PokeProblemsPodcast

Episode 141: The heartless hundred and forty-first episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Pokemon Go is having a Special Rayquaza Raid weekend this weekend until March 18th. March 23rd is Treecko Community Day, and Deoxys Defense Forme will be coming to raid battles on March 25th. The newest A Day with Pikachu Funko Pop, "Rainy Day Pikachu", has been revealed! Miz Sylver finally found Pokemon Cookies! Pokémon: The Power of Us is out on physical media on March 19th New Detective Pikachu Pokemon TCG cards are coming April 5, 2019. Check out which stores will be participating in Free Comic Book Day on May 4th! The list of free comics includes a Pokemon comic! Nintendo is setting up a Pokémon Play Zone! during Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle this weekend, through March 17 at the Hyatt Regency in Seattle. https://splatoonus.tumblr.com/post/183308760703/its-a-fantasy-fracas-in-the-latest-splatfest The Super Smash Bros. Ultimate North America Open 2019 and Splatoon 2 North America Inkling Open 2019 both take place on March 30 at the PAX Arena at PAX East! Miz Sylver and the Wolf Doctor are hosting the Pokemon Feud at PAX East this year! Thursday, March 28th at 9 PM in the Condor Theatre! Smite News! It's the Ides of March (until March 17th). Get a Roman Pantheon avatar for first win of the day. Smite is having Community Skin Contest! Submit your ideas by March 26th. Uniqlo's latest collaboration is for Street Fighter! Pre-orders for physical copies of The Messenger for PS4 and Switch start March 19th. Final Fantasy: Distant Worlds Concert arrives on April 5th at 8 pm at Boston Symphony Hall. Tickets were still available at the time of recording! Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know! Follow @pokemoncast Tweet!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');

Episode 140: The funky one hundred and fortieth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! We talk Pokemon Day, and all the free things you can still get, like Meltan and Melmetal wallpaper and printable cards. Dialga is here as a raid boss until March 28th! Smeargle is here in Pokemon Go! The Singapore Safari Zoneis happening Thursday, April 18, to Monday April 22. PokeBall Classics are here! Class it up with PokeBall inspired accessories that are subtle and, dare I say it, work appropriate! You can still get the Big G Pokemon TCG cards! And the cookies, too! Sun & Moon: Ultra Legends premiers March 23rd in the US! (Canadian fans can catch it on Teletoon on March 2, 2019. Yes, that's today!) MewTwo Strikes Back: Evolution (a CGI remake of Pokémon: The First Movie) is coming "soon". Detective Pikachu - New Trailer! Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield is coming in late 2019 exclusively on the Nintendo Switch™ system. Head to Galar and pick Grookey, Scorbunny, or Sobble as your starter! You can win a Battle Pass in the Smite Switch Picture Contest. And pick up your Twitch Prime Loot with King Arthur! Check out Baptiste on the Overwatch PTR. We know Miz Sylver and the Wolf Doctor will be checking him out... Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know! Follow @pokemoncast Tweet!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');

Episode 139: The hilarious hundred and thirty-ninth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! This week we talk news. Pokemon GO keeps going! Today, February 23rd, is Clamperl Limited Research Day. It's Latias raid day until February 25th. Starting on February 26th, a Team Medallion will be available for purchase, which will allow you to change teams. The improved AR Snapshot features are here! The Pokemon TCG Trade and Play Day is happening this weekend, check online to see if it's at a store near you. A Pokémon Let’s Go Steelbook is now available at Best Buy. The Pokemon TV App is new and improved, and you can now watch the most recent movie, The Power of Us, on the app. Pokémon Day itself is February 27. There are lots of events and special merch! Reggie is being replaced by Bowser! SMITE is officially launched on Switch, and cross-platform play is happening. Also, an awesome new god, Jormungandr, is in the works... Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know! Bon voyage!

Episode 138: The happy hundred and thirty-eighth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Featuring the creators of Skellboy, Chris, Bjoern, and Sabaku of Umaiki Games. From their start as gamers (including an Amstrad CPC, have you heard of this listeners?), to getting picked up by Fabraz who is making their dreams of bringing Skellboy to Nintendo Switch come true, we talk to the crew about the quest for Skell-glory! The Umaiki crew will be at PAX East in Boston next month to demo Skellboy, make sure to stop by and check out this fun, cute, and witty game! Get news and previews by following the Skellboy team on Twitter: Follow @UmaikiGamesFollow @BjoernMeansBearFollow @ChrisScheidigFollow @sabbi_tabbiFollow @Fabrazz And of course, we talk news: Community Day featured Mamoswine with stat-boosting Ancient Power. Did you get one? The Valentine's Day Event is going on until February 19th! Pokemon TCG Trade and Play Day is happening February 23 and 24. Get an oversize booster pack while supplies last! Don't have Pokemon Let's Go yet? Get the demo in the eShop! Check out this Nintendo Direct live reaction video from friend of the show KirbyGCN17: Team Waffle is the winner! Anubis strikes again! Watch Unboxing an Emote Chest with Anubis! Thanks Smack =D from mzsylver on www.twitch.tv Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know! Follow @pokemoncast Tweet!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');

