A Ceruledge ex Drop Event has now commenced in Pokémon TCG Pocket, running through to June 22nd at 10:59pm (PDT) / June 23rd at 5:59am (UTC), offering players the opportunity to challenge a series of special solo battles to attempt to obtain promo card packs and other rewards.

The Pokémon Company has released lots of merch in celebration of the franchise’s 30th anniversary this year, and even more is debuting June 18th at the Pokémon Center Online. The new merch collection includes t-shirts, keychains, magnets, and more featuring the box art of each version of every mainline Pokémon game. The Pokémon Center Online ships only within Japan, and the collection features each game’s box art as it appeared in Japan.

Pokémon Masters EX is throwing down the gauntlet to trainers once more, with the Legendary Gauntlet returning until June 21st at 10:59pm (PDT). Players finding themselves without the proper sync pairs to take on the Gauntlet will be able to take advantage of a new Scout launching alongside this event, featuring a variety of Sync Pairs suited to these particular challenges.

The 2026 Pokémon Japan Championships was a National-level Pokémon Champions tournament that featured 128 players battling for invites to the 2026 Pokémon World Championships. The event was ultimately won by Hiroshi Onishi alongside Mega Floette and Mega Charizard Y.

In December of 2025, Niantic Spatial, the geospatial AI company spun off from Niantic during Scopely's acquisition of their gaming division, and Vantor, a geospatial intelligence firm, announced a partnership that would combine the former's expertise in ground-based positioning with the latter's expertise in aerial positioning. A report by the Dutch newspaper Trouw published on June 5th, referenced in English by DroneXL on June 9th, noted this collaboration and asked Vantor if data collected from Pokémon GO players would be used. In response, Vantor denied the use of this data, but did not comment on whether or not the geospatial model deployed was trained from that data.

As Bulbagarden's community-driven encyclopedia, Bulbapedia is always growing thanks to the hard work and dedication of Pokémon fans across the world. Each day new edits and contributions sprout up as contributors bring their expertise and passion to the project. Let's take a moment to highlight some of the standout contributions that blossomed in May 2026.

In the Nintendo Direct video presentation that aired earlier today, fans got their first look at new paid DLC for Pokémon Pokopia, which will release in three waves beginning in August this year alongside a free Version 2.0 update. The Pokémon Pokopia Expansion Pass is available for pre-purchase now on the Nintendo eShop.

The 2026 Pokémon Turin Special Championships was the first official tournament in Europe to take place within Pokémon Champions. It featured 941 players battling for invites to the 2026 Pokémon World Championships, and was ultimately won by 3x International Champion Marco Silva alongside Mega Floette and Mega Gengar.

Hands down, this is the best episode of Wonder Voyage so far and possibly a top 10 episode for Pokémon Horizons in general. For an anime that revolves around Pokémon, rarely do we get episodes that focus on the creatures themselves. This might be a hot take, but I feel like the Pokémon in Horizons have much more personality than those in the Ash anime.

The Day 1 livestream for this weekend's Pokémon Japan Championships tournament has revealed a large batch of cards and products from the recently announced upcoming 30th Celebration expansion for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. 30th Celebration is the first Pokémon TCG set to receive a simultaneous global release, coming out worldwide on September 16th.

The latest Link to the Cure marathon is scheduled from this weekend, June 5th to June 7th. As with last year's event, a blindfolded speedrun of Pokémon Red is scheduled for the first day of the event, which is raising money for Child's Play charity. The run can be watched from the event's official Twitch channel.

Power Up With Pride's flagship marathon is set to go live this weekend from June 5th to June 7th. The event will run from around 9:15am (EDT) today, and from 8:15am (EDT) Saturday and Sunday, through to around midnight after the last run of each day is completed. The first day of the marathon will feature a run of Pokémon Yellow, and can be watched on the event's official Twitch channel.

The latest Pokémon to join the fray in Pokémon UNITE is Skeledirge, a Ranged Attacker with Intemediate difficulty that deals Special damage. Until Tuesday, June 30th, players can clear event missions to collect exclusive coins and exchange them for Skeledirge's Unite License.

Check out all the latest updates from Pokémon UNITE: Pokémon UNITE × Pokémon Horizons collaboration; Battle Pass Season 42 now available featuring Knight Style: Urshifu; and new and returning Trainer Fashion and Holowear.

Sygna Suit Kris & Suicune are making their return to Pokémon Masters EX today in a set of Master Fair scouts alongside the ongoing Rising Thunder and Flames Neo Champion Event. These scouts will run through to June 19th, at 10:59pm (PDT).

Preregistration is now open for the iOS and Android versions of Pokémon Champions, which are set to release on 17 June 2026. The game will include cross-platform functionality, allowing players to battle between mobile and Nintendo Switch versions of the game. To celebrate the release of the mobile versions of Pokémon Champions, an in-game distribution will be held from 17 June to 2 September 2026.

The 2026 Victory Road May Challenge #5 was a grassroots Pokémon Champions tournament that featured 150 players battling for prize money. The event was won by Nikolaj Høj Nielsen alongside Mega Floette. Further information relating to the event can be found on Victory Road's website.

As previewed in the recent monthly update from the game's developers, Lyra debuts her Neo Champion sync pair with Entei today in Pokémon Masters EX in a new EX Master Fair Scout. Alongside this scout, the two new Neo Champions from Johto are taking center stage in the brand new Special Battle Event, Take on Ethan and Lyra.

Whenever a type of media brings in the topic of doppelgängers or fake versions of the protagonist group, it’s usually treated negatively in a way. I think this latest episode of Pokémon Horizons might be one of the rare times where the topic of fakes is seen in a positive light, and I actually enjoyed that! This was surprisingly wholesome and cute!

The Pokémon Company International today has announced a new expansion for the Pokémon Trading Card Game, 30th Celebration. As the name suggests, this is a commemorative expansion in the tradition of previous anniversary sets such as Celebrations and Generations. In a first for the game, 30th Celebration will release simultaneously worldwide, including in Japan, on September 16th.