Is Pokémon Pay to Win

Two players got banned at the Liverpool tournament this past weekend for using cloned Pokémon on their teams. This sparked a conversation that they didn't have enough time to make the Pokémon properly because the games have become "pay to win" because of needing to trade or buy the DLCs. Paldean Fates, the newest Shiny TCG set, has arrived. The Pikachu Van Gogh situation gets another update. Pokémon GO makes some good quality of life changes.  00:00:20 - Introduction  00:02:00 - Cheating in VGC  00:41:00 - Break 00:42:45 - Paldean Fates Released 01:02:00 - Van Gogh Drama 01:15:00 - Pokémon GO Improvements 01:43:30 - Post Credits   Ad this episode was by Avatar: Braving the Elements. You can check out their podcast right here and find them wherever you find podcasts!  Ad this episode was by MeUndies! You can save 20% off your first order and get free shipping by heading over to meundies.com/pkmncast and use code pkmncast.  LINKS 🌐 www.pkmncast.com 👾 www.twitch.tv/pkmncast 📸 www.instagram.com/pkmncast 📝 www.reddit.com/r/supereffective 🐦 www.twitter.com/pkmncast 🎥 www.youtube.com/pkmncast 📀 www.tiktok.com/@pkmncast 💰 Support on Patreon 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 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.