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McDonalds Pull Rate Data for the 25th Anniversary of Pokemon. This data was obtained from 3 sealed cases.   McDonalds Pull Rate -  Holo Aggregated   Setlist Number Count Percentage 1 19 4.2% 2 18 3.98% 3 15 3.31% 4 20 4.42% 5 18 3.98% 6 17 3.76% 7 19 4.20% 8 17 3.76% 9 17 3.76% 10 21 4.64% 11 20 4.42% 12 19 4.20% 13 17 3.76% 14 18 3.98% 15 20 4.42% 16 20 4.42% 17 21 4.64% 18 16 3.54% 19 19 4.20% 20 19 4.20% 21 18 3.98% 22 17 3.76% 23 14 3.09% 24 17 3.76% 25 16 3.54%   Aggregated McDonalds Infographic   Coming from the sealed cases, it looks like the packs are relatively even in distribution amongst the sets. Pikachu pull rates remained consistent with that of the other cards. 

A new Pokémon Presents has just finished airing and announced two new games! The first is Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Pokémon Shining Pearl, remakes of the original Sinnoh games. They are in isometric 3D with a cartoony chibi style similar to Pokémon Let's Go, or the recent remake of the Zelda game, Link's Awakening. The gameplay, however, is faithful to the original games (rather than Let's Go). Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl are being made by ILCA rather than Game Freak, but is co-directed by Junichi Masuda from Game Freak (alongside Yuichi Ueda of ILCA). The games will be released in late 2021. The second game announced was Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It's also set in the Sinnoh region but a very long time ago, when the Sinnoh regions was still a vast wilderness. The graphical style is similar to Pokémon Sword & Shield and the gameplay appears similar to the Wild Area in those games. In this game the starters you can choose from are Rowlet, Cyndaquil, or Oshawott - previously from separate generations. The aim of the game is to create the region's first Pokédex. Players will study Pokémon's behaviours and can seamlessly enter battle, to provide Trainers with an immersive experience. It will be released in early 2022. Here is the full announcement video, which also features a great retrospective of the last 25 years of Pokémon!

Pull Rate Data for Shining Fates 2021 out of 1087 Packs. More data to come soon!  We're going to take this data size up to 3500 minimum packs and look at pull rates amongst different sets. Just wanted to get an aggregate of data out here first!  Pull Rates for 1087 Packs  Holo V 11.04% Holo VMax 5.34% Full Art 0.55% Full Art Trainer 2.6% Amazing Rare 5.24% Secret Rare 1.10% Baby Shiny 23.18% Shiny V 7.27% Shiny Vmax 2.58% Golden Rare 0.64% Shiny Charizard 0.74% Skyla 0.37%  

This year, Pokémon turns 25 years old! It all started in February 1996 with the release of Pokémon Red & Green in Japan. Today, The Pokémon Company have begun their celebrations. A fun video was released in which a Poké Ball makes its way through various dioramas, containing highlights of past Pokémon games. It was also announced that there will be a year-long music collaboration with Universal Music Group called P25 Music, headlined by pop star Katy Perry. There is a small hint of it at the end of the below video.

  Shiny Star V Pull Rate Data from 1000 packs. These packs came from the booster boxes. Raw data coming soon, but for now, here's the infographic.  

Pokémon GO has announced several updates that they are calling GO Beyond, which starts in December. The first is that Pokémon from the Kalos region - Generation 6 - are coming to the game. Specifically Chespin, Fennekin, Froakie, Bunnelby, Fletchling, and Litleo will appear in the wild or in eggs. Klefki will appear only in France. From December 2nd-8th they will be appearing more often. A mysterious Pokémon will also be appearing in 1* raids. Go Seasons were also announced. Pokémon appearing in the games will now follow the seasons in the real world (i.e. December will be Winter in the northern hemisphere and summer in the southern hemisphere). The Pokémon available in the wild/eggs/raids will follow the season, such as the Deerling forms. GO Battle League will also follow the season. There is also a level cap increase to Level 50. For lower level players it will be easier to level up, while level 40 players will need to complete extra challenges in addition to gaining XP (see below). Some events have also been announced: November 16th-24th: Cobalion, Terrakion & Virizion are in 5* raids. November 17th-23rd: Pokémon HOME event where various Kanto Pokémon are more common, plus Pokémon that can be Ditto. Shiny Slowpoke is now available! Shiny Meltan is available from the Mystery Box. The box can be received by sending a Pokémon to Pokémon HOME or Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee. November 18th-30th: 12 Days of Friendship event, featuring faster increases in friendship and an attack boost in raids with friends. November 24th-30th: Lake Legends event with Uxie, Mesprit & Azelf in 5* raids. They are region-exclusive, but you can get ones from different regions using Remote Raid Passes, if invited by someone from that region. Pokémon commonly found near lakes will be more common, including Psyduck, Goldeen, Magikarp, Surskit, Starly, Bidoof & Shellos. November 28th: Limited Research event featuring Nidoran♀ & Nidoran♂ November 18th-December 31st: Double XP for catching Pokémon!

