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

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Hosted, edited, and produced by Steve Sarumi

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TCG Player and the Pokémon Market Jul 07, 2025

Show notes

[Featuring Danny Phantump] Black Bolt and White Flare arrives soon! Pokémon Pocket drops in revenue, but is still making 50x the amount as Pokémon Masters EX. Since TCG Player was purchased by eBay, 200 people got laid off.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00-Introduction

00:04:30-Black Bolt & White Flare

00:31:20-Pokémon TCG Pocket News

00:54:00-TCG Player Layoffs

01:09:30-Pokémon GO Finale

01:18:50-Credits

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Theme songs and segment jingles by Nicholas Burgess

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Hopes for Pokémon Champions Jun 30, 2025

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[Featuring JoeUX9] The 2026 rules are now out with some updates and changes, but it also hints that Mega Pokémon are coming back to VGC? We talk about Pokémon Champions and how it can go really well or really bad depending on how they launch it. Pokémon TCG is also getting Mega news on July 10th. Pokémon did a gameshow and $20 seems too much for a single Golden Bottle Cap in GO.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00-Introduction

00:02:40-2026 Championship Series

00:25:30-Pokémon Champions Talk

00:49:30-Mega Pokémon TCG Announcement

00:52:00-Pokémon Game Show

00:58:50-Golden Bottle Caps

01:17:20-Credits

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Pokémon Legends Z-A Preorder Details and Upgrade Packs Jun 23, 2025

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[Featuring ZOINKS] Pokémon TCG Pocket gets a new Eevee-based set called Eevee Grove. Pokémon Legends Z-A has a release date, price details, upgrades, and official box art. With Scarlet and Violet being 60 FPS now, we talk about how that may translate to Legends Z-A. Pokémon UNITE gets Latios and Latias to celebrate 4 years. Pokémon has collectable Hershey's Kisses now?

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00-Introduction

00:02:30-Eevee Grove Expansion

00:24:50-Pokémon Legends Z-A Talk

00:54:50-Latios and Latias

01:12:10-The Hershey's Kisses Poké Dex

01:26:30-Credits

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Hosted, edited, and produced by Steve Sarumi

Theme songs and segment jingles by Nicholas Burgess

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The Performance of the Switch 2 Jun 16, 2025

Show notes

[Featuring Glowl] Pokémon TCG Pocket feels bloated. We finally get our hands on a 60 FPS version of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and have first impressions. Pokémon Sleep is getting Farfetch'd added to the game. Game Freak shows off their new non-Pokémon game on the Xbox stage.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00-Introduction

00:02:30-TCG Pocket Bloat

00:19:30-Switch 2 Thoughts of Scarlet & Violet

00:45:00-Game Freak's Non-Pokémon Game

01:02:00-Farfetch'd in Sleep

01:17:10-Credits

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Theme songs and segment jingles by Nicholas Burgess

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Frame Rate Arrives to Scarlet & Violet v4.0.0 Jun 09, 2025

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Scarlet and Violet does get a 60FPS bump on the Switch 2 with some other added bonuses. This free update was rolling out as we recorded this episode. To celebrate the Switch 2 launch, Porygon2 has some events. Talk on the future of Pokémon TCG Pocket and how we feel currently. Pokémon Sleep will be getting an expert mode.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00-Introduction

00:12:00-Scarlet and Violet Update for Switch 2

00:35:40-Porygon 2 Raids and Outbreaks

00:40:10-Extradimensional Crisis

00:58:20-Expert Mode in Pokémon Sleep

01:35:30-Credits

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Pokémon Island Challenge Jun 02, 2025

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What if we were stuck on an Island with a limited amount of Pokémon games? This week we pick and choose which games we'd want to survive with. No news this episode as we focused on this challenge together.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00-Introduction

00:02:00-Rules

00:12:00-Part 1

00:21:40-Part 2

00:50:00-Part 3

01:25:00-Credits

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Hosted, edited, and produced by Steve Sarumi

Theme songs and segment jingles by Nicholas Burgess

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Pokémon Fossil Museum Leaves Japan for the First Time May 26, 2025

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[Featuring Glowl] Pokémon TCG Pocket gets more Alola cards being added including Ultra Beasts coming to the game. Pokémon GO gets new costume Pokémon for GO Fest and a truck that will drive to several cities in Europe this summer. The Pokémon Fossil Museum is leaving Japan for the first time and coming to Chicago, IL in May of 2026.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00-Introduction

00:02:15-Extradimensional Crisis

00:22:20-Pokémon GO Truck

00:45:10-Pokémon Fossil Museum

01:10:00-Credits

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The Incineroar Meme Arrives [Featuring SimplyGabby] May 19, 2025

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[Featuring SimplyGabbly] The Scarlet and Violet Switch 2 Update will arrive on launch day! We get two new photos which shows more Pokémon on the Switch 2 version of the game. Niantic is testing a $100 bundle with both an IRL experience and digital items for your weekend in New Jersey. NAIC will feature Wolfe's Incineroar and other Pokémon for GO and UNITE for watching stream that weekend. Murkrow comes to Pokémon Sleep.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00-Introduction

00:02:40-Switch 2 Screenshots

00:24:10-The $100 Bathroom Experience

00:54:00-Murkrow in Pokémon Sleep

01:02:40-Free VGC Incinerorar

01:19:20-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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Pokémon Pocket is Being Watered-Down May 12, 2025

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Pokémon TCG Pocket has a new event happening. We revisit the conversation about how Shiny Cards may be too much in the newest Pocket setting leading to future problems with the game. Niantic has upped the amount of Remote Raid passes you can use and turned on the ability to remote into both Shadow Raids and Dynamax Raids.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00-Introduction

00:01:50-New Pocket Events

00:11:15-Pocket Being Ruined

00:34:20-Remote Raid Pass Expanding

01:03:40-Max Raids

01:36:20-Not Scopley's Doing

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