Pokémon news (Feb. 12) – Nintendo Badge Arcade / Pokkén Tournament

12 February 2016 Lite_Agent Bandai-Namco, Nintendo Badge Arcade, Pokémon 20th Anniversary, Pokémon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire, Pokémon X and Y, Pokkén Tournament, Splatoon, Super Mario Maker, The Pokémon Company, TOMY

Today’s Pokémon news:

Super Mario Maker collaboration
Splatoon collaboration
Nintendo Badge Arcade
Pokkén Tournalent
TOMY plushies
Pikachu distribution

Super Mario Maker

As mentioned earlier today, a Pokémon-themed Event Course is available in Super Mario Maker, and allows you to unlock costumes based on Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle. Here’s some pictures for the level and the costumes:

Source: The Pokémon Company

Splatoon

Next week, a Pokémon-themed Splatfest will take place in Europe, Japan, and North America. Here’s some pictures:

But that’s not all: from February 20th, the very t-shirts from the Japanese Splatfest will be available for purchase in the various Pokémon Center stores across Japan (sold 3 800 Yen or 3 200 Yen, depending on the size). Here’s some pictures:

Source: Nintendo

Nintendo Badge Arcade

Heads up for European players: two new panels of Pokémon badges are now available in Nintendo Badge Arcade!

Pokkén Tournament

Pokkén Tournament will be available on March 18th in Europe, Japan, and North America. If you plan on buying the game from the Nintendo eShop, you will need at least 4234MB of free space on your Wii U or external HDD.

TOMY

In order to celebrate the 20th Anniversary, TOMY is going to release one retailer-exclusive Mythical Pokémon each month, from February to December 2016 (similar to the mythical Pokémon distributions for Pokémon X / Y / Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire). The plushies will be in a special crushed velvet material, and will be accompanied by 2″ pearlescent-finished figures (with their own unique pearlescent-finished Poké Balls).

They will be available from the following retailers:

Toys “R” Us
Game Stop
Walmart

What’s more, TOMY will also have various limited-edition Pikachu products, also sold as retailer-exclusives.

Source: CGT

Pikachu distribution

On Tuesday (February 16th), the Pokémon Center Online website will re-open in Japan. To celebrate, a special Pikachu will be distributed: all customers placing their first order will get a serial code for the Pokémon. This special Pikachu is Level 10, and knows the following moves:

Surf
Fly
Agility
Celebration

Source: Serebii