Pokemon Vivid Voltage Pull Rate Data for 2020. 2184 packs opened and results tabulated in the post.  More

    Opening up the data vault, here's a fun one from our favorite set of 2019... Hidden Fates! 2350 packs were opened to get the data below.   Shiny Vault Hidden Fates Pull Rate Data  SV Pokemon Totals Percentage 1 Scyther 10 0.43% 2 Rowlet 15 0.64% 3 Dartrix 15 0.64% 4 Wimpod 13 0.55% 5 Pheromosa 8 0.34% 6 Charmander 16 0.68% 7 Charmeleon 10 0.43% 8 Alolan Vulpix 16 0.68% 9 Wooper 5 0.21% 10 Quagsire 10 0.43% 11 Froakie 20 0.85% 12 Frogadier 11 0.47% 13 Voltorb 14 0.60% 14 Xurkitree 11 0.47% 15 Seviper 8 0.34% 16 Shuppet 11 0.47% 17 Inkay 14 0.60% 18 Malamar 13 0.55% 19 Poipole 12 0.51% 20 Sudowoodo 14 0.60% 21 Riolu 14 0.60% 22 LUcario 11 0.47% 23 Rockruff 13 0.55% 24 Buzzwole 10 0.43% 25 Zorua 5 0.21% 26 Guzzlord 11 0.47% 27 Magnemite 22 0.94% 28 Magneton 11 0.47% 29 Magnezone 10 0.43% 30 Beldum 15 0.64% 31 Metang 10 0.43% 32 Celesteela 8 0.34% 33 Kartana 8 0.34% 34 Ralts 15 0.64% 35 Kirlia 11 0.47% 36 Diancie 12 0.51% 37 Altaria 15 0.64% 38 Gible 19 0.81% 39 Gabite 13 0.55% 40 Garchomp 19 0.81% 41 Eevee 8 0.34% 42 Swablu 13 0.55% 43 Noibat 10 0.43% 44 Oranguru 9 0.38% 45 Type: Null 11 0.47% 46 Leafeon GX 10 0.43% 47 Decidueye GX 2 0.09% 48 Golisopod GX 10 0.43% 49 Charizard GX 6 0.26% 50 Ho-Oh GX 5 0.21% 51 Reshiram GX 8 0.34% 52 Turtonator GX 5 0.21% 53 Alolan Ninetails GX 12 0.51% 54 Articuno GX 14 0.60% 55 Glaceon GX 9 0.38% 56 Greninja GX 9 0.38% 57 Electrode GX 12 0.51% 58 Xurkitree GX 7 0.30% 59 Mewtwo GX 6 0.26% 60 Espeon GX 4 0.17% 61 Banette GX 7 0.30% 62 Nihilego GX 4 0.17% 63 Naganadel GX 8 0.34% 64 Lucario GX 4 0.17% 65 Zygarde GX 8 0.34% 66 Lycanroc GX (SV66) 11 0.47% 67 Lycanroc GX (SV67) 12 0.51% 68 Buzzolee GX 8 0.34% 69 Umbreon GX 7 0.30% 70 Darkrai GX 8 0.34% 71 Guzzlord GX 12 0.51% 72 Scizor GX 5 0.21% 73 Kartana GX 7 0.30% 74 Stakataka GX 6 0.26% 75 Gardevoir GX 11 0.47% 76 Sylveon GX 3 0.13% 77 Altaria GX 8 0.34% 78 Noivern GX 6 0.26% 79 Silvally GX 8 0.34% 80 Drampa GX 7 0.30% 81 Aether Foundation Employee 7 0.30% 82 Cynthia 3 0.13% 83 Fisherman 3 0.13% 84 Guzma 6 0.26% 85 Hiker 4 0.17% 86 Lady 9 0.38% 87 Aether Paradise Conservation Area 4 0.17% 88 Brooklet Hill 5 0.21% 89 Mt. Coronet 3 0.13% 90 Shrine of Punishment 2 0.09% 91 Tapu Bulu GX 2 0.09% 92 Tapu Fini GX 11 0.47% 93 Tapu Koko GX 9 0.38% 94 Tapu Lele GX 5 0.21% TOTALS 891 37.91%   Conclusions: Hidden Fates Pull Rate for the Shiny Charizard lies between Champion's Path Charizard and Rainbow Rare Chonkachu.       

