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Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Latios & Latias Event
For those of you in Europe and Oceania, the eighth month of the Legendary Pokémon Year events have begun. From now until September 23rd 2018, players will be able to get a Latias in Pokémon Sun and Ultra Sun or Latios in Pokémon Moon and Ultra Moon simply by going through Mystery Gift > Get Via Internet. These distributions differ between Sun & Moon and Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon with the Pokémon being Level 60 in Sun & Moon and Level 100 holding a Gold Bottle Cap in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon. Our Event Database has full details of this event.
This event will be distributed in North America through BestBuy from September 2nd as a Serial Code event
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Pokémon GO - Global Challenge
The Global Challenge for the weekend of Pokémon GO Fest is beginning. Over the weekend, players will be able to earn special rewards which will run throughout next week and, if all aare met, will unlock Moltres Day. These run from specific times
Yokosuka Safari Zone = Rewards run from September 3rd through September 10th
Yokosuka - Complete 100,000 Research Tasks - 3* Catch Stardust
Europe (September 1st 07:00 UTC - September 2nd 23:59 UTC) - Complete 5,000,000 Research Tasks - 1 Hour Star Piece
Americas (September 1st 07:00 PDT - September 2nd 23:59 PDT)- Complete 5,000,000 Research Tasks - 2* Hatch Stardust
Asia Pacific (September 1st 07:00 JST - September 2nd 23:59 JST)- Complete 5,000,000 Research Tasks - 3* Raid Stardust
Along with this, Shiny Wingull and Pelipper are live, with Wingull appearing in increased amounts during each region's timeframe
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Pokémon Duel - Balance Patch
On Monday, a new version of Pokémon Duel is being uploaded following the weekly maintenance. This update is Version 6.2.3 and includes a variety of changes and new feature. In it, some figures are set to be updated Eon Flute
Removed turn limit from effect. Added Mega Evolution features Guzzlord
Increased Dragon Tail damage from 137 to 157 Toxapex
Increased Venoshock damage from 70 to 120
Changed Poisonous Bunker Ability to remove tye based restrictions Latias
Increased Mist Ball damage from 130 to 140
Increased Dragon Breath damage from 100 to 120
Increased Psychic damage from 50 to 80 Latios
Increased Luster Purge damage from 140 to 150
Increased Dragon Breath damage from 100 to 120
Increased Psychic damage from 60 to 90 Reshiram
Increased Blue Flare damage from 100 to 140
Increased Fusion Flare damage from 70 to 90 Zekrom
Increased Bolt Strike damage from 90 to 130
Increased Fusion Bolt damage from 70 to 90 Garchomp
Increased Dragon Rush damage from 100 to 140
Increased Fire Fang damage from 60 to 90 Gabite
Increased Dragon Claw damage from 70 to 100
Increased Slash damage from 40 to 70 Gible
Increased Slash damage from 50 to 80
Increased Tackle damage from 20 to 40 Hydreigon
Increased Dark Pulse damage from 80 to 110
Increased Flamethrower damage from 50 to 80 Zweilous
Increased Bite damage from 40 to 60 Deino
Adds Band Attack ability Sliggoo
Increased Dragon Breath damage from 50 to 100 Bulbasaur
Added Healing Seed ability Ivysaur
Added Healing Seed ability
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Pokémon GO
This weekend, from today until Sunday, is the event Dragon Con, in Atlanta in North America, a convention for sci-fi, fantasy, games, comics and art. To coincide with this, Unown letters of D, R, A, G, O, N & C (DragonCon) are spawning around the convention center
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Pokémon GO
Niantic have detailed the timings for the Global Challenge for this weekend. While the previous ones ran from midnight, this time they run at a later point, running from 7am to begin. The taks are to get 5,000,000 Research Tasks done in each region to umlock a special reward. If all regions complete it, then they unlock Moltres Day and with that, the Ultra Bonus will be unlocked. The Ultra Bonus will be announced on September 10th if they are accomplished
Yokosuka Safari Zone - Complete 100,000 Research Tasks - Catch Stardust Increase
Europe - Complete 5,000,000 Research Tasks - Star Piece Last 1 Hour - 07:00 UTC September 1st - 06:59 UTC September 3rd
Americas - Complete 5,000,000 Research Tasks - Hatch Stardust Increase - 07:00 PDT September 1st - 06:59 PDT September 3rd
Asia Pacific - Complete 5,000,000 Research Tasks - Raid Stardust Increase - 07:00 JST September 1st - 06:59 JST September 3rd
In The Anime Department
Pokémon Sun & Moon - Episode Pictures
As usual, we have done pictures from the episode that aired in Japan today. This episode features Lunala fighting with Necrozma across Alola. The AniméDex has been updated with the contents of this episode. Click the picture to go to the gallery but be warned however as they contain spoilers.
