Victory Road - A Pokémon Podcast

Last time you heard from us, we announced that Episode 100 will be our last, so we begin the countdown with a freeform, anything goes episode with just the two of us.

Last time Kyle joined me, we weren't talking spoilers. Naturally, we had to get back together to speak freely, so this time we're chatting some of the things we love about Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and... some of the things we don't.

It's been a few weeks now, so let's get deep into the spoiler zone. I'm joined by Derek B. Gayle to break down what makes the story and characters of PokémonScarlet and Pokémon Violet unique within the series and what potentially makes the story of one version better than the other.

A couple days after Pokémon Scarlet & Violet dropped, Kyle and I got together to share our initial thoughts about the latest Pokémon core series games. What immediate impression has Gen IX made on us now that we've got our hands on it?

A month ago, I got together with Lee to break down the gameplay trailer for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet from October and make predictions about Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. Now that the game is out, what’d we get right, and what’d we, uh, completely biff? Find this episode’s cohost, Lee: Lee on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PirateMonkie Contact Victory Road: Twitter: […]

It's time for Doug to play catch-up on the anime as we anticipate a new special and inevitable third season of Journeys. Who better to join him than the co-founder and original Victory Road cohost himself, Kyle! We also catch up on all of Kyle's Pokémon Scarlet & Violet impressions, and get interrupted by a new Pokémon drop... mid-recording?!

This week, I got together with Rai to break down all the Pokémon Scarlet & Violet info from the August 3, 2022 Pokemon Presents. We talk all about the new characters, the new Pokémon, the three grand stories, and the new Terastal Phenomenon. What does it all mean?

Remember a month ago when Pokémon dropped a trailer introducing two hot new professors, three cute new Pokémon, and a couple unexpected box legendaries? A few days later, I got together with Ben and Hassan to break it down, and, uh... a few weeks later, here's our conversation!

The latest and certainly most unique entry in the Pokémon core series of games is here, and we're continuing the conversation with one of my favorite guests of all: Kyle, the co-founder of the show! What does Kyle love about the game, and why's he got a gripe with Magnemite?? Gotta listen to find out!

The latest and certainly most unique entry in the Pokémon core series of games is here, and I’m joined by Dr. Ben to talk all about our first impressions! What exactly is the format of Legends: Arceus? And what’s this about mysterious rifts and space-time distortions? Don’t worry, we get into it all. The Viroa Region: Dr. Ben drops a […]

Victory Road is creating a Pokémon region! But… I’ve never done this before, and I want my guests to help, so how will this collaborative world-building exercise actually work? Tommy from Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast (and the facilitator of my very first ongoing D&D adventure) was kind enough to stop by and give me some […]

The segments of this episode were recorded on 12/1/21 and 12/4/21. In the weeks following the release of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, I was joined by Victory Road co-founder Kyle and Rai (Geek Each Week) to further discuss our feelings on the Gen IV remakes. Find this episode’s cohosts, Kyle & Rai: Kyle on Twitter: […]

This episode was recorded on 11/22/21. In the wake of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, I was joined by Derek B. Gayle (Walloping Websnappers, Gimmicks, Falling With Style) and Tommy (Distant Echoes) to discuss our first impressions. Find this episode’s cohosts, Derek & Tommy: Derek B. Gayle on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DerekBGayle Walloping Websnappers on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WallopingWebPod Gimmicks […]

It’s Halloween! So what better way to celebrate than by talking spooky (and maybe some not-so-spooky) Pokémon inspired by yokai! What exactly are yokai? Well, I’m joined by Cassie from Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast to ponder that exact question and figure out how it relates to Ghost-type ‘mons, inanimate objects ‘mons, and beyond! Plus, Cassie brought a yokai […]

A new Pokémon movie dropped a couple weeks ago on Netflix, and I’m joined by Lee (a.k.a. Professor Spruce) to talk all about it! We get into how Secrets of the Jungle, a Tarzan-inspired Poké-film, is unique within the canon, and of course, we chat everything we loved and didn’t love about Ash’s latest cinematic adventure. Find this episode’s […]

