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Pokémon XYORAS - Celebi Event

For those of you in Europe & Australia, the Celebi event is now available on Pokémon X, Y, Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire games. This event is available through Mystery Gift > Receive Gift > Get Via Internet and gives you the Mythical Pokémon Celebi, which can't be found in the wild. This event is only running through to March 24th so get while you can. It'll be added on North American games later today. Our Event Database has been updated with full details of this event
Edit @ 00:20: It is now live in North America

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Who's That Pokémon

Today marks the one-hundred & twenty-second entry into the Generation VI competitive field with a Kanto Pokémon. These entries are created by the visitors for the visitors and then compiled by our writers Miror, Archangel, Ragnarok, Psynergy, KillerDraco & UR2L8. To get involved, Click here for the discussion forum
Today, we are covering a Pokémon introduced in the first generation. When its electricity builds, its muscles are stimulated, and it becomes more aggressive than usual. It can loose 100,000-volt bursts of electricity, instantly downing foes several times its size. If the electrical sacs become excessively charged, Raichu plants its tail in the ground and discharges. Scorched patches of ground will be found near this Pokémon's nest. This Pokémon exudes a weak electrical charge from all over its body that makes it take on a slight glow in darkness. Raichu plants its tail in the ground to discharge electricity. So, here it is, the one-hundred & twenty-second entry, Raichu & Pikachu.

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Pokémon Red, Blue & Yellow

For those of you globally, Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow are now available on the Nintendo 3DS eShop. We covered these games in full long ago including our recently updated Generation 1 Pokédex & Pokéarth section as well as various other pages. Click our image to go to the Red/Blue section or this link to go to the Yellow section
Edit @ 12:42: I have created a page on Virtual Console updates to Red, Green & Blue as well as Virtual Console updates to Yellow

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Pokémon Direct

It is time for the Pokémon Direct. This Direct is said to bring big news for the Pokémon series and is airing from 15:00 UTC. We're hosting the stream below, but will also update this update with images, trailers and information as it all comes so be sure to keep checking back.
Edit @ 15:05: Pokémon Sun & Moon confirmed, with the press release listing it as the next generation. Also Pokémon Bank will allow for Red, Blue & Yellow to send data to Pokémon Bank and be received into Pokémon Sun & Moon. They cannot be directly received by X, Y, Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire

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Pokémon Red, Green, Blue & Pikachu

For those of you with a Japanese 3DS, Pokémon Red, Pokémon Green, Pokémon Blue and Pokémon Pikachu are all now available to download and play on your Nintendo 3DS. These all cost 1500¥ and come with a serial code for Mew in Pokémon X, Y, Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire. We covered these games in full long ago including our recently updated Generation 1 Pokédex as well as various other pages. Click our image. They will be live in other regions soon.
Edit @ 23:05: Live in mainland Europe.

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Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

For those of you with a Japanese 3DS and games, the Mew event is now available for all people who have purchased Pokémon Red, Green, Blue or Yellow from the Nintendo 3DS eShop. This Mew is Level 5 and come with the move Pound. It is available until March 31st 2017.

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Nintendo Badge Arcade

The free piece of Nintendo 3DS software, Nintendo Badge Arcade, had its weekly update in Europe and has added a variety of new badges featuring various Pokémon including the first Mega Evolution badges, totalling 15 new panels added today. This is to celebrate the Pokémon 20th Anniversary. Our section has full listings up to now so be sure to check it out

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Pokémon Sun & Moon

A European Trademark site has added new listings today for two new possible game titles, complete with logos. These logos are Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon. It is not currently known if these are to be the games revealed in tomorrow's Pokémon Direct or if this is just a placeholder like many game titles that have come before such as Pokémon Brown, Pokémon Amethyst and so forth. We'll bring more news as it comes. Please note, this is currently unconfirmed
Edit @ 20:01: Various domains have been registered by Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe for these games in various different languages, all of which currently redirect to the official site, Pokemon.com. This doesn't confirm this news yet, but does add possibilities.

Pokemon: Sun	Pokemon: Moon

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Nintendo Badge Arcade

The free piece of Nintendo 3DS software, Nintendo Badge Arcade, had its weekly update in North America and has added a variety of new badges featuring various Pokémon including the first Mega Evolution badges outside of Japan. This is to celebrate the Pokémon 20th Anniversary. Our section has full listings up to now so be sure to check it out

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Pokémon Ranger - Virtual Console

For those of you with a European Wii U, the classic game, Pokémon Ranger is now available on the European Nintendo Wii U eShop. Pokémon Ranger requires 93.9MB to download and costs Ł8.99 / €9.99 and requires 87.9 MB to download. We covered this game in full on its initial release back in 2006

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Pokémon - Battle Competition

Registration for the next Battle Competition has begun. This is the Kanto Classic. This competition is a Single Battle competition and runs classic rules where you can only use the original 151 Pokémon aside from Mewtwo and Mew and you cannot use items on your Pokémon as well as only using 6 Pokémon. Registration runs from February 25th through March 3rd while battles run from March 4th through March 6th. All entrants get a special Dragonite
This Dragonite is based on Lance's Dragonite in Red/Green/Blue. It is Level 62 with the ability Inner Focus and the moves Agility, Slam, Barrier & Hyper Beam. Before now, it couldn't learn the move Barrier, despite Lance's Dragonite having that move in Red, Green and Blue

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Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

For those of you participated in the Festive Feud Battle Competition back in December, the entry gift of a special Delibird that is holding the Relic Gold item is set to end at 23:59 UTC on Monday February 29th. This event gives the Relic Gold item which cannot be obtained in standard play of Pokémon X, Y, Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire.

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Pokémon XY & Z - Episode Pictures

As usual, we have done pictures from the episode that aired in Japan today. This episode features Serena entering another Pokémon Showcase in order to earn her final key. The AniméDex has been updated with the contents of this episode. Click the picture to go to the gallery but be warned however as they contain spoilers.

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Pokémon XY & Z - Episode Titles

The TV-Kun Magazine has revealed another new episode title, this time for the ninteenth episode of Pokémon XY & Z. This episode is set to air on March 24th and will be followed by a one week break on March 31st.
Episode 916: Aria VS Serena! Open the Door to the Future!!

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Pokémon Direct

A Pokémon Direct is to be held this Friday. It is unknown what this will reveal but we will provide all the news straight away and will host the stream here. This Pokémon Direct is to last for 5 minutes.
The timing is as follows
UK: 15:00
Europe: 16:00
US (East Coast): 10:00
US (West Coast): 07:00
Japan: 00:00

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Pokémon Red & Blue - 3DS Themes

This weekend, the Pokémon Red & Blue New Nintendo 3DS bundle is released in North America and with it comes two themes, which have been shared with us thanks to the3ye. These themes are similar to the ones revealed in December that Japan are getting in their 2DS bundles, but have differences in displayed Pokémon on both top and bottom screen.
Edit @ 16:00: It's confirmed that these are also the themes that Europe is receiving in their Nintendo 2DS bundles, and with that, thanks to STGHMAAV, we have the first imagery of it, showing it has the same images in the top screen as the Red & Blue ones

Pokemon: Red	Pokemon: Blue	Pokemon: Yellow

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Pokémon Photo Booth

Originally announced during the announcement of the Pokémon 20th Anniversary celebrations, the Pokémon Photo Booth iOS & Android app is now available on iOS devices with Android coming soon. This app allows you to take and edit photos to add various Pokémon images, captions and overlays to your photos

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Pokémon Shuffle - Events

A few brand new challenges have begun on Pokémon Shuffle and Pokémon Shuffle Mobile.
First, a stage giving the Pokémon Gyarados has begun on both Pokémon Shuffle and Pokémon Shuffle Mobile. This stage runs until March 8th 2016
Next, a competitive stage has begun on Pokémon Shuffle. This challenge has you face off against a Mega Charizard X. The top 12,000 players in Europe, 19,000 in North America and 50,000 in Japan will get the Charizardite X. The top 2,500 in Europe, 3,700 in North America and 5,000 in Japan will also get a Mega Speedup. If you don't qualify for the Charizardite X but are in the top 17,000 in Europe, 26,000 in North America or 70,000 in Japan, you get 2 Attack Powers. All other players get 1 Attack Power.
Finally, a competitive stage has begun on Pokémon Shuffle Mobile. This challenge has you face off against a Mega Venusaur. The top 80,000 in the world get the Venusaurite while the top 20,000 also get a Mega Speedup. If you don't get the Venusaurite but are in the top 120,000, you get 2 Attack Powers. All other players get an Attack Power
All of these require the version 1.2.32 to download. Our Pokémon listings have been updated with these Pokémon

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Pokémon Ranger - Virtual Console

It has been confirmed that the DS game, Pokémon Ranger is to be released on the Wii U Virtual Console in Europe on Thursday this week for €9.99/ Ł8.99. This is the first release of this games on the Virtual Console globally. We'll provide more international details as they come

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Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

For those of you in Denmark, Norway or Sweden, the Mew event has begun in BR stores across each of the countries. This event runs from today until April 30th and is given via Serial Code so be sure to get it while you can.
In addition to this, the UK Mew event being held at GAME has just under a week to go until it is over, on Sunday February 28th, so be sure to get it while you can.

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Pokémon - Splatoon Splatfest

The Pokémon Splatfests have ended around the world and the results have been posted globally. With this, you get to see who has won. If you participated in these Splatfests, you can log into the game and receive the Super Sea Snails based on your overall rank for the Splatfest and if your team won or lost. The results are as follows

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Pokémon VGC - Regionals Stream

This weekend, multiple Regional Championships are being held across the world. However, The Pokémon Company is officially streaming one set of Regionals, the St. Louis Regionals with today featuring the Top Cut and Finals for both TCG and VGC. For the first time ever, there are going to be unique VGC and TCG streams, allowing for all players to watch all the matches of their preferred format. As such, we will be hosting the stream for The Pokémon Company at the respective links in this article. Click the image to go to the VGC Stream. Today's schedule is as follows

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Who's That Pokémon

Today marks the one-hundred & twenty-first entry into the Generation VI competitive field with a Kanto Pokémon. These entries are created by the visitors for the visitors and then compiled by our writers Miror, Archangel, Ragnarok, Psynergy, KillerDraco & UR2L8. To get involved, Click here for the discussion forum
Today, we are covering a Pokémon introduced in the first generation. Mewtwo is a Pokémon that was created by genetic manipulation. However, even though the scientific power of humans created this Pokémon's body, they failed to endow Mewtwo with a compassionate heart. A Pokémon created by recombining Mew's genes. It's said to have the most savage heart among Pokémon. So, here it is, the one-hundred & twenty-first entry, Mewtwo.

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Pokémon - Splatoon Splatfest

The first of the Pokémon related Splatfests is now live on the Wii U game, Splatfest. In North America & Europe, the Splatfest for Pokémon Red VS Pokémon Blue has begun. This SplatFest runs until Sunday at 04:00 UTC for Europe, and 06:00 UTC/01:00 EST for North America and has players decide who to support, Pokémon Red or Pokémon Blue, and get given special T-Shirts to show their team. This Splatfest is running on the Blackbelly Skatepark, Camp Triggerfish and Hammerhead Bridge stages for Europe and Blackbelly Skatepark, Camp Triggerfish & Ancho-V Games stages in North America . Results will be posted globally at 07:00 UTC on Sunday.

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Pokémon VGC - Regionals Stream

This weekend, multiple Regional Championships are being held across the world. However, The Pokémon Company is officially streaming one set of Regionals, the St. Louis Regionals. For the first time ever, there are going to be unique VGC and TCG streams, allowing for all players to watch all the matches of their preferred format. As such, we will be hosting the stream for The Pokémon Company at the respective links in this article. Click the image to go to the VGC Stream. Today's schedule is as follows

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Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

For those of you in the US, Canada, Australia, Belgium, The netherlands, Italy, Spain, Germany, Austria & Switzerland, the Mew event is due to end on Wednesday, with codes redeemable until the end of May . This event is being distributed via Serial Code and gives access to the first ever blue pentagon Mew and is the start of the monthly Mythical Pokémon distributions that will run each month until the end of the year. Distributions are as follows so get it while you can.
United States: Codes at Gamestop until February 24th
Canada: Codes at EBGames until February 24th
Australia: Codes at EBGames until February 24th
Belgium/Netherlands: Codes at GameMania until February 24th
Italy: Codes at Gamestop until February 24th
Spain: Codes at GAME until February 24th
Portugal: Nintendo Zone at FNAC from today
Austria: Codes at Gamestop until February 24th
Germany: Codes at Gamestop until February 24th
Switzerland: Codes at Gamestop until February 24th

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Nintendo Badge Arcade

The free piece of Nintendo 3DS software, Nintendo Badge Arcade, had its weekly update in Japan. This week, continuing Pokémon Campaign Month to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pokémon, it introduced multiple panels of badges of Pokémon to earn. These panels include various more new Pokémon to the ones previously obtainable. We're currently cataloguing all of these badges and will update our Nintendo Badge Arcade section shortly.
Edit @ 02:34: All six panels & 26 badges have been added

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Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon

For those of you in Europe, Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon is now available on the Nintendo 3DS eShop and is available at retail today. This game is the latest Pokémon Mystery Dungeon game and features over 120 dungeons and all 720 currently available Pokémon. We covered this game in full on its release in Japan this September so our section contains much of the information about the game including full Dungeon listings and locations for Pokémon
In addition to this, if you purchased the game off of the Nintendo 3DS eShop, you will get a code to get you the special Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon theme if you purchase the game before March 17th 2016. The code has to be redeemed by April 14th 2016

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Pokémon - Splatoon Splatfest

The first of the Pokémon related Splatfests is now live on the Wii U game, Splatfest. In Japan, the Splatfest for Pokémon Red VS Pokémon Green has begun. This SplatFest runs until 06:00 JST on Sunday and has players decide who to support, Pokémon Red or Pokémon Green, and get given special T-Shirts to show their team. This Splatfest is running on the Urchin Underpass, Camp Triggerfish and Museum d'Alfonsino stages. Results will be posted globally at 07:00 UTC on Sunday and the North American & European Splatfests will begin tonight/tomorrow morning.

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Pokémon Red, Blue & Yellow - NA & European Language Versions & Price

Ahead of their release next week, pages for the Virtual Console releases have been added to the North American and European eShops. With this, pages for each language have been added. In North America, English, French & Spanish versions will show up while in Europe, English, French, Spanish, German & Italian versions are available so make sure you purchase the correct one. This also has confirmed the prices of the games for Europe, previously unknown, as Ł8.99/€9.99. The Australian price is $13.00. The games will be available from February 27th

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Pokémon Center Distributions

A new event has been announced. To celebrate the opening of the new Pokémon Center in Kyoto, a special Shiny Ho-Oh is to be distributed at all Pokémon Centers. Not much is known about this Ho-Oh yet but it will be given from March 16th 2016 to April 24th 2016
In addition to this, series head Junichi Masuda will be at the Pokémon Center in Tokyo on March 5th, Hiroshima on March 9th and Fukuoka on March 20th for various signings to celebrate the 20th anniversary. Here, another Pokémon will be distributed to players, this time Masuda's Psyduck will be given

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Pokémon X, Y, Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - 3DS Themes

Following the announcement of it for Europe on Monday, release in Japan Wednesday and the US yesterday, the Pokémon: Champion Steven 3DS theme is now available in Europe. This theme features a still of Steven and his team on top with images from the Pokémon Adventures manga on the bottom screen. It has the Battle! Steven music from Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire as its background music. This theme costs Ł1.79/€1.99 to download.

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Pokémon Day - Japan LA Pop-up Store

Following the short pop-up boutique in Japan LA at 7320 1/2 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90046 last year, The Pokémon Company is re-opening the pop-up store in Japan LA with some exclusive clothing merchandise starting on Pokémon Day, February 27th 2016. There are opening night activities on February 27th starting at 6pm local time, including a Pokémon photo booth, trivia games, gifts with purchase, and more. This store is open for a month until March 27th.

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Pokkén Tournament - US Championships

It was previously announced that there would be the Pokkén Championship Series which culminates in the World Championships in August. It has been just announced that there will be early access competitions held by Nintendo at Gamestop locations across the US. Winners from each region will get invited to a Regional final at the Nintendo NY store on March 17th and the top 2 winners will get an invite to the National Championships in Columbus Ohio in July. These Gamestop events are on Pokémon Day, February 27th, at the following Gamestop stores. Registration begins at 10am with battles from 11am to 5:30pm and entry is on a first come first served basis
2201 Preston Road, Plano, TX
1841 Chamblee Tucker Road, Chamblee, GA
3972 Barranca Parkway, Irvine, CA
8115 S. John Young Parkway, Orlando, FL
6451 W. Diversey Ave., Chicago, IL
242 Bellevue Square, Bellevue, WA
32 E. 14th St. – Union Square, New York, NY
3914 Rivermark Plaza, Santa Clara, CA
Like the TCG and VGC circuit, players will be split up into age brackets: players born in 2001 or later and players born in 2000 or earlier, and the winner of each bracket will get trained by professional Fighting game players before the Early Access Finals on March 17th. We'll bring more details as they come. In addition to this, a new trailer has been released for the game
Edit @ 23:30: Two new sets of Support Pokémon have been revealed: Yveltal & Latios, and Reshiram & Cresselia

