Thursday: Pokémon Legends: Z-A - Ranked Battle & Update + Pokémon x Universal Studios Announcement
22-01-2026 01:33 GMT / 20:33 EST by Serebii.
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In The Games Department
Pokémon Legends: Z-A - Ranked Battle Season 6
Pokémon Legends: Z-A's Ranked Battle Season 6 has been announced. This season will run from January 29th at 06:00 UTC to February 19th at 01:59 UTC. It also allows for use of Lumiose Pokédex #001-232 and Hyperspace Pokédex #001 - 132, allowing one Restircted Legendary Pokémon on your team
Players will be able to get the Greninjite at Rank Y, the Delphoxite at Rank X, Chesnaughtite at Rank W, Baxcalibrite at Rank V, Sceptilite at Rank U and Swampertite at Rank S, adding Mega Swampert into the game
In The Games Department
Pokémon TCG Pocket
The latest set for Pokémon TCG Pocket has been officially revealed. This set is called Fantastical Parade and will release on January 29th 2026 and focuses on Mega Gardevoir and Ogerpon and introduces Stadium cards into the game
We have begun adding all details into our Fantastical Parade section
The next events have also been announced
Elite Deck Gift Missions runs from January 30th to April 27th and offers missions to get a Fire-type Elite Deck focused on Mega Blaziken ex and Entei ex
Handy Card Collection Missions runs from January 30th to April 27th and offers missions to get cards with useful effects
The Mega Medicham ex Drop Event runs from February 12th to February 22nd
The Wonder Pick event featuring Cinderance and Alolan Vulpix, with cosmetics themed on Toxtricity, runs on February 15th to February 25th
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In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
The next Pokémon GO event has been announced. This is the Carnival of Flamigo event and is due to run February 3rd at 10:00 to February 8th at 20:00 local time and adds Flamigo into the game
This event has 2* Incense duration, 500 additional stardust for catching Flamigo and increased chance of Shiny Lotad, Spritzee and Pikipek
Lotad, Buneary, Pikipek, Spritzee and Flamigo will spawn in the wild
There will be a Collection Challenge to get Experience, Stardust and event encounters
There will be free Timed Research to get 2 Incense, Stardust, encounters with Event Pokémon and more
There will be paid Timed Research for $4.99 to get a Star Piece, an event Avatar Pose and encounters with event Pokémon
In The Games Department
Pokémon Legends: Z-A
A new patch is live for Pokémon Legends: Z-A. This patch brings the game up to Version 2.0.1 and features a variety of small bug fixes. The update is required to go online.
This update includes several updates and bug fixes
At Berry Stalls, it allows you to buy multiple of a Berry at once
Adds a new Berry Shop to Nouveau Café No. 3
Increases the amount of Mega Shards holdable from 999 to 9999
It also includes the following bug fixes
In Hyperspace Lumiose, it fixes an issue where the Pokémon will move in a direction other than target
Fixes an issue where the weather may not change
Fixes an issue where the Shiny version of a Mega Evolved Pokémon caught before getting Mega Dimension won't display in the Mega Evolution Pokédex
Fixes an issue where an image from an unrelated scene may display during a mission
Fixes an issue where Side Mission 188 can't be cleared if you have too many Survey Points
In The Theme Parks Department
Pokémon x Universal Studios Japan
It has been announced that a new Pokémon experience is coming to Universal Studios Japan as a global rollout project. This will build ultra realistic experiences to bring the Pokémon world to life in the theme park. It will be available at other Universal Studios including Orlando, Florida as well after its debut in Universal Studios Japan. Currently no further details have been announced but we'll provide more details as they come
In The Games Department
Pokémon UNITE
It has been confirmed that Sirfetch'd is to be available in Pokémon UNITE on January 30th 2026. Currently we don't have full details for them such as moves or stats but we'll provide full details as soon as they come
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
The next Pokémon GO event is rolling out in Asia Pacific regions. This event is the Precious Pals event which runs from 00:00 local time on January 23rd through 20:00 local time on January 25th and adds Shadow Thundurus into the game
We are compiling full details in our Precious Pals: Taken Over event section
In The Anime Department
Pokémon Rising Again
A new episode title has been released for a coming episode of Pokémon Rising Again in Japan. This episode is due to air on January 30th 2026.
Episode 125: Get Back the Six Heroes!
In The Games Department
Pokémon UNITE
Pokémon UNITE has received a new patch in order to alter a variety of Pokémon with various adjustments to a variety of Pokémon including Inteleon, Decidueye, Vaporeon and more. We've begun compiling all the changes of this patch in our Patch section