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Pokémon Sun & Moon - Airing Shift
It has been confirmed that as of October 7th 2018, the Pokémon anime will have moved on TV Tokyo from Thursdays at 18:55 to Sundays at 18:00. This is part of a move by the new head of TV Tokyo to help make Sundays more family orientated. The last episode to air before the shift will air on September 13th and have 2 weeks of no episodes. This is the first shift from the Thursday timeslot since April 16th 1998 when the timeslot shifted from Tuesdays following the hiatus after the Porygon episode aired
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Pokémon GO - Moltres Day
It has been confirmed that, if players complete all the Global Challenges this weekend to tie in with GO Safari Zone in Yokosuka, it will unlock a unique Moltres Day on September 8th 2018. During the three hour window on this day, all Gyms will have Moltres Raid Battles. This Moltres will have the Charge Move of Sky Attack and will have a chance to be Shiny. In addition to this, if the challenge is met, players will be able to get a total of 5 free Raid Passes on September 8th. The Global Challenge this weekend are:
GO Fest - Complete 100,000 Research Tasks
Europe - Complete 5,000,000 Research Tasks Americas - Complete 5,000,000 Research Tasks Asia Pacific - Complete 5,000,000 Research Tasks
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Pokémon GO - Yokosuka Safari Zone
To coincide with the Pokémon GO Safari Zone in Yokosuka, Japan which begins today and lasts until September 2nd, various spawns of Feebas, Torchic and Beldum have started across Japan. In addition to this, Wingull has started to spawn in larger amounts around Japan and Shiny Wingull & Pelipper are now available. In the event, Unown Y, O, K, U, S , A, G & ! are also spawning. A special Global Challenge is also set to run throughout this weekend to earn rewards based on progress
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Pokémon GO
This weekend, from today until Sunday, is the event PAX West, in Seattle in North America where developers and gamers come together to check out the newest information and demos for upcoming games. To coincide with this, Unown letters of P, A & X are spawning around the convention center
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Pokémon Duel - Update
The smartphone game, Pokémon Duel, has had a new update. This patch takes it to version 6.1.0 and requires 247MB of space on your mobile device to download. It is required to update in order to play the game
This patch alters a number of fixes but also provides a special pack so players can purchase gems and get the special figure for Haxorus early. They'll be released in Boosters and through Material Exchange soon
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Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Battle Competition
Details for the next Battle Competition have been announced. This is the World Championships Friendly competition. This is a Double Battle competition using standard 2019 VGC rules where players can use 2 Restricted Pokémon (Mewtwo, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Xerneas, Yveltal, Zygarde, Cosmog, Cosmoem, Solgaleo, Lunala & Necrozma) and is based on the Ultra Series where there are no item or move restrictions. All Pokémon will be raised to Level 50 for the duration of the competition. Registration runs from September 6th through September 13th 2018. Battles will run from September 14th through September 16th. All entrants will get 50BP
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Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Special Battle Season 12
The Special Battle rules for Season 11 have been revealed. Season 12 will run from September 3rd through November 6th and runs on Sun & Moon and Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, with rankings separate to eachother. This ruleset is rather standard but bans all SubLegendary, Legendary and Mythical Pokémon. It also doesn't allow for Mega Stones Battle type: Single Battle Pokémon Restrictions: National Pokédex. Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Mewtwo, Mew, Raikou, Entei, Suicune, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Celebi, Regirock, Regice, Registeel, Latias, Latios, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Jirachi, Deoxys, Uxie, Mesprit, Azelf, Dialga, Palkia, Heatran, Regigigas, Giratina, Cresselia, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, Arceus, Victini, Cobalion, Terrakion, Virizion, Tornadus, Thundurus, Reshiram, Zekrom, Landorus, Kyurem, Keldeo, Meloetta, Genesect, Xerneas, Yveltal, Zygarde, Diancie, Hoopa, Volcanion, Type: Null, Silvally, Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele, Tapu Bulu, Tapu Fini, Cosmog, Cosmoem, Solgaleo, Lunala, Nihilego, Buzzwole, Pheromosa, Xurkitree, Celesteela, Kartana, Guzzlord, Necrozma, Magearna, Marshadow, Poipole, Naganadel, Stakataka, Blacephalon, Zeraora, and Ash-Greninja cannot be used. Banned Items: Mega Stones
The other standard rules apply, including all set to Level 50 if above that, and you choose 3 Pokémon out of your 6, and you cannot have two Pokémon holding the same hold item. Battles have a 10 minute duration, with turns having a 60 second timer.
In addition to this, on September 4th, the Championship Battle ruleset will change to the VGC 2019 Sun Series rules
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Pokémon GO
Ahead of the Yokosuka Safari Zone that starts in Japan on August 29th and the Global Challenge that will run for all players this weekend, three new boxes have gone on sale on the Pokémon GO Shop. They are as follows
Special Box: 480 Coins - 3 Incense, 2 Egg Incubators, 2 Premium Raid Pass & 20 Ultra Balls
Great Box: 780 Coins - 6 Incense, 4 Super Incubators, 4 Premium Raid Pass & 6 Star Piece
Ultra Box: 1480 Coins - 10 Super Incubators, 12 Lucky Eggs, 10 Premium Raid Pass & 14 Star Piece
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Pokémon Shuffle - Events
Pokémon Shuffle has begun Week 5 of its event cycle. This cycle continues the Escalation Battle from last week as well as the following stages that will run for a week
The Ultra Challenge Stage is a stage for Arceus
The Great Challenge Stages are Alolan Muk, Regice, Kyogre, Drifloon & Drifblim
The Daily Pokémon are Seviper, Wynaut, Torkoal, Zangoose & Luvdisc
There's a One Chance Per Day stage for Jellicent (Female)
There's a Competitive Stage against Mega Steelix
In addition to this, there's a Pokémon Safari featuring Shellder, Krabby, Goldeen, Aipom, Seaking, Cloyster, Kingler, Ambipom, Shiny Magikarp & Shiny Gyarados which will run for two weeks.
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Pokémon GO
At the start of the weekend, Ho-Oh re-entered Raid Battles to coincide with the currently running Johto Festival, which is due to end tomorrow. Later today, at 20:00 UTC, Ho-Oh will once again leave Raid Battles in Pokémon GO and Regirock will once again return until September 20th 2018
In The Manga Department
Pokémon Adventures
The Pokémon Adventures manga and movie adaptations are coming to the digital space officially. While the first seven volumes, encompassing the first generation, were recently released on the digital formats of iBooks, Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Google Play & comiXology, we now have details on the release dates for many other volumes.
August 28th: Gold & Silver: Volumes 8 - 14
September 2018: Ruby & Sapphire: Volumes 15-22
October 2018: FireRed & LeafGreen: Volumes 23-25
October 2018: Emerald: Volume 26
November 2018: Diamond/Pearl/Platinum Volumes 1-11
December 2018: HeartGold & SoulSilver Volumes 1-2
December 2018: Black & White Volumes 1-9
December 2018: Black 2 & White 2 Volumes 1-2
January 2019: Movie Adaptations
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Pokémon GO
Following its commencement on Monday, we now have full details of the entire Celebi Special Research including parts 7 & 8 bringing it to a close. This research allows for you to get Celebi and various rewards along the way. You can find all the details on our Special Research page so be sure to click through for further details
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Pokémon World Game Championships 2018
Today marks the final day of the Pokémon World Championships and, like recent events, the entire event is going to be officially streamed by The Pokémon Company International. Today, the stream is focused only on the Main Stage stream which features all the final matches for TCG and VGC, followed by the Closing Ceremony
All streams begin shortly before 15:00 BST / 10:00 EDT / 07:00 PDT / 00:00 AEST
Click the following links to go to the respective streams Pokémon World Championships - Main Stream
Edit @ 15:55: The 2018 Pokémon Trading Card Game Juniors Division World Champion is Naohito Inoue
Edit @ 17:28: The 2018 Pokémon Trading Card Game Seniors Division World Champion is Magnus Pedersen
Edit @ 18:37: The 2018 Pokémon Trading Card Game Masters Division World Champion is Robin Schulz
Edit @ 19:27: The 2018 Pokémon Video Game Juniors Division World Champion is Wonn Lee
Edit @ 20:05: The 2018 Pokémon Video Game Seniors Division World Champion is James Evans
Edit @ 20:55: The 2018 Pokémon Video Game Masters Division World Champion is Paul Ruiz
Edit @ 21:30: The 2019 Pokémon World Championships are to be held in Washington D.C.
In The Pokémon of the Week Department
Who's ninety-second entry into the Generation VII competitive field with a Hoenn Pokémon. These entries are created by the visitors for the visitors and then compiled by our writers Psynergy, Jellal, Aposteriori, & Mcdanger. To get involved, Click here for the discussion forum Today, we are covering a Pokémon introduced in the third generation. It firmly pins its prey using its four claws and large body. Then the teeth in the mouth on its stomach chew the prey to bits. A linkage of two Metang, this Pokémon can perform any calculation in a flash by utilizing parallel processing in its four brains. It boasts not only psychic powers but also fantastic strength. It grabs its prey with its four legs and holds them in place with its claws. It analyzes its opponents with more accuracy than a supercomputer, which enables it to calmly back them into a corner. So, here it is, the ninety-second entry, Metagross
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Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! & Let's Go, Eevee!
The Pokémon Company has put out some new footage of the Pokédex in Pokémon Let's Go. This footage showcases the PokéDex elements including a 360 degree view of the Pokémon and animations, much like past games.
Footage
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Pokémon Video Game Championships 2019 Ruleset
VGC 2019 ruleset has been announced. This ruleset is to be the return of GS Cup, allowing for 2 Legendary Pokémon that are normally banned (Mewtwo, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Xerneas, Yveltal, Zygarde, Cosmog, Cosmoem, Solgaleo, Lunala & Necrozma) and begins September 4th. With this it also separates into three different series
Sun Series from September 4th to January 7th bans Mega Stones, Z-Crystals and Primal Pokémon
Moon Series from January 8th to April 1st bans Mega Stones, Red Orb, Blue Orb, Ultranecrozium Z and Mega Rayquaza
Ultra Series from April 2nd to Worlds allows for all moves and items
In addition to this, Player Time has been increased from 5 minutes up to 7 minutes per match
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Pokémon GO
The currently running Johto Festival event in Pokémon GO is due to end on Tuesday at 20:00 UTC. This event features a massive increase in spawns of Pokémon from the Johto Region, as well as various Johto themed Raid Battles and Field Research. This also includes Raid Battles with Ho-Oh which are to end a day earlier on Monday at 20:00 UTC. The Celebi Special Research will continue onwards forever, regardless of this event
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Pokémon World Game Championships 2018
Today marks the second day of the Pokémon World Championships and, like recent events, the entire event is going to be officially streamed by The Pokémon Company International across four different streams. Each game has got its own individual stream and there will be a stream that switches between the two
All streams begin shortly before 15:00 BST / 10:00 EDT / 07:00 PDT / 00:00 AEST
Click the following links to go to the respective streams Pokémon World Championships - Main Stream Pokémon Video Game World Championships Pokémon Trading Card Game World Championships Pokkén Tournament World Championships
Edit @ 21:02: The Pokkén Tournament DX 2018 World Championship Senior Division World Champion is Yusuke Kato (Kato)
Edit @ 22:44: The Pokkén Tournament DX 2018 World Championship Masters Division World Champion is Jacob Wallter (ThanksALot)
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Pokémon World Championships - Trading Card Game
During the opening ceremony at the 2018 Pokémon World Championships, some new information was revealed for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. This revealed Tag Team GX, a new card style with two Pokémon that can do even more damage but, if knocked out, causes the opponent to take 3 Prize Cards
Footage
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Pokémon GO
At the Pokémon World Championships, The Pokémon Company revealed that, for the duration of the weekend, certain Rare Pokémon will spawn in higher amounts around the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee in addition to unique PokéStop
Edit @ 16:03: The spawns are Unown N, A, S, H, V, I, L & E to spell out Nashville
Edit @ 16:35: In addition to Unown, some uniue Field Research has also appeared around the event. Catch 10 Pokémon to get a Corsola encounter. All PokéStops around the World Championships are giving this Research
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Pokémon GO
It has been announced that, to coincide with the Johto Festival, Ho-Oh is to re-enter Raid Battles until August 27th 2018. With this, you have another chance to get Ho-Oh's Shiny variant
In The Movies Department
Pokémon World Championships - Detective Pikachu
During the opening ceremony at the 2018 Pokémon World Championships, some new information was revealed for the upcoming movie, Pokémon Detective Pikachu. This showed the new logo for the movie as well as reconfirmation that it comes out in May 2019
The next special Group Match has been announced on Pokkén Tournament DX. From September 7th through 9th you can participate in the "Shadow Drop Cup" 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 Gengar, and if you place highly you'll get other titles based on your placement.
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Pokémon Duel - Update
The smartphone game, Pokémon Duel, has had a new update. This patch takes it to version 6.2.0 and requires 247MB of space on your mobile device to download. It is required to update in order to play the game
This patch introduces tiered Boosters with the higher tiers giving better chances at rarer figures. With this, it introduced the special UX figures of Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon & Flareon.
In addition to tis, a new Queen's Cup event has begun. This event runs until August 29th and has the new figure of Mega Gyarados as a special reward
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Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! & Let's Go, Eevee!
Nintendo have confirmed that Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu & Let's Go, Eevee are to be playable at PAX West on August 31st. Currently it's not known what demo build will be playable, if it will be the one at E3 in Viridian Forest or not but we'll provide full details as and when we get them
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Pokémon GO
Some further information has been revealed about the upcoming Research Breakthrough for completing a week of research in September. The Research Breakthrough Pokémon as of September 1st at 20:00 UTC will be an Entei, with the tasks being focused around Fire-type Pokémon and Pokémon of the Johto Region
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Pokémon - Latias & Latios
It has been confirmed that Latias & Latios areto be distributed next month as part of the Year of Legendary Pokémon. In the US it will be given at Best Buy from September 2nd through September 29th/ In Europe and Australia it will be available over the Nintendo Network from September 1st through September 23rd. In Sun & Ultra Sun, you will receive Latias and in Moon & Ultra Moon you will receive Latios. In Sun & Moon the Pokémon are Level 60 while in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon they're Level 100 with a Gold Bottle Cap. Our Event Database has been updated with details of the event
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Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Tornadus & Thundurus Event
The current month of the Legendary Pokémon Year events is due to end this weekend. These distributions offer Groudon or Kyogre depending upon your game. It can be obtained at the following:
In the UK & Spain it will be distributed at GAME from August 3rd through August 25th
In the US, it'll be at Gamestop from August 3rd through 26th In Canada, it'll be at EB Games from August 3rd through 26th
In the Germany, Ireland and Italy, it'll be at Gamestop from August 3rd through 25th
In France it will be at Micromania until August 25th
In Belgium, it'll be distributed at Game Mania and Smartoys from August 3rd through August 25th
In the Netherlands, it will be distributed at Game Mania from August 3rd through August 25th
In Australia it's available at EB Games until August 25th . These distributions differ between Sun & Moon and Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon with the Pokémon being Level 60 in Sun & Moon and Level 100 holding a Gold Bottle Cap in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon. Our Event Database has full details of this event.
