Pokémon news (April 12) – Pokémon Shuffle / Pokémon Komaster

Today’s Pokémon news:

• Pokémon Shuffle
• Pokémon Komaster
• Pokkén Tournament

Pokémon Shuffle

Today, some new stages/challenges have gone live in Pokémon Shuffle:

• an Escalation Battle stage featuring Zygarde 50% (3DS / Mobile), available until April 26th. You get various items as you level up (though sometime you get to skip one due to the Pokémon getting angry), such as:

1. Level 30 = Exp Booster S
2. Level 40 = Exp Booster M
3. Level 50 = Mega Speedup
4. Level 70 = Exp Booster L
5. Level 90 = Level Up
6. Level 100 = Raise Max Level

• a special stage featuring Landorus (Therian Forme) (3DS / Mobile), available until April 26th
• a special stage featuring Manaphy (3DS / Mobile), available until April 26th
• repeat of the Daily Pokémon #3 (3DS / Mobile), available until April 26th

Also, rewards are being sent out to players who took part in the Mega Sceptile challenge. Here’s what you can get:

1. Top 1,200 players in Europe, Top 2,000 players in North America, Top 5,000 players in Japan = Sceptilite + Raise Max Level;
2. Top 8,000 players on Mobile = Sceptilite + Mega Speedup;
3. Top 12,000 players in Europe, Top 20,000 players in North America, Top 50,000 players in Japan = Sceptilite;
4. Top 18,000 players in Europe, Top 30,000 players in North America, Top 70,000 players in Japan = 2 Attack Powers;
5. Top 80,000 players on Mobile = Sceptilite All other players get a Jewel. It runs until April 12th;
6. Top 120,000 players on Mobile = 2 Attack Power.

Source: Serebii

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Pokémon Komaster

Announced a couple of weeks ago, Pokémon Komaster is a board game in which you use figures in order to try and take over the board, defeating your opponent’s figures in the process. It’s now available on Android in Japan (requires Android 2.3.3 or higher, 41MB for initial install), and will be released on iOS down the line.

As mentioned previously, the game is Free 2 Play, but with the usual microtransactions. You can purchase diamonds, which can then be used to buy better items and figures. Right now, the rarest figures are:

• Charizard
• Venusaur
• Dialga
• Palkia

To be more precise, you have a 0.5% chance of getting one of them when you buy a Single pack. If you’re trying to get a rare figure, it’s a 1.5% chance we’re talking about. And for Ultra Common figures,  it’s 7.16-7.17%. You can level up the figures by playing normally.

Gameplay wise, Pokémon Komaster is based on the Pokémon Trading Figure game: attacks are done by spinning, and the amount of damage inflicted to your opponent’s figures depends on where the figure lands.

Here’s some screenshots/artworks for the game:

Source: 4Gamer.net / Serebii

Pokkén Tournament

Finally, here’s two videos for Pokkén Tournament, from Nintendo UK: