It's Super Effective: A Pokemon Podcast

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Is Pokémon Horizons Worth Watching Mar 11, 2024

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Twelve episodes of Pokémon Horizons are now on Netflix and we talk about how it feels compared to the older anime. Light spoilers, but the focus is overall feel of the show, not plot. Interview with Pokémon employees about Ash and where he is. 7-Star Raids are still rotating from Pokémon Day. Toyota builds a Miraidon motorcycle just because they can? The location for the Pokémon World 2026 was leaked by the venue and Niantic announces three locations for Pokémon GO Fest 2024.

00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:45 - Pokémon Horizons
00:28:30 - Will Ash Return to the Anime
00:36:00 - Break
00:38:20 - 7 Star Raid Battles
00:43:10 - Miraidon Motorcycle
00:45:10 - Worlds 2026 Location
00:56:40 - Pokémon GO Fest
01:19:00 - Nontendo Podcast
01:24:00 - Post Credits

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Happy International Women's Day 2024 Mar 08, 2024

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Hannah hosts this week to celebrate women in the Pokémon scene for International Women's Day 2024! Joining her is Aislinn @AisTrainer and NHoff @GoddessNHoff to talk about their love of Pokémon and the franchise as a whole! Please enjoy this bonus episode!

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Pokémon Legends Z-A Revealed, Kalos Mar 04, 2024

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Pokémon Legends Z-A got announced and it's the next game by Game Freak coming in 2025. That means no main series game this year for 2024? Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket is the next mobile game and that is coming this year. Pocket is being made by both Creatures Inc. and DeNA. We get updates for Masters EX, UNITE, Sleep, Pokémon GO, and Cafe Remix. Oh yeah, the anime is coming next week.

00:00:00 - Introduction
00:02:00 - Pokémon Legends Z-A
00:40:00 - Break
00:41:50 - Pokémon Masters EX Update
00:46:30 - Media Literacy
00:54:20 - Raid Update for Scarlet & Violet
01:00:30 - Pokémon UNITE
01:05:30 - Pokémon Sleep Updates
01:12:20 - Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket
01:36:10 - Post Credits

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Sinnoh Tour and Niantic's Vision for Exploring Feb 26, 2024

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Was the flight and hotel worth the cost to travel to LA to play Pokémon GO and experience the Sinnoh Tour? We bring on Chris from the GOCast podcast to talk about this event and to compare it to recent GO Fests and event in Vegas last year. We talk about the park, shiny rates, the new adventure effects, and the Spiritomb stops!

00:00:20 - Introduction
00:01:30 - Culture Shock
00:07:00 - The Rose Bowl
00:35:30 - Break
00:38:20 - Jumbo & Shiny
01:06:00 - Unova Tour
01:15:00 - Party Play
01:35:30 - Post Credits

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Pokémon Day Predictions Feb 19, 2024

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With the 2024 Pokémon Day around the corner, we talk about what makes the most sense to show up and what we would like, even if that's probably not possible. Our conversations go from Pokémon UNITE to Pokémon GO to the new Pokémon and more! We talk about the potential of a new Main Series game being announced to even having nothing that big announced as it could be a lighter year.

00:00:20 - Introduction
00:02:30 - Pokémon Anime
00:22:10 - Black & White Remakes
00:51:10 - Break
00:54:20 - Something New
01:17:00 - Smaller Announcements
01:42:00 - Post Credits

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Ceruledge Hints at Pokémon Day Feb 12, 2024

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Pokémon Day is approaching fast and TPCi just gave us our first hint at what to expect. A Ceruledge TCG stamped with the Pokémon Day logo will be coming next week, which debuted with a small short. This hints at the Ceruledge in the anime and the rumors of Ceruledge coming to Pokémon UNITE as well. Pokémon sales numbers got updated, Pokémon collaborated with 100 Thieves, and we have a new pin collection for the Year of the Dragon.

00:00:20 - Introduction
00:02:40 - New Raid Events
00:11:00 - 100 Thieves Merch Drop
00:30:30 - Break
00:32:10 - Year of the Dragon
00:45:50 - Pokémon Masters EX News
00:57:20 - Pokémon Sales Numbers
01:24:30 - Post Credits

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Shiny Boosted Event Coming to Pokémon Sleep Feb 05, 2024

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Pokémon Sleep is getting a Valentine's Week event with boosted Shiny Pokémon. We get the 3.0.1 patch notes for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. They fixed what they said they would, but also patched the Smeargle issue too. Pokémon GO is getting one of the rarest Legendary Pokémon in the game. Pokémon UNITE gets "kinda" gets 3 new characters announced.

00:00:20 - Introduction
00:02:00 - Pokémon Sleep Event
00:14:40 - New Elite Raids
00:37:00 - Break
00:40:20 - New UNITE Characters
00:51:30 - Scarlet and Violet, January Update
01:00:20 - New Metal Poké Balls
01:14:20 - Post Credits

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Is Pokémon Pay to Win Jan 29, 2024

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Two players got banned at the Liverpool tournament this past weekend for using cloned Pokémon on their teams. This sparked a conversation that they didn't have enough time to make the Pokémon properly because the games have become "pay to win" because of needing to trade or buy the DLCs. Paldean Fates, the newest Shiny TCG set, has arrived. The Pikachu Van Gogh situation gets another update. Pokémon GO makes some good quality of life changes.

00:00:20 - Introduction
00:02:00 - Cheating in VGC
00:41:00 - Break
00:42:45 - Paldean Fates Released
01:02:00 - Van Gogh Drama
01:15:00 - Pokémon GO Improvements
01:43:30 - Post Credits

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The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero Epilogue: Mochi Mayhem Jan 22, 2024

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Pokémon TV shuts down after running for 10 years, making it harder to find Pokémon anime episodes. Pokémon GO is bringing Shadow Kyogre to the game soon and Shadow Ho-Oh returns. Pokémon Sleep preps us for the new event and new island coming next week. We dive deep in the Epilogue: Mochi Mayhem and talk about our thoughts on the new Mythical Pokémon.

00:00:20 - Introduction
00:05:20 - Pokémon Sleep News
00:15:30 - Pokémon TV Shuts Down
00:24:40 - Pokémon GO News
00:37:00 - Break
00:38:50 - Epilogue: Mochi Mayhem
01:53:00 - Post Credits

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The 600 Club, Exclusive Pokémon Only Jan 15, 2024

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Pokémon Sleep gets a new island this month! Pokémon Masters EX adds the first Paldea character to the game. Niantic announces more surprises for Sinnoh Tour and two new gameplay mechanics for hardcore players. The Epilogue for Scarlet and Violet dropped this week, but we'll be doing a spoiler episode for that in 601. To celebrate 600 episodes, we talk about 600族 aka the 600 Club aka Pseudo-legendary Pokémon!

00:00:20 - Introduction
00:02:10 - Pokémon Sleep News
00:10:20 - Iono in Masters EX
00:23:40 - Break
00:25:10 - Pokémon Horizons Delayed
00:37:00 - Pokémon GO Sinnoh Tour
01:09:20 - Break
01:10:40 - The 600 Club
01:51:30 - Post Credits

Ad this episode was by Shaker & Spoon. You can save $20 off your first box by heading over to https://shakerandspoon.com/pkmncast and use our code, pkmncast, at checkout!

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EPISODE CREDITS
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Theme songs and segment jingles by Nicholas Burgess
Ad music comes from Evanto Elements
Podcast artwork by Steve Sarumi

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