The Pokémon Company announced that a limited-time pop-up Pokémon Center is opening in the UK from October 18 to November 15, 2019 at Shepherd’s Bush in Westfield London.

The Pokemon Local Acts website lets people learn more about Fukushima’s Chansey, Hokkaido’s Alolan Vulpix and Vulpix, Iwate’s Geodude, Kagawa’s Slowpoke, Miyagi’s Lapras, and Tottori’s Alolan Sandslash and Sandslash.

Game Freak has been working on the Pokémon series since its first release 23 years ago, but a lot of people still think of Nintendo as its creators. Junichi Masuda talked about the common misconception in a recent video.

It was announced yesterday that Timi Studio, a group under the Tencent Games umbrella, will be developing a Pokemon game alongside The Pokemon Company.

The Squirtle Funko Pop is on its way and ready to join its Kanto starter friends Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Pikachu.

The CG remake of the first Pokemon movie, Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution, has gotten a new promotional trailer with its new theme song that is also chock-full of spoilers for a 20-year old movie.

Pokémon is collaborating with character jewelry and goods makers U-Treasure for its latest set of necklaces, and this time it features a design based on Pikachu holding a diamond.

Watch the Pokemon 2019 Press Conference livestream here at 6pm PT/8pm CT/9pm ET.

Apart from the Nintendo Direct for Pokemon Gen 8, Pokemon Company has also announced a general ‘2019 Press Conference’ on May 28 starting 6pm PT.

A recent video by Game Freak goes into the development of NES puzzler Yoshi, as well as some details behind Pokemon Gen 1.

Back when the Uniqlo UT Grand Prix 2019 winners were announced, a bit of an issue appeared. Some controversy arose over whether the winner of the Uniqlo Pokemon UTGP 2019 competition had broken the rules.

Game Freak’s Masayuki Onoue talked about how the company will prioritize their original game development moving forward, with the experiences gained being used to improve Pokemon as well.

The 24 winning Uniqlo Pokemon UTGP 2019 shirts have been revealed, and people will be able to buy the designs in June.

Last year, we reported that The Pokémon Company was making a line of stuffed toys featuring all 151 Pokémon from Gen 1, and this week they announced that the lineup is expanding to Gen 2.

Japan’s Iwate Prefecture announced today that they are partnering up with The Pokémon Company to have Geodude hard sell tourism.