PokéNews (Dec. 15): Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon / Pokémon GO / Pokémon Duel

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Today’s Pokémon news: various Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon news, but also…

Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon – Pokémon distribution (Japan)
Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon – Battle Competition
Pokémon GO
Pokémon Duel
Pokémon Sun and Moon – Anime series
Pokkén Tournament DX
Pokémon Rescue Team
Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon Trainer Guide
Pokémon Challenge
LINE stickers
Pokémon merchandise
Pokémon Ga-Olé

Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

Here’s the latest trailers for Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon:

Also, here’s some pictures illustration more or less the same things as the trailer:

Source: Gamer

Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon – Pokémon distribution (Japan)

This week, yet another Pokémon distribution for Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon in Japan was announced. It will run from January 20th to March 11th, and will allow players to get the signature Pokémon of the Evil Team Leaders from the Team Rainbow Rocket: Giovanni’s Nidoking, Maxie’s Crobat, Archie’s Mightyena, Cyrus’ Honchkrow, Ghetsis’ Cofagrigus, and Lysandre’s Mienshao.

Those Pokémon will be available from Pokémon Center stores across Japan, and will rotate every week (meaning you will have to make a visit to the nearest stores several times to get them all.

Here’s the schedule:

January 20th to February 2nd

Sapporo: Ghetsis’ Cofagrigus
Tohoku: Lysandre’s Mienshao
Mega Tokyo: Giovanni’s Nidoking
Skytree Town: Maxie’s Crobat
Tokyo Bay: Archie’s Mightyena
Yokohama: Cyrus’ Honchkrow
Nagoya: Ghetsis’ Cofagrigus
Kyoto: Lysandre’s Mienshao
Osaka
Hiroshima
Fukuoka

February 3rd to February 9th

Sapporo: Cyrus’ Honchkrow
Tohoku: Ghetsis’ Cofagrigus
Mega Tokyo: Lysandre’s Mienshao
Skytree Town: Giovanni’s Nidoking
Tokyo Bay: Maxie’s Crobat
Yokohama: Archie’s Mightyena
Nagoya: Cyrus’ Honchkrow
Kyoto: Ghetsis’ Cofagrigus
Osaka: Lysandre’s Mienshao
Hiroshima: Giovanni’s Nidoking
Fukuoka: Archie’s Mightyena

February 10th to February 16th

Sapporo: Archie’s Mightyena
Tohoku: Cyrus’ Honchkrow
Mega Tokyo: Ghetsis’ Cofagrigus
Skytree Town: Lysandre’s Mienshao
Tokyo Bay: Giovanni’s Nidoking
Yokohama: Maxie’s Crobat
Nagoya: Archie’s Mightyena
Kyoto: Cyrus’ Honchkrow
Osaka: Ghetsis’ Cofagrigus
Hiroshima: Lysandre’s Mienshao
Fukuoka: Giovanni’s Nidoking

February 17th to February 23th

Sapporo: Maxie’s Crobat
Tohoku: Archie’s Mightyena
Mega Tokyo: Cyrus’ Honchkrow
Skytree Town: Ghetsis’ Cofagrigus
Tokyo Bay: Lysandre’s Mienshao
Yokohama: Giovanni’s Nidoking
Nagoya: Maxie’s Crobat
Kyoto: Archie’s Mightyena
Osaka: Cyrus’ Honchkrow
Hiroshima: Ghetsis’ Cofagrigus
Fukuoka: Lysandre’s Mienshao

February 24th to March 2nd

Sapporo: Giovanni’s Nidoking
Tohoku: Maxie’s Crobat
Mega Tokyo: Archie’s Mightyena
Skytree Town: Cyrus’ Honchkrow
Tokyo Bay: Ghetsis’ Cofagrigus
Yokohama: Lysandre’s Mienshao
Nagoya: Giovanni’s Nidoking
Kyoto: Maxie’s Crobat
Osaka: Archie’s Mightyena
Hiroshima: Cyrus’ Honchkrow
Fukuoka: Ghetsis’ Cofagrigus