In The Anime Department
Pokémon Sun & Moon - Episode Pictures
As usual, we have done pictures from the episode that aired in Japan today. This episode features Ash & Co. going to the Altar of the Sunne to investigate a mysterious phenomenon. The AniméDex has been updated with the contents of this episode. Click the picture to go to the gallery but be warned however as they contain spoilers.
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Pokémon Sun & Moon - Episode Pictures
The Pokémon Company and Twitch have announced that, from August 27th, a special stream of the Pokémon TV Show and movies will begin. THis stream will run with 10 to 16 episodes every Monday through Thursday with encores onFriday & Saturday and movies on Sunday. This will run through all the series from Pokémon The Indigo League through to Pokémon the Series XYZ
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Pokémon GO
Tying in with the currently running Johto Festival, various Raid Bosses have now changed in Pokémon GO. These include Sunkern, Totodile and Yanma. We're currently compiling a full list and adding to our Johto Festival Event and Raid Battles
Edit @ 13:40: We have also update the Special Research section with more of the tasks to get Celebi. Be sure to keep checking back for more updates
Edit @ 15:05: Updated the Special Research with Step 5 of the Celebi Research
Edit @ 16:34: Updated the Special Research with Step 6 of the Celebi Research. This step introduces a new item into the game
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Pokémon GO
This weekend, from today until Sunday, is the event Gamescom, in Cologne in Germany where developers and gamers come together to check out the newest information and demos for upcoming games. To coincide with this, Unown letters of G, A, M, E, S, C & O are spawning around the convention center
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Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Battle Competition
For those of you who participated in the recent Let's Go Cup, the special reward of a wallpaper featuring Eevee, the overall winnder of the competition, is now available to all participants. When you log into the Global Link, yopu should receive a special notice informing you that you can claim your reward. This will be available until 23:59 UTC on September 27th 2018
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Pokémon Shuffle - Events
Pokémon Shuffle has begun Week 4 of its event cycle. This cycle continues the Pokémon Safari from last week as well as the following stages that will run for a week
The Ultra Challenge Stage is a stage for Meloetta Pirouette Forme
The Great Challenge Stages are Golem, Alolan Marowak, Wobbuffet, Celebi & Regirock
The Daily Pokémon are Clefairy (Winking), Charmander (Winking), Squirtle (Winking), Bulbasaur (Winking) & Jigglypuff (Winking)
There's a One Chance Per Day stage for Tornadus Incarnate Forme
There's a Special Stage for Yveltal
In addition to this, there's a Latios Escalation Battle which will run for two weeks.
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Pokémon GO
The Celebi Special Research is now available for Pokémon GO players across the globe. From now, you will have the Special Research which will result in a Celebi encounter or, if you got Celebi in GO Fest, With this, Johto Pokémon are also more common in the wild as part of the Johto Festival.
We're currently compiling all the elements of this new Special Research so be sure to keep checking back
Edit @ 21:35: Updated up to end of Stage 2, which is gated to requiring 3 days of play, as well as creating the page for the currently running Johto Festival Event
Edit @ 22:00: Updated the Style Section with the HeartGold & SoulSilver outfits that are now available for purchase
Edit @ 22:16: In addition to this, it appears Alolan Geodude & Alolan Diglett have returned to being in the wild Edit @ 23:31: It has also been confirmed that shiny Sunkern, Natu and Pineco are available
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Pokémon World Championships
Details for the World Championships Stream this weekend have been revealed. As always, the three games will be streamed on each respective Twitch channel while the main channel will also cut between all three. This then changes on Sunday to just the Main Stream airing all the finals. The dedicated channels will showcase the swiss rounds then the top cut.
The TCG casters are Cora Georgiou, Jeremy Jallen, Josue Rojano, Kyle Sabelhaus, Kyle Sucevich, Kenny Wisdom. The VGC casters are Jay Blake, Adam Dorricott, Scott Glaza, Duy Ha, Evan Latt, Gabby Snyder, Aaron Zheng. Finally, the Pokkén casters are Michael “H2” Graf, Brendan “Burnside” Hansen & D'Ron “D1” Maingrette Friday August 24th
14:00 UTC : Opening Ceremony
14:45 UTC - 19:45 UTC : Pokémon VGC Day 1 Swiss rounds
19:45 UTC - 23:45 UTC: Pokémon TCG Day 1 Swiss rounds Saturday August 25th
14:00 UTC - 18:00 UTC: Pokémon TCG Day 2 Swiss
18:00 UTC - Completion: Pokkén Tournament DX Finals
23:45 - 02:15 UTC: Pokémon VGC Top Cut Sunday August 25th
14:00 UTC - Finals: TCG, VGC then Closing Ceremony
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Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! & Let's Go, Eevee!
Following the reveal trailer of Mega Kangaskhan and Mega Gyarados for Let's Go, Pikachu & Let's Go, Eevee! last night, The Pokémon Company has released a few new screenshots of the game, focusing on the Pokémon in battle. Click the picture to go to our Pre-Release Screenshot gallery
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Who's ninety-first entry into the Generation VII competitive field with an Alola Pokémon. These entries are created by the visitors for the visitors and then compiled by our writers Psynergy, Jellal, Aposteriori, & Mcdanger. To get involved, Click here for the discussion forum Today, we are covering a Pokémon introduced in the seventh generation. It delivers headbutts with the water bubble on its head. Small Pokémon get sucked into the bubble, where they drown. Despite what its appearance suggests, it cares for others. If it finds vulnerable, weak Pokémon, it protectively brings them into its water bubble. It usually passes its time in the water. When its belly is full, it stores its subdued prey in the water bubble on its head. So, here it is, the ninety-first entry, Araquanid
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Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! & Let's Go, Eevee!
