PokéNews (May 1st): Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon (Global Mission) / Pokémon Shuffle / Pokémon Duel
Today’s Pokémon news: latest Global Mission now live in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, but also…
- Pokemon Shuffle
- Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon – Battle Competition
- Pokémon Duel
- Pokémon no Uchi Atsumaru?!
Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon – Global Mission
Today, the latest Global Mission went live. Here’s all you need to know about it:
- Goal: collect 2 000 000 Battle Points
- Takes place from May 1st to May 15th
- Rewards: 2 000 Festival Coins (Success) / 1 000 Festival Coins (Failure)
- Pokémon Global Link bonus: rewards x2
Source: Pokémon Global Link
Pokémon Shuffle
Today, some more returning content went live in Pokémon Shuffle:
- the Ultra Challenge featuring Xurkitree is back until May 8th;
- the Great Challenge featuring Kingdra is also back until May 8th;
- the Great Challenge featuring Turtwig (Winking) is also back until May 8th;
- the Great Challenge featuring Rhyperior is also back until May 8th;
- the Great Challenge featuring Togekiss (Winking) is also back until May 8th;
- the Great Challenge featuring Reshiram is also back until May 8th;
- the latest set of Daily Pokémon is as follows: Slurpuff (Winking), Audino (Winking), Togetic (Winking), Carbink (Winking), Swirlix (Winking). It’s available until May 8th;
- the latest One Chance Per Day stage features Thundurus, and it’s available until May 8th;
- the Special Stage featuring Salamence is back until May 8th;
- the Escalation Battle featuring Darkrai is back until May 15th.
Source: Serebii
Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon – Battle Competition
Today, the latest Battle Competition for Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon was announced. It’s called the Ultra No Holds Barred, and here’s all you need to know about it:
- Pokémon allowed: all Pokémon from the National Pokédex (including those brought via Poké Transporter);
- Pokémon banned: Mewtwo, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Arceus, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Xerneas, Yveltal, Solgaleo, and Lunala;
- Battles: Single Battles, Team of 6 Pokémon and 3 sent to battle;
- Level: 100;
- Items: all allowed, including duplicates;
- Participation prize: 50 Battle Points (need to battle at least once);
- Registration: May 17th to May 24th;
- Battles: May 25th to May 27th;
- Results announced sometime in June.
Source: Pokémon Global Link
Pokémon Duel
Today, pre-registration for the latest Team Match went live in Pokémon Duel. This time around, you can choose between the following teams:
- Team Espeon
- Team Eevee
- Team Umbreon
Winning battles allow you to earn points for your team. Thanks to this event, you can get a special Espeon figure. The event runs until May 11th.
But that’s not all, the latest Software update was released today (Ver. 6.0.4), and alongside the changes listed yesterday, some new figures have also been added:
- UX Figures = Mega Tyranitar, Mega Aggron, Shaymin Sky Forme
- EX Figures = Shaymin Land Forme, Regirock
- R Figures = Lycanroc Midday Form, Lycanroc Midnight Form
- UC Figures = Rockruff, Relicanth
- Several new Plates
Also, thanks to the Extreme Gratitude promotion, you can get a Booster Ticket every day, along with an Alolan Raichu figure, and various other bonuses.
Finally, it’s been that Pokémon Duel has been downloaded over 34 million times worldwide.
Source: official Twitter account / Serebii
Pokémon no Uchi Atsumaru?!
Here’s the preview for the next episode of Pokémon no Uchi Atsumaru?!, airing this Sunday in Japan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIaGFzM3_BU
