Pokémon news (July 14) – Pokémon GO: UK launch and Ver. 1.0.2 update (iOS), more
Today’s Pokémon news:
- Pokémon GO
- Pokkén Tournament
- Pokémon The Movie
- Battle competition
- Pokémon X and Y
Pokémon GO
In case you missed our retweet earlier today, Pokémon GO is now available in the United Kingdom! But that’s not all: another update was released yesterday for iOS. Here’s the very succinct patch notes:
Fixes for Pokémon Trainer Club login
Source: Serebii
Pokkén Tournament
Today, a new Battle Pokémon was revealed for Pokkén Tournament on Arcade: Darkrai. Click here for a trailer, some gameplay footage, and more details!
Pokémon The Movie
Here’s a video from CoroCoro magazine, with 300 seconds (5 minutes) from the latest Pokémon Movie: Volcanion and the Ingenious Magearna (which opens on July 16th in Japan):
Battle competition
Today, registration for the Sinnoh Classic, the latest Battle Competition started. Here’s the rules:
- Battles: Double Battle;
- Rules: current VGC rules;
- Pokémon allowed: Pokémon in the National Pokédex (from 001-493);
- Pokémon banned: Dragonite, Mewtwo, Mew, Tyranitar, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Celebi, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Jirachi, Deoxys, Dialga, Palkia, Heatran, Giratina, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, and Arceus;
- Items banned: Mega Stones;
- Registration: from July 14th to July 21st;
- Battles: from July 22nd to July 24th;
- Prize: Garchomp (Level 66), based on Cynthia’s Garchomp. It knows the following moves: Dragon Rush, Brick Break, Giga Impact, Earthquake.
Pokémon X and Y
Here’s an Accolade Trailer for Pokémon X and Y:
