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As previewed in Pokémon Masters EX's recent developer letter, new content is being added today to the Main Story's Mysterious Stones Chapter. The latest Monthly Poké Fair Scout is also dropping in game today, once again featuring Marnie & Morpeko.

Next week on December 5th, the Pokémon Trading Card Game Live will be receiving an update to Version 1.9.2. This update will resolve a small number of issues that had been impacting on several cards, most notably problems in the application of Toedscruel's Slime Mold Colony Ability, and the longstanding bug where Zoroark's Phantom Transformation ability will show the player multiple card selection screens. This update will be preceded by an 8 hour long maintenance window, scheduled to start at 8:00am (PST) / 4:00pm (UTC) on December 5th.

The Really Really Long A Thon (RRLAT) Twitch channel will hosting a nonstop speedrunning marathon throughout December, supporting the Open Medicine Foundation. A run of PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure will be featured during the event, with the run presently scheduled for Wednesday, December 20th. The event can be watched from the marathon's Twitch channel.

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's Ranked Battles Season 13 has begun, and will run through to January 3rd, at 11:59pm (UTC). This season follows Regulation Set E, which came into force at the beginning of October with the start of Season 11, expanding the list of allowable Pokémon to include those found in The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero Part 1: The Teal Mask.

Niantic this week has announced premininary details regarding Pokémon GO Tour: Sinnoh, which will be running in February 2024. As its name suggests, this event will focus on Pokémon from the Sinnoh region which originally made their debut in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions. Shiny variants of Pokémon from Sinnoh, including Stunky, Chingling, Chatot, Carnivine, and Pachirisu, will all also make their Pokémon GO debuts as part of this event.

As previewed in the recent monthly update from the game's developers, Nate (Champion) & Haxorus are making their Pokémon Masters EX debut today in a new Master Fair Scout. Alongside this scout, Nate will be taking center stage in the brand new Neo Champions: A Pure and Touching Heart Story Event launching in-game today. Also launching today is a new Extreme Battle Event, Show Your Hearts As One!, giving players a chance to face off against Champion Iris.

Bingothon will be celebrating 5 years of charity marathons with their Winter 2023 event, which will run from December 1st to December 4th, in support of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. A race of Pokémon Emerald randomizer will feature as part of this event on December 3rd.

In celebration of Pokémon Sleep taking out the Best Game for Good title in the global Google Play Best of 2023 awards, along with the User's Choice and Cute & Casual Category titles in the Japanese Google Play Best of 2023 awards, a special gift is now being distributed in-game to all players.

Niantic has released details for Pokémon GO's December Community Day event for 2023, which will run across December 16th and 17th. Pokémon that were featured in Community Day and Community Day Classic events in 2022 and 2023 will return in this month's Community Day event, with Pokémon previously featured during 2023 appearing more frequently in the wild and in Timed Research, while Pokémon featured throughout 2022 will hatch from Eggs, and appear in Raids and Timed Research.

The team at Fast Paced Events will be hosting a charity marathon from December 1st to December 3rd, raising money for Take This, a mental health advocacy organization with a focus on the game industry and community. A randomizer for Pokémon Crystal will feature on the opening day of the event, which will be streamed live on their Twitch channel.

Niantic has announced the schedule and details for the upcoming Timeless Travels season for the GO Battle League in Pokémon GO. The season will start on December 1st, at 1:00pm (PST).

Niantic has revealed that the Formidable Pokémon, Hisuian Samurott,, will make its Pokémon GO debut as part of a Hisuian Samurott Raid Day event this Sunday, December 3rd, running from 2:00pm to 5:00pm local time. Hisuian Samurott's Shiny variant will also be making its debut.

Niantic has released details on Pokémon GO's newest season: Timeless Travels, which begins this Friday on December 1st at 10:00am local time, running through to March 1st, 2024, at 10:00am local time. Alongside this announcement, we also have details on a number of activities, bonuses, and events that will be running in-game in the month of December in conjunction with this new season.

A new version of Pokémon Masters EX, version 2.39.0, is now available to download. Together with this update, the monthly message from the producers of Pokémon Masters EX has teased several upcoming events and changes in-game over the coming month, including further Mysterious Stones Chapter story content, the return of an Alola Chapter Villain Event, and new battles coming to Challenge the Strong. The next letter from the producers is slated to be released in late-December.

Following hot on the heels of the first two events only a couple of days ago, the Go, Go, Team Flare! Villain Event and the Challenge the Hope of Kalos Extreme Battle Event, both of which originally ran as part of the Kalos Chapter of the Villain Arc, are making a return to Pokémon Masters EX until December 5th, at 9:59pm (PST). A new Master Fair Scout featuring Serena & Greninja was also launched yesterday alongside the regular monthly Pokémon Masters Day events.

The Battle! Friends from Kalos Villain Event and the Into the Blazing Chamber Extreme Battle Event, both of which originally ran as part of the Kalos Chapter of the Villain Arc, are making a return to Pokémon Masters EX. This is the first time both events have been re-run. A pair of fair-exclusive sync pairs featured in the Kalos Chapter will also be making their return in a special Double Feature Poké Fair Scout. Both events and the scout will be available until December 5th, at 9:59pm (PST).

RetroGamingLiveTV will be hosting a charity speedrun marathon from November 23rd to November 27th, raising money for Random Acts, a charity organization originally founded in the wake of the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti. A run of Pokémon Stadium 2's Gym Leader Castle will feature on the opening day of this event. The event will be streamed live on the RetroGamingLiveTV Twitch channel.

A limited-time distribution of a Revavroom with the Peeved Mark was announced for Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet at the end of the 3rd episode of Paldean Winds, which aired today across the various language Official Pokémon YouTube channels. The US version of the episode, for whatever reason, did not include this announcement, though the UK version posted on the same channel did. This Pokémon is based off of Team Star's Revavroom, which played a significant role in this episode. This distribution will remain available until October 31st next year.

Pokémon GO's this week celebrates the upcoming end of the Adventures Abound season, as well as this season's introductionm of the new Party Play feature, with the new Party Up event, running from November 22nd at 10:00am through until November 27th at 8:00pm local time. During this event, trainers can look forward to encountering a variety of Pokémon originally discovered in the Paldea region that made their debuts during this season, along with a collection of other fan faves, plus even a Wurmple wearing a party hat!

Eevee Day has finally arrived in Pokémon Masters EX, bringing with it an update of last year's Eevee Day Celebration event, together with a selection of other Eevee-themed events and scouts. The official Pokémon Masters account on X is also running a special sweepstakes, giving away a variety of Eevee goodies.