Pokémon Day

For the 2017 Pokémon Day, Mewtwo Strikes Back, Celebi: The Voice of the Forest, and Zoroark: Master of Illusions were made available on Pokémon TV for a limited time. Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel was also released on Prime Video, Google Play, and the iTunes Store, as well as a bundle of episodes of the Gold & Silver arc of the anime. On the official Pokémon Twitch channel, championship matches of the TCG, video games, and Pokkén Tournament were shown all day.

From 1 p.m. PST February 26 to 1 p.m. PST March 6, Pikachu found in Pokémon GO wore a party hat (which lasted beyond the event time). In the week leading up to Pokémon Day, the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online made extra Trainer Tokens available on the Bonus Wheel. A special Daily Bonus was also given out on the 27th.

The first set of the Pokémon Gallery Figures was released on February 27. The set of Pokémon figures was made exclusively for the US Pokémon Center Online.

Logo used for Pokémon Day in 2018

Pikachu Talk was released internationally on February 26 to celebrate Pokémon Day in 2018. Snapchat lenses featuring the Kanto starter Pokémon were also made available. Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! was also made available for streaming on Pokémon TV for the first time. A Pikachu with the move Present wearing a party hat was also made available in Pokémon GO. Merchandise released on the Pokémon Center website include a Charizard Pokémon Gallery Figure DX, and to commemorate the year of Legendary Pokémon, Dialga and Palkia pins.

In Brazil, the episode Alola, Kanto!, which features the return of Misty and Brock after a long absence, premiered on Cartoon Network Brazil at 4 p.m. BRT. Later that day, starting at 6 p.m. BRT, the channel aired a special marathon with the episodes The Guardian's Challenge!, Big Sky, Small Fry!, A Crowning Moment of Truth!, a rerun of Alola, Kanto!, and the premiere of When Regions Collide!, followed by Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!. On their social media, the channel also posted several Pokémon-related images and wallpapers. Additionally, the local TCG distributor and event organizer Copag used its Facebook account to share many code cards for the Trading Card Game Online.

At 10 p.m. JST, Pokémon Sword and Shield were announced in a worldwide Nintendo Direct.

Pokémon Shirts went on sale in Japan.

Logo used for Pokémon Day in 2020

A new Mythical Pokémon, Zarude, was revealed. Its inclusion in Secrets of the Jungle was also announced, alongside a new poster.

Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution was released on Netflix worldwide, excluding Japan and Korea.

In Brazil and Latin America, The Power of Us aired at 8:00 p.m. local time on Cartoon Network.

Disney XD played the first three Pokémon movies starting at 3:30 p.m. EST.

In Pokémon Sword and Shield, from 4:00 p.m. PST February 26 to 3:59 p.m. March 1, 2020, special Max Raid Battles featuring Dynamax Mewtwo were available. The Mewtwo was uncatchable but did reward rare items to players who defeated it such as Ability Capsules, Bottle Caps, and PP Maxes. Max Raid Battles featuring Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Charmander, Charmeleon, Squirtle, and Wartortle were also available.

Pokémon Masters celebrated its six-month anniversary, adding the sync pair of Red and Charizard, new story chapters and events, the Battle Villa, and a 3,000 gem log-in bonus available until March 15, 2020.

Starting February 25, 2020 and running until March 2, 2020, Pokémon GO held a Pokémon Day Celebration. To coincide with the release of Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution, Armored Mewtwo with Psystrike was available in five star raids, along with clone Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise in four star raids. Clone Pikachu also had a chance of spawning within the GO Snapshot mode. Additionally, party hat-wearing Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Pikachu, and Eevee were available, the former three via 7 km eggs and one star raids, and the latter two in the wild. On the Raid Day on March 1, 2020, Nidorino and Gengar wearing party hats (in reference to the opening cinematic of Red and Blue) were available in two star and four star raids, respectively. The party hats have a polka dot on a solid red design to differentiate themselves from the 2017 hats. They were cancelled in Japan, Italy, and Korea due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Shiny variants of all party hat Pokémon were also available.

The Pikachu Classics Collection was released on the US Pokémon Center Online. Additionally, all orders had free shipping for the day.

New fabric pattern designs were announced based on Johto Pokémon for Pokémon Shirts, as well as the launch of shirts in children's sizes[1].

