Tuesday: Detective Pikachu Announcement + Pokkén Tournament amiibo Details + Pokémon Shuffle Events + US National Championship Details
26-01-2016 06:07 GMT / 01:07 EST by Serebii
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Edit @ 12:28: Pokkén Tournament | Edit @ 13:06: Detective Pikachu | Edit @ 17:19: US Nationals Championships
In The Games Department
Detective Pikachu
Following the reveal in The Professionals 3 years ago, the detective Pikachu game has finally been revealed as Detective Pikachu ~ Birth of a New Duo~. It will be available on the Nintendo 3DS eShop in Japan on February 3rd 2016 for 1,500 yen. It'll be cheaper for 1,200 yen from January 27th 2016 to February 29th 2016. It stars a "smug, talking, loveable, detective pikachu"
Edit @ 13:37: This game requires 800MB of space (6,400 blocks) to download and is listed on the official site as "Cinematic Adventure Game", with the official Nintendo site also listing it as a puzzle solving Cinematic Adventure Game. It takes place in Rhyme City and you the human character called Tim Goodman who has come to the city for a currently unknown reason. When he meets with Pikachu, the story begins. It is a 1 Player game and has no online or communication features.
Edit @ 15:18: Preloading is now available on the Japanese Nintendo 3DS for the reduced price of 1,200¥. In addition to that, we have the first direct feed screenshots which have been added to our Detective Pikachu Pre-Release Screenshot Page
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In The Games Department
Pokkén Tournament
Following the reveal of the Shadow Mewtwo amiibo card for Pokkén Tournament during the Nintendo Direct in November last year, it was made clear that each region would have slightly different style cards based on their region's localisation. Before today, we only had images of the Japanese and North American version of the amiibo card but today the first images of the European one were revealed. The European one differs in that it has Shadow Mewtwo's name in English, German, Spanish & Italian rather than just English, but the most notable difference is how the back of the card not only includes the game's English name, but also the German name and logo of Pokémon Tekken. This card comes packaged within the first run of the game and will unlock Shadow Mewtwo immediately within the game when used.
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In The Games Department
Pokémon Shuffle - Events
A few brand new challenges have begun on Pokémon Shuffle.
First, an Escalation Battle stage has begun on both Pokémon Shuffle and Shuffle Mobile. This Escalation Battle gets you the Pokémon Kyurem. It runs until February 9th
Next, the Mega Sharpedo stage has begun a repeat run on Pokémon Shuffle and its first run on Shuffle Mobile and runs until February 2nd. On the 3DS version, the top 50,000 in Japan, 20,000 in the US and 12,000 in Europe get the Sharpedonite. The top 5,000 in Japan, 2,000 in the US and 1,200 in Europe also get a Mega SpeedUp. If you don't get the Sharpedonite but are in the top 80,000 in Japan, 30,000 in the US or 18,000 in Europe you'll get an Attack Power. All other players will get a Disruption Delay. On Shuffle Mobile, the top 80,000 will get the Sharpedonite, while the top 15,000 also get a Mega Speedup. If you don't get the Sharpedonite but are in the top 120,000, you'll get an Attack Power and a Jewel. All other players get a Jewel
All of these require the version 1.2.30 to download. Our Pokémon listings have been updated with these Pokémon
In The Games Department
Pokémon - Video Game Championships
It has been confirmed that the U.S. National Championships are to be held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio from July 1st through to July 3rd. As always this competition results in a competition of players to try and get invites to Worlds as well as CP. This Nationals will also have a special Pokkén Tournament Competition
