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Pokémon Masters' "Double Anniversary"/6.5 Year sync pairs will be revealed on Pokémon Day, February 27th.
There will also be missions revealed then which will provide three master sync pairs.

Another set of sync pairs will be revealed on March 12th, tied to a spring festival.

Pokémon Masters' "Double Anniversary"—6.5 years for Masters and 30 years for Pokémon—events have begun to be revealed.

➤ Arc Suit Misty & Starmie (Feb 16) + Arc Suit Brock & Onix (Feb 18)
➤ Feb 16: daily 10-pair scouts (total 200 scouts)
➤ Feb 18 - 27: Battle Countdown event

Wave 4 of the Pokémon Legends Z-A NSO icons is out.

This wave—which is the final wave—adds avatars for Taunie, Urbain, Mable, Nouveau Flare’s Grisham & Griselle, Ansha and the Pokémon Hoopa, Eternal Flower Floette, Mega Feraligatr, Mega Gardevoir, and Zygarde Complete.

A comparison of Pikachu artwork from the Pokemon.com and Pokemon.co.jp websites. The image on the right appears “yellower” than the image on the left, which looks more goldenrod by comparison.

The artwork used in the Pokemon.com and Pokemon.co.jp Pokédexes vary slightly in color. Weird, right?

I spent the past two weeks of my life digging into it, because that was naturally a good use of time: matthew.verive.me/blog/color/

This Bewear clip is kind of brilliant.

The merch line is focused on Fighting-type Pokémon and besides those incredible Machamp it includes a Lucario jacket and hairband, Scraggy socks, a lounging Croagunk, and more. www.pokemon.co.jp/goods/2026/0...

Pokémon has enlisted Kino Takahashi (tantan_0502) to design merch once again, and y'all, look at these Machamp:

There's also a Peakychu lamp.

The first set of Pokémon Pokopia set has just been revealed for Japan's Pokémon Centers, with plush of Peakychu, Professor Tangrowth, Mosslax, and the Ditto protagonists! www.pokemon.co.jp/goods/2026/0...

GNN: gnn.gamer.com.tw/detail.php?s...

➤ Asked whether the original Pokémon designs will make it into other games, Ohmori says they can’t answer that, but notes that they were all made by Game Freak. He then described how the Pokémon were inspired by the setting.
➤ No content locked to MP

Gamerbraves’ interview: www.gamerbraves.com/pokemon-poko...

➤ Ohmori completed a prototype in 2022, presented to TPC which recruited Koei-Tecmo; full development commenced January 2023
➤ Game music increases resemblance to classic Pokémon songs as you get closer to restoring each town

VGC interview, cont.:

➤ Project keywords: chill (relaxed) and pop (universally understood cuteness)
➤ In a sense, Pokopia scales up the Secret Base concept into a full game; Ohmori plans to continue looking for opportunities like this to scale the non-battling aspects of the games

Several different outlets were given a chance to speak to Pokémon Pokopia's development team, including Game Freak's Shigeru Ohmori, who is responsible for the game's concept. Here's a thread going over some of the highlights from these interviews.

Season 7 of Pokémon Legends Z-A's Ranked Battles detailed:

🗓️ Feb 19 - March 12
➤ All Pokémon eligible, limit of 1 restricted legend
➤ Mega Blaziken's Blazikenite at Rank S
➤ Prior Mega Stones, incl. Swampertite, unlocked from Rank Y to T
➤ Promotion Reward: Safari Balls

GNN: gnn.gamer.com.tw/detail.php?s...

➤ Asked whether the original Pokémon designs will make it into other games, Ohmori says they can’t answer that, but notes that they were all made by Game Freak. He then described how the Pokémon were inspired by the setting.
➤ No content locked to MP

IGN: www.ign.com/articles/pok...

➤ You collect “Human Records,” codex files that in one example, describe Professor Tangrowth’s life with his missing trainer.
➤ Director says it will take “20 to 40 hours” to hit credits, and that there’s “more things” after credits

Gamerbraves, cont.:

➤ Deciding Pokémon line-up was both “most fun and most challenging” aspect, as naturally each dev has favourites. Instead, they put a strong emphasis on making choices that supported the gameplay loop.
➤ Mouse controls support in
➤ No comment on shinies

Gamerbraves’ interview: www.gamerbraves.com/pokemon-poko...

➤ Ohmori completed a prototype in 2022, presented to TPC which recruited Koei-Tecmo; full development commenced January 2023
➤ Game music increases resemblance to classic Pokémon songs as you get closer to restoring each town

VGC interview, cont.:

➤ Project keywords: chill (relaxed) and pop (universally understood cuteness)
➤ In a sense, Pokopia scales up the Secret Base concept into a full game; Ohmori plans to continue looking for opportunities like this to scale the non-battling aspects of the games

VGC’s interview: videogameschronicle.com/features/pok...

➤ Idea came to Ohmori when SV’s development prompted memories of designing maps for the 2D games/RSE, how placing grass made him think about Pokémon habitats
➤ Wanted to explore how Pokémon speak w/o trainers, and their unique traits

Several different outlets were given a chance to speak to Pokémon Pokopia's development team, including Game Freak's Shigeru Ohmori, who is responsible for the game's concept. Here's a thread going over some of the highlights from these interviews.

After our demo, The Pokémon Company and Game Freak provided concept art for Pokopia.

In a career highlight, I went to Japan to speak to Game Freak veteran Shigeru Ohmori and Koei Tecmo about Pokemon Pokopia.

It's going to be absolutely massive.

Check out my extensive preview, and Game Freak's first Western interview in years, at the link below.

More previews of Pokémon Pokopia:

The Verge: theverge.com/games/876285...
Polygon: polygon.com/pokemon-poko...
GameInformer: gameinformer.com/preview/2026...
Dualshockers: dualshockers.com/hands-on-pre...
NintendoLife: nintendolife.com/previews/des...

Press previews are out for Pokémon Pokopia, giving us our first hands-on impressions with the game.

IGN: ign.com/articles/pok...
Eurogamer: eurogamer.net/an-hour-with...
GameSpot: gamespot.com/articles/pok...
Serebii: serebii.net/pokemonpokop...
PokeKalos: pokekalos.fr/news/actuali...

With the 30th anniversary campaign kicking off, The Pokémon Company has announced two event types that will run this year:

Day Out: "family-friendly activities and programming"
Night Out: "for longtime fans who grew up with Pokémon"

More to be shared in the future.

Promotional shots of the artists and actors featured with their favourite Pokémon in the 30th anniversary Super Bowl ad.

Lady Gaga & Jigglypuff
Jisoo & Eevee
Trevor Noah & Psyduck

Wave 3 of the Pokémon Legends Z-A NSO icons available is live!

This batch adds avatars for Lida, Corbeau, Phillipe, Lebanne, Jacinthe, and Korrina, as well as the Pokémon Mega Lucario Z, Mega Emboar, Mega Hawlucha, Mega Chimecho, and Zygarde 10%.

The limited selection of backgrounds + lack of frames is pretty lame