During the Japanese variety show, Pokénchi, a world exclusive trailer was shown for Let's Go, Pikachu! & Let's Go, Eevee!. This trailer showcased the same footage as before but also included footage of Mega Kangaskhan and Mega Gyarados but didn't reveal anything further. We hope to have an official upload of the trailer soon so be sure to keep checking back
Edit @ 00:31: Trailer Upload
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Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! & Let's Go, Eevee!
As part of a special promotion where there will be some trains around Tokyo getting makeovers to celebrate the release of Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! & Let's Go, Eevee!, The Pokémon Company has released some images that showcase elements of the train. Within these pictures, some new customisation options for Pikachu & Eevee including a special glasses set for both Pikachu & Eevee and a full set of clothes for Pikachu. We'll provide further details of customisations of Pikachu & Eevee in the game as they come so be sure to keep checking back
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Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! & Let's Go, Eevee!
The Pokémon Company has put out several new videos showcasing several moves in battle. These moves are Splash, Seismic Toss, Hyper Beam, Sky Attack, Moonblast, Flare Blitz, Drill Run & Drill Peck. These showcase various parts of the game but provide no further new information. With this, we have added the videos to our Pre-Release Videos section or check out the compilation video below
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Pokémon Duel - Update
The special Gym Cup, the Fire Gym Cup has begun in Pokémon Duel. This Gym Cup increases the movement of Fire-type figures and increases the White & Gold Attacks of Water-type Pokémon by 20. Within this, you can get the special Wash Rotom figure. It runs until August 21st 2018
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Pokémon GO
A new update has started to roll out on Pokémon GO. This update brings the game up to Version 1.85.2 and adds a variety of new elements. First off it has added the Niantics Kids login capability for the younger players to log in. In addition to this, it has updated the Friend List to give a blue indicator if you have increased your friendship level with them on the day and an arrow on the friend list if you have sent a gift. It also allows for you to turn off the ability to share what you last caught on your Friend List. In addition to this, on the notification that a raid battle is starting soon, it will show you a picture of the Gym it's starting at.
It also fixes a number of bugs in the game including glitches with the GO Plus and the glitch where if you use a berry and then run from a Pokémon, it'd cause the game to crash when you return to it
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Pokémon GO
Niantic have confirmed thyat Celebi is to be available through Special Research in Pokémon GO on August 20th. This Special Research will involve many things including various Pokémon encounters and more. It can be done once you've reached the third stage of the Mew Special Research and, if you're not done on Mew, can be done at the same time. If you got Celebi at GO Fest, then you will get additional candy. The official posting also states that more Johto Pokémon will appear around the time of Celebi's appearance. In addition to this, a Celebi T-Shirt is available for free in the Style Shop, and HeartGold & SoulSilver outfits will also unlock based on progress of your Johto Pokédex
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Pokémon GO
The Legendary Pokémon Regirock is now in Raid Battles in Pokémon GO. It will appear in all tier 5 Raid Battles until September 20th 2018. This follows on from Registeel who has been in Raid Battles since July. With this, various Raid Battles have also changed and we are currently trying to catalogue the changes
Edit @ 22:12; Various Raid Bosses including Roselia and Tangela have been discovered and are being added to the section
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Pokémon Duel - Update
The smartphone game, Pokémon Duel, has had a new update. This patch takes it to version 6.2.0 and requires 247MB of space on your mobile device to download. It is required to update in order to play the game
In addition to the balance patches announced yesterday, this patch contains new Beginner Missions that give smaller rewards have started.
Special bundles including Shiny Greninja, as well as many other hard to get figures, have also become available to purchase for a week.
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Pokémon Sun & Moon - Episode Pictures
As usual, we have done pictures from the episode that aired in Japan today. This episode features Ash & Co. going to a resort to relax. The AniméDex has been updated with the contents of this episode. Click the picture to go to the gallery but be warned however as they contain spoilers.
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Pokémon GO
The currently running event in Pokémon GO is due to end at 04:00 UTC on Monday. With this event, all trades have a 25% discount on the amount of Stardust used for trades. In addition to this, candy from trades is increased so you can obtain up to 6 Candy for each trade and triple experience on all new Pokédex entries.
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Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced a new login method for Pokémon GO. This login is through a new system called Niantic Kids which allows for parents to properly approve permissions and details for kids to play in a way that has been developed with ERSB, SuperAwesome and kidSAFE.
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Pokémon Duel - Balance Patch
Tomorrow, a new version of Pokémon Duel is being uploaded following the weekly maintenance. This update is Version 6.2.0 and includes a variety of changes and new features.
First off, the mechanism behind Mega Evolution is changing. Now, when you add a Mega Evolution Pokémon in your deck, at the start of the duel the Mega Evolution plate for it will automatically be set for each of your Mega Evolutions in the deck. This means it no longer counts towards the usual plate cost and there is no limit to the amount you can have in your deck. However, the Meteoric Teachings plate that Mega Evolves Rayquaza is not counted towards this.