Jonathan Anglin of Laboratory H, a new game design studio! They just completed their first Kickstarter for Dark Domains, which is shipping this spring! He tells us how he got into board-gaming with the Columbus Area Boardgaming Society, starting Laboratory H with Jeff and Carla Horger, all the complications of running a games studio and producing their first game (Dark Domains)! Check out Laboratory H's Instagram. Any questions for Jonathan? You can email him at [email protected]. We also talk news! Pokemon GO is piling on the events! The Lunar New Year Event is until February 13. It's friendship weekend until February 11. And, there's a chance of shiny Meltan through March 4. Pillsbury Pokémon Cookies are a thing, but where?!?!?! Miz Sylver needs them... Funko Pop is doing Pokemon! Bulbasaur and a year of Pikachus! This weekend's Splatfest is Pancakes v Waffles! https://splatoonus.tumblr.com/post/182613462905/the-big-breakfast-splatfest-is-right-around-the Starting on February 15th, there's a new Switch bundle that includes a $35 eShop credit! Yo Kai Watch 3 is out now! Happy Launch Day, North America! To celebrate, here's your chance to get some of the playing card Yo-kai! You may not encounter them immediately, but they'll be waiting to test your skills. #yokaiwatch3 pic.twitter.com/rqvaSey0FA— YO-KAI WATCH (@YokaiWatchNews) February 8, 2019 Coca-Cola is now the official non-alcoholic beverage of Overwatch. Winter Fantasy is happening right now through Sunday, February 10 in Fort Wayne, IN Feb 6-10, Fort Wayne, IN Boston FIG Talks are happening today, while Boston FIG Learns are happening tomorrow, February 10. And, in honor of our conversation with Jonathan, we've put together a Twitter poll! Will this be our most controversial poll ever??? Which sci-fi "Star" is best? #StarWars #StarTrek #pokeproblems— PokeProblems (@pokemoncast) February 9, 2019 Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know! Follow @pokemoncast Tweet!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');

Episode 136: A spectacular special episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Our special guest tonight is Sam Elizondo of the LFG Cybercafe. Sam was our guest last year, and in that interview he (foolishly?) agreed to come back a year later for a followup on how the cafe is doing! (Hear that interview.) We get his updates on the success at the cafe. If you are San Antonio local looking for a place to game, head to their website or check out the store in person at 5500 Babcock Road, Suite 118, in San Antonio, Texas 78240. Follow them all over the place! Follow @lfgcybercafeJoin their Discord! Check out their Facebook page. Smash with them on Sundays. They even have an Insta! Special shout out to Nerd Focus! We also talk news! Palkia is now in raids for Pokemon Go. Miz Sylver caught all the legendary birds in the Smash Spirit Board event. How'd you do? Piranha Plant is now in Smash Ultimate! For those of you who haven't checked this yet Viridi is OD pic.twitter.com/kGOlbWKzMs— John Numbers (@JohnNumbers) January 30, 2019 Uniqlo in Japan has cute Super Mario Family Museum and Splatoon shirts coming out soon! Paris is playable in the Overwatch Public Test Region! Chance encounters lead to novel beginnings. Get whisked away to Paris soon on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. pic.twitter.com/PGrVKw4JdH— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) January 30, 2019Overwatch LEGOS! Miz Sylver talks PAX South! Highlights include: Jump ForceADHD - A Duel Hand Disaster. Remember our interview with the talented JC???Secret NeighborPopulation One in VR Skellboy Resident Evil 2Killer QueenJust Shapes & Beats Windjammers for SwitchNight Trap! (For Switch, PS4, Vita, PC!) The MessengerOcarina of Time: 20 Years and Counting Panel. Houston Gaymers PAX South Party. (Follow @HoustonGaymers) Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know! Follow @pokemoncast Tweet!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');

Swinub community day is February 16th! Detective Pikachu goodies including TCG sets and hats! And "Sitting Cuties" plushes! The Wii Shop is closing forever on January 30... Check out this article by Jonathan Holmes about the best picks! Nintendo is hosting the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Splatoon 2 North American Open. The first Smash qualifiers start February 2, and the Splatting starts February 9... Get signed up! It's the Overwatch Lunar New Year event... with Capture the Flag! Through February 18th. Rhythm games are back in a big way... Check out this Engadget article featuring Miz Sylver's buddy Prince David! First look of the gold DDR 20th Anniversary Cab with @CHRS4LFE

