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The Nagoya RTA is scheduled to go live from May 3rd to May 5th. While predominantly an in-person series of marathons, they have recently started holding online events, including the RTA EXPERIENCE series of marathons. This particular marathon will feature two Pokémon games, and can be watched from its Twitch channel.

The team at RetroGamingLive are presenting the 2026 edition of Retrothon from April 18th to April 26th. This marathon will run around the clock for the duration and feature a variety of retro games, including a speedrun of Pokémon Puzzle League. The event can be watched from its Twitch channel as well as on their YouTube.

Four Job Fiesta's 2026 Pokévent is now live. In this event, players who register will be assigned one of 78 Pokémon games at random. The goal is to beat the game. If possible. Otherwise "have fun and then submit something."

Really Really Lots of Lore 7 is currently underway, having started on March 30th and scheduled to run through to April 11th. Among other speedurns, a run of Pokémon Scarlet/Violet is scheduled to close out the event, which can be watched from its Twitch channel.

Have you ever used the Help System in Pokémon FireRed or LeafGreen? Maybe only accidentally? Yeah, it was a weird thing. The ability to bring up an in-game tutorial virtually anywhere and anytime was an interesting concept, but it was likely that very few players actually needed it, which is probably why it never returned after these games - at least in such an omnipresently accessible form. However, a recent discovery has given this menu an unusual new lease on life.

STA All Stars 2026 is currently underway, scheduled to last through this weekend. Part of the greater SpeedThemAll series that has been running for over a decade, this marathon is intended to showcase the French speedrunning community. Two Pokémon games, Sapphire and Red/Blue, are scheduled for the event, which is currently live from its Twitch channel.

The Gamers For Hope's 2026 Gamers Against Cancer marathon is scheduled to go live this weekend from March 13th to March 15th. A run of Pokémon Crystal is scheduled for the event, which can be watched from its Twitch channel. The marathon will be raising money for the Stand Up To Cancer Foundation.

Curious players have managed to expose a new bug in the original Generation III games on the Game Boy Advance that was unknown up until this point. This newly identified bug happens when a Roaming Pokémon faints at the same time the player whites out, such as by defeating them with Explosion with only one conscious Pokémon. So what happens if you do this? The Pokémon will remain roaming, but at 0HP.

As Pokémon Day draws closer, a recent rumor circulating the internet has been confirmed. Nintendo Switch ports of the Generation III remakes Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen, have become available for preorder on the Nintendo eShop. As of writing, no formal announcement about this has been made by official sources outside of these eShop listings.

The second Talk About Love RTA will be taking place tomorrow over Valentine's Day in Japan. In this marathon, runners will not be providing commentary on the speedrun itself, but instead talking about their love for the game they're playing. Pokémon Puzzle Challenge will be one of the runs in the event, which can be watched from its host's Twitch channel.

The winter 2026 edition of European Speedrunner Assembly will be taking place this week from February 6th to February 14th. It will be held live out of Malmö, Sweden. A total of four Pokémon speedruns are scheduled for the event. The main stream can be found here, and the secondary stream can be watched here.

Official Pokémon social media has posted a short video of a Jigglypuff in an empty lounge, along with an announcement that a special video is scheduled to air during Super Bowl LX on February 8th. This is expected to tie into announcements this month as the series celebrates its 30th anniversary.

The speedrunning community are coming together this weekend from January 30th to February 1st for ICE Breaker, a marathon raising money for Minnesotans being affected by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Races of both Pokémon Trading Card Game for the Gameboy and Pokémon Legends: Z-A are scheduled for the event, which can be watched from the ReallyReallyLongAThon Twitch channel.

Questing for Glory (QFG) is set to return for its eighth installment this week from January 25th to January 31st. Pokémon Gold will feature as part of the marathon on Friday January 30th. It can be watched from the RPGLimitBreak Twitch channel.

The Dutch speedrunning community is coming together for the 2026 edition of BSG Plus this week at the Fletcher Hotel-Restaurant Nieuwegein-Utrecht. This year's event will be raising money for Stichting MIND, a charity for mental health based out of the Netherlands. Runs of two Pokémon games have been scheduled for the event, which can be watched from its Twitch channel.

Awesome Games Done Quick will be returning this week from January 4th through to January 11th, live from the Wyndham Grand in downtown Pittsburgh. Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver, and Pokémon Emerald are all scheduled to be part of the event, the last of which will be the final run of the marathon. As with all GDQ events, it will be raising money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, and can be watched from its official Twitch channel.

The Finnish speedrunning community are once again coming together for the winter 2026 edition of the FINNRUNS speedrunning event, which is taking place at GamePit Pro in Jyväskylä, Finland, from January 2nd through to January 6th. This year's event is raising money for the World Wildlife Fund, specifically to help the endangered Saimaa ringed seal. A run of Pokémon Pearl is scheduled for the event, which can be watched from its official Twitch channel.

RTA in Japan Winter 2025 is set to go live from December 25th to December 31st. Following the incident affecting the summer edition of the event earlier this year, games published by Nintendo will officially return to the schedule with this marathon, including Pokémon Puzzle Challenge and Pokémon Scarlet/Violet. Like most RTA in Japan events, it will feature a mixture of remote and on-location events, and benefit Doctors Without Borders. The live portion of the event will be taking place out of Bellesalle Iidabashi First in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo.

Speedromizer VIII is set to go live this weekend December 5th-7th, continuing with part 2 the following weekend December 12th-14th. Two Gameboy Color Pokémon games are scheduled for the 13th: Pokémon Trading Card Game and Pokémon Crystal, the latter of which will be a part of a multiworld alongside Tunic and Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The event will be raising money for QMUNITY!, a resource center for LGBTQ+ people in British Columbia.

The third edition of the Shine in the Dark speedrun marathon is set to go live this weekend, over November 29th and 30th. Every run in the event will be performed blindfolded. Pokémon Diamond/Pearl and Pokémon Emerald are scheduled to be part of the event, running back-to-back on the second day. Somewhat unusually, the marathon organizers have neglected to include information on the schedule page about which Twitch channel the event will be streamed on, only saying it's a "surprise". A YouTube simulcast will also be available.