PokéNews (Jan. 25): Pokémon Detective Pikachu / Pokémon GO

Today’s Pokémon news: TV Commercial for Pokémon Detective Pikachu, but also…

• Pokémon GO
• Pokémon Duel
• Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon – Battle Competition
• Pokémon Trading Card Game
• Pokémon merchandise
• Game Freak

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Here’s the high quality version of the TV Commercial for Pokémon Detective Pikachu:

Pokémon Detective Pikachu comes out on May 10th in various countries around the world.

Pokémon GO

As part of the Pokémon GO Safari Zone event in Porto Allegre, Shiny Psyduck is now available in Brazil. It should be available worldwide soon. Also, the following Unown letters are spawning at the event: P, O, R, T, A, L, E, and G.

Source: Serebii

Pokémon Duel

Here’s the teaser trailer for the Z-Powered Update for Pokémon Duel, which is coming soon:

And leading up to that update, there’s a Log-in Bonus campaign going on in-game (until January 30th):

• [UX] Rare Metal x1 and [UX] Ingot x1 as one-time Log-in Bonus
• Carmonite x20, [EX] Rare Metal x1, and [EX] Ingot x1 as Daily Log-in Bonus

Source: The Pokémon Company

Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon – Battle Competition

Today, battles for the latest Battle Competition for Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon went live: the Simple Symphony. Here’s all you need to know about it:

• Pokémon allowed: all those with only one Type (Poké Transporter allowed)
• Pokémon banned: all those with more than one Type, Legendaries, Mythicals
• Battles: Single, 3 sent to battle
• Level: 50 (lowered if above that)
• Restrictions: Z-Moves allowed
• Item restrictions: Mega Stones and duplicate Hold Items not allowed
• Participation prize: 50 Battle Points (must complete at least one battle)
• Registration: January 15th to January 25th
• Battles: January 25th to January 27th

Source: PGL

Pokémon Trading Card Game

Here’s a video and some pictures for the latest set of the Pokémon Trading Card Game in Japan, featuring Takeshi / Brock and Kasumi / Misty:

Source: The Pokémon Company

Pokémon merchandise

Here’s a video clip and some pictures for the latest set of Pokémon merchandise in Japan:

Source: The Pokémon Company

Game Freak

Here’s the latest video from the Game Freak YouTube Channel, this time featuring James Turner (Art Director):