GOCast: a Pokémon GO Podcast

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327 - Arti-June-O Jun 06, 2025

Show notes

Don’t give June’s GO Pass the cold shoulder, you might miss out on a legendary bird! Jangmo-o’s community day was announced last week, so let’s take a closer look at our future shiny, scaly friend! …and more on this episode of GOCast!

Chapters:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:13:19 - News

00:26:39 - Pokélore

00:33:33 - PokéPoll

00:43:07 - Emails/Voicemails

News Links:

GO Pass: June - https://pokemongo.com/news/go-pass-june-2025

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326 - Oh My, How Delightful Jun 02, 2025

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It’s time for a new season! Let’s find out just how ‘delightful’ the coming days are going to be! June’s Community Day is going to be lit! Who could ask for Jangmo-ore? Grab your sword and shield as we prepare for the debut of Crowned Zacian and Zamazenta! This season’s GBL update is bringing the Battle Tower back in style! The GO Pass is here for everyone! You won’t want to Pass this up! …and more on this episode of GOCast!

Chapters:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:23:58 - News

00:57:15 - PvP Corner

News Links:

Delightful Days - https://pokemongo.com/en/seasons/delightful-daysJangmo-o Community Day - https://pokemongo.com/post/communityday-june-2025-jangmo-o?hl=enDelightful Days GBL Update - https://pokemongo.com/en/post/go-battle-league-delightful-days

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PvP Corner 213 - Macho Man Tries Too Hard and Biddy Don’t Do Master League May 31, 2025

Show notes

Welcome to PvP Corner with FishOnAHeater and special guest Brzbiddy!!

Today’s topics include:

New season updates!!! We talk about the implications of everything that’s changed.
The upcoming Go Fest tie-in events
The Play! Pokemon season wrapping up
Making fun of Fish trying to be macho
Sharing the love with gifted event tickets
How to connect with people who also PvP

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:04:15 - GBL

01:07:46 - In-game Events

01:13:26 - Play! Pokémon

01:20:37 - Mailbag

Regular Links:⁠

GBL Might & Mastery Update

Support PvPoke on Patreon or Github⁠

⁠Play! Pokémon 2025 Season Information from Dracoviz⁠

⁠Sup00200port The Battle Frontier on Patreon⁠

⁠More Fish⁠

⁠More DPhiE250⁠

Fish’s Non-PoGo Gaming Channel

Brzbiddy on Twitch

Voicemail: (262) 586-7717

Email: pvpcorner@gocastpodcast.com

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325 - Falinks Stocks Are Way Up May 25, 2025

Show notes

Parallel events? The folks at home will love this news! It’s time for more Gigantamax first partner Pokémon! Can you guess which ones? …and more on this episode of GOCast!

Chapters:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:24:03 - News

00:48:00 - PokéPoll

00:58:51 - More News

News Links:Serene Retreat, Instrumental Wonders, and Phantom Ruins - https://pokemongo.com/en/post/global-events-gofest2025-overlays

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PvP Corner 212 - Lapras is Good and Play! Pokemon Heats Up - with Special Guest Pikawahwah May 23, 2025

Show notes

Special guest Pikawahwah joins us for this week’s episode of PvP Corner!

Today’s topics include:

Open Great League
GO Battle Week
Urshifu particulars
Machop Community Day Classic
The Mega Weekend of Play! Pokémon and what’s coming up.
Lots of emails!

Let’s shout out some achievements! From the Pallet Town and GOCast Discord servers, congratulations to tim__b and tubaboy50 for hitting Veteran, Zac for hitting Legend, Unclebstud for hitting Ace, and Motters for reaching 5500 GL wins!

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:03:03 - GBL

00:22:19 - In-game Events

00:36:19 - Play! Pokémon

00:54:10 - Mailbag

01:17:06 - Achievements

Regular Links:⁠

GBL Might & Mastery Update

Support PvPoke on Patreon or Github⁠

⁠Play! Pokémon 2025 Season Information from Dracoviz⁠

⁠Sup00200port The Battle Frontier on Patreon⁠

Pikawahwah’s links:

Voicemail: (262) 586-7717

Email: pvpcorner@gocastpodcast.com

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324 - It's Giving Crowned Energy May 19, 2025

Show notes

Who says you cant teach an old dog new tricks? Better bathrooms at GO Fest?! Sign me up! …and more on this episode of GOCast!

Thank you to Steve from It's Super Effective for guesting on this episode!

Chapters:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:14:25 - News

00:29:59 - Break

00:30:01 - More News

News Links:

Premier Access for GO Fest 2025 Jersey City - https://pokemongo.com/en/post/gofest-2025-jersey-premier-access

Crowned Forms of Zacian and Zamazenta - https://pokemongo.com/en/post/crowned-energy-resource-zacian-zamazenta

RSVP Planner - https://pokemongo.com/en/post/rsvp-planner-launch-2025

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PvP Corner 211 - Tangentially related to PvP is cool May 17, 2025

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Welcome to PvP Corner with FishOnAHeater and DPhiE250!

