The Pokémon Company and Overlap Inc. have confirmed three simultaneous hardcover art books landing 18 December 2026: the Pocket Monsters Visual Art Book 30th Anniversary Art Book of Pokémon Video Games developed by GAME FREAK. Three volumes, roughly 500 pages each, covering thirty years of mainline game artwork from Red / Green all the way to Pokémon LEGENDS Z-A. That is approximately 1,500 pages of official Pokémon art in a single release — and it includes material that has never been published before.
What’s Inside the Three Volumes
Each volume covers a distinct era of the mainline series:
Volume 1 — Red / Green through HeartGold / SoulSilver
Volume 2 — Black / White through Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon
Volume 3 — Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee! through Pokémon LEGENDS Z-A
The three volumes of the Pokémon Visual Art Book 30th Anniversary series. Credit: The Pokémon Company / Overlap
The content goes well beyond a standard art collection. Alongside pixel art, 3DCG renders, promotional illustrations, and in-game setting artwork, each volume contains unreleased design documents from GAME FREAK’s archives — developmental material that has not appeared in any previous official publication. Each volume closes with a creator interview from inside GAME FREAK, making this as much a historical record of how the games were made as it is a gallery of the finished art.
Format: B5, full colour throughout. Supervised by Shusuke Motomiya of Overlap. Price: ¥5,500 per volume (tax included), sold individually — no bundle pricing is available. The announcement came from the official Overlap website and was simultaneously covered by 4Gamer, Dengeki Online, and Game Watch.
This Is Not the National Pokédex Book
If this sounds familiar, it is worth being precise: Overlap published a different Pokémon anniversary title earlier this month — the National Pokédex 1996–2026. That is a separate product. The visual art books announced today are a distinct set with a different scope, different content focus (game development artwork rather than Pokédex entries), and a December release date. Two big Pokémon books from Overlap this year, two different things.
Official announcement banner for the Pokémon Visual Art Book 30th Anniversary series. Credit: The Pokémon Company / Overlap
Singapore: Import Route Is the Play
No English-language edition has been announced, and the 18 December release is Japan-only. For Singapore fans, the most reliable options are the usual suspects: Kinokuniya Singapore’s special-order counter handles Japanese artbooks well, and staff can place orders for titles not stocked on the floor. Direct-ship alternatives include CDJapan, Yesasia, and Rakuten Books if you prefer managing it yourself.
At ¥5,500 per volume — roughly S$55–60 at current exchange — each book is priced in line with other premium Japanese artbooks. Factor in shipping and you’re looking at somewhere in the S$70–80 range per volume imported, or around S$220–240 for the full set. Kinokuniya’s pricing would likely be similar to slightly higher after their import margin, but without the shipping uncertainty.
Given the scale of the Pokémon 30th anniversary licensing push globally, an English-language edition or regional printing would not be surprising — but nothing has been announced. We’ll update this post if that changes.
UPDATE — 25 August 2026: Singapore finally has a date. Blue Lock opens in Singapore cinemas on Thursday, 24 September 2026, confirmed as part of a 30-plus country international rollout revealed through Japanese media on 17–18 August. Jump to Singapore release date confirmed and the full global rollout for the new details. Everything above those sections is as originally published on 11 August 2026.
The Blue Lock live-action film has had one of the strongest anime adaptation openings of the year — and as the box office celebrates, the production has finally revealed who will be playing the franchise’s most electric rivals.
Image courtesy of 映画『ブルーロック』チャンネル
Rin Itoshi Has a Face: Yusei Yagi Cast as Blue Lock’s Rival Number One
Announced on 10 August, three new cast members join the film to bring the second-selection rivals to life. Yusei Yagi, best known as a member of FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE, takes the coveted role of Rin Itoshi — Isagi’s cold, supremely talented mirror image and the character many fans consider the franchise’s true engine. Keisuke Watanabe steps in as the flamboyant striker Jyubei Aryu, while Taiko Natsuo plays the gentle giant Aoshi Tokimitsu. All three figures appear on screen in Team V’s signature black kit — which, if the behind-the-scenes stills are any guide, looks genuinely menacing in live-action.
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Opening Weekend: ¥277 Million and Counting
The film — as we covered when the release date was confirmed — opened in Japan on 7 August 2026 across approximately 350 screens, directed by Yusuke Taki and distributed by Toho. It wasted no time making an impression: the opening three days (7–9 August) brought in 188,212 admissions and ¥277,648,800 (roughly $1.7 million USD) at the box office. By the following Monday, the official website had already announced an appreciation stage-greeting event on 17 August, signalling that the production considers the debut a genuine hit.
The film stars Fumiya Takahashi as Yoichi Isagi and Japan Academy Film Prize winner Masataka Kubota as the eccentric architect of the Blue Lock programme, Jinpachi Ego. The theme song, “Monstro” by Ado, is available to stream from 7 August.
Official Trailer — via 映画ブルーロックチャンネル on YouTube
Enhanced Screenings and What Comes Next in Japan
From 21 August, the film expands to MX4D, 4DX, and Dolby Cinema formats. A special cheer screening — where audiences are encouraged to shout, cheer, and wave glow sticks — ran on 14 August at five theatres. These extras are Japan-only at this stage, but they signal a franchise confident enough in its fanbase to invest in the theatrical experience well past opening day.
Image courtesy of 映画『ブルーロック』チャンネル
Update: Singapore Release Date Confirmed — 24 September 2026
This section replaces the original “When Will Singapore Fans Get to Watch?”, which said no local date had been announced. It has been announced. The live-action Blue Lock film opens in Singapore on Thursday, 24 September 2026 — a standard Thursday opening day here — with Malaysia getting it the same day. The date came out of the film’s international rollout announcement, reported by Cinema Today on 17 August and Oricon on 18 August (both Japanese).
That puts Singapore roughly seven weeks behind the Japanese opening on 7 August — a shorter wait than the anime films managed, and ahead of Hong Kong and Macau, which get it on 1 October.
What is not confirmed yet: which chains are taking it, when tickets go on sale, and whether the Japan-only extras travel. As of writing there are no Golden Village, Shaw, Cathay or The Projector listings up, and the official Japanese site still carries only the domestic schedule. The MX4D, 4DX and Dolby Cinema expansion and the cheer screenings described below remain Japan-only for now — no local equivalent has been announced. There is also no streaming date for Singapore; this is a theatrical release, and nothing has been said about a platform debut here.
Practical read for local fans: pencil in the weekend of 25–27 September, and watch the local chains’ social feeds in the week or two before — anime titles here often go on sale only about a week ahead. We will update this post again when SG ticketing opens.
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Update: The Full 30-Country Rollout, and Where Singapore Sits in It
Singapore’s date is one line in a much bigger release plan. Distribution outside Japan is being handled with French sales agent Goodfellas / Round12, and the film is confirmed for more than 30 countries and territories — with more expected to be added.
The overseas run started on 12 August in Taiwan (across 69-plus screens) and the Philippines, followed by Serbia and Montenegro on 13 August, Sweden on 14 August and the Czech Republic on 20 August. September brings Thailand, Brazil and the UAE on 10 September, Bulgaria on 11 September, then Singapore and Malaysia on 24 September. October covers Hungary, Romania, Hong Kong and Macau on 1 October, a Latin American block (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia and Peru) on 8 October, Ecuador on 22 October and Mexico on 29 October. South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia and Mongolia are also on the list without dates yet, alongside the Nordics and several Middle Eastern markets.
Fumiya Takahashi and producer Shinzo Matsuhashi took the film to Taipei on 14 and 15 August for a press conference and five stage greetings — Matsuhashi told the crowd the project ran close to five years from concept to completed film, as reported by Oricon (Japanese). Several territories, including Taiwan, Thailand, Sweden, Brazil and the Czech Republic, have had their own posters made; whether Singapore gets localised artwork or the standard international key visual is still unknown.
