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Love it or hate it, ASMR seems to be everywhere these days. ASMR videos have a way of popping in YouTube search results seemingly regardless of the topic, and with some of the biggest ASMR content creators getting millions of views on their videos, it's no wonder that we're now seeing big companies try to capitalize on the craze. The latest company to do so is The Pokemon Company, which today released an official Pokemon ASMR video.

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Today we're taking a peek at the latest news for Pokemon Sword and Shield with special regard for the DLC coming in 2020. Two different expansions are coming for Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield, and both are set to bring on a unique set of new - and old - Pokemon to this region's ever-expanding Pokedex. It will be Galar, but so, so much more.

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Fans of the Pokemon anime may be pleased to know that The Pokemon Company kicked off a new side series today. Dubbed Pokemon: Twilight Wings, this side series is set in the Galar region, the main setting for the latest Pokemon games, Sword and Shield. While the main characters from the anime don't seem to be present in this side series, there are some familiar faces for those who have already played through the Galar-based games.

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The best way to find new Pokemon in Pokemon GO is to head out and walk - BUT - assuming you live in the proverbial Arctic Tundra here in the winter of 2020, you might be seeking alternatives. You want to keep playing Pokemon GO, you want to keep finding new Pokemon, and you want to keep up with your local teams of Pokemon trainers picking up the latest and the greatest top-tier monsters that only appear rarely. For that, you might want to take a peek at a few Pokemon GO maps, scanners, and/or trackers.

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Today we're looking at a number of Gen 5 Pokemon added to Pokemon GO from the Unova region. The Pokemon GO update schedule suggests that we'll be able to find a set of Pokemon in the wild and in Pokemon eggs starting this week. They include Pokemon from the Unova region, originally from the games Pokemon Black and Pokemon White.

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Niantic is working to leverage the oncoming new world of 5G connectivity to allow Pokemon GO to become the primary Pokemon game. The Pokemon Company and Niantic have a sort of interesting relationship at the moment, what with Niantic creating the Pokemon GO game separate from the standard development of each new generation of Pokemon. But as 5G begins to cover the world with high-speed streams of connectivity, and Niantic's future vision for gameplay with Pokemon GO begins to bloom, The Pokemon Company may have to - sorta - re-negotiate their position.

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It's been quite some time since we last heard from the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series, but that's all about to change. While most of today's Pokemon Direct centered around the expansions coming to Pokemon Sword and Shield, The Pokemon Company kicked things off by announcing Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX for the Nintendo Switch.

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Today the folks at The Pokemon Company released a bunch of new info on multiple Pokemon games as well as the cloud-based Pokemon storage and trading system called Pokemon Home. This was all included in a single video stream, and Pokemon HOME was blink-and-you'll-miss-it quick, but it was there! Now's the time we get pumped up about the biggest missing component of Pokemon Sword and Shield, next month!

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Typically, when Game Freak releases a new batch of Pokemon games, enhanced versions of those games aren't that far off. After Pokemon Gold and Silver, for instance, we got Pokemon Crystal, while Pokemon Sun and Moon were followed by Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. With Pokemon Sword and Shield, however, Game Freak is trying something different, announcing today that we'll see expansion passes for both games.

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Since Satoshi Tajiri created Pokemon in 1995, a surprising number of Pokemon concepts were developed, then cut before official release. For one reason or another, Pokemon of many sorts have made their way into a sort of alternate universe, an Island of Misfit Toys, if you will. Today we're taking a look at 10 of these "failed" Pokemon.

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Shiny Heatran is live in Pokemon GO and we've got the into you need to find the best ways to counter this fire stomper. The 100% IV Catch CP for this monster is between 2573 and 2681 (with weather boosts) and between 2058 and 2145 (without boosts), and it's got weaknesses to Fighting, Water, and Ground (X2!) If you're rolling against Heatran, you're going to be seeing one of the most awesome-looking Fire and Steel Types in the game - The Lava Dome Pokemon!

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This week the party hat Pokemon madness is rolling with Pokemon GO and the newest event, Adventure Sync Hatchathon. In the Hatchathon guide we're working with today, we'll look at the various Pokemon that'll appear with Party Hats for 2020. We'll also look at the candy bonuses, stardust bonuses, and other oddities we'll get as reward for doing tasks in this two-week adventure.

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