Trainers, one of the treasures of ruin has been defeated—get ready to welcome it to your team! During the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet Tera Raid Battle event that ran from Sunday, August 3, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. PDT to Sunday, August 17, 2025, at 4:59 p.m. PDT, we gathered and fought our hardest against the Shiny Legendary Pokémon, Chien-Pao. …
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In a Pokémon World Championship Series first, the 2026 and future formats will be using yet-to-be-released Pokémon Champions as the game for VGC competitors instead of a “mainline” game. To switch up the format even more next year, Pokémon Champions will include the Mega Evolution mechanic in the official format. Usually, players compete in fierce Pokémon battles throughout the year …
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Apart from this, the Pokémon World Championships will also be offering trainers a special Farigiarf this weekend. It comes equipped with Psychic Noise, Foul Play, Helping Hand and Trick Room. “Luca Ceribelli reached the top in the Masters Division of last year’s Video Game World Championships with the help of Farigiraf—and now you can have it join your team!…This special …
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“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco made a stylish appearance at a wedding last night—and no, it wasn’t their own just yet. Instead, the couple stepped out in style for the nuptials of their friends Lil Dicky and Kristin Batalucco, with the two coordinating their looks …
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Trainers, one of the treasures of ruin has been defeated—get ready to welcome it to your team! During the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet Tera Raid Battle event that ran from Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. PDT to Sunday, August 3, 2025, at 4:59 p.m. PDT, we gathered and fought our hardest against the Shiny Legendary Pokémon, Wo-Chien. …
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Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet are offering a big limited time reward with a limited time Shiny Wo-Chien distribution. Only a few days ago, the games wrapped up a Tera Raid Battle with the creature. Players were tasked with collectively defeating Shiny Wo-Chien at least one million times. The final count was over 3.5 million, and because of that, the …
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Dead and Co. wrapped up their three-day celebration of the Grateful Dead’s 60th anniversary Sunday evening at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park with an epic set that included “Shakedown Street,” “Sugar Magnolia,” “Cumberland Blues,” and “Standing on the Moon.” The Trey Anastasio Band served as the warm-up act, and the Phish frontman came out during the start of Dead and …
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Almost three years after their original release, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet have received a performance patch on Nintendo Switch 2. Today, we’re talking all about its improvements. It’s no secret that things haven’t exactly been smooth sailing for the Pokemon series on Nintendo Switch. The release of Pokemon Sword and Shield saw one of the franchise’s biggest controversies yet – …
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By Xander Pero, Contributing Writer Unova region lovers unite! The newest pair of expansions, Scarlet & Violet—Black Bolt and Scarlet & Violet—White Flare, reintroduce and revitalize nostalgic favorites from the original Black & White expansions, which debuted in 2011. Since then, the game evolved and new behemoths reign in the 2025 Standard format. Will these Unova legends thrive within the …
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Pokemon fans will soon have a chance to snag some legendary shiny Pokemon in Scarlet and Violet. Shiny versions of the four Treasures of Ruin–Wo-Chien, Chien-Pao, Ting-Lu, Chi-Yu–will appear in five-star Tera raids over the next few weeks, but getting them will involve a bit of work. Unlike previous raid events, the shiny Treasure of Ruin events will work a …
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