The read-through for Singapore: this is a genuine wide international release rather than a token one or two markets, and the Southeast Asia dates are clustered close together — Thailand on 10 September, Singapore and Malaysia on 24 September, with the Philippines already showing since 12 August. If you have friends in the region posting spoilers, the two-week gap is the one to watch out for.
Update log — 25 August 2026: added the confirmed Singapore release date (24 September 2026), the full international rollout schedule, and the Taipei promo-tour details. Originally published 11 August 2026.
For more anime and pop-culture news from Singapore and Japan, check out our Manga Anime coverage.
Two years after My Hero Academia ended, Kohei Horikoshi is back — and his new horror one-shot, Quit Laughing Shijima (Warawanaide yo Shijima-san), landed in Weekly Shonen Jump today and is free to read on MANGA Plus right now.
Image courtesy of Kohei Horikoshi / Shueisha
Read Quit Laughing Shijima Right Now on MANGA Plus
The 61-page one-shot published today in Japan in Weekly Shonen Jump combined Issue #37/38, and is simultaneously live on MANGA Plus by Shueisha — free, no subscription needed, and fully accessible in Singapore without a VPN. When we covered the announcement last month, the premise had us intrigued; today the full story is actually there to read.
MANGA Plus publishes new Weekly Shonen Jump chapters simultaneously with Japan, so Singapore readers are getting the exact same first look as readers in Tokyo.
Image courtesy of Kohei Horikoshi / Shueisha
A Smile That Hides Something Sinister
Horikoshi describes Quit Laughing Shijima as a “boy-meets-girl horror” story. A boy arrives in a small town where everyone seemingly adores a laughing girl named Shijima — but beneath that smile something is deeply wrong. The cover art, showing Shijima looming giant over a coastal cityscape while grinning and holding a chain, makes no effort to hide the unsettling premise. The one-shot includes a centre colour spread that gives Horikoshi space to flex the visual craft that MHA fans know well.
His First Shonen Jump Work Since My Hero Academia
This is the first thing Horikoshi has published in Weekly Shonen Jump since My Hero Academia concluded in August 2024, after a 10-year run that amassed more than 100 million copies in circulation worldwide. The franchise still lives on — I Am a Hero Too is streaming on Crunchyroll, and the games and merchandise keep coming — but this one-shot marks Horikoshi stepping back into new territory as a storyteller rather than just continuing an existing brand.
It is a standalone one-shot for now, meaning you can read the complete story in a single sitting today. Whether Shueisha picks it up as an ongoing series will depend on reader response. For more manga news from Japan, head to our Manga & Anime section.
MADHOUSE and director Shingo Natsume are making a significant play with ghost – end of night, an original anime film set to open across Japan on 11 February 2027. Produced in partnership with Bandai Namco Film Works, the project landed a cast reveal teaser this week that confirms some genuinely unusual creative decisions — the kind that tend to separate memorable theatrical anime from the crowd.
Natsume’s track record speaks for itself. He directed the first season of One-Punch Man, helmed the surrealist original Sonny Boy, and served as series director on Space Dandy — three productions that used animation to do things live-action simply cannot. The decision to return to wholly original material for a theatrical feature is consistent with that creative posture. MADHOUSE, meanwhile, remains one of the few studios whose involvement alone shifts expectations upward; the studio’s theatrical output over the past decade includes some of the most visually ambitious anime films produced in Japan.
Live-Action Voices for an Anime Film
The casting is where things get interesting. Rather than drawing from the pool of established voice actors, ghost – end of night brings in two names primarily known from Japanese live-action film and television.
Mayu Hotta — whose credits include Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time and the survival drama series Alice in Borderland — voices Nika, the story’s protagonist. Issei Takahashi, a prominent stage and screen actor, takes the role of Mas. The pairing brings a different register of performance to the material, and reaction from Japanese fans who’ve seen the teaser has been largely positive about the choice.