In addition to this, some figures are set to be updated Mega Venusaur
Changed Cruel Blossom's Incursion effect to no longer give Wait 5 when a Pokémon is passed through but to rather exclude a Pokémon from the Duel for 7 turns
Increased Solar Beam's damage from 130 to 150 Venusaur
Increased Solar Beam's damage from 130 to 150 with a bigger wheel size
Removed Vine Whip and replaced it with Protect with a lower wheel size Mega Charizard X
Increased damage of Bright Flame from 50 to 60 Mega Charizard Y
Increased damage of Bright Flame from 50 to 60 Charizard
Increased movement from 1 to 2
Removed Speed Booster ability
Increased Dragon Tail damage from 80 to 100
Increased Fire Spin damage from 50 to 60 Mega Blastoise
Increased Hydro Pump damage from 100 to 140 Blastoise
Increased Hydro Pump damage from 100 to 140 Mega Swampert
Increased Ice Punch damage from 70 to 100 Swampert
Increased Hammer Arm damage from 110 to 140 Mega Gallade
Increased Night Slash damage from 110 to 140
Increased Psychic Blade damage from 90 to 110 Gallade
Changed effect of Psychic Sensor to no longer be limited to just Psychic-type Pokémon
Increased Night Slash damage from 110 to 140
Increased Psychic Blade damage from 70 to 90 Kirlia
Increased wheel size of Psycho Switch
Decreased wheel size of Moonblast
Decreased wheel size of Super Psy Mega Sableye
Changed effect of Darkness Crystal ability to allow for it to pass through Ghost-type Pokémon
Increased Shadow Sneak damage from 80 to 90
Increased Shadow Beam damage from 90 to 110 Mewtwo
Increased Psycho Cut damage from 70 to 100 Beedrill
Increased wheel size of Toxic
Decreased wheel size of Miss
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Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO Community Day on September 22nd focusing on Chikoria. This event will have 3x Capture Experience and has 3 Hour Lure Modules. However, it will also give out an as of yet unannounced special move to . We'll bring more details as they come. This runs at specific times:
The Asia-Pacific region: 12:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. JST (GMT +9)
Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India: 09:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. UTC (GMT +0)
The Americas and Greenland: 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. PDT (UTC -8)
Edit @ 21:04: In addition to this, it has been confirmed that the Community Day in October will be on October 21st 2018 while the November one will be November 10th 2018
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Pokémon Shuffle - Events
Pokémon Shuffle has begun Week 3 of its event cycle. This cycle continues the Escalation Battle from last week as well as the following stages that will run for a week
The Ultra Challenge Stage is a stage for Nihilego
The Great Challenge Stages are Feraligatr, Lugia, Escavalier, Shiny Hawlucha & Popplio
The Daily Pokémon are Spiritomb, Girafarig, Kecleon, Shuckle & Relicanth
There's a One Chance Per Day stage for Female Frillish
There's a Competitive Stage against Mega Garchomp
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Pokémon GO
The current Tier 5 Raid Boss, Registeel, is due to leave Raid Battles in Pokémon GO at 20:00 UTC on Thursday giving just a few days left to get Registeel before it disappears. When it is finished, it will be replaced with Regirock. Be sure to keep checking back for further details on that
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Pokémon GO - Community Day
Today marks the Pokémon GO Community Day. On this day, for three hours in each region, Eevee will appear, enmass, in Pokémon GO with a chance of Shiny Eevee appearing. During this event, when you catch an Eevee, or evolve it before 20:00 UTC on Monday, it will know the move Last Resort, which is exclusive to this event. This coincides with 3* Capture Stardust with captures and Lure Modules running for 3 hours. This runs at these times:
Asia & Oceania: 03:00 UTC - 06:00 UTC (12:00 JST - 15:00 JST)
Europe & Japan: 09:00 UTC - 12:00 UTC (10:00 BST - 13:00 BST / 12:00 CET - 15:00 CET)
North America: 18:00 UTC - 21:00 UTC (11:00 PDT - 14:00 PDT / 14:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT)
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Pokkén Tournament DX
The next special Group Match has begun on Pokkén Tournament DX. Until August 19th you can participate in the "Psydisaster" 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 Mewtwo, and if you place highly you'll get other titles based on your placement.
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Who's That Pokémon
Today marks the ninetieth entry into the Generation VII competitive field with a Kanto Pokémon. These entries are created by the visitors for the visitors and then compiled by our writers Psynergy, Jellal, Aposteriori, & Mcdanger. To get involved, Click here for the discussion forum Today, we are covering a Pokémon introduced in the first generation. It unleashes megaton-level punches that send opponents flying clear over the horizon. It can lift heavy loads with the greatest of ease. It can even heft dump trucks. But its clumsy fingers prevent it from doing any precision work. It grasps its opponents with its four arms and twists them up in an intricate hold. People call it “the Machamp special.” With four arms, it can attack and defend simultaneously. It’s said to have mastered every martial art in the world. So, here it is, the ninetieth entry, Machamp
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Pokémon GO - Community Day
Today marks the Pokémon GO Community Day. On this day, for three hours in each region, Eevee will appear, enmass, in Pokémon GO with a chance of Shiny Eevee appearing. During this event, when you catch an Eevee, or evolve it before 20:00 UTC on Monday, it will know the move Last Resort, which is exclusive to this event. This coincides with 3* Capture Stardust with captures and Lure Modules running for 3 hours. This runs at these times:
Asia & Oceania: 03:00 UTC - 06:00 UTC (12:00 JST - 15:00 JST)
Europe & Japan: 09:00 UTC - 12:00 UTC (10:00 BST - 13:00 BST / 12:00 CET - 15:00 CET)
North America: 18:00 UTC - 21:00 UTC (11:00 PDT - 14:00 PDT / 14:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT)
With this, some special boxes are available throughout the weekend
Special Box - 480 Coins - 3 Incubators, 4 Lucky Egg, 1 Lure Module, 30 Ultra Balls
Great Box - 780 Coins - 6 Incense, 5 Super Incubators, 6 Star Pieces, 30 Ultra Balls
Ultra Box - 1480 Coins - 10 Super Incubators, 12 Lucky Eggs, 10 Premium Raid Pass & 12 Star Pieces
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Pokémon 2019 Season!
The 2019 season has started to be detailed by The Pokémon Company International for VGC and TCG tournaments. With this, they have announced the International Championships
Latin America - November 16th - 18th 2018 - Sao Paulo
Oceania- Australia - February 2019
European - Germany - April 2019
North America - USA - June 2019 Further details of the Championships point have been added to our 2019 VGC page
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Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! & Let's Go, Eevee!
The latest trailer for Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! & Let's Go, Eevee! has been released. This trailer showcases more of the game including Mega Evolution
Within the Japanese trailer, when showcasing Mega Evolution for Charizard, it lets you select between Mega Charizard X and Y when you Mega Evolve
Edit @ 14:07: Multiple new screenshots have been added to our Pre-Release Screenshot Page
Edit @ 14:42: Created a page on Mega Evolution in Let's Go
Edit @ 19:30: In a small video on the official site, you can see briefly that Shiny Pokémon that have been transferred from Pokémon GO to Pokémon Let's Go will remain Shiny when they appear in the overworld in the GO Park
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Pokémon in Other Games - Taiko Drum Master
Recently it was announced that the latest in the series of Taiko No Tatsujin, called Drum 'n' Fun, was to hit Europe and North America. Today, Bandai Namco have reconfirmed that the track list will remain the same between the Japanese and localised versions so it includes the Japanese Opening theme for the Pokémon Sun & Moon anime, "Alola!". This game is out now in Japan and is due for release in the west later this year
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Pokémon Sun & Moon - Episode Pictures
As usual, we have done pictures from the episode that aired in Japan today. This episode features Ash & co. encountering the Ultra Beast, Stakataka. The AniméDex has been updated with the contents of this episode. Click the picture to go to the gallery but be warned however as they contain spoilers.
