Friday: Detective Pikachu - Coverage Day 2 + Pokkén Tournament DX - DLC Wave 2

23-03-2018 01:11 GMT / 21:11 EDT by Serebii

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Edit @ 07:32: Episode Title | Edit @ 10:47: iMessage Stickers & iBook

Detective Pikachu

In The Games Department

Detective Pikachu - Coverage Day 2

Today is the global launch for the latest Pokémon game for the Nintendo 3DS, Detective Pikachu and it is now available on the 3DS eShop as well as in retail stores. We got our copy on Wednesday and have been hard at work playing through the game and collating all the information. As such, our usual discoveries shall begin. As usual, I'll be posting the main focal points in the site's sections with notes here.
Do note: This is a VERY story focused game and our sections will include all the game's narrative and plot points so beware of spoilers throughout the section
We currently have full details on all game Chapters, Pokémon Listings & Character Listings
Edit @ 01:11: Detective Pikachu is now available on the European Nintendo 3DS eShop
Edit Detective Pikachu is now available on the North American Nintendo 3DS eShop
Edit @ 14:26: Created a page on all 158 Pika Prompts
Edit @ 16:18: Updated all Chapter Pages to include the exclusive Pika Prompts located within each chapter
Edit @ 19:37: Updated all Chapter Pages to include the special Action Events in each chapter

Pokkén Tournament DX

In The Games Department

Pokkén Tournament DX - Downloadable Content

The latest patch for Pokkén Tournament DX is now live. This patch adds the second wave of Downloadable Content characters of Blastoise and Support Pokémon Mew & Celebi, along with new clothing items and a new outfit for Nia. We're currently cataloguing all of the changes and additions so keep checking back
Edit @ 02:09: Created pages detailing all of Blastoise's moves & standard damage output and a page on the new Support Set: Mew & Celebi
Edit @ 02:21: Updated the Avatar Customisation page with the newly added items

Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon

In The Games Department

Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Battle Competition

Battles for the next Battle Competition have begun. This is the 2018 International Challenge March competition. This is a Double Battle competition using standard VGC rules, with players being able to earn CP to go towards qualification for the World Championships.. All Pokémon will be raised to Level 50 for the duration of the competition. Battles will run from March 23rd through March 25th. All entrants will get the 50 Battle Points.
In addition to this, this allows players to earn Championship Points to go towards a place in the World Championships

Pokkén Tournament DX

In The Games Department

Pokkén Tournament DX

The next special Group Match has bugun on Pokkén Tournament DX. Until March 25th you can participate in the "Destructive Cannon" Group Match. This cup is a Team Battle competition, once again on a Fixed Battle Arena. Participating in this brings a special title reward based on Blastoise, and if you place highly you'll get other titles based on your placement.

Pokémon Shuffle

In The Anime Department

Pokémon Sun & Moon - Episode Title

Japanese TV Guides have revealed a new episode title for upcoming episodes of the anime. This episode is due to air on April 9th
Episode 1012: Shine On, Starship Celesteela!

Detective Pikachu

In The Games Department

Detective Pikachu - Coverage Day 2

To commemorate the launch of detective Pikachu, a new app has gone live on iOS devices. This app brings special stickers to iMessage for free based on Detective Pikachu. These match the ones that also went on the LINE app earlier today. In addition to this, a special book has gone live on iBooks on iOS devices and on the Amazon Kindle store. This is a story called Detective Pikachu: Episode 0—Eevee’s Case and is set before the movie

Until Next Time, See Ya