Pokémon news (April 26) – Pokémon Shuffle / Nintendo 3DS Theme
Today’s Pokémon news:
- Pokémon Shuffle
- Darkrai distribution
- Pokémon GO
- Nintendo 3DS Theme
- Pokkén Tournament [Update!]
- Pokémon 20th Anniversary
Pokémon Shuffle
Today, a brand new update for Pokémon Shuffle went live (ver. 1.3.8), and adds quite a lot of content:
- more regular stages on Nintendo 3DS and Mobile;
- a special stage featuring Complete Forme Zygarde (available until May 10th);
- a special stage featuring Azelf (available until May 10th);
- a new set of Daily Pokémon (available until May 10th), with:
- Monday: Lunatone
- Tuesday: Tyrogue
- Wednesday: Castform
- Thursday: Mantyke
- Friday: Solrock
- an Escalation Battle featuring Latios (available until May 10th, with new rewards);
- a special stage featuring Dusknoir stage (available until May 10th);
- a special stage featuring Mew (available until May 17th);
- a Pokémon Safari is now available until May 10th. It allows you to catch the following Pokémon: Duskull, Dusclops, Pumpkaboo, Gourgeist, Zubat, Golbat, and Crobat.
Also, rewards are being sent out to qualifying players for the Mega Blaziken challenge:
- Top 2,500 players in Europe, Top 3,500 players in North America, Top 10,000 players in Japan = Blazikenite + Raise Max Level
- Top 15,000 players in Europe, Top 22,000 players in North America, and Top 60,000 players in Japan = Blazikenite (or Mega Speedup if you already have the Blazikenite);
- Top 20,000 players in Europe, Top 30,000 players in North America , Top 80,000 players in Japan = 1 Attack Power.
- Not ranked: Disruption Delay.
Source: Serebii
Darkrai distribution
Today, The Pokémon Company announced more distributions for Darkrai in Europe:
- United Kingdom: serial code at GAME, from May 1st to May 24th
- Germany: serial code at GameStop, from May 2nd to May 24th
- France: serial code at Micromania, from May 2nd to May 24th
- Spain: serial code at GAME, from May 1st to May 24th
Via: Serebii
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Pokémon GO
Heads up for players in Australia and New Zealand: Niantic has started sending invites for the Pokémon GO field tests. Check out your email to see if you’ve been selected!
Source: Niantic
Nintendo 3DS Themes
Yesterday, a brand new Nintendo 3DS Theme was revealed. It features the main artwork for Pokémon The Movie: Volcanion and the Ingenious Magearna. To get it, you have to vote for the Pokémon elections at the 7-Eleven Stores (via the 7-Eleven hotspots). You will then receive a download code, to enter in the Nintendo 3DS Theme Shop before August 31st.
Here’s a picture of the theme itself:
Pokkén Tournament
Today, a brand new update for Pokkén Tournament (Arcade) went live, bringing some game balance fixes, and more. You can find the patchnotes on the official website!
Also, Nintendo uploaded a new trailer for the game:
Pokémon 20th Anniversary
Here’s the latest Pokémon 20th Anniversary video, with Jordin Sparks talking about her memories of the Pokémon series:
