Pokémon news (April 28) – Pokémon Comaster, more
Today’s Pokémon news:
- Pokémon Comaster
- Pokémon Jukebox
- Battle competition
Pokémon Comaster
Today, Pokémon Comaster (on smartphones) got a major update in Japan, adding some new Pokémon figures in the Trevo shop. Here’s what was added:
- EX rarity: 0.5% chance of getting Mewtwo;
- R rarity: 1.5% chance of getting Lapras;
- Common rarity: Staraptor, and Weezing.
Also, drop rate for common rare figure dropped to 6% (rather than 7.16% before the update).
But that’s not all: a special event called the Rank Match Festa started today, and runs until May 9th. If you participate, you get a reward for each rank you get:
- Ranks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13: and 14 = 10 diamonds
- Rank 8 = 50 diamonds
- Ranks 11, and 15 = special Trevo Ticket
- Rank 5 = EX rarity Feraligatr figure
Also, here’s a new trailer and some screenshots for the app:
Head after the break for the rest of this post!
Pokémon Jukebox
Today, it was announced that Pokémon Jukebox (an app available on Android) would be discontinued on June 30th. Here’s the schedule:
- May 31st: you will no longer be able to purchase new music within the app (or download the daily free track), app removed from the Play Store;
- June 30th: you will no longer be able to redownload previously purchased tracks.
Source: Serebii
Battle competition
Heads up for players in Japan: the Japan Championships 2016 battle competiton has started, and battles will run until May 2nd. It allows players to try and get a chance to enter the Pokémon World Championships. Here’s the rules:
- Battles: Double Battles
- Rules: current VGC rules
- Legendary Pokémon allowed: 2 of the following… Mewtwo, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Reshiram, Zekrom,
- Kyurem, Xerneas, Yveltal, and Zygarde
- Registration: from April 4th to April 28th
- Battles: from April 28th to May 1st
- Reward: all participants get Landorus based on Hyadain’s Landorus (one of the host of Pokémon no Uchi Atsumaru, a Pokémon variety show airing every Sunday on TV Tokyo).
Source: Serebii