Pokémon of the Year

Logo for Pokémon of the Year

From February 5 until 5:59 a.m. PST on February 14, 2020, the first Pokémon of the Year vote was run in collaboration with Google. Searching Pokémon vote on Google between those dates would allow a person to choose one favorite Pokémon per category. The 890 Pokémon were split into eight categories based on the region they were first discovered (Galar was labeled "Galar, etc" to include Meltan and Melmetal). The voting results were revealed on Pokémon Day 2020:

Overall

# Pokémon Votes 1 Greninja 140,559 2 Lucario 102,259 3 Mimikyu 99,077 4 Charizard 93,968 5 Umbreon 67,062 6 Sylveon 66,029 7 Garchomp 61,877 8 Rayquaza 60,939 9 Gardevoir 60,596 10 Gengar 60,214 11 Dragapult 57,973 12 Tyranitar 56,834 13 Bulbasaur 56,015 14 Toxtricity 55,032 15 Lugia 53,268 16 Rowlet 52,367 17 Aegislash 51,517 18 Chandelure 50,943 19 Pikachu 48,060 20 Eevee 47,762 21 Luxray 46,032 22 Decidueye 44,011 23 Zoroark 43,782 24 Lycanroc 42,792 25 Corviknight 41,711 26 Flygon 41,420 27 Hydreigon 40,054 28 Sceptile 38,724 29 Blaziken 38,307 30 Snom 38,034

Kanto

# Pokémon Votes 1 Charizard 93,968 2 Gengar 60,214 3 Bulbasaur 56,015 4 Pikachu 48,060 5 Eevee 47,762 6 Dragonite 36,873 7 Mew 36,266 8 Mewtwo 34,585 9 Arcanine 29,795 10 Lapras 23,411 11 Snorlax 19,768 12 Ninetales 19,044 13 Squirtle 18,476 14 Blastoise 16,795 15 Vaporeon 14,887 16 Muk 14,358 17 Charmander 14,049 18 Ditto 13,843 19 Slowpoke 12,369 20 Nidoking 11,586 21 Porygon 11,311 22 Vulpix 11,224 23 Psyduck 11,212 24 Raichu 11,196 25 Pinsir 11,162 26 Jolteon 11,064 27 Dragonair 11,051 28 Venusaur 10,454 29 Articuno 10,450 30 Magnemite 9,955

Johto

# Pokémon Votes 1 Umbreon 67,062 2 Tyranitar 56,834 3 Lugia 53,268 4 Typhlosion 35,184 5 Scizor 34,691 6 Ampharos 32,009 7 Espeon 30,052 8 Cyndaquil 28,332 9 Suicune 26,227 10 Totodile 22,526 11 Crobat 21,548 12 Furret 21,447 13 Celebi 20,492 14 Chikorita 18,521 15 Ho-Oh 18,278 16 Feraligatr 18,245 17 Heracross 16,577 18 Natu 15,699 19 Pichu 15,695 20 Houndoom 14,742 21 Togepi 14,288 22 Quagsire 13,308 23 Entei 10,404 24 Quilava 10,032 25 Porygon2 9,902 26 Wooper 9,323 27 Misdreavus 8,156 28 Shuckle 8,129 29 Wobbuffet 7,745 30 Kingdra 7,418

Hoenn

# Pokémon Votes 1 Rayquaza 60,939 2 Gardevoir 60,596 3 Flygon 41,420 4 Sceptile 38,724 5 Blaziken 38,307 6 Mudkip 36,920 7 Metagross 35,631 8 Jirachi 29,611 9 Milotic 28,295 10 Absol 27,781 11 Swampert 26,540 12 Salamence 24,920 13 Aron 24,389 14 Aggron 18,120 15 Latias 17,478 16 Altaria 16,814 17 Kyogre 15,585 18 Mawile 15,523 19 Breloom 12,801 20 Torchic 12,568 21 Latios 12,487 22 Groudon 11,982 23 Deoxys 10,842 24 Grovyle 10,746 25 Banette 10,579 26 Treecko 9,339 27 Sableye 9,012 28 Ludicolo 8,708 29 Shedinja 6,703 30 Mightyena 6,459

Sinnoh

# Pokémon Votes 1 Lucario 102,259 2 Garchomp 61,877 3 Luxray 46,032 4 Piplup 34,680 5 Infernape 33,267 6 Darkrai 30,544 7 Glaceon 26,161 8 Arceus 24,502 9 Empoleon 21,773 10 Giratina 21,366 11 Leafeon 20,859 12 Torterra 20,632 13 Shaymin 17,465 14 Dialga 14,292 15 Gallade 14,144 16 Staraptor 14,054 17 Togekiss 13,426 18 Gliscor 12,676 19 Lopunny 11,411 20 Bidoof 10,924 21 Turtwig 10,865 22 Weavile 10,854 23 Froslass 10,408 24 Pachirisu 9,694 25 Rotom 9,417 26 Roserade 9,092 27 Mismagius 8,833 28 Shinx 8,373 29 Munchlax 7,289 30 Porygon-Z 7,040

