Regional Variants: A Pokémon Podcast

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Hello Regional Variants fans! I hope you are all excited for today's episode! We have a special collaboration between the Regional Variants and the 0-2 Drop.

This was a fun episode to record, and we hope you all enjoy listening through it. Some disclaimers (Chris-Claimers), there are a few sensitive topics and suggestive topics that are briefly discussed. So fair warning to all of our listeners.

And towards the end of the episode it becomes a bit tougher to record since it was late into the night for us.

We hope you enjoy!

Chris Marr: @TheMarrster (twitter)
themarrster (Instagram

Mark: (Twitter) https://x.com/ComradeClownVGC?s=20

(YouTube) https://youtube.com/@comradeclownvgc?si=aeAfJKNOEWfGnkUB

TCG AI Article: https://www.pokebeach.com/2026/06/the-pokemon-company-launches-ai-competition-to-build-the-strongest-pokemon-tcg-player-featuring-300000-in-prizes

Patreon: patreon.com/regionalvariants

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Opening and Closing Theme: "Bit Mac" by Nu Alkemi$t (ep 1 - 46)
"Chillwave Serenity" by Movavi (ep 47 onward)

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Pokémon Worlds Events
https://www.mlb.com/giants/tickets/specials/pokemon-worlds-night

Lego News & "Leaked Sets"
https://www.reddit.com/r/PokeLeaks/s/IosAStvZTX

https://www.pokebeach.com/2026/05/lego-announces-five-finalists-for-pokemon-tcg-card-building-contest-voting-now-open

Pokémon Aerospace News
https://x.com/pokemon_cojp/status/2059847132455018600?s=46&t=Tg-glGx6PsdGZMs7gifWLg

https://www.ana.co.jp/ja/jp/promotion/pokemonjet/

TPCI 

https://www.pokebeach.com/2026/05/pokemonxp-wont-take-place-every-year

TCG

https://www.pokebeach.com/2026/05/tpci-has-banned-sales-of-graded-slabs-and-pokemon-center-products-at-events

https://www.pokebeach.com/2026/05/pokemon-tcg-printed-10-billion-cards-in-2025-as-overwhelming-demand-outpaced-production-capacity

https://www.pokebeach.com/2026/05/pokemon-japan-to-implement-government-id-verification-for-pokemon-tcg-purchases-on-pokemon-center-online

https://www.pokebeach.com/2026/05/30th-celebration-set-to-include-pikachu-in-every-pack-reveal-likely-coming-within-the-next-week

https://www.pokebeach.com/2026/05/archeops-promo-to-be-given-out-at-chicagos-pokemon-fossil-museum

https://www.pokebeach.com/2026/05/first-partner-illustration-collections-wave-2-starter-pokemon-promos-revealed-for-johto-unova-and-paldea

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Opening and Closing Theme: "Bit Mac" by Nu Alkemi$t (ep 1 - 46)
"Chillwave Serenity" by Movavi (ep 47 onward)

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Airbus Photo Credit: Chu Pei-hsiung, Taipei Times

Target Merch: https://www.target.com/c/pokemon-x-target/-/N-x3oll

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXH4dvhDDuP/?igsh=dG90MDFiN3J0dGgx

Zavvi: https://us.zavvi.com/c/franchises/pokemon/

Pokémon Orlando Regional Championships 2026: https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/23725

https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/23725

https://x.com/firestar73_/status/2046661631925444906?s=46&t=Tg-glGx6PsdGZMs7gifWLg

Pokémon All Stars 1025: https://x.com/pokemon_cojp/status/2046944645591044209?s=46&t=Tg-glGx6PsdGZMs7gifWLg

Hatsune Miku: https://x.com/pokemon_cojp/status/2030941413240701317?s=46&t=Tg-glGx6PsdGZMs7gifWLg

China Airlines Airbus A350 - 900: 

https://x.com/gmeister117/status/2039942267008696706?s=46&t=Tg-glGx6PsdGZMs7gifWLg

https://x.com/airplusnews/status/2039903748017758384?s=46&t=Tg-glGx6PsdGZMs7gifWLg

(Scale Model): https://www.scalemodelstore.com/model/15746/ANA_All_Nippon_Airways_(Pok%C3%A9mon)-Boeing_747-400.html

Pokémon Pocket: https://tcgpocket.pokemon.com/en-us/

Pokémon Night Out: https://30.pokemon.com/en-us/night-out/?utm_source=ptcnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20260413&utm_term=night-out-launch&utm_content=417562&subid=104818075 

Chaos Rising: https://www.pokebeach.com/2026/04/many-chaos-rising-english-cards-revealed-all-cut-and-added-cards-now-known

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Opening and Closing Theme: "Bit Mac" by Nu Alkemi$t (ep 1 - 46)
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Sign up for Pokémon Worlds on April 2nd!!: https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/play-pokemon-competitions-transition-to-pokemon-champions-on-april-and-may-2026

PSA Scandal Video Coverage: https://youtu.be/iiJyKOSu92w?si=S1baIzcJCqXCRYNq

There are other content creators that cover this topic. But I wanted to at least highlight this content creator for their ingenuity. 