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Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu & Let's Go, Eevee - CoroCoro
The first images from CoroCoro have leaked and have revealed the latest news. As always, do note that translations are preliminary while we work on them.
In this, it confirms that Mega Evolutions return in the games once again activating when you have the Key Stone and the Pokémon's associated Mega Stone. The magazine also showcases Vermilion City Gym and showcases that Lt. Surge once again has a Raichu
. We'll bring more as it comes
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
During the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct today, it was confirmed that the Pokémon Stadium and Unova Pokémon League stages were making a return to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Edit @ 15:22: There are new Poké Ball Pokémon. Alolan Exeggutor acts a wall. Mimikyu jumps onto an enemy and does damage. Marshadow arrives and does damage. Ditto duplicates a character. Kantonian Vulpix has a similar move to Alolan Vulpix and Pyukumuku is also there
Edit @ 15:52: Updated our Pre-Release Screenshot Page with more images pertaining to Pokémon in the game
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Pokémon GO
Following the reveal on Monday that Eevee and its evolutions will receive the move Last Resort during the Community Day, Niantic have reconfirmed what The Pokémon Company has said and have increased the time so that if you evolve an Eevee from the start of Community Day until 20:00 UTC, your Eevee evolution will know Last Resort. The Community Day runs at the following times:
The Asia-Pacific region: 12:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. JST (GMT +9)
Europe, Japan, the Middle East, Africa, and India: 09:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. UTC (GMT +0)
The Americas and Greenland: 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. PST (GMT -8)
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Pokémon Duel - Update
The smartphone game, Pokémon Duel, has had a new update. This patch takes it to version 6.1.2 and requires 247MB of space on your mobile device to download. It is required to update in order to play the game
This patch alters a number of fixes but also provides a special pack so players can purchase gems and get the special figure for Shiny Mimikyu. This pack comes with 1 Shiny Mimikyu, 30 Gems and 1 Rare Metal EX
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Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced that, on August 20th 2018, an update will hit Pokémon GO which adds a cap on research task rewards. At present, with encounter rewards, you can complete the field researrch but not get the reward until later. However, from August 20th, you'll only be able to store 100 of these rewards at any one time. From then, your 100 most recent ones will be saved.
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Pokémon Shuffle - Events
Pokémon Shuffle has begun Week 2 of its event cycle. This cycle continues the Pokémon Safari from last week as well as the following stages that will run for a week
The Ultra Challenge Stage is a stage for Regigigas
The Great Challenge Stages are Meganium, Ho-Oh, Emboar, Amoonguss & Rowlet
The Daily Pokémon are Druddigon, Pachirisu, Yamask, Tropius & Farfetch'd
There's a One Chance Per Day stage for Tornadus Incarnate Form
There's a Special Challenge stage to give access to Xerneas
In addition to this, there's a Volcanion Escalation Battle which will run for two weeks.
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Pokémon GO
It has been confirmed that during the Community Day on August 11th & 12th 2018, if you catch Eevee during the three hour windows on either day, your Eevee will know the move, Last Resort and the evolutions of Eevee will keep the move if evolved between the start of Community Day on Saturday and the end of Community Day on Sunday. The Community Day runs at the following times:
The Asia-Pacific region: 12:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. JST (GMT +9)
Europe, Japan, the Middle East, Africa, and India: 09:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. UTC (GMT +0)
The Americas and Greenland: 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. PST (GMT -8)
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Pokémon Sun & Moon - Episode Title
Japanese TV Guides have revealed new episode titles for upcoming episodes of the anime. These episodes are set to air August 30th and September 6th respectively. The first features Lunala fight with Necrozma in front of Ash & Co., with Team Rocket and Solgaleo quickly appearing. The second features Ash & Co. travel through Ultra Wormholes to help stop the crisis of Alola
Episode 1031: Lunala VS UB: BLACK! A Battle at Full Moon!!
Episode 1032: A Prism of Light and Darkness: Its name is Necrozma!
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Who's That Pokémon
Today marks the eighty-ninth entry into the Generation VII competitive field with a Sinnoh Pokémon. These entries are created by the visitors for the visitors and then compiled by our writers Psynergy, Jellal, Aposteriori, & Mcdanger. To get involved, Click here for the discussion forum Today, we are covering a Pokémon introduced in the fourth generation. In order to create a more advanced Pokémon, an additional program was installed, but apparently it contained a defect that makes it move oddly. Its program was modified to facilitate extra-dimensional activities, but that led to noticeably strange behavior. Its behavior is noticeably unstable, which is apparently due to the incompetence of the engineer who updated its programming. A faulty update was added to its programming. Its behavior is noticeably strange, so the experiment may have been a failure. So, here it is, the eighty-ninth entry, Porygon-Z
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Pokémon GO - Community Day
Due to the delay caused by the massive bad weather in Japan last month, the special reschedule for Articuno Day and Squirtle Community Day has begun in Japan and will last 6 hours until 15:00 JST. This event willhave all Gyms in Japan have an Articuno Raid while Squirtle will spawn in increased numbers, with exclusive field research which allows for players to find a Squirtle with Sunglasses. As these events fell in the Global Challenge Rewards period for the rest of the world, during the event today there's also triple experience on capture, triple experience on Egg Hatches and double experience from Raid Battles. Lucky Eggs will also last an hour during this event
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Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! & Let's Go, Eevee!
The Pokémon Company has put out several new videos showcasing the capability of Pokémon following or riding your Pokémon, showcasing Venusaur, Electrode, Onix, Caterpie and Golem. These showcase various parts of the game but provide no further new information. With this, we have added the videos to our Pre-Release Videos section
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Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Groudon & Kyogre
The Groudon & Kyogre event has begun worldwide. This event runs through most of the month and is a serial code event in stores.