Unova

# Pokémon Votes 1 Chandelure 50,943 2 Zoroark 43,782 3 Hydreigon 40,054 4 Volcarona 24,389 5 Haxorus 22,937 6 Serperior 22,269 7 Oshawott 21,990 8 Zekrom 21,477 9 Victini 20,957 10 Reshiram 20,123 11 Krookodile 19,628 12 Whimsicott 17,855 13 Snivy 17,020 14 Zorua 14,910 15 Scolipede 14,536 16 Reuniclus 14,129 17 Meloetta 13,915 18 Samurott 11,444 19 Excadrill 11,376 20 Lilligant 11,292 21 Litwick 11,140 22 Bisharp 10,975 23 Kyurem 10,338 24 Cinccino 9,892 25 Emolga 9,798 26 Keldeo 8,915 27 Joltik 8,796 28 Minccino 8,739 29 Golurk 8,035 30 Genesect 7,905

Kalos

# Pokémon Votes 1 Greninja 140,559 2 Sylveon 66,029 3 Aegislash 51,517 4 Noivern 34,795 5 Goodra 30,209 6 Talonflame 22,328 7 Dedenne 21,691 8 Yveltal 20,852 9 Goomy 20,299 10 Tyrantrum 18,778 11 Xerneas 17,415 12 Hawlucha 14,607 13 Meowstic 13,661 14 Fennekin 13,508 15 Zygarde 11,943 16 Diancie 10,918 17 Delphox 10,889 18 Braixen 10,807 19 Espurr 10,402 20 Hoopa 10,327 21 Aurorus 10,321 22 Pancham 10,187 23 Dragalge 9,882 24 Pumpkaboo 9,162 25 Trevenant 9,019 26 Pangoro 8,859 27 Phantump 8,231 28 Malamar 6,503 29 Heliolisk 6,386 30 Froakie 6,293

Alola

# Pokémon Votes 1 Mimikyu 99,077 2 Rowlet 52,367 3 Decidueye 44,011 4 Lycanroc 42,792 5 Zeraora 31,691 6 Incineroar 29,925 7 Golisopod 26,975 8 Primarina 25,953 9 Bewear 17,181 10 Solgaleo 16,274 11 Buzzwole 14,747 12 Pyukumuku 14,358 13 Litten 14,005 14 Silvally 13,897 15 Vikavolt 13,375 16 Salazzle 12,863 17 Kommo-o 12,790 18 Marshadow 12,107 19 Rockruff 10,986 20 Tsareena 10,900 21 Lunala 9,887 22 Lurantis 8,889 23 Togedemaru 8,531 24 Toxapex 8,221 25 Tapu Koko 8,090 26 Mudsdale 7,787 27 Necrozma 7,739 28 Popplio 7,542 29 Cosmog 7,515 30 Ribombee 7,126

Galar

# Pokémon Votes 1 Dragapult 57,973 2 Toxtricity 55,032 3 Corviknight 41,711 4 Snom 38,034 5 Alcremie 30,612 6 Cinderace 26,892 7 Zacian 26,158 8 Yamper 25,695 9 Wooloo 21,266 10 Inteleon 20,697 11 Sirfetch'd 20,217 12 Scorbunny 20,058 13 Hatterene 18,581 14 Sobble 17,155 15 Meltan 16,077 16 Falinks 16,009 17 Appletun 15,989 18 Eternatus 15,699 19 Morpeko 13,945 20 Grookey 13,478 21 Grimmsnarl 12,923 22 Zamazenta 12,641 23 Melmetal 12,356 24 Centiskorch 11,619 25 Dracovish 11,436 26 Frosmoth 10,988 27 Eiscue 10,392 28 Obstagoon 8,705 29 Rillaboom 8,625 30 Cramorant 8,436

Pokémon Day 2021 logo used in Japan

Pokémon Day in 2021 is the 25th Anniversary of the Pokémon franchise.

The first of the P25 Music concerts, featuring Post Malone, was held at 7pm ET (Midnight UTC) on Pokémon Day.[2]

On February 19, 2021, the Pokémon Asia My Favorite Award was launched, where fans in Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam can vote for their favorite Pokémon using the Pokédex pages on each country's official website. Results from the votes were released on Pokémon Day 2021.[3]

The two Pokémon Cafe locations in Japan had a special commemorative menu item from February 27 - March 12, 2021.[4]

In Brazil, Cartoon Network aired I Choose You! at 1 p.m. BRT. On social media, they posted a special video featuring some of Ash's Pokémon from each series evolving. Telecine Fun aired a marathon of seven Pokémon movies from 8:40 a.m. to 8:10 p.m. BRT. Additionally, Panini Comics did an Instagram livestream at 2 p.m. BRT announcing the release of the FireRed & LeafGreen chapter of Pokémon Adventures in Brazilian Portuguese.