Pokémon Center Japan: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/pokemon-shop-employee-stabbed-death-tokyos-commercial-district-2026-03-26/

Pokémon Champions:  

https://www.pokebeach.com/2026/03/pokemon-champions-to-launch-on-april-8th

https://victoryroad.pro/champions-regulations/

Known meta Pokémon for Champions ^

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Opening and Closing Theme: "Bit Mac" by Nu Alkemi$t (ep 1 - 46)
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Happy Pokémon Day to all you beautiful listeners. Apologies for the rusty intro. It has been a while. This is your Host Gmeister (Matt) and HandsomeGarbage(Hovey) coming back with a fun prediction and Pokémon Day coverage episode.

Please enjoy our special guest appearances from ZimmyKid, JetForceGemini(name pending change), and TacoDog8.

Hit us up on our socials and email with any likes or dislikes from Pokémon Day.

Pokémon Day Video (Nintendo)

https://youtu.be/Dh2WcRJOVPU?si=XLtSEBDk6N3ZCkR6

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Opening and Closing Theme: "Bit Mac" by Nu Alkemi$t (ep 1 - 46)
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Welcome back you lovely Regional Variant listeners & fans! We appreciate your patience while we went through the most chaotic holiday season we have ever had in the history of Regional Variants. But fret not, we are back this year stronger than ever.

We hope you enjoy listening to our special guest this week. He is a professional Pokemon Go player, Shout caster (announcer) for the Play! Pokémon Go circuit, and has a unique YouTube channel in the Go scene.

Down below you will find his links to his socials: 

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@Reis2TheOccasion

X: Chris Reisner or https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=channel_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1JMOGF5b2VTZ0h6ZzFPSk5HbUczaUtXSkVvUXxBQ3Jtc0ttV1loZGtsTFc5NFNVRFZPN0ttMkg1REh3clgzbms1Q3ZHR1ZiSmtfTWl6NkNPWGwxa0ZKTERGTkd6aURXQW1MTk82a3o4alpqQlVrM0pwM05oNU1MOVdENzBQREZ1X0M5SjB3Vmw0bV9ZVUZkN3cxOA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FReis2Occasion

Twitch: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=channel_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbm16VDVrc1hWUjVBeXVhOGZQWG45Uy1RZ3RaZ3xBQ3Jtc0trNlN3MW5CTkF5VkpBcmZwRjcwZzl1OEh3N2ZwOHpaMVhKdUQ5RlY3REhPUFNHS2J5NzlwbTNDY0RLd2Q3cDNSem1zV2YwRjRkVFZqSHVUV05ndm1Wb09BT2cyZjhyZ0cyc3BhZThLTUJLYW9yRklVOA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitch.tv%2Freis2occasion

Perfect Order TCG: https://www.pokebeach.com/2026/01/perfect-order-product-lineup-revealed

McDonald's Collab: https://www.pokebeach.com/2025/12/mcdonalds-pokemon-tcg-promotion-coming-to-the-u-s-for-franchises-30th-anniversary

Pokémon Lego Collab: https://www.serebii.net/lego/

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Opening and Closing Theme: "Bit Mac" by Nu Alkemi$t (ep 1 - 46)
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Happy PokeWeen ya'll! I hope you all have a cozy and safe Halloween!

We'll cover some PokeWeen in the next episode.

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Opening and Closing Theme: "Bit Mac" by Nu Alkemi$t (ep 1 - 46)
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New Shiny Legendaries:

https://x.com/serebiinet/status/1966372663259242503?s=46&t=Tg-glGx6PsdGZMs7gifWLg

https://x.com/serebiinet/status/1966291194859676125?s=46&t=Tg-glGx6PsdGZMs7gifWLg

https://x.com/phillybeatzu/status/1971648760133701797?s=46&t=Tg-glGx6PsdGZMs7gifWLg

Legends Z-A LATAM Promotion: 

https://x.com/pokemonlatam/status/1971404148081115369?s=46&t=Tg-glGx6PsdGZMs7gifWLg

https://x.com/carlosc34566529/status/1971427894867231115?s=46&t=Tg-glGx6PsdGZMs7gifWLg

TCG Shenanigans: 

https://x.com/gmeister117/status/1963574291686961472?s=46&t=Tg-glGx6PsdGZMs7gifWLg

https://x.com/moore33gaming/status/1967681478143381637?s=46&t=Tg-glGx6PsdGZMs7gifWLg

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Hello Regional Variants' enjoyers and listeners. This is your Host Matt (GMEISTER) just checking in with everyone. It's a small update in what is to come this month leading up to the release of Legends Z-A, we hope you all are excited!

Thank you for checking in and we'll catch you in the next episode!

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Opening and Closing Theme: "Bit Mac" by Nu Alkemi$t (ep 1 - 46)
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Hello Regional Variant listeners; this week Hovey and Matt have a special coverage of the recent Nintendo Direct. Please join us for an in depth break down on what we are looking forward to and the "controversy" with the new DLC announcements.

There are some links listed bellow for your leisurely viewing. Please view links while you are stationary. Be safe and have a wonderful September!

Nintendo Direct: 

https://www.youtube.com/live/tWIEv_aksvo?si=a3zRzjSIPVGBnpQI

Pokopia: 

https://pokejungle.net/2025/09/12/pokemon-pokopia-and-new-legends-z-a-information-and-dlc-announced-during-todays-nintendo-direct/

Legends Z-A: 

https://legends.pokemon.com/en-us/story-world/pokemon

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Opening and Closing Theme: "Bit Mac" by Nu Alkemi$t (ep 1 - 46)
"Chillwave Serenity" by Movavi (ep 47 onward)