Back 2 Basics: 280... Level Up

Episode 288: the Vigoroth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! First we talk game news: In Pokemon Go, Quality of life updates… that include easier interaction with Zygarde Cells! Soon it will be Poke-Ween! Halloween 2026 Part I starts October 27, Chandelure Super Mega Raid Day is October 31, 2026, and Halloween 2026 Part II last until November 5! The event features new costumed Pokemon and the debut of Shiny Greavard, plus... Mega Chandeluuuuuuuure! PokéXciting! lands at Changi Airport and Jewel in Singapore November 7 and 8, featuring many Pokemon features including in GO! All 27 starters will be appearing IN PERSON as mascots at the events! And a Steel- and Dragon-type adventure is coming November 9 to 13. Next, we talk events! Miz Sylver got to host the Cosplay Death Match at the Malden Cosplay Celebration on October 9 while dressed as this year's mascot! If you live in Eastern Massachusetts and you haven't had the chance to check out the Malden Gaming District, you really should! Cool events are happening all the time, like Pokeween at Zenith Comics, which Miz Sylver attended on October 14! We both went to NYCC 2026! We talk about the dizzying experience that is NYCC; so many incredible panels and cosplay and booths and... so many! One Pokemon related highlight was seeing a special live presentation of BALLS: The Monster-Catchin' Musical Comédy. The full show is debuting on YouTube October 25th! What an incredible show! The floor was full of awesome booths, including the PacMan Snack Breaks booth and the incredible Dragon Ball booth! We hosted several events, including the Nintendo x Super Smash Bros cosplay meetup: Outside the show, we also kept super busy! We visited Kodansha House Pop-up, the CHRONO TRIGGER Orchestra Concert, and made our pilgrimage to Nintendo NYC! Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Email, comment on the blog, or post on our Facebook to let us know!

Episode 287: the Slakoth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! In Pokemon GO, Twighlight Trails has started! Next weekend, September 26 an 27, is the City Safari! If you're in Boston for the City Safari, you can also go to a Pokémon GO–themed ball game with the Red Sox September 25! The Harvest Festival starts September 29, and will be Taken Over October 2-5! October 10th 2026 is Community Day for Zorua! November brings the Wild Area to Sendai in Japan and Mexico City, November 6-8, while the global event will be on November 14 and 15, 2026. The Wolf Doctor is jealous that Miz Sylver got to taste the Pokémon x Krispie Kreme while she was in Seattle for PAX West! Miz loved the GameCenter arcade. She admired the awesomeness of SummerSkin, played the Gundam Assemble board game, and saw the Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered demo! Outside of the convention center, she got to see 35 Years of Speed, The Sonic Art Exhibit, which is also coming to Los Angeles 9/26-9/27! She visited Zulu's Games and the Seattle Pinball Museum See us both in person at New York Comic Con! Our Cozy Showcase is Thu, Oct 8, 2026, 5:15 PM - 6:00 PM, at Hall 1E: Community Stage, and Miz Sylver is hosting the Nintendo Super Smash Cosplay, Fri, Oct 9, 2026, 6:00 PM - 6:45 PM, in the South Concourse Cosplay Meetups! Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Email, comment on the blog, or post on our Facebook to let us know!

Episode 286: the Breloom episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! SPORES! Miz Sylver talks about all the awesome recent events she attended! Including in the Malden Gaming District! Shoutout to Leharc! Miz Sylver attended the Pokemon GO 10th anniversary event, check out Kirby's recap! Miz Sylver also attended the Pokemon Day Out! Will either of us make to either date of Pokemon Night Out? Will you be going to LA or London, listner? Wicked Comic-Con is having a 1 day event October 4th. Miz Sylver attended one of their events in May! Miz Sylver just hosted a Red vs Blue Pokemon Feud at Fan Expo Boston! And wow, the next Fan Expo Boston isn't until December of 2027! Miz Sylver will be going to PAX WEST, which is happening Sep 4 - 7, 2026. She will be hosting a StreetPass Meetup with the Seattle Retro Gamers. And BOTH Miz Sylver and the Wolf Doctor will be attending NYCC, happening October 8-11, and hosting the "Cozy Showcase: Animal Crossing to Pokopia" on Thursday, Oct 08, from 5:15 pm - 6 pm on the Community Stage! And of course, we talk about Pokemon News! The Pokémon Center has cute Pet Accessories for sale! And Pokemon GO continues to have tons of upcoming in game and in person events... Arrokuda, Barraskewda, and Cramorant debut in the Ultra Unlock: Water Festival, starting August 18. August 22 is Starmie Super Mega Raid Day! Celebrate PokémonXP and the 2026 Pokémon World Championships, happening August 28 to 30 in San Francisco, in Pokémon GO! And of course there will be lots of events in the coming months, listed here! Finally, City Safaris are happening Septemer 26 and 27 in many awesome places, including, finally, BOSTON! Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Email, comment on the blog, or post on our Facebook to let us know!

