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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005 Super Battle Club: Rank V Oct 22, 2025

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First big story reveal in Pokémon Legends Z-A. Steve and Austin talk about a mission that gives you a Shiny Pokémon and we talk about the first, in our opinion, big story beat in the game.

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004 Super Battle Club: Rank W Oct 21, 2025

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Talk on how catching works and the Canari charms in Pokémon Legends Z-A. Talk about the first Mega fight, but no new Mega Pokémon spoilers in this episode. Steve and Austin talk about collecting the purple screws and start diving into the opening story of this game.

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Three Big Pokémon Changes You Missed Because of Legends Z-A Oct 20, 2025

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Pokémon Sleep updated to 3.0 and fixed another healer class, upgraded bag, and set up halloween prep. Pokémon TCG Pocket is adding gift cards, more cards to trade, and better Wonder Pick before their 1-Year anniversary. Pokémon GO launched level 80 and a new feature that broke right away. We talk about how even if you are bad at battles, you should be able to get your Greninjite in less than an hour of playing Legends Z-A (no spoilers).

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00:00:00-Introduction

00:02:40-Pokémon Sleep News

00:10:05-Online Rank K in Legends Z-A

00:22:40-Pocket TCG Updates

00:41:40-Level 80 in Pokémon GO

01:05:00-Credits

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003 Super Battle Club: Rank X Oct 19, 2025

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Early Impressions of Pokémon Legends Z-A. No major story spoilers and no new Mega Pokémon spoilers in this episode. Steve and Austin talk about the music, Pokémon Center Lady, and the Poké Lids in the game.

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002 Super Battle Club: Rank Y Oct 17, 2025

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Early thoughts on the battle system of Pokémon Legends Z-A. No story spoilers and no new Mega Pokémon spoilers in this episode. Steve and Austin talk about going from Rank Z to Rank Y, testing sneaking, and the new action combat.

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001 Super Battle Club: Rank Z Oct 17, 2025

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First Impressions of Pokémon Legends Z-A. No story spoilers and no new Mega Pokémon spoilers in this episode. Steve and Austin talk about catching, graphics, the lack of voice acting, and other little things to kick off this series.

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Another Halloween Without Mimikyu Oct 13, 2025

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Pokémon Sleep changes how Darkrai works. Pokémon GO gets a new feature that seems to be copied right from Pikmin Bloom. Pokémon GO is also having three more events this year, with one being in Australia. The Halloween event in Pokémon GO this year is still missing Mimikyu's debut. Netflix announces season 3 of the Horizons anime. The 7-Star Raids were broken and TPCi kind of communicated about it.

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00:00:00-Introduction

00:03:30-Darkrai "Fix"

0009:40-Weekly Challenges

00:24:30-Garbodor Raids

00:27:20-Pokémon GO City Safari

00:38:40-No Mimikyu

00:51:20-Horizons Anime (Spoilers)

01:05:50-Raid Fix, Communication

01:14:20-Credits

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GameStop is Ruining Pokémon For Everyone Oct 06, 2025

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GameStop gets a second wave of Shiny Koraidon or Shiny Miraidon codes, but it feels worse than the first drop. GameStop is blaming Pokémon for the limits. Pokémon GO gets a Legends Z-A event and brings back Mega Rayquaza to the game. Chris shares his thoughts on the new Megas in Legends Z-A. We talk about the pros and cons of the newest Pokémon TCG Pocket set. Scarlet and Violet has a new issue that prevents players from participating in 7-Star Raids.

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00:00:00-Introduction

00:03:00-GameStop "Restocks" Code Cards

00:48:10-Pokémon GO News

01:04:00-Legends Thoughts

01:07:40-Digimon Time Stranger

01:26:30-Pokémon TCG Pocket ex Set

01:38:00-Scarlet & Violet Raid Issues

01:50:25-Credits

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Exclusive 1 Hour Hands-On with Legends Z-A Sep 29, 2025

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The Shiny Koraidon and Shiny Miraidon codes at GameStop ended up being incredibly disappointing for fans as most stores ran out within hours of opening on the first day. Not only was this an issue in the West, but reports that codes ran out equally fast in Japan too. Mega Evolution TCG has launched and the Scarlet & Violet era is now over. Pokémon TCG Pocket is getting a new set that will be around for a limited time. After getting back from Paris, Steve played a full hour of Pokémon Legends Z-A and can share thoughts about the game and the battle system.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00-Introduction

00:03:30-GameStop Shiny Codes

00:43:40-Mega Evolution TCG

00:53:00-Deluxe Pack: ex

01:04:30-Legends Z-A Hands-on

02:08:30-Credits

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