So, turns out spectator pass invites for Pokémon worlds have been released every week or so for the last month. I’d actually heard so little about it organically I’d assumed there was some sort of holdup.

Going somewhere this holiday weekend? In the latest Digest Podcast episode, Anne from Pikapi Podcast joins me to talk about the music of Pokémon Go: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Tomorrow at 3PM central, I’ll be discussing the soundtrack of Super Smash Bros Ultimate with Anne from Pikapi Podcast. Do you have a favorite song from this game (Pokemon or otherwise)? www.youtube.com/live/APRLx-9...

What if Ditto’s trainer sent a message back? pokepress.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-me... #pokopia #music #inxs

Did anyone attend the Stern Pokemon Pinball and/or Pokemon voice actor panels at the Midwest Gaming Classic today and want to share any de? I was unable to because of the time my panel was scheduled.

Very pleased to be going to the Midwest Gaming Classic again this weekend! I’ll be on the bonus stage tomorrow afternoon (2:45-3:15 pm) doing a presentation on restoring video game footage! Slides here: www.mediafire.com/file/wzpg955...

Reminder that tomorrow is Record Store Day! There’s no official release from Pokémon (probably a good thing), but @curagarecords.com is putting out a lo-fi cover album on LP!

Serebii Update: Spectator registration is now live for the Pokémon North America International Championships Register here: registration.pokemon.com/flow/pokemon... Details @ www.serebii.net

Songs get gender swapped all the time, but here’s a rare perspective flip: youtu.be/HjvzWZpOUFk?...

Serebii Update: The PokémonXP & 2026 Pokémon World Championship Interest List is now live. Open until April 24th at 06:59 UTC Register here: registration.pokemon.com/flow/pokemon... www.serebii.net

I can definitely say the Super Mario Galaxy movie is my second favorite video game film adaptation where the villain is an offspring with a giant airship. Funny how history repeats itself.

I finally had a chance to play Stern Pinball’s Pokemon table today. I connected the insider app and it logged my plays, but I don’t see the collection in there. Is it not live yet? I caught a Riolu.

I had a great opportunity to interview @feleciaangelle.com earlier this month and talk about how her southern upbringing contributed to her work on Pokémon Horizons: youtu.be/wRjB6Bx-GJs?...

Saw this listing for Pokémon: Detective Pikachu in the @marcustheatres.bsky.social app. It was on the “now showing” tab, which typically means it was showing somewhere today. I do see entries for Gurnee, Illinois later this month (a few days before the Mario Galaxy movie).

Earlier this month @animemilwaukee.org , I was able to interview @itsxanthor.bsky.social about her work on Pokemon Masters, Evolutions, and Horizons, including her voicing Maushold: youtu.be/fkWXofeWTlk?...

Pokemon pinball just now landing. Track it here pinballmap.com/map?by_machi...

Looking forward to a fun weekend @animemilwaukee.org ! Not only will I be covering the convention, but I’ll be presenting a panel on Saturday night:

No official Pokémon release at this year’s Record Store Day (perhaps a good thing), but there is this:

It may be Pokémon Day weekend, but ironically Anne and I will be discussing the music of other monster taming games this afternoon at 2pm central: www.youtube.com/live/pJhzVgM...

Looks like Pokemon posted some info on the interest lists for getting tickets to the world championships side of this year’s event: www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-n...

So, with W&W releasing next year, do we think we’ll get another spinoff in the back half of this year?

Had a chance to do a roundtable with some folks from Stern Pinball about the Pokémon table they’re putting out. Also includes footage of the Premium model: youtu.be/9n37FArZFSE

Looks like Kathryn Newton is doing an AMA on Tuesday. I don’t expect anything Pokemon-related (especially since it’s before the presents), but if you’re curious what she’s been up to: www.reddit.com/r/movies/s/S...

Looking for Eevee In the new Pokémon Pinball table? It’s coming, but you’ll need to do some work: youtube.com/shorts/P2TkQ...

