Pokémon news (Dec. 10) – Pokkén: Sceptile confirmed; Pokémon World Championships

Pokkén Tournament

Last week, Bandai-Namco announced that a new playable Pokémon for Pokkén Tournament would be revealed on December 10th (today). Earlier this week, we learned that it might be Sceptile: it’s now 100% official, as Bandai-Namco uploaded the trailer for this Pokémon this morning. The trailer also confirms that Farfetch’d and Electrode will be added to the game as Assist Pokémon.

Here’s the trailer for Sceptile in Pokkén Tournament:

Sceptile, Farfetch’d and Electrode will be added to the Arcade version of Pokkén Tournament on December 15th in Japan.

Source: Bandai-Namco

Pokémon Shuffle Mobile

Yesterday, Pokémon Shuffle Mobile received another another update. Ver. 1.3.0 adds the following:

• an icon has been added: it shows which Pokémon you should try to catch. The more icons there are, the more Pokémon you should try to capture!
• before tackling difficult stages (such as the Expert stages), the game tells you which level your Pokémon should be in order to tackle them.
• the UI was tweaked.

Source: Serebii

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Pokémon World Championships

This week, The Pokémon Company announced that the Pokémon World Championship 2016 would take place on August 19-21. New rules have also been announced: they will be used for all the tournaments in 2016 (Regionals, Nationals, Premier Challenges and Worlds).

Here they are:

• Games: Pokémon Omega Ruby : Alpha Sapphire (card or digital)
• Format: Double Battle
• Pokémon allowed: National Pokédex (No. 001–720), only Pokémon caught in the Generation VI games
• Pokémon banned: Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Deoxys, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, Arceus, Victini, Keldeo, Meloetta, Genesect, Diancie, and Hoopa
• Pokémon restrictions: Mewtwo, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Xerneas, Yveltal, and Zygarde. No more than two Pokémon from that list in a team. Blue Pentagon mandatory for all Pokémon (was caught/hatched in Pokémon X, Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.
• Other Pokémon restrictions: Pokémon must be placed in the Battle Box. They are not allowed to Mega Evolve. Pokémon above Level 50 will automatically be leveled down to 50 during the battles. Hidden abilities allowed.
  Items restrictions: Soul Dew is not allowed. Players can only used Pokémon available officially in Pokémon X, Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. Items obtained via the Pokémon Global Link and promotions are ok.

Source: The Pokémon Company
Via: Serebii

Rare Candy

Did you take part in the Spooky Cup in October? If yes, make sure to grab your 10 Rare Candies by logging to the Pokémon Global Link before December 16th (11.59PM UTC).!

Tumblr

Yesterday, The Pokémon Company opened its official account on Tumblr. Click here to check it out!