Episode 134: the hyper hundred and thirty-fourth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! This is the PAX South preview edition! It's Hoenn celebration time until January 29th! And Saturday January 19th is Feebas research day! Until March 30, get Pokemon TCG cards (including foils!) in specially marked boxes of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Lucky Charms, Cocoa Puffs, Trix, and Reese's Peanut Butter Puffs. New re-releases! Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D and Star Fox 64 3D are out as Nintendo Selects! Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story + Bowser Jr.’s Journey is coming out for 3DS. And now on the Switch, New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe which comes with the more challenging New Super Luigi U. On January 24th... Coming to Switch... YES MIZ SYLVER IS GOING TO BUY IT AGAIN! SMITE for Switch! The characters from Weekly Shonen Jump are coming to Jump Force, an awesome fighting game for PC, XBox One, and PS4 on February 15, 2019! You can enter to win a trip to Japan with their Cup Noodle promotion through June 30, 2019! Jump Force & @OrigCupNoodles go together like Naruto & ramen! Pick up specially marked #JumpForce packs of Nissin Cup Noodles (available in stores now) & enter for a chance to win a trip to Japan -- the birthplace of manga & Cup Noodles. More info: https://t.co/B1A4agAyJ4 pic.twitter.com/yUjeAQgfRO— Bandai Namco US (@BandaiNamcoUS) January 14, 2019 Massachusetts area folks! Super League Gaming is doing its college tour, focused on League of Legends, coming to a place near you. 1/26 - UMASS Amherst (Miz Sylver should be there!)2/09 - Boston University2/23 - Boston College3/02 - Last Stop: Balance PatchMore dates will be announced, so if your school isn't mentioned, check back to the Facebook! And now... PAX SOUTH! It's happening today, January 18, through Sunday, January 20th! Miz Sylver is hosting the Team Bowser vs, Team Zelda Game Show, Saturday 9:30 pm - 10:30 pm in the Falcon Theatre. Watch it live on the PAX2 twitch channel... Watch live video from PAX2 on www.twitch.tv I want to go to the SMASH panel! On Saturday the 19th, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm, in the Cactus Theatre.Headup Games is part of this year's PAX South Pin Quest! Find them at Booth #10259.Playing Pokemon Ultra Sun or Ultra Moon? Challenge the PAX Pokemon League! And also, the Wolf Doctor creates new internet words. Brog! Bowser! Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know! Follow @pokemoncast Tweet!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');

Episode 133: The terrific hundred and thirty-third episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! January's PokeNews! Today (January 12) is Totodile Community Day. Next Saturday, January 19, is a special Feebas Research Day. With a chance of shiny! New Pokémon Go outfits, unlockable with Trainer Battle medals! Do you have what it takes to be an Ace Trainer? How about a true Veteran? Show off your Trainer Battle prowess with brand-new avatar items featuring the styles of Ace Trainers from the Unova and Alola regions and Veterans from the Kalos region! #GOBattle pic.twitter.com/6tGgdDGOmd— Pokémon GO is ready to #GOBattle❗ (@PokemonGoApp) January 9, 2019 A new Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon mystery gift is available until September 2, which contains rare berries! How did you fare in the Family versus Friends Splatfest??? On January 16, Blaster Master and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link come to Switch online! Yoshi's Crafted World is coming to the Switch on March 29th, while Kirby's Epic Yarn is being remastered as Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn for 3DS, coming out March 8! The Arthurian Pantheon is coming to SMITE! King Arthur is here, Merlin is coming soon, too! Participate in Ana's Bastet Challenge in Overwatch through January 21! Miz Sylver talks arcade games after her visit to Round 1 in Bloomingdale, IL. Miz Sylver will be hosting a PAX South Panel, Nintendo Feud: Team Bowser vs. Team Zelda, Saturday, January 19, at 9:30 PM in the Falcon (Punch) Theatre! Take the survey to be one of the "Survey Says!" gamers, and enter the drawing to be on the panel too! If you can't be there in person, this panel will be streaming live on the PAX2 twitch channel! Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know! Follow @pokemoncast Tweet!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');

Episode 132: The excellent hundred and thirty-second episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! This week is more awesome news! Pokemon GO! Totodile community day will be on January 12, 2019 2:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. EST... But there's a lot going on right now! Heatran is out and about in raids until January 15, the Pokemon Go holiday event is happening as we speak, until January 2, with increased snow and holiday pokemon and cool bonuses changing every few days, and Attack Forme Deoxys is now in EX raids! Get a Mystery Gift in Pokémon Ultra Sun, Pokémon Ultra Moon, Pokémon Sun, and Pokémon Moon that contains an Enigma Berry, a Micle Berry, a Custap Berry, a Jaboca Berry, and a Rowap Berry. Get it January 7, 2019 (8:00 p.m. PST), to September 2, 2019 (4:59 p.m. PST). Miz Sylver and Team Heroes got defeated by awesome Team Villains in the latest Splatfest! Enter the Nintendo Switch Diablo III Eternal Collection contest by January 5th. The New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe for Switch comes out January 11, 2019. Receive a bonus of 300 My Nintendo Gold Points when you pre-purchase the digital version of the New Super Mario Bros. Monster Hunter World Iceborne Weapon Design Contest is open until February 6, 2019. Design weapons AND/OR Palico weapons and armor! The Wolf Doctor shall not forget the PS4 Pro Kingdom Hearts III bundle! Coming out January 29! Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know! Follow @pokemoncast Tweet!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');