It's Super Effective: A Pokemon Podcast

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New Pokémon Center Announced May 20, 2024

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Pokémon Sleep's Entei event is right around the corner. Australia and New Zealand get their own Online Pokémon Center. Pokémon GO wins the most buggiest game in the App Store? The next TCG, Shrouded Fable, gets announced.

00:00:00-Introduction
00:02:00-Pokémon Sleep
00:13:00-Buggiest Apps
00:29:00-Break
00:30:40-Colour Pop Collaboration
00:37:40-New Pokémon Center
00:40:30-Shrouded Fable
00:44:45-Sendai GO Fest News
00:51:45-SV Distributions
01:06:00-Post Credits

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GameStop Wants Your Pokémon Now May 13, 2024

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Pokémon Sleep gets a small update to help new players and a couple Pokémon receive a small buff. Twilight Masquerade is right around the corner with 160 new cards. GameStop is working directly with PSA to now buy and sell graded Pokémon cards. Part 2 of Pokémon Horizon's dropped on Netflix this past week. Finally, we talk about how Pokémon GO wants you to give them $2 so they can give you $3 back.

00:00:00-Introduction
00:01:40-Pokémon Sleep News
00:17:00-Part 2 of Pokémon Horizons
00:28:40-Break
00:30:30-Twilight Masquerade
00:36:10-GameStop Buying Pokemon Cards
01:00:40-Break
01:02:00-Pokémon GO News
01:31:10-Primarina Raids
01:42:40-Post Credits

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Cheating in Pokémon May 06, 2024

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The Entei event has been details and explained to us! We breakdown how you should prepare. Pokémon Pocket gets a small update, which hopefully means good things coming. A brand new merch set with James Turner art dropped on Pokémon Center. Rika comes to Pokémon Masters EX. Pokémon players cheat to find Wiglett.

00:00:00-Introduction
00:02:00-Pokémon Sleep Entei Event
00:16:45-Rika in Masters EX
00:26:40-Break
00:31:00-Pokémon Pocket D
00:36:00-TCG Lounge in Japan
00:51:00-NAIC Pokémon Center
00:57:20-Break
00:58:20-James Turner Merch
01:06:10-Fake Beaches
01:12:30-Layoffs
01:31:20-Post Credits

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Golden Shinies & Diancie Returns Apr 29, 2024

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Pokémon GO gets a background refresh as part of the Rediscover campaign they have been running and it's actually very cool! Diancie returns to Pokémon GO for FREE for anyone who did not get one at GO Fest. This has been the only way to get a Diancie in a couple years. A new Mass Outbreak event with boosted Shiny chance has come to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, along with the return of Walking Wake and Iron Leaves Raids. Pokémon Sleep announced that Entei is coming and a Fire-type week will happen to prepare for the next Legendary Pokémon in Sleep.

00:00:00-Introduction
00:03:00-Pokémon GO Update
00:23:10-Free Diancie
00:30:00-Break
00:32:15-Gold Mass Outbreak Events
00:48:00-Vulpix & Entei Come to Sleep
01:32:10-Post Credits

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Rediscover Pokémon GO or Not... Apr 22, 2024

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Pokémon Sleep introduced the Flower Festival this week! Pokémon UNITE does another character balance, a new battle pass, and updates to the draft system. A man in Japan is arrested for selling digital Pokémon. Niantic launches one of its biggest updates yet for Pokémon GO and people hate it. We compare Mall of America to Disney for Pokémon GO players.

00:00:00-Introduction
00:03:00-Pokémon Sleep Flower Event
00:18:30-Pokémon UNITE Updates
00:30:00-Man Arrested
00:39:00-Break
00:40:15-Rediscover Pokémon GO
01:13:00-Niantic Hears Us
01:22:00-Disney
01:38:10-Post Credits

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Necrozma Arrives This Summer Apr 15, 2024

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Pokémon Sleep prepares a new update. Netflix announces that we are getting the next episodes of Pokémon Horizons in May and also that we are getting more episodes of Pokémon Concierge. Necrozma and Ultra Beasts will be in raids during GO Fest this summer, all with the chance of being Shiny. Finally, the Nintendo Online Services for 3DS shutdown this week for good, but Pokémon Bank still operates.

00:00:00-Introduction
00:02:30-Pokémon Sleep
00:13:00-Pokémon GO News
00:48:30-Break
00:51:20-New TCG Set
00:58:00-Netflix Anime Updates
01:08:00-3DS Shutdown
01:38:10-Post Credits

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Catch Shiny Pokémon in Paldea and Beyond Apr 08, 2024

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Pokémon put out an article on how to shiny hunt in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. 7-Star Meganium Raids seem to be a pain for some trainers this past weekend. Pokémon Worlds 2024 dates were finally announced after EUIC this past weekend. The Bug event and Mega Heracross arrive this upcoming weekend!

00:00:00-Introduction
00:01:05-Pokémon Sleep Updates
00:21:45-Worlds Dates Announced
00:32:15-Break
00:35:00-Shiny Hunting in SV
00:50:20-Meganium Raids
01:08:40-Pokémon GO Bug Out
01:24:30-Post Credits

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The Launch of Pokémon Works Apr 01, 2024

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Pokémon Sleep messed up, but players weren't mad because of how they handled it. The first week of Raikou is over, we talk about how easy or hard it was to get, even for players who just picked up the game. Pokémon Works is a new thing between ILCA and the Pokémon Company and we don't really know what it means yet? There is some weird price things happening with the latest Pokémon TCG set. If you spent $10 on the Season Pass in Pokémon GO, we now know what part 2 is going to get you.

00:00:00-Introduction
00:03:00-Pokémon Sleep Issues
00:30:30-Pokémon Sleep Raikou
00:58:25-Break
01:01:20-Temporal Forces Manipulation
01:11:00-Pokémon Works
01:34:00-Pokémon GO April Announcements
01:59:00-Post Credits

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Baby Mass Outbreaks in Scarlet & Violet Mar 25, 2024

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PAX East 2024 recap with the Play Lab experience and the new additions to it. Pokémon Sleep information around catching Raikou and how free-to-play players can do it with no money or stress. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are getting a new Mass Outbreak with six baby Pokémon as the focus. Finally, we go over a short interview with an ex-Pokémon employee who handled removing fan-made games from the internet.

00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:30 - Catching Raikou
00:17:30 - PAX East Recap
00:46:50 - Break
00:49:00 - Scarlet & Violet News
00:58:30 - April in Pokémon GO
01:04:00 - Removing Fan-made Games
01:26:40 - Post Credits

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The Complicated Road to Raikou Mar 18, 2024

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Pokémon Sleep might be surprising people in how simple, but also how deep the game is. Electric Week is over and now we wait a week until Raikou shows up! We go over what to expect when our first Legendary arrives in Pokémon Sleep. Temporal Forces, the next TCG set, drops this weekend at retail. We also get news about the next set, Twilight Masquerade.

00:00:00 - Introduction
00:02:00 - Pokémon Sleep: Raikou
00:35:50 - Break
00:39:00 - Temporal Forces
01:00:00 - Zarude returns to Pokémon GO
01:53:00 - Post Credits

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