Pokémon news (Jan. 26) – Pokémon Shuffle: new challenges; more

Pokémon Shuffle

Today, a brand new update for Pokémon Shuffle went live (Ver. 1.2.30): you need to use the check-in feature in-game to get it. It gives you access to several things:

• new Escalation Battle featuring Kyurem, which runs until February 9th on both Nintendo 3DS and Mobile;
• re-run of the Mega Sharpedo challenge, which runs until February 2nd. Just like last time, the reward you get depends on your overall rank at the end of the challenge:

1. Top 1,200 players in Europe, Top 3,000 players in North America or Top 5,000 players in Japan: Sharpedonite + Mega Speedup
2. Top 15,000 players on Mobile: Sharpedonite + Mega Speedup
3. Top 12,000 players  in Europe, Top 20,000 players in North America or Top 50,000 players in Japan: Sharpedonite
4. Top 80,000 players on Mobile: Sharpedonite
5. Top 18,000 players in Europe, Top 30,000 players in North America or Top 80,000 players in Japan: Attack Power Up
6. Top 120,000 players (but no Sharpedonite) on Mobile: Attack Power + Jewel
7. Not ranked: Disruption Delay
8. Not ranked on Mobile: Jewel

Source: Serebii

Pokkén Tournament

Here’s the European design of the Shadow Mewtwo amiibo card for Pokkén Tournament:

Pre-orders

The following are now available for pre-order on the Nintendo UK Web Store:

• Pokkén Tournament
• Nintendo 2DS bundles
• New Nintendo 3DS cover plates

Rayquaza

Last year, Maxsoft had a Rayquaza distribution in Singapore, via serial codes. Those codes could actually be used on Japanese and North American Nintendo 3DS versions of the games. It’s OT is SG Summer’15. It was revealed today that this particular Rayquara could not be used in the Rating Battle – Special Battle ruleset, or in real-life competitions.

Source: Serebii