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The new Galarian Expedition event brings four new Shinies to Pokémon GO… but will three of them be impossible to catch? Galarian Birds and Zamazenta in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Here's what's happening for the Galarian Expedition event in Pokémon GO: Date and time: Friday, October 4, at 10:00 a.m[...]

Galarian Starters are coming to Pokémon GO, along with a new Dragon so rare that it may be a while before you see it The Galar rollout begins with the new GO All Out event. Galarian Starters and Dreepin in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Here's what's happening for the GO All Out event in Pokémon GO: Date and time:[...]

Our monthly Pokémon TCG Value Watch series observes Sword & Shield Base Set, the first-ever Galar-themed expansion, in December 2023.

However, September 2023 saw Niantic completely pass over the Galar region and move on to Scarlet & Violet's Paldea region Why? Let's take a look at the situation. Zacian & Zamazenta in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic First, there is an interesting thing to note about Niantic's history of releases There was a small batch of Galar Pokémon[...]

Credit: Pokémon TCG The first three Full Art Trainer Supporters featured in the Sword & Shield – Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery subset are: Friends in Galar illustrated by Sanosuke Sakuma Gordie, who hilariously gets another Full Art after the hate for the first one from Sword & Shield – Evolving Skies, by Ryuta Fuse Judge by Ryuta Fuse The Friends in Galar Full Art is[...]

These Galar Knock Out Collections contain three reprint cards from the Sword & Shield era featuring Galarian Obstagoon from Sword & Shield – Fusion Strike, Galarian Slowking from Sword & Shield – Chilling Reign, and Dragapult once again from Sword & Shield – Fusion Strike. The cards will be rendered in galaxy foil[...]

During this time, most Gyms in the game will pop Tier Five raids featuring the Fairy-type Legendary from Galar Zacian is currently sharing a raid rotation with Zamazenta that is running August 18th, 2022, through Thursday, September 1st, 2022 (The one exception is this coming Saturday during the Pokémon GO Fest 2022: Finale event During[...]

This game takes place in the Galar region,  a region that is based somewhat loosely on the British Isles Beyond this, the game has two expansions to it: the Isle of Armor and the Crown Tundra While the base game allows you to capture about 200 different Pokémon creatures, the two expansions together effectively double[...]

This game takes place in the Galar region,  a region that is based somewhat loosely on the British Isles Beyond this, the game has two expansions to it: the Isle of Armor and the Crown Tundra While the base game allows you to capture about 200 different Pokémon creatures, the two expansions together effectively double[...]

The 2022 Pokémon World Championships begin this week. Pokémon GO celebrates with a battle-themed event, which brings back the Galarian Legendaries Zacian and Zamazenta along with Mega Slowbro and a collection of event-themed Tier Three Raids With this Raid Guide, you can prepare a team to take on and defeat Zamazenta, perfect your catching strategy, and[...]

The 2022 Pokémon World Championships begin this week. Pokémon GO celebrates with a battle-themed event, which brings back the Galarian Legendaries Zacian and Zamazenta along with Mega Slowbro and a collection of event-themed Tier Three Raids With this Raid Guide, you can prepare a team to take on and defeat Zacian, perfect your catching strategy, and[...]

New Pokémon TCG merch featuring the Galar Friends, including fan-favorite breakout trainer Marnie, will be released by the Pokémon Center Japan on December 10th This is part of the promotional run for the new high-class set VMAX Climax which includes a Secret Rare Full Art Trainer card of the Galar Friends. December 2021 merch[...]

Pacific Time. Comes with its sync grid expanded and can reach a 6★EX Potential rating, which increases the strength of their sync move. Legendary Event featuring Hop & Zamazenta Add the Steel-type sync pair of Hop & Zamazenta to your team. To do so, complete the Legendary Event: Howling Shield of Eternity. Join Galarian Trainers Gloria, Hop, and Leon to[...]

The third and final part of Ultra Unlock 2021 will hit us with an even heavier dose of sparkles with a major wave of Galarian Shinies Let's take a look at what'll be available. Guardians Rising Shinies in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic The Shinies that will enter Pokémon GO as part of the Ultra Unlock Part Three: Sword[...]

Niantic has announced that, due to an oddity in time caused by the mischievous Mythical Pokémon Hoopa, a portal has opened allowed some Galarian species to arrive in Pokémon GO long before the full Generation Eight reveal Let's take a look at each of the species that will be available during the upcoming Ultra Unlock Part[...]

Yesterday, Niantic announced the arrival of Zacian and Zamazenta for Ultra Unlock Part Three in Pokémon GO. This arrival of Galarian Legendaries, as well as the addition of Galarian species Wooloo, Skwovet, and Falinks, came as a huge shock to the game's community As soon as the announcement came out, the memes followed[...]

We saw Galarian Weezing launch in Pokémon GO not too long after the release of Generation Eight in the main series games and now have Galarian Zigzagoon, Meowth, Ponyta, Fartfetch'd, and more What we haven't seen yet, though, is the release of Galarian variants of Legendary Pokémon With Niantic's release patterns, though, it's an almost sure[...]

This includes Matchless Fighter, Japan's March 2021 set that features the Galarian Legendary Birds, Blaziken, and Galarian Slowking as well as two upcoming sets which will release in Japan in April: Silver Lance and Jet Black Poltergeist Damn, Japanse sets of the Pokémon TCG get cool names! Silver Lance and Jet Black Poltergeist will feature Calyrex, a Legendary Pokémon introduced[...]

This set, which we reported on earlier, will focus on the new Legendary Pokémon released in The Crown Tundra, including Calyrex in both of its forms as well as the Galarian Forms of Generation One's Legendary Birds. Chilling Reign, which releases on June 19th, 2021 will continue the trend of alternate art cards that March 2021's expansion, Sword[...]

Let's take a look at the First Partner Pack: Galar, the first release of a planned eight-part set. First Partner Pack: Galar contents Credit: Pokémon TCG The Contents The First Partner Packs come with three oversized cards featuring the Starter Pokémon of each generation It begins with the Galar pack, which is in stores now and will count down through[...]

This marks the first time that a trainer and Pokémon pair from the Galar region, which introduced Generation Eight, wil be included in Pokémon Masters EX In addition to this, DeNA Co., Ltd went on to announce upcoming events Let's get into it. Gloria and Zacian image Credit: Pokémon Masters EX In an official press release, made in[...]

The Pokémon Company International announced today that new merchandise focusing on the Galar region is now available. The Pokémon TCG Champion's Path Expansion merchandise Credit: Pokémon Company International The current wave of this expansion includes: The Champion's Path Pin Collection, which includes pins based on Milo's Turffield Gym, Nessa's Hulbury Gym, and Kabu's Motostoke Gym The Champion's Path Elite[...]

Who wears a top hat, chain-smokes, and dances around your phone screen? Nope, it's not your cringiest high school buddy's TikTok account: it's Galarian Weezing, the first Generation Eight Pokémon to ever appear in Pokémon GO Galarian Weezing, a Poison/Fairy-type Pokémon, is currently a Tier Four Raid Boss[...]