Pokémon of the Year

In Japan, a dedicated Pokémon Day website launched on February 19, 2021. It displayed the live results of a Twitter hashtag-based fan vote for favorite Pokémon that ran between February 19-22, 2021. The website also includes a selection of Pokémon Trivia and information about other Pokémon Day activities. The 898 Pokémon were split once again into eight categories based on the region when they were first discovered. The voting results were revealed on February 26, 2021:

Overall

# Pokémon Votes 1 Dedenne 68,396 2 Cinccino 54,444 3 Sableye 45,526 4 Snivy 41,894 5 Magnemite 35,206 6 Swadloon 34,204 7 Pikachu 33,125 8 Buzzwole 33,077 9 Oshawott 32,191 10 Flygon 22,048 11 Whismur 21,529 12 Piplup 18,190 13 Chandelure 18,095 14 Empoleon 17,898 15 Luxray 17,773 16 Greninja 17,337 17 Jirachi 17,254 18 Charizard 16,243 19 Mimikyu 15,797 20 Inteleon 15,540 21 Eevee 15,524 22 Barbaracle 15,128 23 Glaceon 14,923 24 Spheal 14,783 25 Scolipede 13,806 26 Lilligant 13,677 27 Bulbasaur 13,424 28 Sliggoo 13,417 29 Lucario 13,286 30 Gardevoir 12,534

Kanto

# Pokémon Votes 1 Magnemite 35,206 2 Pikachu 33,125 3 Charizard 16,243 4 Eevee 15,524 5 Bulbasaur 13,424 6 Magikarp 10,867 7 Venusaur 9,082 8 Vulpix 8,329 9 Wigglytuff 7,078 10 Arcanine 6,630 11 Flareon 4,357 12 Jigglypuff 4,033 13 Meowth 3,765 14 Raichu 3,507 15 Pinsir 3,503 16 Caterpie 3,105 17 Vaporeon 3,100 18 Gengar 2,687 19 Jolteon 2,466 20 Charmander 1,273 21 Slowpoke 1,262 22 Psyduck 1,245 23 Lapras 965 24 Zapdos 830 25 Squirtle 822 26 Snorlax 743 27 Ditto 742 28 Dragonite 716 29 Blastoise 669 30 Butterfree 617

Johto

# Pokémon Votes 1 Umbreon 12,066 2 Marill 3,738 3 Wobbuffet 3,459 4 Azumarill 3,366 5 Pichu 2,988 6 Espeon 2,962 7 Quagsire 2,409 8 Cyndaquil 2,102 9 Xatu 1,701 10 Steelix 1,461 11 Ampharos 1,435 12 Quilava 1,353 13 Chikorita 1,290 14 Wooper 1,186 15 Dunsparce 1,130 16 Scizor 1,037 17 Typhlosion 858 18 Lanturn 836 19 Lugia 772 20 Furret 697 21 Porygon2 623 22 Politoed 607 23 Tyranitar 561 24 Celebi 551 25 Crobat 521 26 Suicune 408 27 Sentret 389 28 Shuckle 389 29 Totodile 384 30 Misdreavus 200

Hoenn

# Pokémon Votes 1 Sableye 45,526 2 Flygon 22,048 3 Whismur 21,529 4 Jirachi 17,254 5 Spheal 14,783 6 Gardevoir 12,534 7 Latios 9,622 8 Latias 8,022 9 Milotic 6,873 10 Rayquaza 5,905 11 Regirock 4,363 12 Deoxys 3,340 13 Swampert 2,954 14 Azurill 2,662 15 Blaziken 2,125 16 Sceptile 1,817 17 Altaria 1,393 18 Mudkip 1,210 19 Torchic 1,168 20 Breloom 1,141 21 Absol 1,078 22 Cradily 1,039 23 Mawile 948 24 Banette 900 25 Chimecho 782 26 Metagross 614 27 Minun 546 28 Crawdaunt 545 29 Kyogre 537 30 Marshtomp 527

Sinnoh

# Pokémon Votes 1 Piplup 18,190 2 Empoleon 17,898 3 Luxray 17,773 4 Glaceon 14,923 5 Lucario 13,286 6 Leafeon 7,390 7 Mesprit 4,778 8 Bidoof 4,287 9 Prinplup 4,103 10 Bibarel 4,047 11 Croagunk 2,558 12 Arceus 1,983 13 Torterra 1,788 14 Infernape 1,700 15 Budew 1,561 16 Turtwig 1,530 17 Garchomp 1,445 18 Pachirisu 1,351 19 Giratina 1,343 20 Darkrai 1,241 21 Chimchar 1,173 22 Munchlax 1,032 23 Gallade 981 24 Shinx 907 25 Lopunny 868 26 Grotle 839 27 Luxio 775 28 Dialga 658 29 Palkia 632 30 Shaymin 562

Unova

# Pokémon Votes 1 Cinccino 54,444 2 Snivy 41,894 3 Swadloon 34,204 4 Oshawott 32,191 5 Chandelure 18,095 6 Scolipede 13,806 7 Lilligant 13,677 8 Tepig 7,478 9 Hydreigon 3,633 10 Zoroark 3,578 11 Emolga 3,480 12 Zekrom 3,424 13 Serperior 2,835 14 Simisear 2,114 15 Audino 2,054 16 Litwick 1,603 17 Genesect 1,585 18 Servine 1,567 19 Whimsicott 1,250 20 Samurott 1,229 21 Sewaddle 1,220 22 Beheeyem 1,116 23 Reuniclus 942 24 Dewott 893 25 Reshiram 832 26 Volcarona 817 27 Zorua 615 28 Cofagrigus 582 29 Joltik 562 30 Minccino 501

Kalos

# Pokémon Votes 1 Dedenne 68,396 2 Greninja 17,337 3 Barbaracle 15,128 4 Sliggoo 13,417 5 Sylveon 11,321 6 Goodra 1,933 7 Goomy 1,623 8 Pumpkaboo 1,122 9 Gourgeist 1,010 10 Braixen 935 11 Meowstic 742 12 Florges 708 13 Aegislash 615 14 Fennekin 589 15 Diancie 483 16 Pangoro 386 17 Amaura 365 18 Delphox 364 19 Espurr 363 20 Noivern 358 21 Talonflame 353 22 Yveltal 297 23 Zygarde 264 24 Hawlucha 255 25 Chespin 231 26 Dragalge 231 27 Doublade 226 28 Fletchinder 204 29 Heliolisk 198 30 Hoopa 181

Alola

# Pokémon Votes 1 Buzzwole 33,077 2 Mimikyu 15,797 3 Rowlet 3,721 4 Incineroar 3,524 5 Celesteela 1,805 6 Silvally 1,738 7 Guzzlord 1,645 8 Decidueye 1,610 9 Trumbeak 1,438 10 Kartana 1,419 11 Togedemaru 1,294 12 Stakataka 1,234 13 Bewear 1,119 14 Pyukumuku 1,055 15 Blacephalon 865 16 Primarina 794 17 Pheromosa 793 18 Necrozma 730 19 Litten 675 20 Naganadel 670 21 Golisopod 586 22 Zeraora 570 23 Tsareena 560 24 Lycanroc 481 25 Comfey 458 26 Toucannon 420 27 Xurkitree 379 28 Kommo-o 345 29 Torracat 327 30 Nihilego 325

Galar

# Pokémon Votes 1 Inteleon 15,540 2 Polteageist 9,234 3 Alcremie 8,802 4 Corviknight 3,516 5 Grimmsnarl 3,330 6 Urshifu 3,235 7 Dragapult 3,163 8 Dracovish 3,053 9 Calyrex 2,465 10 Sobble 2,353 11 Pincurchin 2,049 12 Toxel 1,911 13 Cinderace 1,383 14 Yamper 1,298 15 Morpeko 1,232 16 Greedent 1,134 17 Scorbunny 902 18 Drizzile 901 19 Snom 897 20 Frosmoth 851 21 Eiscue 846 22 Raboot 843 23 Rillaboom 666 24 Flapple 631 25 Zamazenta 462 26 Toxtricity 460 27 Wooloo 452 28 Falinks 372 29 Indeedee 365 30 Cramorant 359

"Pokémon Day" was also the name for a series of yearly events held in various European countries such as Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands since 2004. These events were usually to promote recently released Pokémon games or movies, often with event Pokémon distributions. These events have either ceased or been replaced by Pokémon Kids Tours.

In Singapore on November 24, 2014, an event also called "Pokémon Day" was held after a soccer game between Albirex Niigata and Home United FC. The event was sponsored by Nintendo and local distributor Maxsoft, and a Shiny Gengar was given away to visitors.