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Pokémon Sleep's next Good Sleep Day event will run from Wednesday May 22nd through to Friday May 24th, during the first week of the Entei Research event. Good Sleep Day events are being held in Pokémon Sleep once every lunar month, starting the day before the full moon, and ending the day after. As usual, a Good Sleep Day Bundle will be available from the in-game shop alongside this event.

Pokémon Masters EX's latest High Score Event, Water and Fairy Conqueror, is launching today alongside two new Scouts featuring Water- and Fairy-type Sync Pairs. Both the event and these scouts will run through to May 20th, at 10:59pm (PDT).

The next past generation first partner evolution to appear in special Tera Raids in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet will be the Soloist Pokémon Primarina, who will be making its first appearance in 7-star Black Crystal Tera Raid Battles between May 10th 5th at Midnight (UTC), and May 12th at 11:59pm (UTC), with a follow-up appearance one week later from May 17th at Midnight (UTC), and May 19th at 11:59pm (UTC). Blissey will also be appearing more frequently in 5-star Tera Raid Battles during the second week of this event.

A limited-time distribution of a Flutter Mane was announced for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet during the livestream of the 2024 Korean Pokémon Trainers Cup. This Iron Hands is based on the one used by Shin Yeo-myeong in 2023 Korean Pokémon Trainers Cup. This distribution will remain available only until May 7th, at 11:59pm (KST) / 2:59pm (UTC).

The A Golden Future Story Event that originally ran for Pokémon Masters EX's 40 million download celebration is receiving its second re-run today for the final day of the Japanese Golden Week holiday. Sygna Suit Morty & Ho-oh, who first made their debut alongside the original run of this Story Event, are also making a return in a new Poké Fair Scout. Both the event and scout will be available until May 19th, at 10:59pm (PDT).

The next Pokémon Trading Card Game subset for Japan was revealed during today's Pokémon Champion's League stream. The Night Wanderer subset will be released in Japan on Friday June 7th. Today's stream has also given fans their first look at a selection of cards from this set, including Pokémon ex cards for each of the Loyal Three originally introduced in The Teal Mask expansion for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, as well as Neutral Center, the game's first Ace Spec Stadium card.

As announced at the end of last month, Sleep Researchers will soon be getting another opportunity to observe the sleep styles of a Legendary Pokémon in Pokémon Sleep, with the two week long Entei Research event scheduled to commence Monday May 20th at 4:00am local time, and running through to Monday June 3rd at 3:59am local time.

After almost two months of waiting, the official @PokeMikuVOLTAGE account on X (formerly Twitter) has announced that the first additional song of Project VOLTAGE, After Epochs (アフターエポックス) by sasakure.UK, will be making its premiere next week, Friday May 10th, at 6:30pm (JST) / 9:30am (UTC) / 1:30am (PST). As with past songs, the music video is expected to be posted on the artist's own official YouTube channel.

A brand new villain is arriving in Pokémon Masters EX today, with Bellelba & Swoobat making their debut in a new set of Costume Scouts alongside the ongoing Infamous Pokéstar Villains Costume Event. The Bellelba Costume Scout and Bellelba Costume Tiered Scout will run through until May 19th, at 10:59pm (PDT). The associated Bellelba Costume Featured Ticket Scout and Bellelba Costume Guaranteed Ticket Scout meanwhile will run through to May 26th, at 10:59pm (PDT).

Today, Pokémon Masters EX is receiving its second ever Mix Scout, with the launch of the Blue & Charizard Mix Scout. New content is also being added today to the Main Story's Mysterious Stones Chapter, as previewed in the recent developer letter, while Raihan & Duraludon make a return for the latest Monthly Poké Fair Scout.

April's final new event comes to Pokémon Masters EX today with the launch of a second new Costume Event, Infamous Pokéstar Villains. Also launching today is the first of two new Costume Sync Pairs featured in this event, Brycen-Man (Special Costume) & Zoroark.

Sleep Researchers looking to prepare their helper Pokémon ahead of the debut of Entei in Pokémon Sleep in late May will be getting some help early next month, with a week-long event focused specifically on Fire-type Pokémon scheduled to commence Monday May 6th at 4:00am local time, and running through to Monday May 13th at 3:59am local time.

Pokémon Sleep will enter a maintenance period early next week on Tuesday April 30th, ahead of a planned update of the software to Version 1.6.0. This maintenance period is expected to go for roughly 4 and a half hours, from 1:00am until 5:30am (UTC). The update includes the addition of Fire-Type Candy; plus additional Pokémon sleeping in Greengrass Isle and Taupe Hollow, and to prepare the game for the Fire Type Week event starting May 6th, and the Entei Research event later in the month.

A pair of classic gold-themed events, the Pasio Gold Rush Solo Event and The Golden Magikarp Daily Battle Event, are returning to Pokémon Masters EX today ahead of Japan's Golden Week Holiday period. Also launching today are the previously announced Rika's Elite Test Special Event, a trio of Triple Feature Poké Fair Scouts, and a Training Support Rally.

As previewed earlier this week, Rika & Clodsire are making their Pokémon Masters EX debut today in a new Poké Fair Scout. Alongside this scout, Rika will be taking center stage in the brand new Good Ol' Rika Story Event that is also launching in-game today. The game's title screen and app logo have also received Rika-themed makeovers.

The developers of Pokémon Sleep have given players their latest list of features and issues that are currently receiving development attention. This list highlights several new features that players can expect to see coming in an update planned for release at an unspecified future date. Pokémon Sleep are also distributing a large gift bundle of handy in-game items to all currently registered players.

Sleep Researchers will soon be getting another opportunity to observe the sleep styles of a Legendary Pokémon, with a new event featuring Entei announced for Pokémon Sleep. This event is set to begin sometime in late May.

A new version of Pokémon Masters EX, version 2.44.0, is now available to download. Together with this update, the monthly message from the producers of Pokémon Masters EX has teased several upcoming events that will run in game over the next few weeks, including a brand new Story Event featuring the debut of Rika & Clodsire. The next letter from the producers is slated to be released in late-May.

A special trailer posted to Pokémon Masters EX's official social media accounts today has revealed that Rika, the fan-fave member of the Paldea Elite Four, will be making their Pasio debut later this week in a special Poké Fair Scout. Welcome Rika social rallies has also been launched on the official English and Japanese language accounts on X.

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are celebrating Japan's Golden Week of holidays with a selection of Mass Outbreaks and Tera Raids running from this Friday April 26th at Midnight (UTC), through until Monday May 6th at 11:59pm (UTC).