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Pokémon news (June 17): Pokkén Tournament (Arcade)

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Today’s Pokémon news:

  • Pokkén Tournament
  • Pokémon Sun and Moon
  • S.H. Figurearts – Lizardon
  • Simisear distribution
  • Battle competition
  • Pokémon XY & Z

Pokkén TournamentPokkén Tournament

Today, Bandai-Namco announced that the Arcade version of Pokkén Tournament would be released soon in Japan. The main goal of that update seems to be bringing this version in line with the Wii U version. For example, Braixen, Garchomp, and Shadow Mewtwo will be added as Battle Pokémon.

Here’s a trailer for the update:

But there’s more: a new Pokkén Tournament Championship Series event has been announced. It will take place at the DreamHack Summer 2016, in Sweden. Since this is a Major event, the prizepool is pretty big, and there’s lots of Championship Points to win.

Source: Serebii

Pokémon Sun and Moon

Wondering if you will be able to use Event QR Codes from another region than yours in Pokémon Sun and Moon? Unfortunately, it will not be possible, as the QR Codes are apparently region-locked. In other words, scanning a Japanese Event QR code in your European or North American copy of the game simply will not work. It’s not too surprising, since serial codes are also “region-locked” in Pokémon X / Y / Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire.

This week, we got the confirmation that the QR Code found on the Magearna disc from Pokémon Ga-Olé (the arcade game) will only work with the Japanese copy of Pokémon Sun and Moon. But fans in Europe and North America do not need to worry about this particular event: The Pokémon Company already confirmed Magearna would also be distributed outside Japan.

Right now, it’s not clear if this “region-lock” only applies to Event QR Codes, or all QR codes.

Source: Serebii

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S.H. Figurearts – Lizardon

Here’s pictures of the S.H. Figurearts – Lizardon figure, which is launching in November (with pre-orders starting today):

Source: Famitsu

Simisear

Simisear is the Pokémon that received the least votes out of 720 existing Pokémon during the Pokémon Elections. As a consolation, it’s going to be distributed in Pokémon Centers and Pokémon Stores from June 25th to July 15th. The distribution will be for Pokémon X, Y, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire.

Source: Serebii

Battle competition

Yesterday, registration for the latest Battle Competition started. It’s called the 2016 International Challenge June, and will have the following rules:

  • Battles: Double Battle
  • Rules: current VGC rules
  • Legendary Pokémon allowed (max. 2): Mewtwo, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Xerneas, Yveltal, and Zygarde
  • Registration: June 16th to June 23rd
  • Battles: June 24th through June 26th
  • Entry prize: 2000 PokéMiles

Source: Serebii

Pokémon XY & Z

Here’s the preview for the next episode of Pokémon XY & Z, which airs on June 30th in Japan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbuoRluATw4

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