Episode 285: the Lugia episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! This is our special PAX East 2026 review! The Wolf Doctor and Miz Sylver talk about a lot of awesome games, events, and concerts. We want to give a special shoutout to our past guests who feature or have featured at PAX East: Rappak, Orange Yoshi and Amyzonian, Lisa CherryAngel24, Sylverstone aka Mr. Sylver (Miz Sylver's... cousin??? evil twin??? husband??? No one knows!), the MAYOR of Malden, Tabor of Arcade Legend, Master Sword, Insane in the Rain, RoxasEmoQueen of the PAX Pokemon League, THE Matt Maranda, the Skellboy crew, DoeboyHQ, Strawberry Becky, Craig Herndon, Star Salvager! And check out our past PAX East reviews: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2019 Part 2, 2018, 2017. Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Email, comment on the blog, or post on our Facebook to let us know!

Episode 284: The Masquerain episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! In Pokemon GO... it's the Pokemon World Championships in Anaheim this weekend! There are Twitch drops for Pokmeon GO! And Delightful Days is ending, but you can still claim your Special research to chase down Giovanni by September 2. And then, Pokémon GO Fest 2025 - Max Finale, is August 23 and 24... This coming week is the lead up event Pokémon GO: Dark Skies. If you are in Boston, we are having a Max Finale Community Celebration on August 23 in Faneuil Hall! Are you excited by the new Eternatus Dynamax Cannon Adventure Effect? Immediately after the finale, there's the Sunkissed Shores event, August 25 to 31, which features the debut of Dondozo! Next season's community days and several special event days have been announced, and the first is September 2025 Community Day: Flabébé, on Sunday, September 14! Speaking of Pokemon Worlds... there's a Worlds Coin you can get for free with purchase at the Pokemon Center website! There's always new stuff at the Pokemon Center, like this Desert Pikachu Plush! And one of the coolest collabs we've seen, the Gengar x Razer headset, is open for preorders soon! In Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, lots of cool gifts are here! Use code W0RLDSARM0RTA1L to get Luca Ceribelli's Farigiraf through August 23rd, a shiny Wo-chien will be available as a Mystery Gift until September 30th, and use the codes STRACKSU1T or VTRACKSU1T to get Tracksuit Apparel. Did you catch the last Pokemon Presents? Lots of news about Pokemon Legends A - Z, including the now internet-famous Dragonite Mega Evolution! If you preorder from the Pokémon Center, you can get a pin of Chikorita Tepig or Totodile. Who's taking a trip to Japan for the new Poképark Kanto inside of Yomiuriland Amusement Park? Check out the trailer for the upcoming Misadventures of Sirfetch’d & Pikachu! Miz Sylver is gonna get the new Pokémon & Friends game! And we got some more details on the Pokémon Champions game... Have you been getting any game upgrades for your Switch 2? The Kirby and the Forgotten Land includes a new chapter called Star Crossed World! PAX West is August 29 to September 1, and Miz Sylver will be hosting two cosplay meetups on Sunday, one themed to Pokemon and one for Nintendo x Smash! She's also going to try to enter the Pokémon GO Ultra League tourney! For fans in the Boston area, Couch Quests Episode 4 is coming up soon... If you haven't had a chance to check out the 3rd epsiode, here it is! Also in the Boston area, the Malden Cosplay Celebration is happening Saturday October 4th! Plus, we will be at NYCC in the beginning of October! See you there?!?! Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Email, comment on the blog, or post on our Facebook to let us know!

Episode 283: the Surskit episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Yes, it is Pokemon GO Fest Global this weekend! But more events are coming up in Pokemon GO. Celebrate nine years with Pokémon GO’s 9th Anniversary Party, July 1 to July 6! Eevee, the Evolution Pokémon, will be featured during a two-day July Community Day Classic event July 5 and 6. Locally in Malden, Zenith Comics is hosting a Pokémon GO Challenge on July 6! July 20 is Community Day: Quaxly. Heading to Paris in the fall? The Pokémon GO Stamp Rally is 13th-14th September 2025 during the Pokémon Méga Évolution Paris Event. Don't forget to redeem your MLB x Pokémon Hat! Code MLBxPOKEMONGO How was your Jangmo-o Day? The Wolf Doctor caught a lot of shinies, and Miz Sylver played at Play Arcade in New Bedford! Watching the Pokemon TV show? Pokémon Horizons: Season 2—The Search for Laqua Part 3 is now available on Netflix! There's a new Pokemon game show... the Gotta Catch ’Em All! Game Show! Check out this explainer video! There's so much going on with the Switch 2! But the Wolf Doctor is most excited about Donkey Kong Bananza! Would you like to come to the live taping of Couch Quests, Episode 3? It's filming in Malden on July 10, and tickets are free! The Twitch Stream will start at 7pm EDT that night! Miz Sylver, the Wolf Doctor, and friends of the show are hosting the Comic Feud at FAN Expo Boston 2025 on August 9th at 1:30pm on the Creator Stage. The survey will be coming soon! Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Email, comment on the blog, or post on our Facebook to let us know!

