Looks like Pokémon is soaring into the cosmic solar system! Or, at least making an appearance during a New Year’s Eve International Space Station livestream. Shinja, Dunks, and Brews discuss the speculation and theories regarding this Pokémon cameo as well as the culture & history of Pokémon remakes. We also cover the future of TCG “wave” releases, an update on the staff promo discontinuation story, a new Japanese Cynthia tournament promo, and more. For Pokémon Go we go over the details for the New Year’s event and all of the upcoming January events, as well as the North Face x Gucci collab. We quickly recap the recent winter themed Sword & Shield max raid battle event before discussing the Pokémon job openings that Tencent posted. We close the show with a review of episode 5 of the Indigo League!

Talking Points:

0:0 Introductions

01:50 International Space Station Stream

10:42 Pokémon TCG News

32:28 Pokémon Go News

45:27 Pokémon Sword & Shield Winter Max Raid Battle Event Recap

47:32 Tencent Pokémon Consultant Job Positions

53:28 Indigo League Episode 5

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