the past week, with a wide variety of events scheduled between November 1st and the beginning of December including the debut of the new Max Mondays weekly event.

Pokémon GO will be marking the changing of the seasons early next month with the return of the Harvest Festival event, which this year will run from November 7th at 10:00am, through to November 12th, at 8:00pm local time. Shiny Smoliv will make its Pokémon GO debut during this event.

Ingo is debuting his new Sygna Suit Sync Pair with Chandelure today in Pokémon Masters EX debut in a new Poké Fair Scout. Alongside this scout, Ingo and Emmet take different tracks in a brand new Story Event, Sygna Siblings—All Aboard. Also launching today are a set of Custom Move Candy! Tiered Scouts to mark the addition of the new Superawakening feature.

A new version of Pokémon Masters EX, Version 2.50.0, is now available to download. This new version brings several new features and quality-of-life changes, including the new Superawakening feature, and improvements to the photo creator. The game's producer also revealed details this week on several new components of the game in their monthly message to players, along with information about upcoming Sync Pairs. The next letter is slated for late November, and will include information about new Sync Pairs coming at the end of that month, and details on events that will be running in December.

Pokémon GO's annual Festival of Lights event will be returning this year exclusively for Trainers in India, running from November 1st, at 10:00am to November 4th, at 8:00pm local time. This event celebrates Diwali, a five-day long festival originating in the Indian subcontinent. During this event, certain wild Pokémon will have a glowing effect when encountered during the nighttime. This year's event will see the Pokémon GO debut of Pikachu wearing a saree.