Today the physical versions of Sword & Shield bundled with the Expansion Pass are released. The Pokémon Company have released a new video to promote it, which shows the new legendary Pokémon found in The Crown Tundra, Glastrier and Spectrier. It highlights their abilities, Chilling Neigh and Grim Neigh, plus Calyrex's forms with the ability As One, as well as their signature moves Glacial Lance and Astral Barrage. Official art was also released.

The second part of the Pokémon Sword & Shield Expansion Pass, The Crown Tundra, is now available! It features several new Pokémon and many returning Pokémon. We are of course updating the site as fast as possible. You can check out the links below for information: Crown Tundra Pokédex Pokedex/stats for Regieleki, Regidrago, and Calyrex Galar Pokemon locations (Spoilers after continue)

Pokemon XY Evolutions ETB Pull Rate data for 712 packs.More

Pokemon Champion's Path Elite Trainer Box Pull Rate Data for 2020. 1000 packs opened ourselves, 532 of those 1000 were weighed.More

A new video has been released, providing more information on the upcoming Sword & Shield DLC, The Crown Tundra. The release date has been announced as October 22nd. For those that do not have Sword/Shield yet, a new bundle can be purchased with both the original game and EP being on the same cart; it will be released November 6th. Every legendary from previous games will be available, the majority of which appear to be found in Pokémon Dens and can be battled in Max Raid Battles. Also announced was the Galarian Star Tournament where you can team up with notable trainers from Galar in a multi-battle tournament. A new item, Ability Patch was revealed via the official site, which allows changing a Pokémon's ability to its Hidden Ability. We also caught a glimpse of Galarian Slowking! Look out for it during the trailer or see the artwork below. Galarian Slowking has a new ability, Curious Medicine which resets all Pokémon's stat changes when it enters battle; and a new move Eerie Spell which deals damage and reduces the opponent's PP by 3.

The latest Pokémon Presents has just finished airing, and it revealed a new Pokémon spin-off game called Pokémon Unite. Developed by Tencent Games and Timi Studios, it is a team-based multiplayer battle game for Nintendo Switch and mobile devices. In Pokémon Unite there are two teams of five Pokémon. Each side has five goals which the opposing team must reach to score points. Points are also scored by catching wild Pokémon along the way. Each controllable Pokémon starts at level 1 and can level up, evolve, and learn new moves as the match progresses. The full presentation including some gameplay can be seen here:

The first part of the Expansion Pass for Pokémon Sword & Shield - The Isle of Armor - has been released. We're updating details as quickly as we can, and will list appropriate pages below. Isle of Armor Pokédex Pokedex/stats for Kubfu, Urshifu, and Zarude Galar Pokemon locations

A Pokémon Presents presentation has just finished airing, and it revealed many new games and apps. First up was Pokémon Smile, a game for children to assist in brushing their teeth. Following that was Pokémon Cafe Mix a puzzle game in which you take the role of a cafe owner and must fulfil their orders by tackling various puzzles. It is will be available for Nintendo Switch or smartphones soon, and is free to start. Next was New Pokémon Snap - a follow-up to the N64 game Pokemon Snap from 1999. Pokémon live of various islands and you must take photos of them. The game is still in development and no release date was provided. A recap of recent changes in Pokémon GO were mentioned. It was announced that Victini and Mega Evolutions will be coming soon to the game. Galarian Farfetch'd is also available now. Finally, to celebrate the launch of the Sword & Shield Expansion Pass, Zeraora will soon be available in a special Max Raid Battle. If one million players beat it, a shiny Zeraora will be given out.

