Monday: Pokémon HOME - Maintenance + Pokémon GO - Adamant Time & Shared AR Buddy Experience Removal
11-12-2023 00:01 GMT / 19:05 EST by Serebii.
This update will be amended throughout the day so be sure to check back. If you have any ideas for the site, be sure to send them in.
Last Update: 21:12 GMT
Edit @ 06:51: PokéLids | Edit @ 18;24: Shared AR Buddy Experience Removal | Edit @ 21:12: PokéPark Kanto
In The Pokémon Department
PokéPark Kanto
The Pokémon Company have set up a new company, PokéPark Kanto Limited which will operate a special business, PokéPark Kanto as part of the YomiruiLand are of Tokyo to create a space where Pokémon fans from all over the world can gather and experience Pokémon in a lush natural environment and have fun together through various events.
This follows on from a collaboration in 2021 between The Pokémon Company and Yomiuri Land to create the Pokémon Wonder attraction, where you could explore the areas and find various Pokémon dotted throughout the forest as wood carvings and more. Currently the scope of PokéPark Kanto is not known.
More information is to come at a later date so be sure to check back for more information
In The Games Department
Pokémon HOME - Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Update
Pokémon HOME is to undergo maintenance on December 14th at 00:00 UTC until 06:00 UTC on December 15th. This maintenance coincides with the Version 3.2.1 update which will release for Nintendo Switch which will likely have connectivity to Pokémon Scarlet & Violet for The Indigo Disk.
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced that the Shared AR Buddy Experience, where players can link up and put their Buddy Pokémon together in Augmented Reality, is to end in Version 0.293.0, the latest release of the game which is currently rolling out. At present no reason has been given but we'll provide any details as they come
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
The Pokémon GO Adamant Time event is rolling out globally. This event harkens back to 2016 when Pokémon GO first started out with a big Kanto focus as well as new Timed Research and the start of a season long Special Research focused around the Legends of Hisui
We have compiled full details of this event in our Adamant Time event section
In The Pokémon Department
Poké Lids
As part of the continual Pokémon Local Acts in Japan, where Pokémon become ambassadors of prefectures and Pokémon is intersepersed throughout regions of Japan, two new Poké Lids have been announced for the Ehime area. These feature a variety of Pokémon including Sirfetch'd & Tsareena. We have updated our Poké Lids section with these new Poké Lids and locations