Today’s topics include:

This season of GO Battle League is wrapping up soon
GO Battle Week approaches! Will you do all 700 battles?
Not Rhyhorn Community Day Classic :(
This weekend will have major PvP events all over the world in Utrecht, Santiago and Melbourne
Congratulations to gamebirdTW for winning the Taiwan Playoffs and to TeddIness_ for winning the Thailand Playoffs!
Two pieces of mail and a voicemail this week

Let’s shout out some achievements! From the Pallet Town and GOCast Discord servers, congratulations to DJValkyria for reaching Legend and to FishOnAHeater for leading the APC! Congratulations trainers!

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:10:53 - GBL

00:17:00 - In-game Events

00:22:28 - Grassroots PvP

00:24:41 - Play! Pokémon

00:32:54 - Mailbag

00:51:31 - Achievements

Regular Links:⁠

GBL Might & Mastery Update

Support PvPoke on Patreon or Github⁠

⁠Play! Pokémon 2025 Season Information from Dracoviz⁠

⁠Support The Battle Frontier on Patreon⁠

⁠More Fish⁠

⁠More DPhiE250⁠

Voicemail: (262) 586-7717

Email: pvpcorner@gocastpodcast.com

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323 - Remotely Increased May 11, 2025

Show notes

Some exciting changes are coming to remote raids, but do they get a free pass? Keep four hands on the wheel at all times during an upcoming Max Battle Day! …and more on this episode of GOCast!

Chapters:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:12:19 - News

00:48:54 - Pokélore

00:57:13 - PokéPoll

01:05:32 - Emails/Voicemails

News Links:

Updates to Shadow Raids and Max Battles - https://pokemongo.com/post/shadow-raid-max-battle-update?hl=enGigantamax Machamp Max Battle Day - https://pokemongo.com/post/gigantamax-machamp-max-battle-day?hl=enFinal Strike: GO Battle Week - https://pokemongo.com/post/final-strike-2025?hl=enMay 2025 Community Day Classic: Machop - https://pokemongo.com/post/communitydayclassic-may-2025-machop?hl=enSave the dates for next Season’s Community Days! - https://pokemongo.com/post/cd-savethedate-s19?hl=en

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PvP Corner 210 - Remixing the Great League and Malamar in Milwaukee! May 09, 2025

Show notes

Welcome to PvP Corner with FishOnAHeater and DPhiE250!

Today’s topics include:

What’s been working in Great League Remix?
The Final Strike event introduces Urshifu and brings back GO Battle Week
The Battle Frontier Battle Tower starts this week
DPhiE recaps her experience at the Milwaukee Regional Championships - congratulations to OutofPoket for claiming the title of Milwaukee Regional Champion!
Congratulations to Minicokee and Redclifeee for securing their Worlds invites at the Indonesia Playoffs!
Two dips into the mailbag to discuss what not to read while on an elliptical and a toddler causing a near-disaster!

Don’t forget to send in your PvP achievements to the GOCast Podcast or the Pallet Town PvP Discord Servers!

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:05:17 - GBL

00:21:42 - In-game Events

00:30:00 - Grassroots PvP

00:39:31 - Play! Pokémon

00:49:03 - Mailbag

Regular Links:⁠

GBL Might & Mastery Update

Support PvPoke on Patreon or Github⁠

⁠Play! Pokémon 2025 Season Information from Dracoviz⁠

⁠Support The Battle Frontier on Patreon⁠

⁠More Fish⁠

⁠More DPhiE250⁠

Voicemail: (262) 586-7717

Email: pvpcorner@gocastpodcast.com

Physical mail: GOCast PO BOX

Crystal Lake - Post Office

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PvP Corner 209 - Which Pokémon needs to do better in PvP? May 05, 2025

Show notes

Welcome to PvP Corner with FishOnAHeater and DPhiE250!

Today’s topics include:

What are we running in Great League Remix?
Speculating about Great League Retro Cup
Shadow Dialga and Shadow Malamar debut in “Crown Clash Taken Over!”
Congratulations to HKAssassin16 for winning the Seville Special Championship, to Alan for winning the Johannesburg Special Championship (sorry PvPSteve) and to vincent070400 for sweeping the Taiwan Regional Qualifier!
DPhiE250 is casting the Milwaukee Regional Championship this weekend!
One piece of mail with a lot of great topics: the Shadow Jumpluff/Primeape core, which Pokémon need a serious improvement in PvP and videogames!

Let’s shout out some achievements! From the Pallet Town and GOCast Discord servers, we have some great players from the Battle Frontier Leaderboards! TeamMagmaTyler finished 1st in the Iridescent meta in NA Open and finished 2nd place in the overall meta, Staffordshire …. And Jester earned 5th place in the EU Iridescent meta! Congratulations to our Battle Frontier battlers on a successful cycle!

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:14:18 - GBL

00:28:16 In-game Events

00:44:44 - Play! Pokémon

01:07:45 - Mailbag

01:18:53 - Achievements

Regular Links:⁠

GBL Dual Destiny Update

⁠Support PvPoke on Patreon or Github⁠

⁠Play! Pokémon 2025 Season Information from Dracoviz⁠

⁠Support The Battle Frontier on Patreon⁠