A new video has been released by The Pokémon Company. It features various Pokémon that will be found in the upcoming Expansion Pass for Pokémon Sword & Shield, and reveals the launch date for the first part - The Isle of Armor - is June 17th. The trailer starts with Galarian Slowbro, and then shows various adventuring through the Isle of Armor area. It's revealed that Urshifu has two Gigantamax forms - one red and one blue, for its Single-Strike Style and Rapid-Strike Style. More of the second part of the DLC - The Crown Tundra - is revealed. Details on the new Pokémon and forms were also confirmed in a separate press release (artwork below): Galarian Slowbro is Poison/Psychic type with a new ability Quick Draw. It has a signature move, Shell Side Arm which inflicts either physical or special damage - whichever does more damage. Regieleki is a new member of the Regi-family. It's Electric type with the ability Transistor. It has a signature move, Thunder Cage, which traps the opponent for 4-5 turns and deals damage each turn. Regidrago is another Regi. It's Dragon type with the ability Dragons Maw. It has a signature move, Dragon Energy, which deals more damage the higher the its remaining HP. Galarian Articuno is Psychic/Flying type. Galarian Zapdos is Fighting/Flying type. Galarian Moltres is Dark/Flying type. Urshifu's ability Unseen Fist allows moves that make contact to strike through Protect. Each form has a signature move: Single-Strike Style has Wicked Blow, while Rapid-Strike Style has Surging Strikes. Both moves have the same effect of always resulting in a critical hit. Gigantamax Urshifu also has two special G-Max moves: G-Max One Blow and G-Max Rapid Flow. Both can strike through Max Guard and Protect.

Four Galarian Forms from Pokémon Sword & Shield are available for players over the next four weeks! Galarian Mr. Mime, Ponyta, Corsola, and Meowth can be downloaded in-game using Mystery Gift > Get via Internet. A set of items can also be obtained each week. The abilities and items are: May 22nd to 28th: Galarian Mr. Mime with the ability Ice Body, and the items Lure Ball, Moon Ball, Heavy Ball, Dream Ball. May 29th to June 4th: Galarian Ponyta with the ability Anticipation, and the items Level Ball, Fast Ball, Love Ball, Friend Ball, Beast Ball. June 5th to 11th: Galarian Corsola with the ability Cursed Body, and the items Sweet Apple, Tart Apple, Chipped Pot, Cracked Pot, Sachet, Whipped Dream. June 12th to 18th: Galarian Meowth with the ability Unnerve, and the items Exp. Candy L x100, Big Nuggets x50. Be sure to get these gifts while you can!

A new exclusive move for the mythical Pokémon, Zarude, has been revealed: Jungle Healing. Zarude learns this Grass-type status move at level 90. It heals the HP of Zarude and its ally, as well as curing any status conditions.

A new trailer has been released for the upcoming Pokémon Sword & Shield Expansion Pass. It reveals the designs for the Galar starters' Gigantamax forms and their exclusive G-Max moves: Gigantamax Rillaboom turns into a drummer with a full drum kit. Its G-Max move is G-Max Drum Solo. Gigantamax Cinderace sits atop a giant fireball. Its G-Max move is coincidentally named G-Max Fireball. Gigantamax Inteleon turns into a tall spiral shape. Its G-Max move is G-Max Hydrosnipe. New trainer outfits and league cards will be available, and the trailer shows several interactions with Kubfu, the new Pokémon that will be your partner in the first part of the Expansion Pass, The Isle of Armor.

The Pokémon Company has revealed the results of Google's Pokémon of the Year vote that ran a few weeks ago. We'll get to that shortly but following the top 10 countdown they revealed a new Mythical Pokémon, Zarude. Zarude is Dark/Grass type and has the ability Leaf Guard. It's known as the Rogue Monkey Pokémon, is 1.8m tall and weighs 70kg. A video showing it in action has been released: Now on to the Pokémon of the Year results. The top 10 are revealed in this video from Pokémon Japan and are listed below.

The latest issue of CoroCoro has leaked and it shows a silhouette of the new mythical Pokémon, which will be officially revealed on Pokémon Day - February 27th. Update 15/02: the official site has published a clear image of the Pokémon: The new Mythical Pokémon will be revealed on Feb 27th The Pokémon will appear in the new anime movie, Coco, releasing July 10th in Japan. Interestingly, it has some similarities with a new character seen in the trailer for the film: We'll bring you the official announcement as soon as it happens!

The Pokémon Company today announced several celebrations that will be taking place on Pokémon Day - February 27th. We reported on some of these last week but more details have now been released as well as new features! First up is a Pokémon of the Year poll. This is in collaboration with Google - searching pokemon vote brings up a banner with several categories, and a vote can be cast in each of the categories. It starts today and the categories are the different regions from the Pokémon games. The voting lasts until February 14th and the winner will be announced on the 27th. They further confirmed the reveal of a new Mythical Pokémon on Pokémon Day, and also officially revealed Gigantamax Toxtricity in Pokémon Sword & Shield.