In the UK & Spain it will be distributed at GAME from August 3rd through August 25th
In the US, it'll be at Gamestop from August 3rd through 26th In Canada, it'll be at EB Games from August 3rd through 26th
In the Germany, Ireland and Italy, it'll be at Gamestop from August 3rd through 25th
In France it will be at Micromania until August 25th
In Belgium, it'll be distributed at Game Mania and Smartoys from August 3rd through August 25th
In the Netherlands, it will be distributed at Game Mania from August 3rd through August 25th
In Australia it's available at EB Games until August 25th
In Sun & Ultra Sun, you will receive Kyogre and in Moon & Ultra Moon you will receive Groudon. In Sun & Moon the Pokémon are Level 60 while in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon they're Level 100 with a Gold Bottle Cap. Our Event Database has been updated with details of the event. We'll add more locations & dates as they're announced so be sure to check back
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Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Battle Competition
Battles for the next Battle Competition have begun. This is the Let's Go Cup competition. This is a Single Battle competition using standard rules where players can only use Pikachu or Eevee with only 1 Pokémon being allowed in the team. All Pokémon will be raised to Level 50 for the duration of the competition. Battles will run from August 3rd through August 5th. All entrants will get a special mobile wallpaper
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Pokkén Tournament DX
The next special Group Match has begun on Pokkén Tournament DX. Until July 22nd you can participate in the "Deep Blue Monarch" 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 Empoleon, and if you place highly you'll get other titles based on your placement.
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Pokémon Sun & Moon - TCG Set Release
Today marks the release of the seventh Pokémon Sun & Moon TCG set. This set contains 183 cards of various Pokémon that inhabit the Hoenn Region including various Pokémon-GX with the introduction of Stakataka. It is made up of the Champion Road & Charisma of the Wrecked Sky packs from Japan. Our card listing and the associated Cardex have been updated with the details of this set
This update may be amended throughout the day so be sure to check back. If you have any ideas for the site, be sure to send them in
Since the release of Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, the Discord Chat has been rife with discussion, so be sure to visit it. Our Forums have also had these discussion and are a bustling trade and competitive section for the games. Be sure to like our FaceBook Page. Last Update: 22:13 GMT Edit @ 12:14: Episode Pictures | Edit @ 13:33: Pokémon GO - Toho Sponsorship End | Edit @ 21:19: Pokémon GO | Edit @ 22:13: Pokkén Tournament DX
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Pokémon GO
A new event has begun in Pokémon GO. From now until 02:00 UTC on August 20th 2018, all trades will have a 25% discount on the amount of Stardust used for trades. In addition to this, candy from trades is increased so you can obtain up to 6 Candy for each trade. Finally, there's triple experience for a new Pokémon in your Pokédex
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Pokémon GO
In Japan, as part of a sponsorship promotion, Toho Cinemas had sponsored Poké Stops and Gyms allowing for trainers across the country to have access to these Stops at the theater. Today, it was announced that the sponsorship deal has ended and, as of August 7th 2018, the PokéStops and Gyms for each Toho Cinema across Japan will be removed.
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Pokkén Tournament DX
The next special Group Match has been announced on Pokkén Tournament DX. From August 12th through August 19th you can participate in the "Psydisaster" 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 Mewtwo, and if you place highly you'll get other titles based on your placement.
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Pokémon Duel - Update
A new Queen's Cup event has begun in Pokémon Duel. This cup has you play against players to earn a high score with various rewards based on it. It runs until August 7th and offers another chance to get the Frost Rotom & Rotom figures for getting enough points
In The Anime Department
Pokémon Sun & Moon - Episode Pictures
As usual, we have done pictures from the episode that aired in Japan today. This episode features Ash meeting Mina and soon learning that things may not be all what they seem with Poipole. The AniméDex has been updated with the contents of this episode. Click the picture to go to the gallery but be warned however as they contain spoilers.
This update may be amended throughout the day so be sure to check back. If you have any ideas for the site, be sure to send them in
Since the release of Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, the Discord Chat has been rife with discussion, so be sure to visit it. Our Forums have also had these discussion and are a bustling trade and competitive section for the games. Be sure to like our FaceBook Page. Last Update: 21:37 GMT Edit @ 09:28: Pokémon Duel Updates | Edit @ 09:40: Groudon & Kyogre | Edit @ 12:15: Episode Title | Edit @ 21:00: Raikou
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Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Groudon & Kyogre
Following the reveal of it being in Gamestop in the US, some further distribution datesa and locations for the Groudon & Kyogre event have been announced, this time for some countries in Europe
In Belgium, it'll be distributed at Game Mania and Smartoys from August 3rd through August 25th
In the Netherlands, it will be distributed at Game Mania from August 3rd through August 25th
In Sun & Ultra Sun, you will receive Kyogre and in Moon & Ultra Moon you will receive Groudon. In Sun & Moon the Pokémon are Level 60 while in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon they're Level 100 with a Gold Bottle Cap. Our Event Database has been updated with details of the event. We'll add more locations & dates as they're announced so be sure to check back
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Pokémon GO
As part of the monthly rotation of Field Research, new Field Research tasks will begin to appear in Pokémon GO. With this, there is a focus on Johto Pokédex Pokémon and Electric-type Pokémon, with the Legendary Beast Raikou having now rotated in as the Research Breakthrough reward
Edit @ 21:20: With this, the Pokémon Spinda has been added to the game through the Research Reward for "Land 3 Curveballs". At present, only 8 different appearances are programmed into the game
Edit @ 21:37: There are also several reports of Shiny Houndour appearing
Edit @ 22:05: There are also reports of Shiny Snubbull now appearing
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Pokémon GO
Due to the abnormally hot weather in Japan at present, the upcoming events for Pokémon GO in Japan have been altered. First, the Articuno Day on August 4th has been pushed earlier to run from 09:00 JST to 15:00 JST with the Squirtle Community Day running at the same time. Following that, on August 11th and August 12th, the Eevee Community Day will run in Japan from 18:00 JST to 21:00 JST.
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Pokémon Duel - Update
The smartphone game, Pokémon Duel, has had a new update. This patch takes it to version 6.1.1 and requires 247MB of space on your mobile device to download. It is required to update in order to play the game
In addition to the balance patches announced yesterday, this patch contains various brand new figures.
The UX Figures are Primal Groudon, Primal Kyogre & Keldeo Resolute Form,
The EX Figures are Turtonator & Milotic
The R Figures are Salazzle & Politoed
The UC Figures are Salandit & Feebas
Several new Plates have also been added to the store
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Pokémon Sun & Moon - Episode Title
Japanese TV Guides have revealed new episode titles for upcoming episodes of the anime. These episodes are set to air August 16th and 23rd respectivel. The first features Ash & Co. go to a Resort Spa while the second features Necrozma's appearance in the anime as mysterious weather arrives in Alola
Episode 1029: I Choose Here! The Pokémon Steam Paradise!!
Episode 1030: Crisis in Alola! The Darkness that Eats Radiance!!
