Pokémon news (April 27) – Pokémon Shuffle: daily bonuses on 3DS, Mobile update
Today’s Pokémon news:
- Pokémon Shuffle
- Pokkén Tournament
- Hoopa distribution
Pokémon Shuffle
Today, a special promotion for Pokémon Shuffle on Nintendo 3DS was announced. During the next two weeks, players can get some bonus items simply by checking-in every day (once per day and per save data file). Here’s the list of bonus items:
- April 28th: 1 Mega Start
- April 29th: 10 Hearts
- April 30th: 2 Exp. Points *1.5
- May 1st: 1 Moves +5
- May 2nd: 3 Exp Booster S
- May 3rd: 3000 Coins
- May 4th: 1 Raise Max Level
- May 5th: 1 Jewel
- May 6th: 1 Exp Booster M
- May 7th: 1 Attack Power
- May 8th: 1 Mega SpeedUp
And on smartphones, Pokémon Shuffle Mobile was updated, and is now in Ver. 1.6.0. It brings pretty much the same changes/additions as Ver. 1.3.0 on Nintendo 3DS.
Source: Serebii
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Pokkén Tournament
Today, Hori announced that a Pikachu variant of the Pokkén Tournament Controller for Wii U would be released in June in Japan, where it will cost 3758 Yen. It doesn’t look like it’s any different from the regular controller (besides the appearance, obviously). Right now, we don’t know if Hori is planning to release it in Europe and/or North America.
Here’s some pictures of the controller and its packaging:
Talking of Pokkén Tournament, The Pokémon Company revealed the rules for the tournament at the UK National Championships (May 14th-15th in Liverpool). On Friday, up to 512 players will be to pre-register, and then, on May 13th, players will be put in pool. Their matches will take place throughout the day, in 4 waves. 64 players will move on to Day 2, and then the finals.
Naturally, all players will have to use the wired Pokkén Tournament controller (they are even advised to bring their own). As for the official rules, they are as follows:
- LAN Mode
- Skill: Off
- Best of 3 Rounds, then Best of 3
- Stadium Only
- Loser of last match may change Battle Pokémon
- Both players may change Support Pokémon and Cheer Skill between matches;
- Accidentally pausing the game at any time during the match will force you to forfeit the round.
Hoopa distribution
Heads up for European players: the second Hoopa distribution for Pokémon X, Y, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire ends on Saturday (April 30th). You need to use the following serial code in-game to get it: HOOPA2016.
Via: Serebii