The Japanese Pokémon website has announced various events will be taking place on February 27th, 2020 - aka Pokémon Day: A special Max Raid Battle will be held in Pokémon Sword & Shield. In-game events are planned for Pokémon GO. There will be a new announcement for the mobile game Pokémon Masters. A new mythical Pokémon will be revealed for Pokémon Sword & Shield, which will also appear in the next Pokémon movie Coco. It's unknown whether it will require the upcoming Expansion Pass for SWSH. Pokémon Day is celebrated on the anniversary of the original release of Pokémon Red & Green in Japan - February 27th. This year Pokémon will be 24 years old!

The Pokémon Company has announced that Pokémon HOME, the replacement for Pokémon Bank, will be released next month. The app will be available for Nintendo Switch as well as smartphone and comes with several features for transferring and trading Pokémon. There are two plans - Basic, which is free; and Premium, which costs $3/month or $16/year. With the basic plan up to 30 Pokémon can be stored in HOME at a time, while with Premium up to 6,000 Pokémon can be stored. Using the Switch version, players can transfer Pokémon between HOME and Sword/Shield. Pokémon can also be transferred to and from Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee, however once a Pokémon has been transferred to another game (e.g. Sword/Shield) it cannot be transferred back to LGPE. Pokémon can be transferred from Pokémon Bank. Players on the Basic plan will have access for the first month, but after that it's limited to Premium plan users only. Pokémon can be transferred from Pokémon GO, though note this is a one-way transfer. Pokémon can be traded using the mobile app, either with friends, using the GTS for specific requests or Wonder Box for random trades. Pokémon HOME features a National Pokédex - any Pokémon transferred to HOME will be registered in the dex, including Mega Evolutions of Gigantamax forms. Pokémon can be searched for by ability and moves. Players on the Premium plan have access to a Judge function, which appraises the stats of a Pokémon. Points are accumulated for each Pokémon deposited in HOME. These can be converted into Battle Points for use in Sword/Shield or future games.

The Pokémon Direct has just finished airing, which announced paid DLC for Pokémon Sword & Shield. There are two new adventures titled The Isle of Armor and The Crown Tundra, to be released in June and in the autumn respectively. But first up was a port of the GBA/DS games Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team. The new version, for Nintendo Switch, is titled Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX. It will be released March 6th, 2020 however there will be a demo available today! Next up was the big news: an Expansion Pass for Pokémon Sword and Shield. It will be paid DLC and includes two new adventures plus over 200 additional Pokémon not available in Sword/Shield. New Pokémon include Galarian Slowpoke/Slowbro/Slowking; new forms for Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres; new Regi Pokémon; Gigantamax forms of Venusaur, Blastoise, Rillaboom, Cinderace and Inteleon; and new legendary Pokémon. A new update for Sword/Shield has just gone live which allows Galarian Slowpoke to be encountered right now! It will require the expansion pack to evolve, however, updates to Sword/Shield will allow trading of any of the new Pokémon without the Expansion Pass.

A new Pokémon Direct has been announced for this Thursday, January 9th at 2:30pm UTC. It will last around 20 minutes, making it one of the longest Pokémon Directs there has been. No specifics were given on the content but The Pokémon Company asked everyone to tune in for some exciting updates coming to the world of Pokémon this year! We'll bring you the updates as soon as they happen. Times around the world: 6:30am PT (USA) 9:30am ET (USA) 2:30pm GMT (UK) 3:30pm CEST (Europe) 11:30pm JST (Japan) 1:30am AEDT (Australia)

Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield for Nintendo Switch have now been released worldwide! As the first games of a new generation they feature new Pokémon and lots to explore. Of course I've been busy cataloging everything with the games, from Pokémon stats and learnsets to locations and items. Our Sword/Shield section is a work in progress but I'll keep adding details as I find them. Here are some quick links to useful pages: Sword & Shield Pokédex Version-exclusive Pokémon TM locations

A new trailer for Sword & Shield has been released in Japan (no English equivalent just yet). This trailer shows two new Pokémon, which we know to be Mr. Rime, a Galarian evolution of Mr. Mime; and Runerigus, a Galarian evolution of Yamask.

