It&#8217;s Super Effective: A Pokemon Podcast

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Hosted, edited, and produced by Steve Sarumi

Theme songs and segment jingles by Nicholas Burgess

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Podcast artwork by Steve Sarumi

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How Pokémon Champions Could Flop like Battle Revolution Jan 12, 2026

Show notes

The third Skill Week returns to Pokémon Sleep with a new Pokémon, Shuckle! Pokémon Scarlet and Violet begins to repeat old 7-Star Raids starting with Venusaur and will continue that for the next 20+ weeks. Meowth arrives to Pokémon UNITE. Pokopia gets a new pre-order bonus for US customers purchasing from Pokémon Center. We talk about how Champions can succeed and what it can do to flop.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00-Introduction

00:02:30-Pokémon Sleep News

00:24:55-Meowth in UNITE

00:27:30-The End of Scarlet and Violet

00:40:00-Thinking about Legends Arceus

00:51:00-Pokopia Pre-Order Bonus

01:02:50-More Pokémon Champions Thoughts

01:31:40-Credits

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Hosted, edited, and produced by Steve Sarumi

Theme songs and segment jingles by Nicholas Burgess

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Podcast artwork by Steve Sarumi

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The 30th Anniversary of Pokémon Begins Jan 05, 2026

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We look back on some of the Pokémon news that TPCi seemed to deem worthy to write in their retrospective. A neat Japanese Pokémon ecology book is getting an English translation and coming out this Spring. Pocket gets some updates. Pokémon teases a 30th Anniversary logo with a small trailer. We speculate why older games still might not come to the Switch or Switch 2.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00-Introduction

00:06:30-Poké Ecology Book

00:14:10-TCG Pocket News

00:26:50-30th Anniversary Start

00:51:00-Red, Blue, Green

01:05:00-Look Back on 2025

01:29:40-Credits

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EPISODE CREDITS

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Theme songs and segment jingles by Nicholas Burgess

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014 Super Battle Club: Mega Dimension Dec 29, 2025

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Please make sure you finish the credits for the Mega Dimension DLC of Pokémon Legends Z-A. Steve and Austin talk about some of the standout moments of the DLC and some of the weird choices this DLC makes. We talk about the Darkrai fight and the Mega Rayquaza fight, along with other Mega Pokémon we enjoyed seeing.

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The Pros and Cons of Hyperspace in Legends Z-A Dec 22, 2025

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Pokémon TCG Pocket gets a brand new set to end off the year and it features Charizard. The Pokémon Company acknowledges Mega Zygarde for the first time outside of the main series games. Spoiler-free talk about the Legends Z-A DLC that includes Hyperspace thoughts, the grind, and donuts. Pokémon Sleep gets a 2-week long NY event. Nintendo is releasing more sizes of cartridges for the Switch 2 maybe?

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00-Introduction

00:03:10-Crimson Blaze

00:11:25-TCG Featuring Mega Zygarde

00:15:25-Expanding Card Printing

00:27:30-Mega Dimension Talk (Spoiler-free)

01:09:20-Pokémon Sleep News

01:24:30-Switch 2 Carts

01:43:50-Credits

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Thoughts on the Mega Dimension DLC (No Story/Mega Spoilers) Dec 15, 2025

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Pokémon GO finally introduces long distance trading and it seems balanced! GO Fest is coming back to Chicago to celebrate the 10 year anniversary. We share our spoiler free thoughts on the Mega Dimension DLC and if it's worth $30 compared to past DLCs. We get the revenue of pretty much every Pokémon mobile game for 2025 and even some data about how many HOME users there could be.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00-Introduction

00:05:30-Forever Friends

00:23:10-GO Fest Chicago

00:32:00-Mega Dimension Thoughts

00:49:00-DLC Difficulty

01:10:40-Action Based Battles

01:24:30-Who Actually Uses Pokémon HOME

01:51:50-Credits

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Hosted, edited, and produced by Steve Sarumi

Theme songs and segment jingles by Nicholas Burgess

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Podcast artwork by Steve Sarumi

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Mega Mewtwo Arrives to Legends Z-A Dec 08, 2025

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Pokémon announces both Mega Lucario Z and Mega Mewtwo in Pokémon Legends Z-A before the DLC this week. We talk about how Mega's stats work or have worked in the series. Pokémon Friends gets a surprising winter update that adds 10 new puzzles and 50 new plushes. Pokémon TCG Pocket didn't get a monthly set, but one should be around the corner.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00-Introduction

00:02:40-Mega Lucario Z

00:19:50-Mega Mewtwo Arrives

00:29:10-Pokémon Friends Update

00:47:40-TCG Pocket News

01:07:00-Accended Heroes

01:20:30-Credits

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EPISODE CREDITS

Hosted, edited, and produced by Steve Sarumi

Theme songs and segment jingles by Nicholas Burgess

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Podcast artwork by Steve Sarumi

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New Night Event for Mega Pokémon Dec 01, 2025

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Pokémon Sleep adds Spirtomb to the game. Pokémon Works opens a brand new studio in Kyoto to continue to work on Pokémon Sleep. Niantic announces Kalos Tour and a brand new night event at the Rose Bowl to feature Mega Pokémon. Nintendo buys the studio that made New Pokémon Snap. Legends Z-A goes on to be the best selling physical game of the year so far.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00-Introduction

00:02:50-Pokémon Sleep News

00:10:00-Pokémon Works Kyoto Studio

00:27:10-Kalos Tour

00:45:00-Shiny Keldeo Added

00:57:10-Max Mushrooms

01:03:20-Nintendo Singapore

01:09:30-Legend Z-A Sales

01:25:10-Credits

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Hosted, edited, and produced by Steve Sarumi

Theme songs and segment jingles by Nicholas Burgess

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Mega Dimension Release Date and New Details Nov 24, 2025

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Pokémon Legends Z-A: Mega Dimension is set to arrive on December 10th. The trailer shows that we will stay in Lumiose City, but it'll be a new dimension of it. The trailers gave us three new Mega Pokémon to look forward too, donut making, and a new battle system that pushes our levels past level 100. Rank mode in Legends Z-A has adjust the rewards for playing. Pokopia gave us a new 10 minute trailer that showed off never before seen Pokémon that will be coming to the game in March of 2026.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00-Introduction

00:03:45-Mega Dimension DLC

00:24:10-New Mega Pokémon

00:36:20-Ranked Battles

00:51:30-Primal Donuts

00:58:45-Pokopia News

01:29:40-Credits

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EPISODE CREDITS

Hosted, edited, and produced by Steve Sarumi

Theme songs and segment jingles by Nicholas Burgess

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Podcast artwork by Steve Sarumi

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Ups & Downs of Pokémon Legends Z-A Nov 17, 2025

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Now that Pokémon Legends Z-A has been out for about a month, here are our thoughts on some of the stuff not covered on the podcast and/or some topics we want to revisit from the mini-series. This episode does contain some spoilers of the game, so it's best that you at least get to Rank A before listening.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00-Introduction

00:02:45-The Museum

00:16:30-New Models & Animations

00:32:00-Jumping Ranks

00:47:10-Battle System Thoughts

01:00:20-Credits

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