PokéNews (March 2): Pokémon Duel / Detective Pikachu

2 March 201812 October 2023 Lite_Agent Bandai-Namco, Creatures Inc., Detective Pikachu, HEROZ, Marvelous, Pokémon Duel, Pokémon Ga-Olé (Arcade), Pokémon Sun and Moon (anime), Pokémon Trading Card Game, Pokkén Tournament DX, Takara-TOMY, The Pokémon Company

Today’s Pokémon news: latest update for Pokémon Duel, but also…

Detective Pikachu
Pokkén Tournament DX
Pokémon Sun and Moon – Anime
Pokémon TCG
Pokémon Day
Pokémon merchandise
Pokémon Ga-Olé

Pokémon Duel

Earlier this week, a new Software update for Pokémon Duel was released. It brings the game to Ver. 5.0.10, and provides balance fixes:

Vikavolt

Zap Cannon: damage increased from 100 to 120

Noivern

Boomburst: damage increased from 100 to 110

Hurricane: now move the battle opponent to the bench

Dragon Pulse: add 50 damage against Dragon-type Pokémon

Cosmog

Nebby’s Power ability can now move Pokémon from Ultra Space

Luxray

Bite replaced by Fire Fang (power = 70)

Crunch replaced by Ice Fang (power = 70)

Roar replaced by Quick Attack (power = 70, large wheel size)

Figure alteration: Dodge added

Figure alteration: Miss wheel size decreased

Ability changed to Blue Spark (makes the opponent’s dodges become misses)

Mareep

Thunder Wave: wheel size increased

Miss: wheel size decreased

It also adds some new figures and plates:

UX Figures = Xurkitree, Celesteela, Mega Ampharos
EX Figures = Ampharos, Eelektross
R Figure = Eelektrik
UC Figures = Tynamo, Flaaffy, LuxioSeveral new Plate
new Plates

Source: Serebii / Serebii

Detective Pikachu

Here’s one lone screenshot for Detective Pikachu:

And here’s a short video clip:

Don’t let his gruff exterior fool you! Pikachu’s still up for a little fun during the investigation! Pre-order is available now for #DetectivePikachu: https://t.co/3exrdNYnOL pic.twitter.com/Jb9h1AMuGC

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) February 28, 2018

Detective Pikachu (3DS) comes out on March 23rd worldwide.

Source: Nintendo (Twitter)

Pokkén Tournament DX

On Wednesday, the latest Official Group Match for Pokkén Tournament DX was announced. Here’s all you need to know:

Name: Forest’s Flash Group Match
Type: Basic Battle, Fixed Battle Arena
Runs from March 9th to March 12th
Time: 3AM PT to 7PM PT / 6AM ET to 10PM ET / 5AM GMT to 9PM GMT / 6AM CET to 10AM CET / 6AM JST to 10PM JST
Participation prize: Forest’s Flash (title)
Ranking Prizes:

Places 1 to 10 – Chrom League Master
Places 11 to 30 – Red League Master
Places 31 to 60 – Blue League Master
Places 61 to 100 – Green League Master

Source: Serebii

Pokémon Sun and Moon – Anime

Here’s the preview for the next episode of the Pokémon Sun and Moon anime series, airing on March 8th in Japan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FIjGSLh_ig

Pokémon TCG

Yesterday, The Pokémon Company sent a press release to announce that in 2017, sales of the Pokémon TCG and toys grew, following record-breaking sales in 2016. According to the NPD Group Toys, sales for the TCG grew by 42/ in the UK, 56% in Spain, and 644% in Italy. For toys, the increase is of 54% in the UK, 14% in Germany, and 146% in Italy.

Pokémon also received some awards at the UK Toy Fair in London:

Pokémon TCG: Pocket Money Toy of the Year (Toy Industry Awards)
Pokémon toys by Wicked Cool Toys: Toy Fair 2018 Editor’s Choice Awards

Finally, here’s the latest commercial for the Pokémon TCG in Japan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JltFtJOR0I

Source: The Pokémon Company PR

Pokémon Day

To celebrate Pokémon Day, The Pokémon Company uploaded a special video: a unique version of the famous Pokémon anime song, in the many languages it was adapted to (only Japanese is missing, but that’s because a completely different song was used in that country):