A manga adaptation illustrated by artist Himiko is currently serialising in Kadokawa’s Young Ace. Based on what’s been shared, it functions as a companion work rather than a direct page-for-page retelling — a sensible approach that lets readers arrive at the film without having already consumed the whole story. Himiko’s art style brings a distinct warmth and energy that complements what’s visible in the animated teaser.
Hitsujibungaku’s Six-Song Contribution
Indie rock outfit Hitsujibungaku is composing six original songs for the film, including the theme. Six tracks is not a token involvement — it suggests the music is woven into the film’s structure rather than bolted on at credits. The band has built a quietly devoted following across East and Southeast Asia over the past few years, with their atmospheric, introspective sound proving a strong fit for emotionally grounded storytelling. Their involvement here will be a genuine draw for a portion of the audience that might otherwise only come in on Natsume’s name alone.
No Southeast Asian theatrical dates have been announced yet. That said, original anime films with this level of pedigree — backed by a major Japanese distributor, directed by someone of Natsume’s standing, and carrying music from an act with genuine regional traction — have a reasonable history of securing theatrical runs in Singapore. Hitsujibungaku’s growing fanbase in the region adds further incentive for distributors to bring this one across. We’ll post an update as soon as a local date is confirmed.
Twenty-five years after its Weekly Shonen Jump debut, BLEACH has a packed second half of 2026 ahead of it. Shueisha confirmed today that Tite Kubo’s landmark artbook JET is returning as a two-volume expanded edition, a second school-life novel by Ryogo Narita is in the works, an art popularity vote is open now, and a second original art exhibition — BLEACH EX. II — is confirmed for Summer 2027. The announcements land as BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War — The Calamity airs its third episode on Disney+ Singapore, building toward the series’ climactic finish.
BLEACH Artbook JET Returns as Two Expanded Volumes
Image courtesy of Tite Kubo / Shueisha
The original BLEACH Artbook JET, released in December 2018, is being republished as BLEACH Artbook JET 2026 I (304 pages) and BLEACH Artbook JET 2026 II (218 pages), arriving on 2 October 2026. The expanded set collects the more than 700 illustrations from the original JET alongside additional BLEACH and BURN THE WITCH artwork not in the 2018 edition. Shueisha confirmed the same ink and paper stock will be used, so the tactile quality that made the original a collector favourite is preserved.
One thing to note: the BURN THE WITCH mini-comic that shipped as a bonus with the original JET will not be reprinted in the 2026 editions. Singapore-based pricing has not been announced; expect Kinokuniya Singapore and online importers to list them closer to October, typically in the S$60–80 range for a comparable Japanese artbook of this scale.
BLEACH ART SELECTION — Vote for Kubo’s Best Illustration
Running alongside the artbook reissue is BLEACH ART SELECTION, a popularity poll dedicated entirely to individual Kubo illustrations — a first for the franchise. Around 100 artworks drawn from the two new JET volumes are up for vote, with fans allowed one vote per day. The top 25 will be featured in a special 25th anniversary promotional video, making this one of the few fan votes where the results directly shape an official piece of BLEACH media. Voting details are being shared via the official BLEACH social accounts.
DON’T BLEACH MY FIST II — A New Narita Novel Arrives
Image courtesy of Tite Kubo / Shueisha
Ryogo Narita — the author behind Durarara!! and Baccano!, known for weaving sprawling casts into tightly plotted street-level chaos — is returning to write the sequel to the BLEACH school-life novel project. DON’T BLEACH MY FIST II centres on the first meeting between Ichigo Kurosaki and a new character, Jo Hyouzaki, after which a chain of incidents begins to unfold with signs that someone is pulling strings from behind the scenes. No release date has been confirmed beyond the broader 25th anniversary campaign window, but the pairing of Narita’s voice with Kubo’s cast is reason enough to watch this one closely.
