Pokémon news (Feb. 9) – Pokemon Shuffle, Pokkén Tournament

Pokémon Shuffle

Today, some new content for Pokémon Shuffle went live:

• an Escalation Battle featuring Diancie (3DS and Mobile), which runs until February 23rd. It allows you to get better and better items as you keep beating it (with a Diancite at Level 50);
• a challenge featuring Abomasnow (3DS). As usual, the reward you end up with depends on your overall rank at the end of the competition:

1. Top 2,500 players in Europe, Top 3,700 players in North America, Top 5,000 players in Japan: Abomasite + Mega Speedup;
2. Top 12,000 players in Europe, Top 19,000 players in North America, Top 50,000 players in Japan: Abomasite;
3. Top 17,000 players in Europe, Top 26,000 players in North America, Top 70,000 players in Japan: 2 Attack Powers;
4. Not ranked: 1 Attack Power.

• a challenge featuring Mega Blastoise (Mobile). As usual, the reward you end up with depends on your overall rank at the end of the competition:

1. Top 20,000 players: Blastoisinite + Mega Speedup;
2. Top 80,000 players worldwide: Blastoisinite;
3. Top 120,000 players worldwide: 2 Attack Powers;
4. Not ranked: 1 Attack Power.

Source: Serebii

Pokkén Tournament

Today, Chandelure and two Assist Pokémon (Togekiss and Rotom) were added to the Arcade version of Pokkén Tournament, thanks to the latest update (which also includes more game balance fixes). But that’s not all: a special Valentine’s Day event also went live, and will run until February 28th.

Here’s what you can get thanks to it:

• special outfit for your avatar, if you manage to get Chandelure up to Level 15 before the end of the event;
• additional clothing items for your avatar;
• special titles for your avatar;
• and more…

Here’s some pictures:

Here’s HQ picture of the German boxart for Pokémon Tournament:

Source: Famitsu
Via: Serebii

Super Bowl

During the Super Bowl 50, The Pokémon Company aired a special commercial for the Pokémon series (which is celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year). It’s one of the most successful ad this year, with over 18 million views on YouTube alone.

According to iSpot.tv, the commercial generated 41 000 interactions on social media on Sunday night (which is quite impressive, considering the full version of the commercial was uploaded several days before the Super Bowl 50), and 88% percent of people who saw it had a positive opinion.

If you liked the commercial, you can click here and vote for it!

Source: VentureBeat