PokéNews (Sept. 11) – Pokémon: Let’s Go Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee! / Pokémon GO
Today’s Pokémon news: more footage for Pokémon: Let’s Go Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee!, but also…
- Pokémon GO
- Pokémon Shuffle
- Pokémon Trading Card Game
Pokémon: Let’s Go Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee!
Following yesterday’s announcements, The Pokémon Company shared some more video clips for Pokémon: Let’s Go Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee! via the official website. They focus on the Partner Pokémon (Pikachu or Eevee), and show the different ways you can interact with it:
Also, it’s been announced that the next episode of Pokémon no Uchi Atsumaru will feature an “exclusive” trailer for the game. Here’s the preview for that episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utSQNp-uk6g
Source: Serebii
Pokémon GO
Yesterday, Niantic finally shared some details about the Ultra Bonus Event, unlocked after players sucessfully completed all the goals during the Global Research Challenge this Summer. Here’s all the various tidbits planned:
- September 13th to September 20th: Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres will appear in Raid Battles (can be shiny)
- September 13th to September 30th: Pokémon from the Kanto region will appear more frequently in Raid Battles
- September 20th to October 23rd: Mewtwo will appear in Raid Battles (previously exclusive to EX Raids)
- September 13th to the end of September: Farfetch’d, Kangaskhan, Mr. mime and Tauros will appear in 7km Eggs.
Also, today, various events for the Pokémon GO Week in Korea were announced:
- September 17th to September 25th: increased Pokémon spawns across the country
- September 17th to September 25th: pop-up store with Pokémon merchandise to purchase
- September 21st to September 23rd: Feebas, Trapinch, and more rare Pokémon will spawn in Seoul; Tropius and unspecified Unown letters will appear near the Lotte Department Store and Lotte World Mall
- September 21st to September 26th: Pokémon GO straps distribution.
Pokémon Shuffle
Today, the latest set of content for Pokémon Shuffle went live:
- Ultra Challenge = White Kyurem
- Great Challenge = Chikorita (Winking), Dialga, Lycanroc, Toxapex, Salazzle
- Daily Pokémon = Lunatone, Tyrogue, Castform, Mantyke, Solrock
- One Chance Per Day = Cosmog
- Competitive Stage = Mega Manectric
- Pokémon Safari = Darumaka, Electrike, Plusle, Minun, Alolan Diglett, Darmanitan, Pikachu (Winking), Raichu (Winking), Manectric, Alolan Dugtrio
Source: Serebii
Pokémon Trading Card Game
Here’s the promo video for the latest expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game: