PokéNews (Dec. 5) – Pokkén Tournament (trailer for Empoleon) / Pokémon Shuffle / Pokémon GO

6 December 2016 Lite_Agent Bandai-Namco, CEO, CEO 2016, Game Freak, Genius Sonority, HEROZ, Pokémon Center, Pokémon Duel, Pokémon Shuffle, Pokémon Sun and Moon, Pokkén Tournament, The Pokémon Company

Today’s Pokémon news: a trailer for Empoleon in Pokkén Tournament (on Arcade), but also…

Pokémon Shuffle
Pokémon GO
Pokémon Center
Pokémon Comaster

Pokkén Tournament

Last week, it was announced that Empoleon would be added to Pokkén Tournament on Arcade on December 15th in Japan. And today, Bandai-Namco finally uploaded the trailer for that new Battle Pokémon:

Speaking of Pokkén Tournament, The Pokémon Company has uploaded more videos from CEO 2016. You will find them in the YouTube playlist below!

Pokémon Shuffle

Today, some new content for Pokémon Shuffle went live:

a special stage featuring Tyrantrum is available until December 13th;
the special stage featuring Emboar is back until December 20th;
the special stage featuring Infernape is also back until December 20th.

Also, a brand new Competitive Stage featuring Mega Abomasnow went live, and will last until December 13th. As usual, the reward you get depends on your overall rank at the end:

Top 500 players in Europe, Top 600 players in North America, and Top 2 000 players in Japan = Abomasite + 3 Mega Speedups + 3 Raise Max Level
Top 1 400 players in Europe, Top 1 800 players in North America, and Top 6 000 players in Japan = Abomasite + 2 Mega Speedups + 2 Raise Max Level
Top 3 400 players in Europe, Top 4 500 players in North America, and Top 15 000 players in Japan = Abomasite + Mega Speedup + Raise Max Level
Top 6 800 players in Europe, Top 9 000 players in North America, and Top 30 000 players in Japan = Abomasite + Mega Speedup + Skill Booster M
Top 10 000 players in Europe, Top 14 000 players in North America, and Top 45 000 players in Japan = Abomasite + Expo Booster L + Disruption Delay
Top 14 000 players in Europe, Top 18 000 players in North America, and Top 60 000 players in Japan = Abomasite + Disruption Delay
Top 18 000 players in Europe, Top 24 000 players in North America, and Top 80 000 players in Japan = Attack Power + Disruption Delay
Not ranked: Disruption Delay

Source: Serebii

Pokémon GO

Small update for Pokémon GO: the amount of Prestige gained by training at a friendly Gym has been reverted back to the original values. Unfortunately, Niantic didn’t explain why they chose to do so.

Trainers, the amount of Prestige gained when training at friendly Gyms has been reverted back to the original values.

— Pokémon GO is ready to #GOBattle❗ (@PokemonGoApp) December 5, 2016

Pokémon Center

Here’s a picture of some exclusive card holders for the Pokémon Trading Card Game, available from the Pokémon Center stores across Japan:

And here’s picture of additional Villain Pikachu merchandise, this time featuring Team Skull from Pokémon Sun and Moon!

Source: The Pokémon Company (1 / 2)

Pokémon Comaster

Today, a new update for Pokémon Comaster was released. It brings back the Queen’s Cup carnival event (running until December 20th), but features new rewards such as the Pikachu, Electivire, Jigglypuff, and Darkrai figures.