013 Super Battle Club: Rank A

Pokémon announces both Mega Lucario Z and Mega Mewtwo in Pokémon Legends Z-A before the DLC this week. We talk about how Mega's stats work or have worked in the series. Pokémon Friends gets a surprising winter update that adds 10 new puzzles and 50 new plushes. Pokémon TCG Pocket didn't get a monthly set, but one should be around the corner. TIMESTAMPS00:00:00-Introduction00:02:40-Mega Lucario Z00:19:50-Mega Mewtwo Arrives00:29:10-Pokémon Friends Update00:47:40-TCG Pocket News01:07:00-Accended Heroes01:20:30-CreditsLINKS🌐 www.pkmncast.com👾 www.twitch.tv/pkmncast📸 www.instagram.com/pkmncast📝 www.reddit.com/r/supereffective🐦 www.twitter.com/pkmncast🎥 www.youtube.com/pkmncast📀 www.tiktok.com/@pkmncast💰 Support on PatreonEPISODE CREDITSHosted, edited, and produced by Steve SarumiTheme songs and segment jingles by Nicholas Burgess Ad music comes from Evanto Elements Podcast artwork by Steve SarumiSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Pokémon Sleep adds Spirtomb to the game. Pokémon Works opens a brand new studio in Kyoto to continue to work on Pokémon Sleep. Niantic announces Kalos Tour and a brand new night event at the Rose Bowl to feature Mega Pokémon. Nintendo buys the studio that made New Pokémon Snap. Legends Z-A goes on to be the best selling physical game of the year so far. TIMESTAMPS00:00:00-Introduction00:02:50-Pokémon Sleep News00:10:00-Pokémon Works Kyoto Studio 00:27:10-Kalos Tour00:45:00-Shiny Keldeo Added00:57:10-Max Mushrooms01:03:20-Nintendo Singapore 01:09:30-Legend Z-A Sales01:25:10-CreditsADSThis episode is brought to you by HIMS! Check out hims.com/pkmncast to start your personalized treatment today. This episode is brought to you by Uncommon Goods! Save 15% off your next gift by going to uncommongoods.com/pkmncast. This episode is brought to you by Mint Mobile! Check out MintMobile.com/pkmncast to start your new wireless plan for just $15 a month! LINKS🌐 www.pkmncast.com👾 www.twitch.tv/pkmncast📸 www.instagram.com/pkmncast📝 www.reddit.com/r/supereffective🐦 www.twitter.com/pkmncast🎥 www.youtube.com/pkmncast📀 www.tiktok.com/@pkmncast💰 Support on PatreonEPISODE CREDITSHosted, edited, and produced by Steve SarumiTheme songs and segment jingles by Nicholas Burgess Ad music comes from Evanto Elements Podcast artwork by Steve SarumiSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Pokémon Legends Z-A: Mega Dimension is set to arrive on December 10th. The trailer shows that we will stay in Lumiose City, but it'll be a new dimension of it. The trailers gave us three new Mega Pokémon to look forward too, donut making, and a new battle system that pushes our levels past level 100. Rank mode in Legends Z-A has adjust the rewards for playing. Pokopia gave us a new 10 minute trailer that showed off never before seen Pokémon that will be coming to the game in March of 2026.TIMESTAMPS00:00:00-Introduction00:03:45-Mega Dimension DLC00:24:10-New Mega Pokémon00:36:20-Ranked Battles00:51:30-Primal Donuts00:58:45-Pokopia News01:29:40-CreditsLINKS🌐 www.pkmncast.com👾 www.twitch.tv/pkmncast📸 www.instagram.com/pkmncast📝 www.reddit.com/r/supereffective🐦 www.twitter.com/pkmncast🎥 www.youtube.com/pkmncast📀 www.tiktok.com/@pkmncast💰 Support on PatreonEPISODE CREDITSHosted, edited, and produced by Steve SarumiTheme songs and segment jingles by Nicholas Burgess Ad music comes from Evanto Elements Podcast artwork by Steve SarumiSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Now that Pokémon Legends Z-A has been out for about a month, here are our thoughts on some of the stuff not covered on the podcast and/or some topics we want to revisit from the mini-series. This episode does contain some spoilers of the game, so it's best that you at least get to Rank A before listening.TIMESTAMPS00:00:00-Introduction00:02:45-The Museum 00:16:30-New Models & Animations00:32:00-Jumping Ranks00:47:10-Battle System Thoughts01:00:20-CreditsADSThis episode is brought to you by HIMS! Check out hims.com/pkmncast to start your personalized treatment today. This episode is brought to you by Uncommon Goods! Save 15% off your next gift by going to uncommongoods.com/pkmncast. LINKS🌐 www.pkmncast.com👾 www.twitch.tv/pkmncast📸 www.instagram.com/pkmncast📝 www.reddit.com/r/supereffective🐦 www.twitter.com/pkmncast🎥 www.youtube.com/pkmncast📀 www.tiktok.com/@pkmncast💰 Support on PatreonEPISODE CREDITSHosted, edited, and produced by Steve SarumiTheme songs and segment jingles by Nicholas Burgess Ad music comes from Evanto Elements Podcast artwork by Steve SarumiSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mega Pokémon spoilers for Legends Z-A. We go over all the Mega Pokémon in Legends Z-A and rank them on a tier list. This is our list, so if you have your own opinions, please share them in our Discord, Slack, or on YouTube. No news this week as there was travel. TIMESTAMPS00:00:00-Introduction00:02:30-Mega Pokémon, Part 100:30:40-Mega Pokémon, Part 201:05:45-Mega Pokémon, Part 301:44:50-CreditsLINKS🌐 www.pkmncast.com👾 www.twitch.tv/pkmncast📸 www.instagram.com/pkmncast📝 www.reddit.com/r/supereffective🐦 www.twitter.com/pkmncast🎥 www.youtube.com/pkmncast📀 www.tiktok.com/@pkmncast💰 Support on PatreonEPISODE CREDITSHosted, edited, and produced by Steve SarumiTheme songs and segment jingles by Nicholas Burgess Ad music comes from Evanto Elements Podcast artwork by Steve SarumiSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Pokémon Legends Z-A is giving players another chance at the Greninja Mega Stone and adjusting the rewards for next season so it's even easier to earn. We have information that a couple bugs will be fixed in Z-A sometime this November. There are some glitches and ways to play that may be patched, but that wouldn't be talked about ahead of time. Pokémon TCG Pocket celebrates 1 year with a video and stats about players. Pokémon GO Wild Area finalizes details. TIMESTAMPS00:00:00-Introduction00:06:05-Legends Z-A Ranked Changes00:25:10-Turbo Controllers00:51:45-TCG Pocket News 01:06:10-Pokémon GO News 01:21:20-CreditsADSThis episode is brought to you by HIMS! Check out hims.com/pkmncast to start your personalized treatment today. This episode is brought to you by Mint Mobile! Check out MintMobile.com/pkmncast to start your new wireless plan for just $15 a month! LINKS🌐 www.pkmncast.com👾 www.twitch.tv/pkmncast📸 www.instagram.com/pkmncast📝 www.reddit.com/r/supereffective🐦 www.twitter.com/pkmncast🎥 www.youtube.com/pkmncast📀 www.tiktok.com/@pkmncast💰 Support on PatreonEPISODE CREDITSHosted, edited, and produced by Steve SarumiTheme songs and segment jingles by Nicholas Burgess Ad music comes from Evanto Elements Podcast artwork by Steve SarumiSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Final episode of SBC. Please make sure you finish the credits of Pokémon Legends Z-A. Steve and Austin talk about the ending of the game, the final battle, the characters coming together, and some moments after the credits of the game. AUSTIN (GLOWL) LINKShttps://www.twitch.tv/glowlhttps://bsky.app/profile/glowl.bsky.socialhttps://beacons.ai/glowlLINKS🌐 www.pkmncast.com👾 www.twitch.tv/pkmncast📸 www.instagram.com/pkmncast📝 www.reddit.com/r/supereffective🐦 www.twitter.com/pkmncast🎥 www.youtube.com/pkmncast📀 www.tiktok.com/@pkmncast💰 Support on PatreonEPISODE CREDITSHosted, edited, and produced by Steve SarumiTheme songs and segment jingles by Nicholas Burgess Ad music comes from Evanto Elements See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Returning to an old cafe in Pokémon Legends Z-A. Steve and Austin talk two characters that the game decides to expand on in our search to get to Rank A. We also get a new building to go into and we see a new Mega Pokémon this episode. AUSTIN (GLOWL) LINKShttps://www.twitch.tv/glowlhttps://bsky.app/profile/glowl.bsky.socialhttps://beacons.ai/glowlLINKS🌐 www.pkmncast.com👾 www.twitch.tv/pkmncast📸 www.instagram.com/pkmncast📝 www.reddit.com/r/supereffective🐦 www.twitter.com/pkmncast🎥 www.youtube.com/pkmncast📀 www.tiktok.com/@pkmncast💰 Support on PatreonEPISODE CREDITSHosted, edited, and produced by Steve SarumiTheme songs and segment jingles by Nicholas Burgess Ad music comes from Evanto Elements Podcast artwork by Steve SarumiSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The tournament storyline in Pokémon Legends Z-A. Steve and Austin talk two new characters and two new Megas that show up in this episode. We also have some complaints with our rival's choices. AUSTIN (GLOWL) LINKShttps://www.twitch.tv/glowlhttps://bsky.app/profile/glowl.bsky.socialhttps://beacons.ai/glowlLINKS🌐 www.pkmncast.com👾 www.twitch.tv/pkmncast📸 www.instagram.com/pkmncast📝 www.reddit.com/r/supereffective🐦 www.twitter.com/pkmncast🎥 www.youtube.com/pkmncast📀 www.tiktok.com/@pkmncast💰 Support on PatreonEPISODE CREDITSHosted, edited, and produced by Steve SarumiTheme songs and segment jingles by Nicholas Burgess Ad music comes from Evanto Elements Podcast artwork by Steve SarumiSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Finishing the Rust Syndicate storyline in Pokémon Legends Z-A. Steve and Austin talk about more story stuff as we head to Rank C. We also circle back to inside of building and the lack of going inside buildings.  AUSTIN (GLOWL) LINKShttps://www.twitch.tv/glowlhttps://bsky.app/profile/glowl.bsky.socialhttps://beacons.ai/glowlLINKS🌐 www.pkmncast.com👾 www.twitch.tv/pkmncast📸 www.instagram.com/pkmncast📝 www.reddit.com/r/supereffective🐦 www.twitter.com/pkmncast🎥 www.youtube.com/pkmncast📀 www.tiktok.com/@pkmncast💰 Support on PatreonEPISODE CREDITSHosted, edited, and produced by Steve SarumiTheme songs and segment jingles by Nicholas Burgess Ad music comes from Evanto Elements Podcast artwork by Steve SarumiSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.