Friday: Pokémon GO - June Events + Pokémon Masters - Master Scouts + Pokémon Journeys Episode Details
28-05-2021 01:05 BST / 20:05 EDT by Serebii
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Edit @ 05:18: Pokémon Masters | Edit @ 07:00: Pokémon Café Mix | Edit @ 11:37: Episode Details | Edit @ 17:27: Pokémon GO Special Weekend
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO events for June 2021.
First, the Research Breakthrough Reward has been announced. From June 1st 2021 at 20:00 UTC to July 1st 2021 at 20:00 UTC you'll get a Clamperl/ Remote Raid Passes will also be available in the Research Breakthrough
The June 1st 2021 to June 17th 2021, Regirock, Regice and Registeel will be in raids
From June 17th to June 30th, a surprise Legendary will be in raids
From June 1st, only 1 Mega Pokémon will be in raids at a time. Mega Lopunny will appear from June 1st through June 8th, Mega Slowbro from June 8th through June 17th and Mega Gyarados from June 17th to July 2nd
Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO events for June 2021.
On June 8th through June 13th, the "A Very Slow Discovery" event goes live. This event adds Galarian Slowpoke, Galarian Slowbro and Mega Slowbro
From June 17th through June 20th is the Solstice event with different spawns based on the hemisphere
A special event will run from June 25th through July 1st
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
The Pokémon GO Special Weekend is starting to roll out in Japan. This event is a ticketed event with players only getting tickets in Japan through Yoshinoya, US through Verizon and Mexico through 7-11 and features special Incense spawns as well as Timed Research. Alongside this, Trade Distance is now live at 40km for all players and they can open twice the amount of gifts. We've begun compiling details so be sure to check our section
In The Games Department
Pokémon Masters EX
DeNA have detailed the next event for Pokémon Masters EX. Starting May 31st is the Masters of Land and Sea event that runs alongside a special Master Fair Scout for Maxie & Groudon, with another Master Fair Scout for Archie & Kyogre starting on June 1st. We'll provide full details of this event as it begins
In The Anime Department
Pokémon (2019)
The latest episode has aired in Japan today. This episode features Ash return to Oak's Lab to find his Infernape has gone missing, so he and Goh leave to find it. The AniméDex has been updated with the contents of this episode. Click the picture to go to the section but be warned however as it contains spoilers.
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the Spotlight Hours for the month of June. They happen at 6pm to 7pm local time are as follows:
June 1st - Dwebble - 2* Catch Experience
June 8th - Abra - 2* Catch Candy
June 15th- Slowpoke - 2* Transfer Candy
June 22nd - Swinub - 2* Evolution Experience
June 29th - Aipom - 2* Catch Stardust
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have unveiled the lineup for Pokémon GO Battle League Season 8:
Great League will run from May 31st through June 14th
Ultra League & its Premier Cup will run from June 14th through June 28th
Master League, Master League Classic and Element Cup will run from June 28th through July 12th. Element Cup only allows Pokémon that can evolve but are their base forms and only Fire, Water or Grass-type Pokémon. Battles give twice Stardust during this time
Great League and Great League Remix will appear from July 12th - July 26th. Great League Remix bans the top 10 most used Pokémon in Great League
Ultra League and Ultra League Remix will run from July 26th - August 9th
Master League, Master League Classic and Ultra League Premier Cup will run from August 9th - August 23rd. Battles give twice Stardust during this time
All three cups will run from August 23rd to August 30th
There will be GO Battle Nights on June 3rd, July 11th and August 26th which give players 20 sets of battles during the time
Rewards will be based around Korrina with players reaching Rank Ace Rank, Veteran, Expert and Legend getting avatar items: Gloves, Shoes, Outfit and a pose respectively inspired by her. The Pokémon rewards are also changed to match Pokémon she has
Rank 1 has a guaranteed encounter with Machamp, and standard encounters with Machoke, Ariados, Sableye, Snover, and more
Rank 5 adds encounters with Mienfoo
Rank 10 adds encounters with Toxicroak, Stunfisk, and male Frillish
Rank 15 adds Skarmory, Scraggy, and Rufflet
Ace Rank adds Deino encouters
Legend Rank provides a guaranteed encounter with Pikachu Libre
You will receive more Candy XL when you catch Poliwhirl, Flaaffy, Pupitar, Medicham, Scraggy, Galvantula, Lampent, and Stunfisk from GO Battle League
In The Games Department
Pokémon Café Mix
The next event has been announced for Pokémon Café Mix. Chansey will return in a repeat team event from June 2nd through June 16th giving players another chance to get it.
In The Play! Pokémon Department
Pokémon Team Challenge
Today marks Day 1 of the Team Challenge Top 4. This small circuit is an official online circuit featuring various game storeswho faced off against eachother in a competition the last few months with today being the Top 4 finals.
This stream will start at 17:45 UTC / 18:45 BST / 20:45 CEST / 13:45 EDT / 10:45 PDT and we're hosting it in our section
Trading Card Game Team Challenge Stream
