Pokémon news (March 23): Pokémon Shuffle, new TCG sets
Pokémon Shuffle – 2.5 million downloads
Today, The Pokémon Company announced that Pokémon Shuffle had been downloaded over 2.5 million times since its launch, in February. Back on March 2nd, we learned that the total of downloads worldwide had passed 1 million: that means Pokémon Shuffle has been downloaded over 1.5 million times in 3 weeks. It’s definitely a good result, thanks to Nintendo pushing it via SpotPass. Unfortunately, no concrete numbers for micro-transactions was given.
To celebrate, a free Disruption Delay item is being distributed to all players.
Pokémon Shuffle – New update and events
A new update was released today for Pokémon Shuffle. To get this version 1.1.5, you need to use the check-in feature within the game. It adds 15 brand new stages, as well as almost 40 different Pokémon to catch. That new update is required to get the new Challenge featuring Keldeo. It’s available until April 6th (6.00UTC).
New daily challenges were added, and run until April 18th:
– Monday: Pachirisu
– Tuesday: Sigilyph
– Wednesday: Tropius
– Thursday: Farfetch’d
– Friday: Druddigon
– Saturday/Sunday: Meowth (prolonged until April 19th)
Finally, players who won the Mega Lucario challenge can now receive their Lucarionite. To do so, they need to use the check-in feature before March 30th (6.00UTC).
The winners are:
– Best 20 000 players in Europe (and Australia)
– Best 20 000 players in North America
– Best 40 000 players in Japan.
Here’s some screenshots for all those new events:
Pokémon TCG
Two new sets for the Pokémon Trading Card Game were announced in Japan:
– Bandit Ring (7th in the Pokémon XY series), coming out on June 20th. It includes 97 new cards, with a focus on legendary Pokémon, and more specifically Hoopa;
– Legendary Shine Collection, coming out on July 18th (same day as the new movie). It include 27 new cards, featuring several Pokémon such as Hoopa, Kyurem, Arceus, Reshiram, Dialga, Latias and Regigigas.
Source: The Pokémon Company / Serebii / 4Gamer.net