The Pokémon anime is back with an all-new season: Pokémon Master Journeys! And I’m joined by Rai to talk all about the next six episodes. Eevee’s still copying other Pokémon’s moves, we get a proper introduction to Wikstrom, an adorable racing episode steals our hearts, and rad battles happen along the way. Of the first dozen Master Journeys episodes, […]

The Pokémon anime is back with an all-new season: Pokémon Master Journeys! And I’m joined by Lee (a.k.a. Professor Spruce) to talk all about the first six episodes. There’s an Eevee on the lam, revived fossils wishing they hadn’t been, far too many Diglett, and of course, plenty of battling. Of the first six episodes, which were your favorites? […]

“It’s just… keys.” This week, I was joined by Hassan from the World of HA and Reggie from Bugz2Men to draft teams of Pokémon based on inanimate objects! They’re polarizing and weird, and we dedicated this episode to ’em. Plus, we briefly catch up on the latest Pokémon TCG set, touch on Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, […]

Wingull-ium Levi-Ursaring! This week I got together with Vicki from the Novel Gaming podcast to smash together the world of Pokémon with the Wizarding World of Harry Potter! What Pokémon partners would students and professors have? How do Herbology and Divination work with Pokémon? Which Pokémon are the Hogwarts house mascots? We answer all these and many more […]

F-f-f-fight! This week I got together to talk about two competitive games featuring  Pokémon, one long-established and one brand new. For the bulk of the episode, my college roommate Zach returns to talk Smash Bros. We speculate on who the last DLC fighter could be and propose wildly unrealistic ideas for Pokémon to add to the […]

We’re back, baby! And by “we,” I mean me! It’s Doug, and I’m ready to talk about what’s happening next for Victory Road (the second generation, if you will). Check out this re-introduction to Victory Road, where I talk with Derek all about the status of a permanent cohost, what’s changing and what’s staying the […]

Doug and Kyle are back to catch up! We talk about Doug’s Fairy-monotype replay of Pokemon Shield, Kyle’s complete (and yet still growing) Magnemite TCG collection, Pokemon GO Fest and the constant schedule of events, and, at the end, we discuss an important podcast-related update. As always, let us know what you think by tweeting at […]

Once again, we're joining Ash and the gang on our Ash Bash watch-along and commentary. We're watching on Netflix (Season 1, Episode 45). As always, listen along and let us know what you thought by tweeting to us at @VictoryRoadPod.

Hop in your NEO-ONE and join Doug and Kyle as they discuss all things New Pokemon Snap! What do we love, what would we change, and what do we miss from the original? We get into it with our first impressions of the long-awaited sequel. As always, let us know what you think by tweeting […]

Once again, we’re joining Ash and the gang on our Ash Bash watch-along and commentary. We’re watching on Netflix (Season 1, Episode 44). As always, listen along and let us know what you thought by tweeting to us at @VictoryRoadPod.

Doug and Kyle give their review of the second half of Part IV of Pokemon Journeys. If you haven’t watched them yet, watch ’em on Netflix and come back to hear what we loved and didn’t love. As always let us know what you thought by tweeting at us @VictoryRoadPod

Doug and Kyle give their review of the first six episodes of Part IV of Pokemon Journeys. If you haven’t watched them yet, watch ’em on Netflix and come back to hear what we loved and didn’t love. As always let us know what you thought by tweeting at us @VictoryRoadPod

Once again, we’re joining Ash and the gang on our Ash Bash watch-along and commentary. We’re watching on Netflix (Season 1, Episode 43). As always, listen along and let us know what you thought by tweeting to us at @VictoryRoadPod.

Doug and Kyle give their review of the next six episodes of Part III of Pokemon Journeys. If you haven’t watched them yet, watch ’em on Netflix and come back to hear what we loved and didn’t love. As always let us know what you thought by tweeting at us @VictoryRoadPod

Once again, we’re joining Ash and the gang on our Ash Bash watch-along and commentary. We’re watching on Netflix (Season 1, Episode 42). As always, listen along and let us know what you thought by tweeting to us at @VictoryRoadPod.