I’ve got a write up on my time earlier this week at the Stern Pokémon Pinball event, with some details about the table itself: pokepress.blogspot.com/2026/02/repo...

So, just to confirm, yes, I did get to play the new Pokémon Pinball table when I visited Stern earlier this week. I’ll have more content in the next few days, but for now feel free to ask questions and I’ll try and answer them.

Always knew Trevor Noah was a smart guy:

In celebration of the upcoming real-life Pokemon Pinball table, tomorrow at 1PM central I’ll be livestreaming the Ruby and Sapphire GBA pinball game: youtube.com/live/PfVNOs0...

Stern Pinball release teaser trailer for new Pokémon collaboration physical pinball table #pokémon

Looks like the Stern Pokemon pinball table is real: youtu.be/aJmsmfRHpcc?...

This interaction in the Mega Dimension DLC reminded me-given telepathy exists in Pokémon, shouldn’t most security employ physical devices (keys, RFID cards, etc.) or biometrics (fingerprints, retina scanning, etc.), rather than passwords? Even if someone can’t literally hear everything you think,

Love the music in @pokemonmastersgame.bsky.social ? I’ll be discussing it with Anne from Pikapi Podcast on Saturday at 8pm Central: www.youtube.com/live/KIMyXmH... Pokémon Masters Ex has original music, remixes from the games, and more, so there’s plenty to talk about!

Noticed something interesting about the floating Pokeballs in Hyperspace Lumiose in Pokemon Legends ZA-they appear to have HP. My Pokemon with a Shell Bell recovered 1 HP breaking them. Same is true for crystal shards.

Three Pokémon games to feature in this week's Awesome Games Done Quick 2026 benefiting Prevent Cancer Foundation #pokémon

Even though I knew it probably wasn’t him, I couldn’t help be read the cries for help in the Pokémon Legends ZA DLC in Clemont’s voice.

Also, if you missed it, last week I published an interview with MiG Ayesa, star of the Dubai version of the Pokémon Live stage show: soundcloud.com/pokepress/po...

Here’s an overview of how I spent my time at this weekend’s Twin Cities Con: pokepress.blogspot.com/2025/11/repo... Overall it was pretty good, but I still have a lot of work ahead of me.

Had a great time this weekend at Twin Cities Con in Minneapolis. I am looking for some cosplayers for a possible interview. One is a group of Eevelutions, the other is Corbeau from ZA. If you were one of those (or know them), please get in touch.

Brian Koenig is about to take the stage in the gaming area of Twin Cities Con:

It’s nice to see Korrina, but I do hope Clemont and/or Bonnie show up in the Mega Dimension DLC at some point. Maybe Clemont invents something that allows you to stay in the “Dark World” longer, or see it differently.

If anyone is looking for how to pronounce this word from Pokémon Legends ZA, assuming it’s the same as the city in Wisconsin, it’s “Rah-seen”.

The community center here on the west side of Madison is having its harvest festival tonight. The center has a LPFM station (which I have a show on), so I set up a special Game Boy-based radio for the event:

Want to know what side events were like at last weekend’s Pokemon Regionals in Milwaukee? Here’s my report: pokepress.blogspot.com/2025/10/side...

If you’d like to know more about “Mario & Wario”, the Game Freak game released on NSO on Friday, we talk about its music and gameplay as part of this discussion: youtube.com/live/MHQ6trj...

Sadly my Build & Battle from yesterday pull matches today’s cosplay instead:

For this year’s Milwaukee Pokémon Regionals, Fab, er, Elite Four Ringo brought his ace Hoopa: #playpokemon

Played in a Pokemon Puzzle League tournament and went 1-2. Everyone was pretty skilled.

Things are quite busy here at the UW Madison campus regional bus stop. I asked if it was because of homecoming, but apparently this is just a typical Friday. In addition to the usual buses to Milwaukee and Chicago, one is headed to Steven’s Point, and another is headed somewhere else.

Well, not only is there a Pokémon regional in Milwaukee this weekend, but a game 5 on Saturday between the Brewers and Cubs. Busy, busy, busy.

This ended up being the last paradox: