Pokémon news (March 8) – Pokémon Shuffle / Pokkén Tournament

Today’s Pokémon news:

• Pokémon Shuffle
• Pokkén Tournament

Pokémon Shuffle

Today, a few challenges went live for both Pokémon Shuffle, and Pokémon Shuffle Mobile. Here’s the list:

• a Great Challenge featuring Omastar (on both 3DS and Mobile), available until March 22nd. It’s currently the only way to get this Pokémon.
• a Challenge featuring Mega Charizard Y (on both 3DS and Mobile), running until March 15th. As usual, the reward you get depends on your overall rank at the end of the competition:

1. Top 1,200 players in Europe, Top 2,000 players in North America, Top 5,000 players in Japan: Charizardite Y + Mega Speedup
2. Top 12,000 players in Europe, Top 20,000 players in North America, Top 50,000 players in Japan: Charizardite Y
3. Top 18,000 players in Europe, Top 30,000 players in North America, Top 80,000 players in Japan: Attack Power
4. Top 10,000 players worldwide (Mobile): Charizardite Y + Mega Speedup
5. Top 100,000 players worldwide (Mobile): Charizardite Y
6. Top 150,000: Attack Power
7. Not ranked: Disruption Delay

Source: Serebii

Pokkén Tournament

Yesterday, Nintendo UK uploaded the announcement video for Battle 3 and 4 of their Pokkén Tournament: Countdown Clash. This time around, it’s the following Pokémon which are pit against each other:

• Garchomp vs. Charizard
• Machamp vs. Blaziken

Who will win? You can check out this page for more details on how to vote! And if you want to learn more about the battle system of this unique fighting game, click here!

Pokkén Tournament (Wii U) comes out on March 18th, worldwide.