This week Doug is joined by returning guest co-host Josh (@talkingtanooki) for a crash course in the Pokemon TCG game and how the competition scene works. We also catch up on a bit of news, but in true podcast fashion, we recorded before the 25th Anniversary announcements dropped, so… oops? As always let us know […]

Doug and Kyle give their review of the first six episodes of Part III of Pokemon Journeys. If you haven’t watched them yet, watch ’em on Netflix and come back to hear what we loved and didn’t love. As always let us know what you thought by tweeting at us @VictoryRoadPod

A wild bonus episode has appeared! What could be inside? If your name is Kyle and you happen to be a host of this very podcast, you should certainly open it up to find out! As always, listen along and let us know your thoughts by tweeting us at @VictoryRoadPod.

Doug and Kyle give their review of the new DLC for Sword and Shield, the Crown Tundra. Plus we talk about what we have been up to the last few weeks, plus all of the new halloween events going on in the Pokemon games. As always let us know what you thought by tweeting at […]

Doug and Kyle give their review of the second 6 episodes of part two of Pokemon Journey’s. If you haven’t watched them yet, then go watch them on Netflix and come on back and listen to what we loved and didn’t love. We also talk about a what we have been up to and what […]

Doug and Kyle give their review of the first 6 episodes of part two of Pokemon Journey’s. If you haven’t watched them yet. Then go watch them on Netflix and come on back and listen to what we loved and didn’t love. We also talk about a what we have been up to and what […]

Doug and Kyle are back after a brief hiatus. Listen along as they catch up with each other and talk about what they love about Mega Evolution. It’s good to be back and can’t wait to release more episodes in the future. As always let us know what you thought by tweeting at us @victoryroadpod

Once again, we’re joining Ash and the gang on our Ash Bash watch-along and commentary. We’re watching on Netflix (Season 1, Episode 40). As always, listen along and let us know what you thought by tweeting to us at @VictoryRoadPod.

We continue on with our Ash Bash as we watch the next episode of the anime, episode 40 on Netflix. As always listen along and let us know what you thought by tweeting at us @victoryroadpod

We continue on with our Ash Bash as we watch the next episode of the anime, episode 39 on Netflix. As always listen along and let us know what you thought by tweeting at us @victoryroadpod

Doug and Kyle give their review of the second 6 episodes of the new season of the Pokemon Anime. If you haven’t watched them yet. Then go watch them on Netflix and come on back and listen to what we loved and didn’t love. We also talk about a lot of the news that came […]

Doug and Kyle give their review of the new DLC for Pokemon Sword and Shield. Plus some discussion over the news that dropped last week about the upcoming games. As always let us know what you thought by tweeting at us @victoryroadpod

Doug and Kyle give their review of the first 6 episodes of the new season of the Pokemon Anime. If you haven’t watched them yet. Then go watch them on Netflix and come on back and listen to what we loved and didn’t love. Also find out how Doug and Kyle differ on their reviews. […]

Doug and Kyle catch up with everything they have been up to in the world of Pokemon and they discuss all of the news that has been dropped since they last talked. We also discuss our excitement for the DLC coming out very soon. Find out what we are most excited about! Hint: For Kyle […]

We continue on with our Ash Bash as we watch the next episode of the anime, episode 38 on Netflix. Doug and Kyle come up with an amazing fan theory that might be true from this episode. And don’t miss Kyle on the trivia charity event. Listen to the beginning message to find out more […]

On this episode, Kyle and Doug discuss everything that they have been up to since they have last spoke. Find out how they are spending their time in quarantine. Let us know what you thought of the episode by tweeting at us @VictoryRoadPod

On this episode, Kyle is left without Doug and is joined by Lee and Luke and discuss all the news about Pokemon Go during this global crisis and what they are doing to help people stay inside. Kyle interviews Lee and Luke about what it’s like to pass along their fandom to their kids. Kyle […]