Thank you Johto Times for including a link to PokéPrint!

I went to a Chaos Rising prerelease yesterday, placed 19th out of around 24 people (tie, loss, loss)… but in the end I kinda won the event when I pulled this from my last participation prize pack!

Honestly? Tempting…

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There seems to be quite a few new and returning Pokémon fan sites popping up lately, and I am LOVING it! So heartwarming to see fans return to the independent web space. It’s motivating me to get back into working on PokéPrint (my laptop needs a new battery again, however).

yoshi's island 🦕🌈

The LEGO Venusaur, Charizard & Blastoise set got delivered to my PO Box yesterday! I won’t be opening it and putting it together until we move into the new house in a month or so, so I guess it’ll be our housewarming present to ourselves.

I forgot to mention, but I went to a Perfect Order prerelease a couple of weeks back, and it was so fun! I didn’t realise how much I missed attending these - the last one I went to before this was XY—BREAKpoint, and that was ten years ago!

happy 30th anniversary pokemon #ポケモン30周年

Regional Pikachu plushies have been teased for a release soon at the online Pokémon Center ⚡️

30 years with you 🌈💕🎶☁️

🌷🌼🍃🌸 springmix ⛅💐🌱🌼

Easter is in two weeks and I don’t think the Pokémon Center has revealed this year’s Easter merch line yet. Should I be panicking? Because I’m panicking.

Pokémon Winds & Pokémon Waves

FIFTEEN WHAT?

Rock It Games’ decision to send emails advertising pre-orders for their new release when they haven’t yet started fulfilling Croc pre-orders from October 2024 is certainly… interesting.

At first I was a bit disappointed by the recent Pokémon Presents due to the main headliner being leaked months ago, but the more I see about Winds and Waves, the more excited I am for them. Hopefully the end up looking as great at the trailer made them out to be.

I think I managed to successfully order a 30th Anniversary “Welcome Home” Pikachu plush! I’ve never ordered from this site before; it’s got good reviews though so fingers crossed they actually have him in-hand and I don’t get a fulfilment issue cancellation email.

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╭━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━╮ 　はじめまして！ 　ポケット　モンスターの　せかいへ　▼ ╰━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━╯ #ポケモン30周年

30 years of collecting Pocket Monsters. #ポケモン30周年 #PokemonDay #Pokemon30

Happy #PokemonDay!! Here's some scribbles of the whole gang

gen 10

Merchandise is doing a lot of heavy lifting for Pokémon’s 30th anniversary. I actually found that Pokémon Presents a little disappointing, considering it was celebrating such a big milestone. The only new game announcement was spoiled by leaks months ago…

30周年！

More pictures have been released of the special 30th anniversary Pokémon Red & Green-style Pikachu plush and keychain. www.pokemon.co.jp/goods/2026/0... This is some of my favourite merch/plush they've ever made.

Chonkachu

If they release the ‘physical’ edition of FireRed and LeafGreen for Switch in the west, I will definitely pick that up, but otherwise I’m good with my originals (the Analog Pocket is technically modern hardware, right?). But I do think it’s great that these aren’t locked behind the premium NSO tier.

With the recent FRLG news, I'd like to remind you that the Buried Relic holds some information that may come in handy in your new adventure: - Utility Pokémon beyond battles. - Shiny hunting info and tips. - Unown's wacky shiny odds and other wild facts. Links below! ⬇️

The only one of these I currently have is the Surging Sparks SIR. Praying for a god pack from my Ascended Heroes ETB(s) because I NEED both of those Pikas!

⚡ Spotted at Pokémon EUIC! Pokémon Center reveals a 30th Anniversary Pikachu plushie 💛 Too cute to resist—yes or YES? 👇 #Pokemon #Pokemon30

Pikachu Plush

While working on a JavaScript search function for PokéPrint’s checklists, I somehow broke the table sorting algorithm I was using. No idea how I managed that… but in my quest to fix it, I found a jQuery plugin that works exactly as I want it to, and now code is so much neater!

Thank goodness they’ve raised the Mega Shard inventory cap!

While I respect and understand peoples’ decisions to keep their Pokémon TCG products sealed (even though I think sealed collectors are partially to blame for ruining this hobby), the only Pokémon TCG products I would be interested in keeping sealed are Theme Decks and World Championship Decks.

According to my Nintendo Year In Review stats for 2020, 2021, and 2022, I have played *at least* 1,156 hours of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. For some reason, my Switch stopped counting my hours at 660. Has anyone else encountered an issue with their Switch not logging their playtime accurately?

Hmmm… do I upgrade to the NSO Expansion Pack just to get the ability to purchase character icons from my favourite video game of all time, even though I already own four copies of said game and absolutely do not need or want to purchase a premium subscription to play it on a third console? Hmmm…

Me: I don’t want to fully get back into collecting Pokémon cards. Also me: Should I do a full Pokédex binder?

Traded-in a bunch of cards to my local card store the other day, and used the credit to add two new cards to my N collection!

金銀26周年おめでと！！

Man, I spent SO MANY HOURS essentially abusing a trade bot in Scarlet and Violet to acquire hundreds of Fresh-Start Mochi in order to erase hundreds of Pokémon’s EVs, only for Legends: Z-A to have an NPC that erases EVs for a measly five (JUST FIVE) Mega Shards.

Happy New Year!! 🌸🐎 #pokemon #HappyNewYear2026

Just for fun (and in preparation for Pokémon HOME rewards), I decided to do an Alpha Living Dex in Legends: Z-A. I bought 20 Jaw Fossils and after only one reset (40 fossils revived total), I ended up with not only an alpha Tyrunt (1/100 odds), but a shiny one (1/4096 odds) too!

With Kalos being the region that Vivillon first appeared in, I find it hard to imagine that they wouldn’t do some kind of event to allow us to natively obtain all of Vivillon’s patterns in Legends: Z-A, like how they had the GO postcard system in Scarlet and Violet.

I wonder if Legends: Z-A is the reason that Xerneas and Yveltal are the only box legendaries that are unobtainable in Scarlet and Violet. Was this subtle foreshadowing?

OH MY GOD

I visited a local card store last week with a friend. She was there to trade-in some stuff, but I was just browsing. My partner met us there (to pick me up) while I was admiring certain cards on wishlist that they happened to have in one of their display cabinets.

I think Legends: Z-A has the most balanced shiny-hunting of any Pokémon game so far. And by balanced, I mean how shiny hunting is insanely quick, easy, and stress-free in the base game, and then the DLC pulls a “hold my beer”.