Wednesday: Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Xerneas & Yveltal Event + Shaymin Details + Pokémon Due + Pokkén Tournament DX
25-04-2018 06:59 BST / 01:59 EDT by Serebii
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Edit @ 09;12: Pokémon Duel | Edit @ 09:15: Pokkén Tournament DX | Edit @ 12:41: Xerneas & Yveltal | Edit @ 20:15: Pokémon GO Research
In The Games Department
Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon
Promotional material placed out in Gamestop stores early have confirmed the details for the distribution of Yveltal and Xerneas in the US. If you go to Gamestop stores from May 4th through May 27th, you'll be able to receive Yveltal in Sun & Ultra Sun and Xerneas in Moon & Ultra Moon. This follows on as the fourth month of The Pokémon Company's Year of Legendary Pokémon Celebration. Full details on the distributions have yet to be released, same regarding details for the distributions in other countries, but we'll post as they come
In The Games Department
Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon
In Japan, the Shaymin event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Pokémon Center has begun. With this, the details for the event distribution have been confirmed. The Shaymin is Level 20 holding an Everstone and can have the moves Return, Growth, Seed Flare and most notable Celebrate, a move that it cannot normally learn but, when powered with a Z-Crystal, can turn into Z-Celebrate which boosts all of its stats. It runs until June 30th. Our Event Database has been updated with the details of this event
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Pokémon GO
Niantic have confirmed that at May 1st at 20:00 UTC, new Field Research tasks will begin to appear in Pokémon GO. With this, there is a focus on Flying and Electric-type Pokémon and it is strongly implied that Moltres will rotate out and change to Zapdos for the Research Breakthrough
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Pokémon Duel - Update
The smartphone game, Pokémon Duel, has had a new update. This patch takes it to version 6.0.3 and requires 247MB of space on your mobile device to download. It is required to update in order to play the game
This patch contains various fixes for Mega Evolution where you couldn't Mega Evolve if you had a Mega Evolved Pokémon in Ultra Space, as well as some bug fixes on moves Night Slash ansd Zap Cannon where the effects wouldn't activate
In addition to this, the Pre-Tournament for April is now open. When you enter, you will get a Rare Metal UX and Ingot UX for participating and various rewards for winning including Carmonite for ranking highly and Rare Metal & Ingot for you first 5 wins. Registration is up from now until 02:00 UTC with the tournament then lasting two hours.
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Pokkén Tournament DX
The next special Group Match has begun on Pokkén Tournament DX. Until May 4th you can participate in the "Volt Shock Fist" Group Match. This cup is a Basic Battle competition, once again on a Fixed Battle Arena. Participating in this brings a special title reward based on Pikachu, and if you place highly you'll get other titles based on your placement.
In The Games Department
Pokkén Tournament DX
The next special Group Match has been announced on Pokkén Tournament DX. From May 4th through May 6th you can participate in the "Sonic Slash" Group Match. This cup is a Basic Battle competition, once again on a Fixed Battle Arena. Participating in this brings a special title reward based on Weavile, and if you place highly you'll get other titles based on your placement.