A new trailer has been released for Pokémon Sword and Shield showing various new mechanics in the games. Mints are a new type of item that changes a Pokémon's stats to match a different nature. They don't actually change the nature, but for example a Modest Mint changes the stats to what they would be if the Pokémon had the Modest nature. Pokémon of the same species (e.g. two Sylveon) can pass egg moves to each other when placed in the Nursery. They must have empty move slots for this to occur. The Pokémon storage can be accessed from almost anywhere. New Exp. Candy items give many Exp to Pokémon. Also announced is a launch online competition, Galar Beginnings.

The Gigantamaxed forms seen earlier in CoroCoro have been revealed by TPCi in a new trailer. As well as Gigantamax Pikachu, Eevee, Charizard and Meowth, Gigantamax Butterfree was also shown. Here's the trailer: Gigantamax Pikachu has the special move G-Max Volt Crash, which paralyzes all opponents. It can be obtained using play records from the game Let's Go Pikachu. Gigantamax Eevee has G-Max Cuddle, which infatuates opposite-gender opponents. It can be obtained using play records from the game Let's Go Eevee. Gigantamax Charizard has G-Max Wildfire, which causes damage to non-Fire types for 4 turns. Gigantamax Butterfree has G-Max Befuddle, which causes poison, paralysis or sleep to each opponent. Gigantamax Meowth has G-Max Gold Rush, which confuses all targets and gives back money (like Pay Day). This is an event form which can be obtained via Mystery Gift until January 15th 2020.

The cover of the latest issue of Japanese magazine CoroCoro Ichiban has been revealed and features what appears to be Gigantamax forms for Eevee, Pikachu, Meowth and Charizard: There is also an official announcement coming later today at 1pm UTC (6am PT/9am ET/2pm BST) which may feature details of these Pokémon. We'll bring you the news when it happens.

Pokémon GO has announced multiple new events today! First up is a big event for Halloween, which runs from October 17th at 1pm PT (8pm UTC) until November 1st and includes the release of Pokémon Yamask and Darkrai, boosted spawns of Ghost and Dark type Pokémon, and costumed starter Pokémon. Full details below. Next, is a short event from November 1st at 1pm PT (8pm UTC) until November 4th, which features the three Regis in 5* raids, with possible shiny. Plus other boosted spawns listed below. The third event involves Regigigas - it will be appearing in EX Raids from November, however a special early-access ticket has been announced, priced at $7.99. The paid event runs from 11am to 7pm on November 2nd and gives Special Research named A Colossal Discovery and other features (see below).

Following the Pokémon Live Camera event last week, the new Pokémon seen on the stream has been confirmed to be Galarian Ponyta. It is Psychic type and has a new ability, Pastel Veil, which prevents it and its teammates from becoming poisoned. Galarian Ponyta is exclusive to Pokémon Shield version (presumably as a counterpart to Sirfetch'd which is exclusive to Sword). Galarian Ponyta

The 24 hour live-stream of the Glimwood Tangle forest has ended and it has revealed a new Pokémon! The stream was very sparse with Pokémon popping up on average only every 30 minutes or so. As the stream went on fleeting glimpses of something new were seen, but often obscured by something else like Impidimp walking through the shot. Finally we got a good glimpse of a pony Pokémon that looks similar to Ponyta and has the same cry. Nothing has been fully confirmed yet but it's presumed to be Galarian Ponyta. Galarian Ponyta

It has been announced that this Friday, a live-stream will be set up of Glimwood Tangle, a strange forest area in Galar. The aim is to apparently assist Sonia, one of the characters from Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield, with her research. The live-stream will start from 1pm UTC (6am PT / 9am ET / 2pm BST) on October 4th and runs for 24 hours! Check in now and again and there is sure to be something new.

The "glitchy" Pokémon that was seen last week on the official site has been revealed to be Sirfetch'd. It is a Galar evolution of Farfetch'd and is exclusive to Pokémon Sword version. Sirfetch'd is pure Fighting type with the ability Steadfast. It has a signature move, Meteor Assault, which is powerful but means Sirfetch'd is unable to take action after using it. A video showing Sirfetch'd in action has been released:

A new Pokémon has supposedly been revealed on the Sword & Shield website - however, it appears as a pixelated image: Unknown glitch Pokemon (click for animated version) The Pokémon is listed as Fighting type with the ability Steadfast. The URL segment, which normally has the Pokémon name in it, shows as zbpkxr1gw8, and the image filename is pq2ot9z9fh.gif. We'll bring more information as we get it.