Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky and the Japanese WiiWare exclusive Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Let's Go! Stormy Adventure Squad are set to be featured in the fifth annual Mystery Dungeon RTA FES event, which is being held this week starting today, February 22nd, and running through to February 25th. The event will be hosted on the RTA In Japan Twitch channel.

5★ Lillie (Anniversary 2021) & Lunala, who first debuted back in late August 2021 for Pokémon Masters EX's 2nd anniversary, are making their return to the game today in a set of new Master Fair Scouts running through to March 22nd, at 10:59pm (PDT). This is only the second time this pair has been offered since its original debut.

Continuing what has now become something of a tradition for the franchise, The Pokémon Company has confirmed that a Pokémon Presents video will premiere on the official Pokémon YouTube channel on Pokémon Day, February 27th, at 6:00am (PST) / 2:00pm GMT / 11:00pm JST.

A cluster of near-simultaneous posts to the official accounts of Netflix, The Pokémon Company, and The Pokémon Company International on X (formerly known as Twitter) have confirmed that new episodes of Pokémon Concierge are currently in production. No details have been given yet as to when we can expect these episodes to be released, though given the time involved in stop-motion animation, it may be a while before these episodes actually grace our screens.

As announced a couple of days ago, a range of events, scouts, and bonuses are launching today in Pokémon Masters EX to celebrate the run-up to the game's 4.5 year anniversary. In addition to the previously announced new Mechanized—Love and Solitude Story Event, Gladion Master Scout, and 10 Pair Scout, players can also challenge a new Extreme Battle Event starring Hau.

Following on from the announcement of the Crimson Haze subset during yesterday's Pokémon Champion's League stream, today's stream has given fans their first look at cards that will be released in this set in Japan on March 22nd. The set includes cards based Bloodmoon Ursaluna and other Pokémon and characters originally introduced in The Teal Mask expansion for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

This week's episode of Pokémon Horizons reveals the origins of Liko's Sprigatito! It’s interesting how Sprigatito knew where she came from, and even came back to visit. It’s also nice to learn how these starters come to be, and how they get sent off to schools and labs for beginning trainers. In Sprigatito’s case, it seems she came from a breeder who specializes in breeding feline Pokémon.

Australian Pokémon fans will soon be getting their first official taste of Pokémon Horizons, with confirmation today that the series will be making its premiere in Australia with a four hour long marathon on Pokémon Day, Tuesday February 27th.

Six separate speedruns of Pokémon games are set to feature in the 2024 European Speedrunner Assembly (ESA) Winter event, which is taking place from February 17th to February 24th across two streams from Malmö, Sweden. This year's event will be raising money for Alzheimerfonden, the Swedish Alzheimer’s Foundation. The event can watched from ESA's official website, or via its main and secondary Twitch channels.

The next Pokémon Trading Card Game subset for Japan was revealed during today's Pokémon Champion's League stream. The Crimson Haze subset, featuring the Bloodmoon Ursaluna and other Pokémon originally introduced in The Teal Mask expansion for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, will be release in Japan on Friday March 22nd.

A brief trailer has been released to the Pokémon Masters EX official YouTube account, highlighting new events and Master Fair Scouts starting in game this Sunday at 10:00pm (PST), and running over the coming month in advance of the game's 4.5 anniversary celebrations. More information on other upcoming anniversary events are expected to be released in the regular letter from the game's producers at the end of this month, as well as in the Pokémon Presents presentation expected to drop on Pokémon Day on February 27th.

Next week, the Pokémon Trading Card Game Live will be receiving an update to Version 1.11.0 to resolve a small number of issues impacting on both gameplay, and general app stability both in and out of matches. This update will be preceded by an 8 hour long maintenance window, which is scheduled to start at 8:00am (PST) / 4:00pm (UTC) on February 20th.

Project VOLTAGE, the special art and music collaboration project between Pokémon and the popular Volcaloid character Hatsune Miku, is set to release the final song from the current block of artists. The music video for Mugen no Ticket (むげんのチケット), named for the Eon Ticket event Key Item in the Hoenn games, will premiere on the official YouTube channel of marasy (まらしぃ) today, Saturday February 17th, at 6:30pm (JST) / 9:30am (UTC) / 1:30am (PST). The song features vocals from both Hatsune Miku and KAITO Vocaloids.

A new Normal-Type Gear Event has just landed in Pokémon Masters EX. This co-op battles event, which allows players to obtain 3★ Normal-Type Gear, will be available until February 29th at 9:59pm (PST). Also debuting today is the game's latest Ultimate Battle challenge, Ultimate Battle: Argenta's Glistening Crystals.

Registration for Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet's 2024 Global Challenge II Online Competition will open next week on February 22nd at Midnight (UTC). Registration will remain open until the end of the month, with the competition itself scheduled to run from March 1st, at Midnight (UTC) through to March 3rd, at 11:59pm (UTC).

Project VOLTAGE, the special art and music collaboration project between Pokémon and the popular Volcaloid character Hatsune Miku, releases its next song tomorrow with the premiere of Encounter by Orangestar. The music video set to premiere on Orangestar's official YouTube channel this Friday, February 16th, at 6:30pm (JST) / 9:30am (UTC) / 1:30am (PST). The final song in this current batch, from marasy (まらしぃ), will release the following day on February 17th.

Pokémon Sleep's next Good Sleep Day event will run from Friday February 23rd through to Sunday February 25th. 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.

The Pokémon Europe International Championships are coming once again to the enormous ExCeL London event center in England. Running from from April 5th to 7th, the event will feature competitions for the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet video games, Pokémon GO, and Pokémon UNITE. As with the 2022 Pokemon World Championships and 2023 Pokémon Europe International Championships which were also held at this venue, a pop-up Pokémon Center store will be available at the event, selling a wide variety of Pokémon products, including a range of items themed around the International Championships.

Love may be in the air, but Pokémon #1 is also soaring through the skies with Pokémon #18, because today we're celebrating Bulbapedia's 19th anniversary! For almost two decades, the wiki has grown from strength to blossoming strength here at Bulbagarden thanks to edits and contributions of Pokémon enthusiasts from all around the world. To commemorate the occasion, we're reflecting back on some of our most iconic and high profile articles for their depth, significance within the franchise, or because they're just plain fun!

Following on from the recent Palentine's Day events, Pokémon Masters EX is giving players the chance to team up with Alcremie in a brand new Special Sync Pair Event, Sweet and Fancy, which will be running through until February 27th, at 9:59pm (PST).