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It's Super Effective | A Weekly Pokemon Podcast

Steve Black Sarumi

It's Super Effective is a weekly Pokémon podcast that covers the Pokémon GO, the Pokémon movies, the video games (such as Pokémon: Let's Go Pikachu & Let's Go Eevee), Pokémon battling, Shiny...

Episodes

20 of 732 episodes

A Pokémon Store Finally Opening Outside of Asia

A physical Pokémon Store has been announced to open in London. This marks the first time a store is opening outside of Asia (not counting th...

00:59:53Nov 2, 2026

Tricks for Pokopia's Halloween Event

November's Community Day in Pokémon GO will be a little sharp. After doing the Pokopia Halloween event, we have some tricks and tips you can...

01:18:24Oct 26, 2026

Pokémon is Making a Hidden Role Board Game

TCG Pocket is getting a few quality-of-life updates and almost all of them sound really great! Once again, we pull up revenue numbers to see...

01:27:24Oct 19, 2026

Ruby & Sapphire Not Looking Good After this Pokémon HOME Update

Pokopia gets a spooky new event later this week! Pokémon HOME gets updated adding more storage, transfers of Safari Balls from Pokémon GO an...

01:23:33Oct 12, 2026

FireRed & LeafGreen Update for HOME this Week

Pokémon HOME gets its first storage update since it debuted. We'll be going from 6,000 slots to 9,000 slots later this week and added suppor...

01:51:19Oct 5, 2026

Game Freak's New Weather-Based "Laundry Game" Announced

After selling 5 million copies, Pokopia goes on to win Game of the Year in Japan. We talk if it's able to win anything else this year as mor...

01:07:10Sep 28, 2026

Champions Has No Plans For Additional Modes Like Pokémon Stadium

Another Pokémon Champions Interview. Hoshino talks about how they have zero plans for solo content for the game and how adding more gimmicks...

01:23:22Sep 21, 2026

How Would Zubat Wear Glasses

We get a minute of new footage for the next Pokopia DLC, including glasses and bowties. Pokémon Night Out, the "adult" EDM show gets merch r...

02:01:12Sep 14, 2026

More Than Half the People Who Applied for Pokémon XP Didn't Get Invited

130,000 people applied to attend Pokémon XP, but only 50,000 people got accepted. For Pokémon Worlds in Anaheim last year, Pokémon saw 30,00...

01:37:45Sep 7, 2026

[Bonus] After 7 Years, A New Pokémon Movie Announced

Recap of the announcements made on the final day of Pokémon XP and Pokémon Worlds. We cover the UNITE news, TCG Pocket update, the 6 new Meg...

00:41:02Sep 3, 2026

We Went to Pokémon XP So You Didn't Have To

After two full days of Pokémon XP, we sit down and talk about our favorite parts of the "first ever Pokémon convention" here in San Francisc...

01:18:59Aug 31, 2026

Game Freak Worried About Core Battle Systems Changing

Big Pokémon Champions interview talking about the first couple months of the games, paying attention to player feedback, and possibly bringi...

01:38:48Aug 24, 2026

With the Pokémon Bank News, I'm Desperate

Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen get Pokémon HOME compatibility this Fall. We may have learned it might not exactly be "one way" too. Pokémon HOM...

01:33:33Aug 17, 2026

We Played the Pokopia DLC So You Don't Have To

The first part of the Pokopia DLC, Bubbly Basin, is here! We go over 8 new features that you can experience even if you don't own the DLC bu...

01:53:58Aug 10, 2026

Face Scanning to Stop Pokémon Card Scalpers

Play! Pokémon announces new prizes for attending local events. Pokémon GO returns the Marathon Pikachu during the Fire & Chill event. Now th...

01:08:14Aug 3, 2026

Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Gets New Content Again

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet gets a new 7-Star Raid and two new Outbreak features, but one probably doesn't work amazing for Switch 1 owners....

01:33:17Jul 27, 2026

The Baby Snorlax Island

Pokémon Sleep celebrates it's 3rd Anniversary and announces Nap Island, featuring Munchlax! Pokémon GO announces a make-up day for Global GO...

01:59:26Jul 20, 2026

Eggs Being Banned in Pokémon GO

The Pokémon TCG 30th Anniversary stuff has been shown off and we now know the release schedule for the drops. Will anyone be able to get any...

01:23:19Jul 13, 2026

Sinnoh Confirmed, Again and Again

Event registration is now live for Pokémon XP with your schedule being sent to you in August. Pokémon Sleep brings the Sinnoh starters to th...

01:25:15Jul 6, 2026

Pokémon Listened To Our Show and Removed Ekans Spawns

Everyday Wonders comes Pokémon TCG Pocket. Pokémon UNITE gets Legendary Pokémon added throughout the Summer. Pokémon GO gets more in-person...

01:36:10Jun 29, 2026