Monday: Pokémon X Natural History Musem Pop-Up + Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - Online Competition + Pokémon Masters EX - Pasio Academy Opening
22-09-2025 00:13 BST / 19:13 EDT by Serebii.
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Edit @ 06:25: Clefairy | Edit @ 07:00: Pokémon Masters EX | Edit @ 14:28: Pokémon TCG Pocket Plaza | Edit @ 18:00: Harvest Festival | Edit @ 21:00: Completely Normal
In The Museum Department
Pokémon x Natural History Museum
A special collaboration between Pokémon and the Natural History Museum in London, England has been announced. From January 26th through March 22nd 2026, the Cranbourne Boutique in the museum will be taken over by Pokémon for a special pop-up shop
This pop-up shop will have a number of exclusively designed products including clothing, stationery, accessories, prints and this exclusive plush. It has been said that design inspiration comes from the museum's architecture and the sketches that fill its archives.
Entry to the pop-up store requires a pre-registered free ticket with tickets being available on the Natural History Museum website from October 1st 2025
In addition to that, items from this shop's range will be available on the online Natural History Museum shop. All profits from the pop-up shop and online store support the museum's charitable mission.
A select range of items will also be available on Pokémon Center UK store at some point.
| Pokémon x Natural History Museum Pikachu Plush |
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In The Games Department
Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - Gift Distribution
Following the announcement of the Shiny Koraidon & Miraidon distribution for Japan, South Korea, United States, Canada and Australia, it has now been confirmed that Europe will also be getting this distribution.
The first announced is for France. If you go to Micromania Zing stores from September 26th through October 15th 2025. You will need to show your Nintendo Switch and the Home Menu for Pokémon Scarlet or Violet to get the code
We'll report any further European distributions as they're announced so be sure to keep checking back
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
The next Pokémon GO event has been announced. This is the Harvest Festival event and is due to run from October 10th at 10:00 to October 16th at 20:00 local time and adds Dipplin & Hydrapple into the game
Applin needs 200 Applin Candy and 20 Syrupy Apples to evolve to Dipplin
Dipplin then needs 400 Applin Candy and catching 7 Dragon-type Pokémon with Dipplin as your buddy to evolve into Hydrapple
There will be 2* Catch Candy for catching Pokémon with Pinap Berries and Silver Pinap Berries
There will be increased chance to encounter Shiny Pumpkaboo and Shiny Smoliv
Miltank, Combee, Smoliv, Applin and more will spawn in the wild
There will be paid Timed Research to get 30 Silver Pinap Berries, 3 Mossy Lure Modules, encounters with Applin and more. Purchasing the ticket also increases chance to receive Berries from a PokéStop and 2* Mossy Lure Module Duration
There will be Collection Challenges to get Mossy Lure Module, Stardust, Syrupy Apples and encounters with Applin
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
The next Pokémon GO event is rolling out in Asia Pacific regions. This event is the Completely Normal event which runs from 10:00 local time on September 23rd through 20:00 local time on September 27th and introduces Dudunsparce into the game
We are compiling full details in our Completely Normal event section
In The Games Department
Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
The next Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Online Competition has been announced. This competition is the Grand Challenge 2026 II competition and runs standard Regulation H rules.
Registration is open from 00:00 UTC on September 25th through October 2nd at 23:59 UTC while battles run from 00:00 UTC on October 3rd to 23:59 UTC on October 5th.
This competition also gives 10,000 League Points to all players who complete 3 or more battles
Players enrolled in the Pokémon Championship Series can earn Championship Points for ranking.
In The Games Department
Pokémon TCG Pocket
A special Pokémon TCG Pocket experience has been announced. On September 30th and October 1st at the Boscolo Circo Massimo in Rome, a special celebration of artworks in a gallery themed like three Pokémon habitats will be held. This event features on site activities including a scavenger hunt, a photo opportunity with booster pack arts and comments from the artists of the in-app cards. Access is available via a free ticket
In addition to that, the Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Experience & TCG Pocket 1st Anniversary museum, which was revealed for the UK on Friday, will be available in the following locations:
Le Gavia, Madrid: Friday, 10 Oct. to Sunday, 12 Oct. 2025
Westfield Forum Des Halles, Paris: Friday, 17 Oct. to Sunday, 19 Oct. 2025
Le Gru, Turin, Italy: Friday, 24 Oct. to Sunday, 26 Oct. 2025
Westfield Centro, Oberhausen, Germany: Friday, 31 Oct. to Saturday, 1 Nov. 2025
In The Games Department
Pokémon Masters EX - Academy Event
The "Pasio Academy Opening" Academy Event has begun a run in Pokémon Masters EX. This event is the first Academy Event where you get given a Sync Pair, in this case Rosa & Deerling (Summer Form), a new variant of Rosa, and have to battle through stages to earn Orbs in order to power them up. It runs until October 10th
To tie in with that, a Poké Fair Scout is available to get the Sync Pair of Lacey & Granbull. A second Costume Scout is also live to get Rei (Academy) & Hisuian Braviary.
We're currently compiling all details in our Pasio Academy Opening event section
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
The next Pokémon GO event has been announced. This is the Dancing in the Moonlight event which runs from October 4th through Ocotber 8th in Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Indonesia, and Singapore
During this event, for 5 minutes at 13:00 and 17:00 local time, Clefairy will spawn in the wild
Daily Adventure Incense is also likely to attract Clefairy
There will be Timed Research to get 4050 Experience, 4050 Stardust and encounters with Umbreon in a moon scarf, Teddiursa, Lunatone and Bunnelby
