On the Origin of Species: Sobble, Drizzile, and Inteleon

The 2022 Pokémon World Championships will be taking place from August 18th to 21st, at the ExCeL Centre in London. The Pokémon Company International has today shared details about how fans can catch all the action via livestreams on the various official Pokémon Twitch channels. Also released were details on a variety of digital broadcast rewards that fans can receive simply by tuning in, including the Victory Pokémon, Victini, as well as a physical distribution of Sinistea for people attending the event in-person.

The Bulk Up Pokémon, Grimmsnarl is appearing more frequently in Max Raid Battles in Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield through August 21st, at 4:59pm (PDT). Rarely, Grimmsnarl's Shiny variant can also be encountered.

A limited-time distribution of Dracovish was announced for Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield during the August 12th broadcast of Pokémon Journeys: The Series (Pocket Monsters) in Japan. This Dracovish is based on the Dracovish used by Ash Ketchum in the World Coronation Series. Players can redeem this Dracovish using the code「GANJ0UAG0882」. This code can only be redeemed until August 25th.

2022 marks the first time Pokémon GO will be included as category in the Pokémon World Championships. To celebrate this, Niantic has announced an in-game event that will be taking place during the same timeframe as the 2022 Pokémon World Championships, running from August 18th at 10:00am to August 23rd at 8:00pm local time.

The Pokémon Company International has revealed the first few cards from the Pokémon Trading Card Game: Sword & Shield - Lost Origin expansion that will be released on September 9th.

As the heat of summer rages on, the second part of the Villain Arc's Hoenn Chapter has now arrived in Pokémon Masters EX. Running in conjunction with this main story content is a new Villain Event, Team Aqua's Stormy Seas. The Poké Fair Scout for Sygna Suit Steven & Deoxys that was announced at the beginning of this week is also now available. Additionally, details have been released on some of the updates that will be implemented in the upcoming Version 2.24.0.

Niantic has released detailed information on the upcoming Pokémon GO Fest 2022: Finale event that will be happening on August 27th, from 10:00am to 6:00pm local time. Trainers will be able to encounter Ultra Beasts Nihilego, Pheromosa, Buzzwole, Xurkitree, and Sky Forme Shaymin in this event, while Shiny versions of Munna and Unown N and X will be making their Pokémon GO debuts.

The Pokémon Company International has announced that Pokémon: The Arceus Chronicles will be available for streaming on-demand on Netflix from September 23rd. This 4-part special episodes of Pokémon Journeys: The Series features Ash and Pikachu returning to the Sinnoh region, along with Goh, and meeting up with Dawn, Brock, and Cynthia, to stop Team Plasma from bringing back Cyrus back to the real-world. Pokémon: The Arceus Chronicles was first available in Japan on Amazon Prime Video as "Arceus: The One Called God". Netflix is exclusively handling the streaming release of this mini-series outside of Asia.

The Hoenn chapter of the Villain Arc comes to a conclusion this week with the debut of Sygna Suit Steven & Deoxys. Also running this week are a new Egg Event focused on Fire- and Ground-Types, plus a selection of regular recurring rallies and events.

The official Japanese Pokémon Café ReMix Twitter account has announced that Hisuian Zorua and Jolteon will each be arriving in-game in two separate events that will be held later this month. Hisuian Zorua's event will start on August 12th, while Jolteon's event will start on the 22nd.

After the joint success of Trainers in the Pokémon GO Fest 2022 Sapporo event and the global tie-in event of completing 30,000,000 Field Research tasks, the Ultra Unlock bonuses will now be available for the Bug Out! event and the Galarian Zigzagoon Community Day.

As the heat of Summer blazes on, Pokémon Masters EX continues its current run of Hoenn linked Spotlight Scouts, with the Masters EX debut of Courtney & Camerupt. Cobalion is also returning to the Legendary Arena until August 18th.

The Pokémon Company has announced a series of distribution gifts that movie-goers can receive when they watch the re-airing of previous Pokémon movies: Pokémon Heroes: Latios and Latias, Jirachi: Wish Maker and The Rise of Darkrai in Japanese theaters that are taking place as part of the Summer Memories GET! 25 years of Pokémon Film Festival (夏の思い出、ゲットだぜ！25周年ポケモン映画祭). Codes to redeem Pokémon in-game will only be available while stock lasts, and can be claimed in Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield until September 30th this year.

The Pokémon Company has announced that every Friday between August 12th to September 16th, a different passcode will be announced during the Japanese broadcast of Pokémon Journeys: The Series (Pocket Monsters in Japan). These passcodes allow Trainers to receive 5 of Ash's Pokémon from the anime, Dracovish, Dragonite, Gengar, Sirfetch'd, and Lucario, via Mystery Gift in Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield.

ExCeL London, the venue for the 2022 Pokémon World Championships, has released details on several side events that fans attending the World Championships as spectators will be able to enjoy. Many of these activities appear to be particularly geared towards younger fans, and to older fans who may be bringing their children along with them to the event.

Niantic has announced that the Bug Out! event will be returning to Pokémon GO between August 10th at 10:00am to August 16th at 8:00pm local time. Grubbin, Charjabug, Vikavolt, and Mega Scizor will all be making their Pokémon GO debuts as part of this year's event.

Several events hav started in Pokémon Café ReMix alongside game's Version 3.20 update, including the return of Mewtwo, the debut of Latias, Special Challenges, and more. The Pokémon Presents presentation livestreamed on August 3rd also revealed that Latios will be making its own debut in Pokémon Café ReMix in the near future.

The Pokémon Presents which aired August 3rd has revealed a raft of new information about Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet, with a little over half the run time of the video presentation being devoted to these highly anticipated games. In this post, we'll give a wrap-up of everything revealed in the video, and in the updates to the official Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet website which went up after the video ended.

The recent regular monthly update from Pokémon Masters EX producers Yu Sasaki and Tetsuya Iguchi gave us our first information on new major content, the Trainer Lodge, that would be coming to Pokémon Masters EX in end-August. After the Pokémon Presents presentation broadcasted August 3rd, we now know that N, Rosa, and Professor Sycamore will each be featured members of the Trainer Lodge, where they'll be joined by six other trainers.

During the Pokémon Presents presentation broadcasted on August 3rd, it was revealed that the Ultra Beasts Nihilego, Pheromosa, Buzzwole, and Xurkitree, which appeared in the Pokémon GO Fest 2022 worldwide event, Berlin event, Seattle event, and the Sapporo event respectively, will be appear again in the Pokémon GO Fest 2022: Finale event. The event will be held on August 27th, from 10am to 6pm local time, and will be available for players worldwide.