PokéNews (March 19): Pokémon Sword and Shield / Pokémon GO
Today’s Pokémon news: latest Pokémon Sword and Shield news, but also…
- Pokémon GO
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX
- LINE
- Pokémon merchandise
Pokémon Sword and Shield
Wild Area Event
The latest Wild Area Event is now live in Pokémon Sword and Shield. This one features various Pokémon that normally do not appear in a given version. It runs until March 26th. This is your chance to complete your Pokédex!
Source: The Pokémon Company (Twitter)
Dynamax Stonjourney and Eiscue
The Pokémon Company have announced that from March 27th, a Pokémon Collecting Guide (featuring various tips to help you complete your Pokédex) will be distributed at various stores across Japan (Geo, Tsutaya, Joshin). The Guide comes with a Serial Code to unlock Max Raid Battles featuring Stonjourney and Eiscue. Those two Pokémon are version exclusives, so that’s a pretty interesting event for players trying to complete their Pokédex.
The Guidebook will be distributed between March 27th and April 19th (while stocks last), and the Serial Code itself has to be used before April 30th.
You can find more details about the various Serial Codes for Pokémon Sword and Shield on this page!
Source: The Pokémon Company
Pokémon GO
Safari Zone
Heads up for players who bought the Safari Zone City Explorer Pass for the recently postponed Safari Zone events: they will get increased Lure and Incense duration + reduced Egg Hatch Distance during both the original and rescheduled event weekends. As for the Exclusive Raids and Field Research, they will be available exclusively during the rescheduled event.
By the way, if you’re having a hard time keeping track of all the postponed events and gameplay changes currently in effect due to the Coronavirus outbreak, you can check out this page for a complete list!
Source: Niantic (Twitter)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX
Here’s the latest video for Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX:
LINE
The Pokémon Company have released a new set of stickers on LINE: the Pokémon Custom Stickers set. It features customisable stickers, with illustrations by Bkub Okawa (creator of Pop Team Epic). The set costs 100 Coins / 250 Yen / 1.99€ / $1.99, and can be bought from the More or Wallet tab in the LINE app.
Here’s some pictures:
Source: 4Gamer
Pokémon merchandise
Here’s some pictures of the latest Pokémon figure from Kotobukiya, releasing in September in Japan (price: 14 800 Yen + taxes):
And here’s pictures of some baby apparel from Japan: