Wednesday: Detective Pikachu & The Mystery of the Missing Flan + Pokémon Masters EX - Pokémon Masters Day

25-10-2023 07:00 BST / 02:00 EDT by Serebii.

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Edit @ 14:00: Detective Pikachu | Edit @ 21:00: Pokémon GO

Detective Pikachu

In The Anime Department

Detective Pikachu & The Mystery of the Missing Flan

Following its tease yesterday, a small short, Detective Pikachu & The Mystery of the Missing Flan, has been released featuring a case Tim and Detective Pikachu solve where Tim can't find his favourite flan snack from the fridge, and their suspicions raise after a Munchlax is in the building
Edit @ 14:11: We have created a page with full details on this short, including an embed of the video

Pokémon GO

In The Games Department

Pokémon GO

Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO event. This event is the Festival of Lights event and is due to run from November 7th at 10:00 to November 12th at 20:00 local time and adds Tadbulb & Bellibolt and Shiny Morelull into the game
You will get 2* Hatch Experience and 2* Hatch Candy
Incense will last twice as long
There will be Timed Research for free to get an AvatarShirt and encounters with event Pokémon
Pikachu, Vulpix, Ponyta, Magnemite, Voltorb, Chinchou, Mareep, Slugma, Electrike, Litwick, Morelull and Tadbulb will spawn in the wild
Elekid, Magby, Dedenne and Morelull will be in 7km Eggs
Alolan Geodude, Hisuian Voltorb, Slugma, Volbeat, Illumise, Blitzle, Litwick, Litleo, Dedenne, Morelull and Tadbulb will spawn more on Incense
Players in India will also get a Collection Challenge to get Stardust, Experience and a Tadbulb encounter, as well as 2* Catch candy

Pokémon GO - Halloween Event

In The Games Department

Pokémon GO

The next Pokémon GO event is starting to roll out in Asia Pacific regions. This event is the Halloween Event Part 2 and features the addition of outfit Pikachu & Gengar and Shiny Zorua into the game. It runs from 10:00 local time on October 26th to 10:00 local time on October 31st
We are currently compiling details of this event, including the Timed Research, in our Halloween Event Part 2 event section
Alongside this, a new Team GO Rocket Takeover event has begun which adds Shadow Regigigas into the game. It also runs from 10:00 local time until 20:00 local time on October 31st

Pokémon Sword & Shield

In The Games Department

Pokémon Masters EX

A special event has begun. For one day only each month on the 25th, the Pokémon Masters Day event will be held. This event will give you a variety of rewards for completion. Alongside this, a special 25 Gem for 11 Sync Pair scout is now live. A sync Grid Expansion has happened for Clemont & Heliolisk. Finally, the 6 Star EX for Shauntal & Chandelure has been unlocked
A special Master Fair Scout is also now live to give another chance to get the Sync Pair of Calem (Neo Champion) & Shiny Greninja, unlocking its EX Role
We've updated our Pokémon Masters Day page with the details of this month's event.

Until Next Time, See Ya