r/pokemon 5d ago

Questions thread - Active [Weekly Questions Thread] 09 March 2026

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Have any questions about Pokémon that you'd like answered?

If they're about the value of a piece of merchandise you own or found, please ask them in the Monthly Value Questions thread!

Otherwise, continue on!


Other Weekly/Monthly Threads

  • Merch Megathread - Want to show off a photo of your collection or a piece of Pokémon merchandise you recently bought? Head over to the Merchandise Monday thread, posted each Monday but open seven days a week!
  • Value Questions Thread - Have questions about a piece of merchandise you own or found? Or perhaps you're knowledgeable about Pokémon product values and wouldn't mind helping some people out? Check out the Value Questions Thread!
  • Code Giveaway Megathread - Have some extra codes lying around and looking to share the wealth? Try posting them on the Code Giveaway Megathread!
  • Battle Request Thread - Looking for trainers to battle? Try the Battle Request thread!
  • Hype Thread! - Catch a new shiny? Finish your Living Dex? Head on over to the Hype Thread to share your joy! We even award special flairs for certain achievements!
  • RAGE THREAD! - Game mechanic changes got you down? Did your plans to catch a shiny blow up in your face? Head over to the RAGE THREAD to vent a bit! CAPS LOCK ENCOURAGED!

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r/pokemon 6h ago

RAGE [RAGE THREAD] 14 March 2026

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IT'S TIME TO RAGE!!!!!!!!


RULES:

  • PRESS THE CAPS LOCK BUTTON ON YOUR KEYBOARD

  • WRITE ABOUT WHATEVER IS MAKING YOU ANGRY

  • OTHER PEOPLE WILL AGREE WITH YOU IN ALL CAPS

  • SHOUTING AT EACH OTHER ABOUT THINGS WE HATE WILL FORM A STRONG BOND AMONG MEMBERS OF THE POKEMON COMMUNITY

  • ???

  • PROFIT

YOU CAN RAGE AT ANYTHING POKEMON RELATED!!!

LET'S RAGE!!!


THIS THREAD IS PART OF /R/POKEMON'S REGULAR STICKY ROTATION. TO SEE OUR ROTATION SCHEDULE AND ALL PAST STICKY ROTATION THREADS, GO HERE!


r/pokemon 5h ago

Discussion Today is the 16th anniversary of Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver

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r/pokemon 2h ago

Discussion The only 1 caterpie challenge is officialy over after 2 days and more that 14 hours.

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Yesterday i was 8 hours triying to beat Blue's Tyranitar and its imposible. Right now i been 4 hours and 1 entire hour triying to do a pp stall to his Tyranitar only for him to make 1 aerial ace with his only 5 pps missing and critical hit me.

Im tired of this challenge. Its over.

If anyone wants to suggest something ill apreciate all your comments.♥️😪


r/pokemon 47m ago

Discussion 👑🎊🐛IMPOSSIBLE CHALLENGE ONLY 1 CATERPIE Rematch Done🎊🎊👑🐛

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It was a pain this challenge but i finally got it. Thanks to everyone for all the supports and tips. I know i said i was gonna drop it but i took 1 hour rest and made it. GODChampie is the King.🐛👑🎊


r/pokemon 8h ago

Art I MADE ANOTHER DITTO CARD!🥹💜 (OC)

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This is my second Ditto card from the little series of cards I’m making! 🥹💜

I used Pokopia’s Ditto transformation as a reference for the concept because I always loved how funny and chaotic that scene was.

I’ve been having so much fun making these illustrated cards, and honestly it feels really close to my dream of drawing for Pokémon cards someday. I’m already excited to start the next one! 💜🥹


r/pokemon 5h ago

Art [OC] Guys look at my Houndour

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r/pokemon 3h ago

Video/GIF Aight bro, we get it.

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Suppose we gotta find him a Blastoise, XD.


r/pokemon 2h ago

Image Fun fact: Aggron and Groudon's limbs are completely detachable

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They're secretly just snakes with prosthetic limbs


r/pokemon 12h ago

Image Strange Design of Pokemon Game Music Collection: Game Boy Jukebox

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So here it is! In AU and NZ it's not being scalped as hard as other parts of the world. Still in stock ready for shipping from My Nintendo Store ANZ for AU$109.99 (probably the price tag is the reason!).

The player is built with a chip-on-board controller + 64MB (yes, megabyte!) SPI NOR Flash. That's quite generous compared to other Nintendo toys (FYI Game & Watch Mario comes with a whopping 1MB of SPI Flash). Probably because the controller is too weak to either render music or decode the encoded songs so they have to store all songs in PCM which would take a log of space.

So yes, the plastic cartridge chips does NOT have any circuits - game BGMs are all stored on the player, selected by plastic bumps on cartridge chips pushing 6-pin micro switches, like how a Famicom Disk System anti-piracy works. Counting from left to right when player facing up, there are in total 64 possible slots for 6 bits. With no pin pushed (i.e. no cartridge inserted) plays only the Game Boy chime, and 45 known working combinations from cartridge chips come with the set. That leaves 18 unused combinations. Among all 18 unused, none plays music, except somehow 0b011000 plays Cerulean City Theme, which is the same as 0b101111. Weird.

In case you're interested, here's a full list of music and cartridges:

Pokémon Game Music Collection Game Boy Jukebox - Pin Combinations (Google Docs)


r/pokemon 5h ago

Discussion Gastly Got Turned Into Breakfast

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351 Upvotes

r/pokemon 2h ago

Image All right now how do I trade 🤔

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202 Upvotes

r/pokemon 7h ago

Image Talk about Bad Luck

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My first full odds shiny in Ultra Sun. Sorry about the picture, I'm not sure how to take screenshot on the 3DS


r/pokemon 9h ago

Art [OC] It's Archie's turn to get a 30th anniversary logo 🌊

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If you like my art, feel free to check my other socials for more!


r/pokemon 47m ago

Image Red Cosplay today at the Mississippi Anime Fest

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r/pokemon 4h ago

Art My newest Pokemon sculpture is Wooper

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r/pokemon 22h ago

Art Ragebaiting my fat pombon [OC]

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Can’t keep feeding him poffins like this


r/pokemon 1h ago

Video/GIF Pokopia really lets the Pokemon be themselves

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r/pokemon 7h ago

Misc I got to tour Pokémon USA headquarters yesterday in Seattle. My daughter lucked out with some gifts and also some allowed pics from inside.

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Hey everyone, hope this is the correct flair and spot to post. I was super fortunate and got to take my family and tour the USA Pokémon headquarters yesterday in Seattle. I am lucky enough to work with someone who is married to an employee. They do not allow tours otherwise. My daughter loves Pokémon as do me and my wife. Upon entering they asked my daughter her favorite Pokémon and hers is eevee. We weren’t allowed to film inside or take photos of certain areas but these were allowed. Overall had a blast and was very cool to see everything they had. Super impressive and creative design and work areas.

Every conference room for example was named after one. The size of the room correlates with the size of the Pokémon as well.

They had a huge lunch room with booths which had custom tile work showing every iteration of the poke centers from each game. Two of them shown in these photos.

The charizard is supposed to be life size.

The cards you see are the original uncut versions to show how they print them.

Overall an amazing experience and as you can see they really hooked up my daughter afterwards with a custom stuffy and bag as well as some other great merchandise some of which can only be acquired from there or the Pokémon center store.

Thought it would be cool to share.


r/pokemon 22h ago

Art Sculpting Pokemon from memory- pt 2 [oc]

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I made some more of these- here they are.

Appreciate the love these have been getting :)


r/pokemon 7h ago

Art Cleffa's ears are missiles

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174 Upvotes

r/pokemon 4h ago

Discussion Brewt Mode Activated

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91 Upvotes

r/pokemon 22h ago

Art I Drew Nemona

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Just in case there's some rule about posting credit: My Instagram

"Oye!"


r/pokemon 2h ago

Art Gengar.

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r/pokemon 1d ago

Discussion POKOPIA EASTER EGG: The Man and his Machop Spoiler

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In Pokemon Red/Green/Blue, an older man is tamping land in Vermillion with his Machop. He says he's preparing for construction.
In Pokemon Gold/Silver, the same man, even older, says he's still preparing the construction, now with a Machoke. However, he doesn't have enough money.
In Pokopia, in the ruins of Vermillion, a tablet reads that a man named Kenzo, owner of the largest building in the area, completed construction with the help of a Machamp. Presumably the old man traded his partner to his son, causing it to evolve.

In Pokopia's kind of bleak world, it's real nice to see these happy little easter eggs. I was so excited when I understood the reference!