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.
A French speedrunning marathon celebrating the Nintendo DS's 20th anniversary will be taking place this weekend, November 22nd and 23rd. Entitled Dual Screen Them All, the marathon is scheduled to feature a total of three Pokémon games: Diamond/Pearl, HeartGold/SoulSilver, and Learn With Pokémon: Typing Adventure. Or, Conquer the Keyboard as it literally translates to from French, if you ever thought Pokémon game names couldn't be metal (besides actual metals). The event will be streamed on the SpeedThemAll Twitch channel.
Pokémon Red/Blue will be featured in Scène Speedrun marathon benefiting 3 Hit Combo. Scène Speedrun will be live this weekend from 360 + Rennes 2 University as part of Stunfest's 3 Hit Combo, a Rennes-based association founded in 2005. Their goal is to develop and promote video game cultures as a source of social connection and creativity by giving unique experiences that one could not have elsewhere around the major themes of the association's colleges. The event can be watched from the Stunfest Twitch channel
Fukuoka RTA Forum is once again set to go live from Japan this weekend, from October 18th-19th. A run of Pokémon Sword/Shield is scheduled for the event, which will be available to watch on its Twitch channel. Proceeds from Twitch subscriptions and merchandise will be used to fund their events and donate to various charitable organizations.
The Brazilian speedrunning community will be coming together for Brazilians Against Time (BRAT) 2025 between October 15th and October 19th. The event will be raising money for Doctors Without Borders. In what may well be a first and last time the author of these articles will get to report on this, a Pokémon game will feature as part of the speedrunning event on the day of its release. Just a block of a casual playthrough, mind you - they're unlikely to finish and there's no indication this is going to be a speedy casual playthrough. The event can be watched from its Twitch Channel.
The inaugural RPG Speedrunner Union Event is set to go live daily from October 12th through to October 18th. Set to take place live from the Netherlands as well as online, RPGSU was founded to bring European RPG speedrunners together and showcase what makes their runs special. The third day of the event (October 14th) is scheduled to be a trifecta of Pokémon runs of Generations 1-3 by Crrool, without the use of Pokémon Centers or Poké Mart stores. The event can be watched from the group's Twitch channel.
The 2025 edition of Multithon Rivals is set to take place this weekend from October 10th to October 12th. A diploma race of Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee in which the competitors will attempt to catch'em all* (150) will be taking place on Sunday. Like all previous Multithon events, the marathon will be raising money for BluePath Service Dogs, an organization that provides service animals to autistic individuals, offering them safety, companionship, and opportunities for independence. The event can be watched from its Twitch channel, which will be live from late morning to around 12:00am (PDT) each day.
The Fastest Furs will be returning for their autumn 2025 marathon from October 9th to October 12th, raising money for Trans Lifeline. While the event is primarily speedrun focused, a score attack of New Pokémon Snap is scheduled to be part of the event, which will be streaming via the group's Twitch channel.
As first announced on the official Discord, the latest side-event in the Final Fantasy V Four Job Fiesta charity event is set to go live for the entire month of October. Similar to the Kanto-focused event from earlier this year, this side-event, fully entitled Pokémon: Go Play With Six Critters - Johto is Garbage Edition will focus on Pokémon games set in the Johto region. Any game is considered valid to play. The event will be raising money for Trans Lifeline.
NSG Fall 2025 has officially begun. This speedrun marathon is taking place over the course of this weekend live out of Ask, Gjerdrum, Norway, and is raising donations for NRK's TV-aksjonen, partnered with Atlas Alliansen, for various causes across the country. A tutorial on how to speedrun Pokémon Red/Blue with two players and one controller will be showcased at the event, which can be watched on its official Twitch channel.