March 3rd to March 9th

Sapporo: Lysandre’s Mienshao
Tohoku: Giovanni’s Nidoking
Mega Tokyo: Maxie’s Crobat
Skytree Town: Archie’s Mightyena
Tokyo Bay: Cyrus’ Honchkrow
Yokohama: Ghetsis’ Cofagrigus
Nagoya: Lysandre’s Mienshao
Kyoto: Giovanni’s Nidoking
Osaka: Maxie’s Crobat
Hiroshima: Archie’s Mightyena
Fukuoka: Cyrus’ Honchkrow

Also, more details about Shiny Groudon and Shiny Kyogre. To get them, you will need a Serial Code distributed from January 13th to March 5th, at various stores: Aeon, Tsutaya, WonderGoo, Amazon, Yodobashi, Pokémon Center stores, and more. The Serial Code has to be used until March 28th in order to get Shiny Kyogre in Pokémon Ultra Sun, and Shiny Groudon in Pokémon Ultra Moon.

The list of Pokémon distributions for Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon has been updated!

Source: Serebii / Serebii / The Pokémon Company

Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon – Battle Competition

Today, battles for the first online competition for Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon went live. It’s called Johto x Alola, and here’s all you need to know about it:

Pokémon allowed: Pokémon from the Johto and Alola Pokédexes (including those obtained via Poké Transfer)
Pokémon banned: Mythical Pokémon, some Legendary Pokémon (Mewtwo, Ho-Oh, Lugia, Zygarde, Cosmog, Cosmoem, Solgaleo, Lunala, Necrozma)
Battles: Double Battles, Team of 6 Pokémon and 4 sent to battle
Level: 50 (dropped to 50 if above)
Items: all allowed, but two Pokémon cannot have the same Hold Item
Participation prize: 50 Battle Points (need to battle at least once)
Registration: December 7th to December 15th
Battles: December 15th to December 17th

Source: Pokémon Global Link

Pokémon GO

Heads up for Pokémon GO: Groudon is now appearing in Raid Battles around the world. It will be available until January 15th, so make sure you head out and get it before it’s too late!

Also, here’s a commercial for the game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yURNpEB0IY

Source: Niantic

Pokémon Duel

The latest Gym Cup event is the Fairy Gym Cup, and it went live earlier this week. Here’s all you need to know about it:

Runs from December 14th to December 18th
Fairy-type Movement 0, 1, and 2 figures = +1 Movement;
Steel-type figures = +20 Attack (for each attack);
Gym Boosters available, with the contents increasing with your winning streak. Said boosters have to be redeemed before December 13th
Jigglypuff figure (R) and EX + UX Cubes available as reward
Trophies will be distributed to qualifying players after the event.

You can find more details about the various events for Pokémon Duel on this page!

Source: Pokémon Duel (Twitter)

Pokémon Sun and Moon – Anime series

Here’s the preview for the next episode of the Pokémon Sun and Moon anime series, airing on December 21st in Japan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR73HzhVYSg

Pokkén Tournament DX

Today, the next Official Group Match for Pokkén Tournament DX was announced. It’s called the Thunderclap Press Cup, and it will take place from December 22nd to December 31st. This one is a Team Battle Competition, with a Fixed Battle Arena. As usual, if you participate, you will get a special title related to Pikachu Libre, and you will get additional titles based on your overall rank.

Source: Serebii

Pokémon Rescue

Here’s a really neat promotional video for Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, called “Pokémon Rescue”. It showcases how you can transfer Pokémon from pretty much all the previous Pokémon games to the latest ones, thanks to Pokémon Bank and Poké Transporter. Don’t understand Japanese? No problem: official English subtitles are available!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixq1U9iuZRw

Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon Trainer Guide

Here’s the second episode of the Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon Trainer Guide:

Pokémon Challenge

Here’s the latest Pokémon Challenge video:

LINE stickers

Earlier this week, yet another set of stickers went live on LINE. This one is called Pokémon Chat Pals, and it costs 240 Yen / 1.99€ / £1.49 / $1.99, and you can get it from the Store tab in the LINE app.

Here’s some pictures: