Sunday: Pokémon GO - Gigantamax Machamp Max Battle Day + Pokémon Masters Day
25-05-2025 01:00 BST / 20:00 EDT by Serebii.
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Edit @ 07:00: Pokémon Masters Day | Edit @ 13:00: Pokémon of the Week
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO - Max Battle Day
The Pokémon GO Gigantamax Machamp Max Battle Day is rolling out globally. For three hours in each region, all Power Spots will contain a Gigantamax Machamp Max Battle, adding it into the game. It also features Timed Research for paid ticket holders that offers experience and Max Mushrooms
It runs from 2pm to 5pm in your local time.
We have full details in our Gigantamax Machamp Max Battle Day page
In The Games Department
Pokémon Masters EX
The monthly special event has begun in Pokémon Masters EX. For one day only each month on the 25th, the Pokémon Masters Day event will be held. This event will give you a variety of rewards for completion. Alongside this, a special 25 Gem for 11 Sync Pair scout is now live. A sync Grid Expansion has happened for Gladion & Silvally and Gladion & Magearna. Finally, the 6 Star EX for Kahili & Toucannon has been unlocked
A Master Fair Scout is also now available to get the Sync Pair of Gladion & Magearna
We've updated our Pokémon Masters Day page with the details of this month's event.
In The Pokémon Championship Series Department
Pokémon Regional Championships
Today is Day 2 of the Pokémon Portland Regional Championshios. Today features battles for three of the games in the current Play! Pokémon Circuit: TCG, GO and Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, with it being the first Regulation I competition. All three games will be streamed in individual streams
The Pokémon VG Stream begins at 17:15 (BST) / 12:15 (EDT) / 09:15 (PDT)
The Pokémon TCG Stream begins at 18:45 (BST) / 13:45 (EDT) / 10:45 (PDT)
The Pokémon GO Stream begins at 17:45 (BST) / 12:45 (EDT) / 09:45 (PDT)
We have all the streams in our Play! Pokémon Stream Hub which allows for tabbing between all streams or loading all together
In The Pokémon of the Week Department
Who's That Pokémon
Today marks the one hundred and thirtieth entry into the Generation IX competitive field with a Sinnoh Pokémon. These entries are created by the visitors for the visitors and then compiled by our writer Mestorn. To get involved, Click here for the discussion forum
Today, we are covering a Pokémon introduced in the fourth generation.
Its whole body is sticky with mucus. In the past, this form of Gastrodon was by far the more numerous one. It appears on beaches where the waters are shallow. Once it catches prey, it will slowly melt them with its mucus before slurping them up. They normally inhabit rocky seashores, but in times of continuous rain, they can sometimes be found in the mountains, far from the sea. Fishers say that they didn't see many of these Pokémon in the past, but this form of Gastrodon is now increasing in number.
So, here it is, the one hundred and thirtieth Pokémon, Gastrodon