Watch the Trailer — The Calamity Is Streaming Now on Disney+ Singapore
For those catching up before the artbook lands: BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War — The Calamity is actively airing, with three episodes out. Tite Kubo has confirmed this final cour will include more original material than any previous part of the TYBW adaptation, and Hulu has noted the arc will run for 10 episodes. Episode 4 arrives 15 August. Singapore fans can stream all episodes on Disney+ Singapore.
Official Trailer | BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Final Part – The Calamity | INTL SUBS | VIZ — via VIZ on YouTube
BLEACH EX. II Exhibition — Summer 2027
The announcement package closes with the confirmation of BLEACH EX. II, a second original art exhibition set for Summer 2027. It follows BLEACH EX., which launched in December 2021 and toured major Japanese venues. No city or venue details have been shared yet. Singapore fans who attended international editions of similar Shueisha exhibitions — or who caught exhibits at events like Anime Festival Asia — will want to keep an eye on the BLEACH EX. II announcement schedule as 2027 approaches.
BLEACH was serialised in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2001 to 2016, concluding at 74 volumes. The manga has surpassed 130 million copies in circulation worldwide. More manga and anime news on GameTrader.SG.
Thirty years, nine console generations, and 1,025 Pokémon later, publisher Overlap has done what fans dreamed about since the days of Red and Green: put every single species in one official book. The Pokémon Official National Pokédex 1996-2026 (ポケモン公式ぜんこく図鑑 1996-2026) went on sale in Japan on 7 August 2026, and if you collect anything Pokémon-related, this one belongs on the shelf.
Pokémon 30th Anniversary Special Movie — via Pokémon Asia ENG on YouTube
What the Pokémon National Pokédex 1996-2026 Contains
This is not a strategy guide. Supervised by The Pokémon Company and produced in cooperation with Game Freak, the 448-page full-colour B5 volume covers all 1,025 species with data current as of March 2026 — meaning it includes the Pokémon introduced in LEGENDS: Z-A. Each entry lists type, classification, height, weight, abilities, hidden abilities, and Pokédex descriptions drawn from the latest games. Every species name appears in both English and Japanese, which makes the book genuinely usable even if you don’t read Japanese.
Evolution chains flow naturally across each spread, and explanatory columns walk readers through mechanics that can trip up casual players — Mega Evolution, Dynamax, Terastallization, and Regional Forms all get their own breakdowns. Navigation is handled by a National Pokédex number index and a 50-syllable (gojuon) alphabetical index. Price: ¥2,750 (tax included). Publisher: Overlap Inc.. ISBN: 978-4-8240-1717-8.
Image courtesy of The Pokémon Company / Overlap
Three 30th Anniversary Art Books Land in December
Alongside the Pokédex, Overlap has announced three companion art books, all due 18 December 2026 at ¥5,500 each. They split 30 years of franchise history into three eras:
Volume 1: Red/Green through HeartGold/SoulSilver (Generations I–IV)
Volume 2: Black/White through Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon (Generations V–VII)
Volume 3: Let’s Go through LEGENDS: Z-A Mega Dimension (Generation VIII onwards)
Combined, the three volumes total 1,500 pages of sprites, 3D models, illustrations, and promotional artwork spanning the full run of the franchise. No international release has been announced for any of the four books — so Japan is currently the only source.
Image courtesy of The Pokémon Company / Overlap
How Singapore Fans Can Get a Copy
The Pokémon Official National Pokédex is available now at Pokémon Center Online Japan and major Japanese booksellers. Amazon Japan ships internationally, and specialist import retailers stock it as well — factor in shipping when comparing prices, since the base ¥2,750 (roughly S$26–28 at current rates) goes up once postage is added. No Singapore retail or local distributor has been confirmed, so import is the route for now.
The good news for non-Japanese readers: with English species names throughout, the Pokédex is a practical reference rather than just a display piece, even if you skip the Japanese descriptions. If you’ve ever wanted a single book that answers “which generation introduced that Pokémon?” or “what’s the English name for that form?”, this is it.
Image courtesy of The Pokémon Company / Overlap
The December art books are available for pre-order through importers. With the Pokédex and all three art volumes together, Singapore collectors would have a complete visual archive of 30 years of Pokémon — the kind of set that does not come around twice. Keep an eye on our merchandise coverage for updates if an English edition or regional distributor is ever announced.
Singapore Pokémon players, a new competitive season is here. The Pokémon Company has officially launched the 2026–27 Pokémon Asia Championship Series alongside a new initiative called Pokémon Game On!, and registration for two of the four league tiers is open right now.
What Is the Pokémon Asia Championship Series?
The Pokémon Asia Championship Series (PACS) is the official regional competitive circuit for seven participating regions: Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand. The season runs from 1 September 2026, with winners from each region eventually advancing toward the annual Pokémon World Championships.
This year’s series comes with a revamped brand: Pokémon Game On! — an initiative designed to make competitive play accessible to players of every skill level. The new match-start call replaces the existing format; players at participating events will now hear ‘Game On!’ to begin each round.
Four Competition Tiers
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The 2026–27 PACS uses a four-tier structure:
Great Ball League — entry-level events designed for newcomers and casual players. Registration is open now.
Ultra Ball League — mid-tier competition for developing players.
Premier Ball League — open competitive events where performance points are tracked toward Master Ball. TCG category registration is open now.
Master Ball League — the top tier, featuring the region’s most competitive players. Qualification is required.
Each tier runs two competitive categories: the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) and the Video Game Competition (VGC) format, which uses Pokémon Champions as the battle platform.
How Singapore Players Can Join
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Head to the Singapore PACS page at trainers-asia.portal-pokemon.com/sg/2026-27 to register. Premier Ball League TCG registration and Great Ball League registration are listed as active there now. The official Singapore Pokémon TCG Trainers site at asia.pokemon-card.com/sg also shows the current event calendar and participating gym locations.
A special promo card will be distributed at participating Pokémon TCG Gyms starting 1 September, while supplies last — worth checking in ahead of the season opener if you play the card game.
For more competitive Pokémon and game news, browse our Game News section.
Singapore One Piece fans, one of the biggest annual dates on the franchise calendar is just two weeks away — and you can watch the whole thing live, for free, from your couch.
What Is ONE PIECE DAY ’26?
ONE PIECE DAY is Toei Animation and Shueisha’s yearly fan celebration, combining franchise announcements, voice cast appearances, character polls, card game reveals, and live music under one roof. This year’s event runs across two days — Saturday 22 August and Sunday 23 August — at the Makuhari Messe convention centre in Chiba, Japan. Key segments will stream live and free worldwide via the official ONE PIECE YouTube channel, no ticket or VPN required.
Full Schedule and What’s Confirmed (SGT)
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Day 1 — Premium Eve (22 August, stream starts 17:15 SGT)
The first broadcast runs from 17:15 to roughly 18:45 SGT and is dedicated almost entirely to one thing: the 2nd Global ONE PIECE Character Popularity Poll World Top 100. Characters ranked 100 to 31 will be revealed live on stage. Midterm results had Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji locked in the top three — whether that order holds when the full results drop is what every fan will be arguing about on Sunday morning.
Day 2 — Main Event (23 August, stream starts 09:30 SGT)
09:40 SGT — Character Popularity Poll Top 30: The remaining ranked characters, including the all-important Number 1, are revealed.
10:40 SGT — Franchise News Segments: Two back-to-back news windows on the official schedule, where major ONE PIECE announcements — including updates on upcoming projects — will be made.
11:40 SGT — ONE PIECE Card Game Panel: A new Kaido card illustrated by Keisuke Itagaki (known for Baki) has already been confirmed for this panel. Further card game announcements are expected.
13:10 SGT — Elbaph Arc Voice Cast Panel: Mayumi Tanaka (Luffy), Kazuya Nakai (Zoro), Akemi Okamura (Nami), and new voice actors joining for the Elbaph arc’s cast appear together in a dedicated panel.
16:15 SGT — Live Concert: Closing performances by AiNA THE END, Jisoku 36km/h (performing the current Elbaph arc theme), Hiroshi Kitadani, and Maki Otsuki.
Image courtesy of Toei Animation
Watch the Official Livestream Trailer
ONE PIECE DAY’26 | YouTube Livestream Trailer — via ONE PIECE Official – ENG on YouTube
How to Watch from Singapore
Both days stream live on the ONE PIECE Official ENG YouTube channel. The Premium Eve on Saturday (17:15 SGT) is the friendlier timeslot for Singapore fans — a weekend evening watch party. Sunday’s main event starts at 09:30 SGT, which is early but very doable for a weekend morning.
Sessions are expected to be archived after the broadcast, but given how fast character poll spoilers travel on social media, catching the poll reveal live is strongly recommended if you care about the results landing unspoiled. Check the official ONE PIECE DAY website for any last-minute schedule changes — times are subject to revision.
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Feebas has set its sights on your Pokopia town — and it wants Prism Scales. The next Pokémon Pokopia limited-time event, “Fetching Scales for Feebas,” goes live this Wednesday, 13 August at 5:00 a.m. SGT and runs until 28 August at 4:59 a.m. SGT.
How the Pokémon Pokopia Feebas Event Works
Once the event starts, Feebas — the Fish Pokémon — will appear outside rebuilt Pokémon Centers across your town. Chat with it and you will be tasked with gathering Prism Scales throughout the two-week event window. The scales act as the event’s currency, exchangeable for a batch of swimming-themed furniture and, with the right habitat setup, Milotic itself.
Crucially, this event does not take place in Bubbly Basin or the Cloud Islands, which means every Pokopia player can participate regardless of whether they have purchased the Expansion Pass.
Image courtesy of The Pokémon Company
The Rewards: Beach Furniture and a Permanent Milotic
Collect enough Prism Scales and you can trade them in for a full set of summer beach furniture: a volleyball net, a beach umbrella, life preservers, and a Pokémon-branded cooler. Arrange them into the right habitat and Feebas’s spectacular evolution, Milotic, will move in — and stay permanently, even after the event closes on 28 August.
That is the same keep-what-you-unlock mechanic the game used for earlier limited-time events. If you set up the habitat during the two-week window, both Feebas and Milotic become a permanent part of your town. Miss the event and there is no other currently announced way to obtain either of them.
Pokémon Pokopia – Bubbly Basin Launch Trailer – Nintendo Switch 2 — via Nintendo of America on YouTube
Pokopia’s Event Pipeline After Bubbly Basin
Image courtesy of The Pokémon Company
The Fetching Scales for Feebas event is Pokopia’s fourth major seasonal event since the Switch 2 title launched globally on 5 March 2026. It follows the Tanabata Jirachi run in late June and Zorua’s Hide-and-Sneak Contest in July. The timing is well placed: the first paid Expansion Pass area, Bubbly Basin, only went live on 5 August, and this event keeps things moving for players who have not yet dived into the DLC.
Image courtesy of The Pokémon Company
Singapore players who picked up the Switch 2 + Pokémon Pokopia bundle when it released locally on 23 July at S$769.95 will have had just over two weeks to get their towns in shape before Feebas shows up with a to-do list. More game news from us as the event rolls out.
Fetching Scales for Feebas: Key Details
Event name: Fetching Scales for Feebas
Start: 13 August 2026 at 5:00 a.m. SGT
End: 28 August 2026 at 4:59 a.m. SGT
Platform: Pokémon Pokopia (Nintendo Switch 2)
Who can join: All Pokopia players with at least one rebuilt Pokémon Center; Expansion Pass not required
Rewards: Swimming-themed furniture set — volleyball net, beach umbrella, life preservers, cooler — plus permanent access to Feebas and Milotic when you build the correct habitat
