PokéNews (Oct. 23) – Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee! / UNIQLO T-shirt Grand Prix 2019
Today’s Pokémon news: latest screenshot for Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee!, but also…
- UNIQLO T-shirt Grand Prix 2019
- Pokémon GO
- Pokémon Shuffle
- Pokémon Sun and Moon (anime)
- Pokémon merchandise
- Pokémon no Uchi Atsumaru?!
Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee!
Here’s the latest screenshot for Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee!, showcasing a rather funny-looking Pikachu!
Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee! (Switch) comes out on November 16th worldwide.
Source: The Pokémon Company (Twitter)
UNIQLO T-shirt Grand Prix 2019
As announced a few days ago, the UNIQLO T-shirt Grand Prix 2019 went live today. This year, the theme is Pokémon, and fans can submit their entries until December 2nd. There’s no less than $10 000 to win: that’s what the winner of the Grand Prize will receive! The winners will be announced in Summer 2019.
Here’s the prizes:
- Grand Prize: $10 000 + invite to the award ceremony to be held in Japan, but also the Pokémon World Championship this Summer (complete with round-trip economy class ticket and accomodation near the venues)
- Runner-up: $2 000 + invite to the award ceremony to be held in Japan, but also the Pokémon World Championship this Summer (complete with round-trip economy class ticket and accomodation near the venues)
- Third place: $1 000 + invite to the award ceremony to be held in Japan, but also the Pokémon World Championship this Summer (complete with round-trip economy class ticket and accomodation near the venues)
- Other prizes: $500
This year, the special judges are Tsunekazu Ishihara (president of The Pokémon Company), Ken Sugimori (from Game Freak), and Nigo.
If you’re interested in participating, you will find more details about the contest on the official website.
Pokémon GO
The latest Community Day took place on Sunday, and it featured Beldum. Unfortunately, the event suffered from major issues in Asia. To apologise for this, Niantic has announced that an additional Community Day featuring Beldum would be held at a later date, though only for that region. More details will be shared soon.
Source: Niantic (Twitter)
Pokémon Shuffle
Today, the latest set of content for Pokémon Shuffle went live:
- Ultra Challenge = Tapu Koko
- Great Challenge = Shiny Charizard, Omastar, Breloom, Piplup (Winking), Zekrom
- Daily Pokémon = Fan Rotom, Frost Rotom, Heat Rotom, Wash Rotom, Mow Rotom
- One Chance Per Day = Jellicent (Female)
- Competitive stage = Mega Pinsir
- Pokémon Safari = Burmy Trash Cloak, Deerling, Morelull, Venonat, Sawsbuck, Shiinotic, Pikachu (Angry), Venomoth, Wormadam Trash Cloak, Wimpo
Source: Serebii
Pokémon Sun and Moon (anime)
Here’s Episode 1 of “Eevee, Doko Ikuno?” (lit. Eevee, where are you?), a new segment from the Pokémon Sun and Moon anime series:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IUCJEAmm3A
Speaking of the anime series, here’s the preview for the next episode, airing this Sunday in Japan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuvkG7vKarI
Pokémon merchandise
Here’s pictures of some more Pokémon merchandise from Japan:
Source: The Pokémon Company / The Pokémon Company / Famitsu
Pokémon no Uchi Atsumaru?!
Here’s the preview for the next episode of Pokémon no Uchi Atsumaru?!, airing this Sunday in Japan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce3l3wVPa-A
