It's Super Effective: A Pokemon Podcast

[Featuring JoeUX9] The 2026 rules are now out with some updates and changes, but it also hints that Mega Pokémon are coming back to VGC? We talk about Pokémon Champions and how it can go really well or really bad depending on how they launch it. Pokémon TCG is also getting Mega news on July 10th. Pokémon did a gameshow and $20 seems too much for a single Golden Bottle Cap in GO.

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00:00:00-Introduction

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[Featuring ZOINKS] Pokémon TCG Pocket gets a new Eevee-based set called Eevee Grove. Pokémon Legends Z-A has a release date, price details, upgrades, and official box art. With Scarlet and Violet being 60 FPS now, we talk about how that may translate to Legends Z-A. Pokémon UNITE gets Latios and Latias to celebrate 4 years. Pokémon has collectable Hershey's Kisses now?

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00:00:00-Introduction

00:02:30-Eevee...

[Featuring Glowl] Pokémon TCG Pocket feels bloated. We finally get our hands on a 60 FPS version of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and have first impressions. Pokémon Sleep is getting Farfetch'd added to the game. Game Freak shows off their new non-Pokémon game on the Xbox stage.

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00:00:00-Introduction

00:02:30-TCG Pocket Bloat

00:19:30-Switch 2 Thoughts of Scarlet & Violet

00:45:00-Game Freak's Non-Pokémon G...

Scarlet and Violet does get a 60FPS bump on the Switch 2 with some other added bonuses. This free update was rolling out as we recorded this episode. To celebrate the Switch 2 launch, Porygon2 has some events. Talk on the future of Pokémon TCG Pocket and how we feel currently. Pokémon Sleep will be getting an expert mode.

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00:00:00-Introduction

00:12:00-Scarlet and Violet Update for Switch 2

00:35:40-Porygon 2 Ra...

What if we were stuck on an Island with a limited amount of Pokémon games? This week we pick and choose which games we'd want to survive with. No news this episode as we focused on this challenge together.

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00:00:00-Introduction

00:02:00-Rules

00:12:00-Part 1

00:21:40-Part 2

00:50:00-Part 3

01:25:00-Credits

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[Featuring Glowl] Pokémon TCG Pocket gets more Alola cards being added including Ultra Beasts coming to the game. Pokémon GO gets new costume Pokémon for GO Fest and a truck that will drive to several cities in Europe this summer. The Pokémon Fossil Museum is leaving Japan for the first time and coming to Chicago, IL in May of 2026. 

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00:00:00-Introduction

00:02:15-Extradimensional Crisis

00:22:20-Pokémon G...

[Featuring SimplyGabbly] The Scarlet and Violet Switch 2 Update will arrive on launch day! We get two new photos which shows more Pokémon on the Switch 2 version of the game. Niantic is testing a $100 bundle with both an IRL experience and digital items for your weekend in New Jersey. NAIC will feature Wolfe's Incineroar and other Pokémon for GO and UNITE for watching stream that weekend. Murkrow comes to Pokémon Sleep.

Pokémon TCG Pocket has a new event happening. We revisit the conversation about how Shiny Cards may be too much in the newest Pocket setting leading to future problems with the game. Niantic has upped the amount of Remote Raid passes you can use and turned on the ability to remote into both Shadow Raids and Dynamax Raids.

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00:00:00-Introduction

00:01:50-New Pocket Events

00:11:15-Pocket Being Ruined

00:34:20-Remo...

Celestial Guardians have arrived in TCG Pocket and adds the new Rare Candy meta. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet gets two new events to celebrate Golden Week in Japan. Pokémon Centers in Japan get three new Medals in Pokémon HOME for in-person visits. Pokémon GO is getting a crowned Nidoking and Nidoqueen, as well as, Pawmi Community Day. Black Bolt & White Flare will feature every Pokémon from Gen 5 like Pokémon 151 did fo...

[Featuring GlitchxCity] Nintendo Switch 2 Pre-Orders happened and it was a mess! Pokémon Sleep is adding two new salads and the Chansey line to the game! We get Glitch's thoughts on Legends Z-A. Pokémon TCG Pocket announces a set focused on Alola and we finally get Rare Candy added to the game too! Pokémon HOME gets an update that revolves around a new medal system. 

00:00:00-Introduction 

00:02:30-Switch 2 Pre-Ord...

Pokémon Sleep gets a new update to help with finding Shiny Pokémon and adjusting skills. Pokémon GO brings back Mega Kangaskhan and we talk about Niantic laying off team members next month. If you're in America, you can finally pre-order a Nintendo Switch this week! We talk Pokémon fatigue with 7-Star Raids and how we hope the games perform on Switch 2. 

00:00:00-Introduction 

00:01:40-Pokémon Sleep Updates

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[Featuring Joe Merrick] Darkrai arrives in Pokémon Sleep with new music and a new mission for players. Pokémon GO gets a new Stamp Rally feature for Osaka GO Fest and for all the PokéLids in Japan. Joe shares his thoughts on Pokémon Legends Z-A and the Nintendo Switch 2. 

00:00:00-Introduction 

00:02:50-Darkrai Arrives 

00:10:20-Pokémon Mobile Game Round-Up

00:25:30-Pokémon Stamp Rally

00:35:30-Pokémon GO News

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[Featuring StephOfAnime] Pokémon TCG Pocket passes every gacha game out there and continues to rake in the cash. The Cresselia event in Sleep is good! Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon Gale of Darkness is coming to the Switch 2 with some other GameCube games (but not at launch). Pokémon Scarlet and Violet will get a free update on Switch 2 for performance and Pokémon Z-A will also get a (paid?) performance updated planned for ...

[Featuring RealBreakingNate] Pokémon tells us that they are working hard to reprint current Pokémon TCG set and future sets to meet the demand of their audience. Pokémon TCG Pocket releases their first Shiny set with over 100 cards and they also debuted their Ranked mode for players to earn more rewards and emblems. The most recent Nintendo Direct gave us a short trailer for Legends Z-A featuring the Z-A Royale. We now kno...

We now have more details for the Cresselia vs Darkrai event in Pokémon Sleep. The US Pokémon website finally acknowledged the Pokémon Manga. Pokémon announces a deal with LEGO, which is coming in 2026. Pokémon TCG Pocket announces another mini-set, but it'll be over 100 cards and it'll feature Shiny Pokémon. Pokémon GO has two new events coming for early April. 

00:00:00-Introduction 
00:04:30-Cresselia Vs. Darkrai
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Pokémon Worlds has announced sign-ups to enter a lottery to purchase tickets for the event in Anaheim. Tickets went up in cost and now have new limits. Pokémon TCG Pocket plans to remove trade tokens completely later this year. Claude Plays Pokémon shows us how Pokémon Red & Blue can be used as benchmarks for silly ideas and also makes us second guess what we remember about those games. The Scopely deal for Pokémon GO ...

Cresselia soon arrives to Pokémon Sleep and we get Munna as we get closer to that event. Honda makes a Koraidon, but you cannot sit on it. Pokémon GO Global Unova Tour makes as much money as Global Hoenn Tour through app-store purchases, but most likely more due to web-store purchases. The Lucky Trinket had weird limits. We talk about the $87,000 Cheetozard and how Pokémon stuff is really weird. More Triumphant Light talk....

We run through the entire Pokémon Presents. The first segment of the podcast covers Pokémon mobile titles such as Sleep, Masters EX, UNITE, and TCG Pocket. After the first break, we spend a lot of time talking about Pokémon Champions and the future of VGC and battling. Finally, we talk about the first look at Pokémon Legends Z-A and what we thought of what was shown on Pokémon Day. 

00:00:00-Introduction 
00:03:45-Season...

Bloomberg is reporting that Niantic is in talks to sell Pokémon GO to Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely for $3.5 billon dollars in a few weeks. We talk about the future of GO and what some outcomes could be. The second part of today's show is our feelings after day 1 of Unova Tour in LA. 

00:00:00-Introduction 
00:02:20-Pokémon GO Being Sold Off
00:38:50-Unova Tour Recap
01:14:40-Post Credits  

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