PokéNews (Nov. 2): Pokémon Sun and Moon commercials / Pika-Chan

Today’s Pokémon news: some commercials for Pokémon Sun and Moon, but also…

• Pika-Chan
• Pokémon no Uchi Atsumaru?!

Pokémon Sun and Moon

Pokémon Sun and Moon comes out in a little over 2 weeks in North America and Japan. In North America, Nintendo has already started promoting the game on TV, with a TV commercial uploaded yesterday on YouTube.

Here it is:

In Japan, The Pokémon Company also uploaded a couple of commercials on its YouTube channel. Quite interestingly, they both feature Pokémon GO rather prominently. Given the huge popularity of the mobile game, it’s no wonder they’re using it to promote the latest mainline entry (especially since there is a synergy between the two). In fact, one has to wonder why there hasn’t been such commercials until today!

Here’s the two commercials:

Pokémon Sun and Moon (3DS) comes out on November 18th in Japan and North America, and November 23rd in Europe. You can now pre-load it if you’re planning to get the digital version!

Pika-Chan

Here’s the latest episode of Pika-Chan, The Pokémon Company’s webshow about battles in Pokémon games:

Pokémon no Uchi Atsumaru?!

Here’s the preview for the next episode of Pokémon no Uchi Atsumaru?!, which will air this Sunday on TV Tokyo in Japan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cI_wFHBKIQ