This Week In Pokemon: Stolen Cards, The Least Popular 'Mon, And More

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We don’t have much Scarlet & Violet news to bring you this week, but that’s hardly surprising given the avalanche of information we went through in the last Pokemon round-up. Instead, we turn our attention to the other areas of the franchise, with updates on the anime, and some wild stories from the community.

Here are the biggest Pokemon stories from the past seven days.

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Mothers are probably used to stumbling across their kids’ Pokemon card collection - but not like this. A thief who stole $70,000 worth of Pokemon cards stashed his haul at his mom’s house, having nicked the cards from the warehouse he worked at. Half a million cards were found in the property he shares with his mother. He managed to avoid prison by offering to pay for the losses, but he was still ordered to carry out 175 hours of unpaid work. He has since returned many of the cards to his former employer too.

Toby Fox, the developer best known for Undertale and producing some of the best video game bops of all time, has made more music for the Pokemon series. Scarlet & Violet’s Terastal Raid music has been composed by Fox, pretty much guaranteeing it will be great. This comes after his stint on Sword & Shield, where he composed the Battle Tower music.

Pokemon Legends: Arceus is getting the anime treatment, with Pokemon: The Arceus Chronicles set to hit Netflix September 23. It will feature long-time protagonist Ash, as well as his pals Dawn, Brock, and Claire. Unsurprisingly, it looks like the crew will time travel back to when Sinnoh was known as the Hisui region, putting a stop to whatever nefarious plans Team Galatic is up to now. The special will premiere early at the