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  1. Doctor Oak

    Happy Pokecharms Day! Here's a sneak peek at an exciting 2021!

    Today is Pokecharms Day, also known as our official 18th birthday! In celebration of that, we've got some news about what's been going on behind the scenes for a while now and some exciting peeks at what's coming later this year. If you're a Pokecharms regular, you've probably noticed a bit of...
  2. Doctor Oak

    Watch: Post Malone's Pokémon Day Virtual Concert

    Watch Post Malone perform his PM25 song and a handful of his other tracks while he takes a virtual journey through the Pokémon World: Tonight's show also confirmed that Colombian singer J Balvin will be joining Post Malone, Katy Perry and other yet-to-be-announced artists on the Pokémon 25...
  3. Doctor Oak

    Pokémon Day announcements: Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl and Pokémon Legends: Arceus

    After what feels like years of speculation, The Pokémon Company finally today said "Sinnoh Confirmed!" - not once, but twice! Coming later this year, and developed by ILCA, Inc - whose experience includes games such as Code Vein, NieR Automata and Yakuza 0 - under Game Freak's direction...
  4. Doctor Oak

    Post Malone shares Pokémon-inspired cover of Only Wanna Be With You ahead of Pokémon Day concert

    With Pokémon Day and Post Malone's live concert celebrating it just two days away, we've got our first tease as to what to expect from the show itself. Overnight, Malone shared to his own official Youtube Channel a cover of Hootie and the Blowfish's Only Wanna Be With You with a slight Pokémon...
  5. Doctor Oak

    Pokémon Day Live Virtual Concert starring Post Malone announced

    As we come closer to the 25th Anniversary of the release of Pokémon Red & Green in Japan, we're getting more and more teases about what The Pokémon Company has in store to celebrate the occasion. Previously, Katy Perry was announced as part of a P25 Music collaboration with various artists...
  6. Doctor Oak

    Crown Tundra DLC to release on 23rd October

    The second part of the Pokémon Sword & Shield season pass, The Crown Tundra, will be released towards the end of next month on the 23rd October. As with the Isle of Armor expansion earlier in the year, this DLC pack adds a brand new area to the game, a few new features and some new Pokémon...
  7. Doctor Oak

    Pokémon The Movie: Coco gets a new Christmas release date and trailer

    Following a delay caused by the global pandemic, this year's Pokémon movie has narrowly avoided making this year the first since 1998 to not feature a new Pokémon movie release in Japan by sneaking in a new release date of the 25th December. Pre-orders for tickets open this Friday and will come...
  8. Doctor Oak

    Pokémon Sword/Shield's first DLC pack to launch on the 17th June

    Meeting their original promise to release the first of two DLC expansions for Sword & Shield "before the end of June", the Pokémon Company has announced today that The Isle of Armor will be available to download from the 17th June. A few new details about the expansion have also been announced...
  9. Doctor Oak

    Happy Pokémon Day - Hey Google, celebrate by playing Sandstorm by Zarude

    It's Pokémon Day! 24 years ago today, Pokémon Red and Green were released in Japan for the first time. To celebrate, The Pokémon Company's bombarded us with new details on a whole host of Pokémon related things. Not least of all, a brand new Mythical Pokémon coming to Pokémon Sword and Shield...
  10. Doctor Oak

    Pokémon Home now available on Nintendo Switch, Google Play Store and Apple App Store

    For the first time you'll now be able to complete your full 890-strong National Pokédex - but with a small catch: you'll have to do it in the new Pokémon HOME app instead of an actual game. Pokémon HOME launched overnight and consists of two different apps - one for your Nintendo Switch and one...
  11. Doctor Oak

    Pokémon Sword/Shield expansion pass brings more Pokémon, gameplay and features

    Today's Pokémon Direct revealed the very first DLC expansion pass for a Pokémon game. Abandoning the long-running tradition of 'updated' or 'third' game releases such as Yellow, Crystal, Black 2/White 2, Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon for 2 expansion packs for your existing Pokémon Sword and Shield saves...
  12. Doctor Oak

    Pokecharms Trainer Card Maker updated with all new Generation 8 Pokémon!

    We hope you've been enjoying Pokémon Sword and Shield as much as we have been! In between Max Raids, we've been busy beavering away at updating the Trainer Card Maker with all the new Pokémon, Galarian and Gigantimax Forms from the latest games. (We've also finally added Meltan and Melmetal...
  13. Doctor Oak

    Share your latest Pokemon adventure in your own customisable scrapbook journal!

    Just in time for the launch of Pokémon Sword/Shield, we've got a brand new online tool for sharing your adventure. It's as easy as just sharing screenshots or videos from your Nintendo Switch and visiting the website to check out your automatically created journal! Just add your Twitter...
  14. Doctor Oak

    New training improvement features, online competitions and events announced for Sword/Shield

    We're just barely over a week away from the launch of Pokémon Sword and Shield and today we've got the first details on some improvements to the game over previous main series entries - particularly in raising Pokémon for battling - as well as the first online competition details and Gigantimax...
  15. Doctor Oak

    Reminder: Our stance on leaks and non-official pre-release details

    The new Pokémon games are just 2 weeks away, but unfortunately, that means we're now smack-bang in the middle of people getting hold of the game through less than fair or legitimate methods and uploading the entire thing for everyone to see well ahead of time. As we've previously established...
  16. Doctor Oak

    First trailer for the new series of the Pokémon anime teases Pikachu's origin story

    It's the latest in the long line of prequel origin stories that literally nobody asked for, and it's coming in just a couple short weeks (in Japan) to kick off the start of a new series of the Pokémon anime. Yes, after over 20 years, we'll finally get to learn the exact, excruciating details of...
  17. Doctor Oak

    GameCrash Preview: Pokémon Sword & Shield

    If you’ve eyed up, from afar, the Pokémon Sword & Shield demo available at shows like EGX, or the London Pokémon Center and felt unimpressed by how much of an incredibly basic Pokémon experience it seemed to show, you’re definitely not alone. That’s precisely the view I carried with me into my...
  18. Doctor Oak

    The UK’s first Pokémon Center launches to “unprecedented demand”

    This weekend, thousands of UK fans were finally able to buy official Pokémon Center merchandise for the first time. If they waited for up to 10 hours in a queue, that is. Fortunately, we got to beat the queues to see what they had first-hand! Check out the latest details on the London store as...
  19. Doctor Oak

    Review: Game Freak's Little Town Hero

    Honestly… You wait a year for a Game Freak game to come along and then what happens? Two show up practically right on top of each other. Absolutely blimming typical. All eyes might be on the release of Pokémon Sword and Shield next month, but this week, at least, it’s all about Little Town...
  20. Doctor Oak

    Galarian Ponyta officially revealed

    First spotted over the weekend during the extremely long 24 hour 'livestream', Galarian Ponyta is now officially confirmed. Reclassified as the "Unique Horn" Pokémon, this version of Ponyta is a pure Psychic type - not Fairy as previously speculated - and is exclusive to Pokémon Shield...
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