Episode 282 Bonus: the PAX East 2025 review episode! PAX is full of fun. This year the Arcade was back! We loved the Pokemon Play Booth. There was tons of awesome cosplay! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Miz Sylver (@mzsylver) Miz Sylver's Smash meetup was a hit! We tried lots of games on the floor. Miz Sylver loved Cybrlich and Royalty Free For All. The Wolf Doctor was awed by artist Vittoria Pomploani at the Gudnak booth. We spent a lot of time at the Scramble Star Crossing booth, loved the art at the Obojima booth, and played the Skyrockets demo! And The Wolf Doctor loves Bioshop Infinite! And there were so many great panels! Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Email, comment on the blog, or post on our Facebook to let us know!

Episode 282: the Gardevoir episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! This week we talk news... In Pokémon GO, enjoy the rotating habitats ahead of GO Fest! It's currently "Serene Retreat" until June 3, but Instrumental Wonders is coming June 7-11, and Phantom Ruins is coming June 14-18. The new season in Pokemon GO, "Delightful Days", is starting, and along with it, the New Battle League Season. The Eggs-pedition Access: June ticket will be on sale soon, as will a season-long version with all three months of Delightful Days in the web store. Next Weekend is GO Fest 2025 Jersey City in Liberty State Park, June 6-8. Did you see the Premier Access Pass for GO Fest? It may be sold out already... but regular tickets to GO Fest were still available as of this recording! June 2025 Community Day: Jangmo-o will be happening Saturday, June 21, 2025, and will feature Delightful Days–themed Special Backgrounds. The Ancients Recovered event starts June 23 and lasts until June 27... Raid for all the Regis! The Ancients Recovered Timed Research: Fleeting Legends Ticket (paid) that is part of this event allows you to pick your choice of Galarian Legendaries... Will you buy it??? And finally for this month, Global GO Fest: On June 28 and 29, 2025, Trainers can gear up for a worldwide adventure during Pokémon GO Fest 2025: Global. Later this summer, in Europe, follow along on the Pokemon GO Road Trip! The final stop is in Cologne, Germany – August 20–24, at GamesCom! Pokémon Shopping! The next round of Eeveelution life-size plushes are here! Miz Sylver is excited for the enhanced line of Team Rocket clothes, and the Wolf Doctor is excited for the Mega Stylish Collection, especially the Mega Charizard Zip-Up Hoodie! And, check twice, your plush might be one of the new Ditto plushes! And Uniqlo has more Pokemon T-shirts coming out, this time a TCG collection! We are all waiting for the Pokémon Presents coming up July 22nd 2025... What do you want announced? We already know Pokémon Z to A's release date, October 16! Maybe we will hear about US preorders... we already know about the cool UK preorders! Miz Sylver loves Katzer’s Creations... the latest is Spheal Bowling! A little preview of the new game debuting this Saturday 🤫 Inspired by Spheal Bowling, but the final version will NOT in fact feature a Spheal! This was a trial run, and Spheal was an excellent fill in. Come to Poyo Fest in Kitchener Ontario, May 10 to see the new game and play it yourself![image or embed]— katzerscreations.bsky.social (@katzerscreations.bsky.social) May 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM And, the Field Museum x Pokémon Fossils exhibit will be coming in May 2026! Be patient! Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Email, comment on the blog, or post on our Facebook to let us know!

Episode 281 BONUS: the bonus episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast where Miz Sylver goes to Hollywooooooooood! Yes, Universal Studios Hollywood, where she did enjoy a bit of Jurassic Park and the Mummy, but mostly Super Nintendo World! Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Email, comment on the blog, or post on our Facebook to let us know!

Episode 280: Back 2 Basics! Levels... What are they, why do they matter, and what do you have to do to make it happen? From 1 to 50, this episode is for you! Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Email, comment on the blog, or post on our Facebook to let us know!