Pokémon news (July 15): Pokémon GO, Nintendo 3DS Themes, more

15 July 201615 July 2016 Lite_Agent Game Freak, Marvelous, Pokémon Ga-Olé (Arcade), Pokémon GO, Pokémon XY & Z, The Pokémon Company

Today’s Pokémon news:

Pokémon GO
Nintendo 3DS Themes / Pokémon Sun and Moon [Update!]
Pokémon XY&Z (anime)
Pokémon Ga-Olé (Arcade)
Pokémon distribution [Update!]

Pokémon GO

Do you live in Spain, Italy, or Portugal? If yes, good news: Pokémon GO is now available in your country! Unfortunately, we don’t quite know when the app will launch in other countries, as Niantic Labs releases it without warning. However, signs indicate the Japanese launch is imminent.

Also, the page on the Official Nintendo UK Web Store clearly indicates that the Pokémon Go + accessory is not compatible with Android phones just yet:

Pokémon GO Plus will be compatible with iPhone 5/5c/5s/SE/6/6s/6 Plus/6s Plus and operating systems iOS 8 – 9.

As of July 2016, the Pokémon GO Plus compatibility with phones using the Android operating system is under development.

However it’s not clear whether support for Android devices will be available at launch or not, but even if it’s not, there’s no doubt it will be added shortly after.

Source: official Twitter

Nintendo 3DS Themes

In Japan, Nintendo will release not one, but two special New Nintendo 3DS XL for Pokémon Sun and Moon, on November 18th. It turns out that they will each come with an exclusive Nintendo 3DS Theme:

Solgaleo and Lunala model: Nintendo 3DS Theme featuring Solgaleo and Lunala
Pikachu model: Nintendo 3DS Theme featuring Pikachu in several poses

Here’s some pictures for those Nintendo 3DS Themes:

In Europe, the Solgaleo and Lunala New Nintendo 3DS XL model will be released on November 23rd, but we don’t know if the Nintendo 3DS Theme will also be included or not.

Talking of Pokémon Sun and Moon, here’s the various retailer bonuses:

In the UK, Game will offer a figure of either Solgaleo or Lunala (depending on the version you buy):

Serebii Update: GAME UK to provide Solgaleo & Lunala figures with preorders of Sun & Moon https://t.co/oV6DIIA7Ub pic.twitter.com/osweyOOlvW

— Serebii.net (@SerebiiNet) July 15, 2016

And here’s the pre-order bonuses for Spain and Australia/New Zealand (as listed by Serebii):

Spain

GAME: Solgaleo and Lunala Figures
El Corte Inglés: Pokémon Adventures – Yellow (Volume 1)
FNAC: Pokémon Adventures – Ruby & Sapphire (Volume 1)
Media Markt: Pokémon Adventures – Gold & Silver Volume 1)
Blade Center, Canal Ocio, Toy ‘R’Us, GameShop, xtralife.es, tutiendadevideojuegos.com, zonavideojuego.com: Pins

Australia & New Zealand

EB Games – Pins + Poster

Source: Famitsu

Pokémon XY&Z

Here’s the preview for the next episode of Pokémon XY&Z, airing on July 21st in Japan:

https://youtu.be/xeZWs2kZMM8

Pokémon Ga-Olé

Here’s another gameplay video for Pokémon Ga-Olé (on Arcade):

Pokémon distribution

Today, it was announced that Shiny Yveltal would be distributed from August 17th to September 15th in the United Kingdom. You will have to go a Smyths Toy store in order to get a serial code.

Source: Serebii