PokéNews (Dec. 21): Pokémon Duel / Pokkén Tournament DX
Today’s Pokémon news: new update and events for Pokémon Duel, but also…
- Pokkén Tournament DX
- Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee!
- Pokémon Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon, Sun, and Moon
- LINE
- Pokémon Championships
- Pokémon Challenge
- Game Freak
- Eevee Project
Pokémon Duel
Here’s details about the various events coming soon (or already ongoing) to Pokémon Duel:
- Shiny Genesect and Tapu Koko are now available;
- December 24th to December 26th: some of the developers will play against players. If players win enough matches, then everyone will be able to get a special Pikachu figure;
- December 25th to January 10th: special Timed Boosters offering a chance of getting Alolan Vulpix and Alolan Ninetales will be available;
- December 27th to January 1st: latest Queen’s Cup event, featuring Alolan Vulpix and Alolan Ninetales as reward;
- December 26th to January 1st: Shiny Greninja and Shiny Mimikyu will be available to purchase in special bundles;
- January 2nd to January 9th: Shiny Charizard figures (including X and Y Mega Evolutions) will be available to purchase in special bundles.
Also, the latest Gym Cup event is the Water Gym Cup, and it went live yesterday. Here’s all you need to know about it:
- Runs from December 20th to December 24th
- Water-type Movement 0, 1, and 2 figures = +1 Movement;
- Grass-type figures = +20 Attack (for each attack);
- Gym Boosters available, with the contents increasing with your winning streak.
- Kyogre figure available as reward
- Trophies will be distributed to qualifying players after the event.
Finally, if you log-in before January 6th, you can receive a [EX] Honchkrow figure!
And in case you missed it: a new Software update was released on Wednesday. It brings the game to Ver. 6.2.10, and provides various bug fixes. More details about the various Software updates for the game can be found on this page!
As usual, you can find more details about the various events for Pokémon Duel on this page!
Source: The Pokémon Company
Via: Serebii
Pokkén Tournament DX
Today, the latest Official Group Match for Pokkén Tournament DX went live. Here’s all you need to know about it:
- Name: Volt Shock Fist Cup
- Type: Team Battle, Fixed Battle Arena
- Runs from December 21st to January 3rd
- Time: 3AM PT to 7PM PT / 6AM ET to 10PM ET / 5AM GMT to 9PM GMT / 6AM CET to 10AM CET / 6AM JST to 10PM JST
- Participation prize: Volt Shock Fist (title)
- Ranking Prizes:
- Places 1 to 10 – Chrom League Master
- Places 11 to 30 – Red League Master
- Places 31 to 60 – Blue League Master
- Places 61 to 100 – Green League Master
And the next one has already been announced:
- Name: Dynamic Fury Cup
- Type: Basic Battle, Fixed Battle Arena
- Runs from January 4th to January 6th
- Time: 3AM PT to 7PM PT / 6AM ET to 10PM ET / 5AM GMT to 9PM GMT / 6AM CET to 10AM CET / 6AM JST to 10PM JST
- Participation prize: Dynamic Fury (title)
- Ranking Prizes:
- Places 1 to 10 – Chrom League Master
- Places 11 to 30 – Red League Master
- Places 31 to 60 – Blue League Master
- Places 61 to 100 – Green League Master
Source: Serebii
Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee!
Here’s the latest trailer for Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee!:
Pokémon Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon, Sun, and Moon
Earlier this week, it was confirned that the special distribution for Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon will also take place in Europe and North America, from January 7th to September 2nd to be more precise (exactly one day before Japan, for some reason!). It will allow you to get the following rare barries via Mystery Gift:
- Enigma Berry
- Micle Berry
- Custap Berry
- Jaboca Berry
- Rowap Berry
As usual, you can find more details about the various distributions for Pokémon Sun and Moon on this page, and for Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon on this one!
Source: Serebii
LINE
This week, a new set of stickers was added to the LINE Shop, for use with the LINE messaging app: Pokémon Yurutto. Here’s a preview picture:
Source: LINE / The Pokémon Company (Twitter)
Pokémon Championships
Yesterday, it was announced that the European International Championships will take place from April 26th to April 28th in Berlin (Germany).
Source: Serebii
Pokémon Challenge
Here’s the latest Pokémon Challenge video, featuring Junichi Masuda and Kensaku Nabana:
Game Freak
Here’s the latest video from the Game Freak YouTube Channel:
Eevee Project
Here’s a video retrospective for Eevee Project (a project aimed at promoting Eevee in Japan), which is coming to a close:
