Tuesday: Pokémon Sun & Moon - Mega Stone & Global Mission + Pokémon Shuffle Events + Pokémon Sun & Moon - Episode Title
28-03-2017 05:05 BST / 00:05 EDT by Serebii
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Edit @ 05:59: Episode Title | Edit @ 07:09: Pokémon Shuffle Events | Edit @ 14:07: Battle Spot Bans | Edit @ 22:01: Pokémon Trading Card Game
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sun & Moon - Global Link Gift
For those of you who participated in the recent Kanto X Alola Regional Rumble Competition, the entry gift is now available to all qualifying players through this link after logging into the Global Link. This gift is a Pidgeotite and a Steelixite, which cannot be obtained through any other means at this time, and needs to be redeemed by April 27th 2017 at 23:59 UTC.. However, separate distributions for these Mega Stones through shared code will begin in later this Spring for those who didn't participate in this online competition.
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sun & Moon - Battle Competition
Details of the next Battle Competition have been announced. This is the 2017 International Challenge April competition. This is a Double Battle competition using VGC 2017 rules requiring the Alola Pokédex only. Cosmog, Cosmoem, Solgaleo, Lunala, Magearna, Necrozma and Zygarde are not allowed. Mega Stones are also not allowed. Registration will be open from April 19th at 00:00 UTC to April 27th 23:59 UTC and battles will run from April 28th to April 30th. All entrants will get the Sceptilite and Blazikenite Mega Stones. Players that are part of the Play! Pokémon program will also earn Championship Points if they rank high enough
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sun & Moon - Global Missions
The fifth Pokémon Sun & Moon Global Mission has begun. This Global Mission's theme involves hatching Eggs. To beat this Global Mission, over 200,000 Eggs have to be hatched. Rewards are 2,000 FC (Success), 200 FC (Failure) - If the game is tied to a Global Link account: 4,000 FC (Success), 400 FC (Failure). This Mission runs until April 10th 2017 23:59 UTC. If players hatch 3 or more Eggs, then they will earn a Rare Candy and if 400,000 Eggs are hatched, all players with a PGL account will get a Love Ball
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sun & Moon - Battle Spot Exclusions
The Pokémon Company has just announced that 7,651 people have been banned from online activity for having altered save data. This ban prevents them from using Game Sync, entering in Rating Battles and Battle Competitions, and participating in Global Missions. When they try, they will get an error message with the error code 090-0212. They promise to continue pursuing people with edited & illegal save data and will enact similar restrictions without notice. This follows on from a similar announcement back in January where it was noted that 5,954 people were banned from Battle Spot. We'll bring all further developments about this as it comes
In The Games Department
Pokémon Shuffle - Events
A few brand new challenges have begun on Pokémon Shuffle and Pokémon Shuffle Mobile.
First up is a Meloetta competitive stage.
The top 100 players in Europe, in North America and 500 in Japan will get 1 Skill Swapper, 5 Mega Speedup and 10 Raise Max Level.
The top 300 players in Europe, in North America and 1500 in Japan will get 1 Skill Swapper, 4 Mega Speedup and 8 Raise Max Level.
The top 500 players in Europe, in North America and 3000 in Japan will get 1 Skill Swapper, 3 Mega Speedup and 6 Raise Max Level.
The top 900 players in Europe, in North America and 5000 in Japan will get 1 Skill Swapper, 2 Mega Speedup and 4 Raise Max Level.
The top 1800 players in Europe, in North America and 10000 in Japan will get 1 Skill Swapper, 2 Mega Speedup and 2 Raise Max Level.
The top 3600 players in Europe, in North America and 20000 in Japan will get 1 Skill Swapper, 1 Mega Speedup and 1 Raise Max Level.
The top 5400 players in Europe, in North America and 30000 in Japan will get 1 Skill Swapper, 1 Mega Speedup and 1 Skill Booster M.
The top 7200 players in Europe, in North America and 40000 in Japan will get 1 Skill Swapper, 1 Mega Speedup and 1 Disruption Delay.
The top 9000 players in Europe, in North America and 50000 in Japan will get 1 Skill Swapper and 1 Attack Power.
The top 13000 players in Europe, in North America and 70000 in Japan will get 1 Disruption Delay and 1 Attack Power.
All other players will get an Attack Power
Next, the Escavalier and Accelgor stages have both begun. They run until April 4th 2017 and are recommended for the Meloetta stage.
In addition to that, the Genesect stage has also begun. It runs until April 4th 2017. If caught, it may drop a Skill Booster or a Raise Max Level
Next, an Escalation Battle has begun for Keldeo Resolute Form. It runs until April 11th 2017 and gives a variety of items
The Wobbuffet (Female) stage has now joined the rotation with Wobbuffet and Carnivine with the Try 'em Items stages. It lasts a week and costs nothing to play or use items with.
Finally, a repeat stage has begun for Tornadus Incarnate Forme. It runs until April 4th 2017 and can only be played once per day
In addition to this, various Pokémon have had their maximum level increased through the use of Raise Max Level
All of these require the version 1.4.5 to download. Our Pokémon listings have been updated with these Pokémon
In The Anime Department
Pokémon Sun & Moon - Episode Titles
Various Japanese TV Guides have revealed the next new episode title from Pokémon Sun & Moon. These episodes are set to air on April 13th. Details of this episode are not yet known
Episode 966: Beware of Shovels!!!
In The TCG Department
Pokémon TCG - Set 3
In a continuation of the new tradition of Strengthening Packs with each new Trading Card Game set in Japan, Japanese sellsheets have now confirmed that, following the release of the third set in June, the third Strengthening Set, Shining Legends, will be released in Japan on July 15th 2017. This set will contain over 72 cards within it. We'll bring more on the set upon release
