Pokémon news (July 22): Pokémon GO / The Great Pikachu Invasion
Today’s Pokémon news:
- Pokémon GO
- Pokémon Sun and Moon
- The Great Pikachu Invasion
- Battle competition
- Pokémon Comaster
- Pokémon 20th Anniversary
Pokémon GO
Today, after several days of waiting, Pokémon GO was finally launched in Japan. As we expected, McDonald’s also gave details about their sponsorship, and revealed that all their restaurants would be either Pokéstops or Gyms:
- Pokéstops: 2 500 restaurants
- Gyms: 400 restaurants
Talking of the Japanese launch of Pokémon GO, here’s a video message from Junichi Masuda (from Game Freak, who only speaks in Japanese) and John Hanke (from Niantic):
And talking of McDonald’s, here’s some pictures of the Pokémon toys given for free with all Happy Sets since July 15th:
Via: Serebii / The Pokémon Company
Pokémon Sun and Moon
In case you missed the news earlier today: new details for Pokémon Sun and Moon will be revealed on August 1st! Click here for more details.
Pokémon Sun and Moon (3DS) comes out on November 18th in Japan and North America, and November 23rd.
The Great Pikachu Invasion 2016
In order to let fans prepare for the Great Pikachu Invasion (taking place from August 7 to August 14th), The Pokémon Company has uploaded a video showing them how to dance the Pikachu Dance:
And here’s a commercial for the event:
Battle competition
Today, the latest battle competition for Pokémon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire was announced: the Sinnoh Classic. 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;
- 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 Comaster
Yesterday, a handful of events went live or were announced for Pokémon Comaster:
- a special Concept Trevo is available until July 28th, and gives you a higher chance of getting the Lugia, Dialga, Empoleon, and Blastoise EX figures. Dialga and Blastoise can only be obtained with this Concept Trevo.
- a special Ranking Match Festival, which will start on July 28th.
- Daily Missions, which will start on July 29th, which will allow you to get Rare Metals.
Source: Serebii
Pokémon 20th Anniversary
Today, The Pokémon Company uploaded another video message for the 20th Anniversary of the Pokémon series. This time, it’s the members of 5 Seconds of Summer who share their Poké-memories:
