How Pokémon Champions Could Flop like Battle Revolution
It's Super Effective: A Pokemon Podcast
PKMNcast.com
4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2026
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
The third Skill Week returns to Pokémon Sleep with a new Pokémon, Shuckle! Pokémon Scarlet and Violet begins to repeat old 7-Star Raids starting with Venusaur and will continue that for the next 20+ weeks. Meowth arrives to Pokémon UNITE. Pokopia gets a new pre-order bonus for US customers purchasing from Pokémon Center. We talk about how Champions can succeed and what it can do to flop.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00-Introduction
00:02:30-Pokémon Sleep News
00:24:55-Meowth in UNITE
00:27:30-The End of Scarlet and Violet
00:40:00-Thinking about Legends Arceus
00:51:00-Pokopia Pre-Order Bonus
01:02:50-More Pokémon Champions Thoughts
01:31:40-Credits
LINKS
📝 www.reddit.com/r/supereffective
EPISODE CREDITS
Hosted, edited, and produced by Steve Sarumi
Theme songs and segment jingles by Nicholas Burgess
Ad music comes from Evanto Elements
Podcast artwork by Steve Sarumi
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, everyone, welcome to the 700th episode of the Pokemon podcast, it's super effective. |
| 0:21.8 | I'm your host, Steve. |
| 0:23.0 | With me is Bobby. |
| 0:26.1 | Hello, I usually think of something to say before. |
| 0:27.6 | No, make something up. |
| 0:28.3 | Make something up. |
| 0:31.3 | I traveled. |
| 0:32.7 | I flew on a plane. |
| 0:34.0 | So unbelievable. |
| 0:35.8 | There we go. |
| 0:39.1 | Austin also here. |
| 0:42.5 | Hey, I actually do have something this time. |
| 0:46.8 | At the start of the, well, for like the New Year's resolution, quote unquote, whatever, |
| 0:50.5 | I said, I'm going to finally read a book for the first time in like a decade. |
| 0:51.8 | And I finished one. I just finished Tress of the Emerald Seas. |
| 0:54.8 | It was pretty good. |
| 0:56.0 | Wow. |
| 0:57.2 | So Pokemon fans can read. |
| 1:00.4 | At least I think I read it. |
| 1:01.8 | I felt like I did. |
| 1:03.9 | I think Pokemon fans are passing those allegations. |
| 1:08.7 | Well, I'm trying to learn again. |
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