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Pokémon Rumble World

Following the release in Japan in November and Europe in January, it has been confirmed that Pokémon Rumble World will receive a retail release in North America on April 29th 2016. This release provides the game with all 3000 PokéDiamonds available from the outset, removing all microtransactions from the game. The game can communicate with download versions, but you cannot transfer data from the download version into the retail version

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Pokémon X, Y, Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - 3DS Themes

Following the announcement of it for Europe on Monday and release in Japan yesterday, the Pokémon: Champion Steven 3DS theme is now available in North America. This theme features a still of Steven and his team on top with images from the Pokémon Adventures manga on the bottom screen. It has the Battle! Steven music from Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire as its background music. This theme costs $1.99 to download.

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Pokémon XY & Z - Episode Pictures

As usual, we have done pictures from the episode that aired in Japan today. This episode features Ash & Co. helping a Chesnaught to revitalise a wilderness. The AniméDex has been updated with the contents of this episode. Click the picture to go to the gallery but be warned however as they contain spoilers.

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Pokémon XY & Z - Episode Titles

The TV Tokyo website has revealed another new episode title, this time for the ninteenth episode of Pokémon XY & Z. This episode is set to air on March 17th.
Episode 915: The Master Class Begins! A Maidens' Fight Where Sparks Fly!!

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Pokémon Red & Green Soundtrack

Following a quiet reveal last week, the first image of the upcoming Pokémon Red & Green soundtrack has been released. This soundtrack is a re-release of the original Pokémon Red & Green soundtrack from 1997 but comes with an extra bonus. The first two discs contain the tracks from Pokémon Red & Green as well as all 151 Pokémon cries and a special bonus track while the second two discs contain a re-release of the Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen soundtrack from 2004. It is to be released April 27th in Japan. No details on any western releases have been announced

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Pokémon X, Y, Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - 3DS Themes

Two brand new themes have been released in Japan. These themes each have a specific focus and Pokémon theme. The first is the Steven Stone theme announced on Monday for Europe. This theme features Steven Stone and his Pokémon, as well as some manga imagery with Steven's battle theme for the background. The second is the Pokémon XY - Heroine theme which features the female protagonist from Pokémon X & Y. It has the Wonder Trade music from Pokémon X & Y These are all 200¥ each and the first Steven Stone one will be available in Europe this Friday

Pokemon: Steven Stone	Pokemon: Heroine

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Pokkén Tournament - Stage

The preview embargo for Pokkén Tournament has ended and within this, a new stage has been revealed by various outlets such as Gamexplain. This stage is one based on a theme park called Diggersby Land and has not been seen before in various arcade machines or Wii U demonstrations. We'll provide new details as and when they come
Edit @ 15:33: Some new localisations have been released. First off, the trainer revealed on Monday with Braixen is called Elinn while the rest remain the same. In addition to that, the Chrome League in the Ferrum League mode is to be called the Chroma League. Several new images have been added to our pre-release screenshot section

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Pokémon GO - Launch Roll-out

In an interview with the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, the launch roll-out for Pokémon GO has been revealed. In this interview, Tsunekazu Ishihara, head of the Pokémon Company, says that the app will rollout in Japan, Europe and North America first and then launch in South America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. No date has been revealed as of yet. In this interview, Mr. Ishihara also stated that they are working on another big project away from Pokémon GO.
Edit: The article has been retranslated and while there is an implication of staggered launch, it's not absolutely confirmed and still a bit up for interpretation and not confirmed either way. We'll bring more news as it comes.

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Pokémon Shuffle - New Stages

The latest update to Pokémon Shuffle has come and includes many brand new stages for the 3DS version. We're currently working through them and will be adding them to our Location page and our Pokémon Listings so keep checking back. In addition to that, Pokémon Shuffle Mobile has added more stages, once again bringing it in line with the 3DS version
Edit @ 07:23: All new stages added

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Pokémon Shuffle - Events

A few brand new challenges have begun on Pokémon Shuffle and Pokémon Shuffle Mobile.
First, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pokémon, the Mew stage is getting a repeat ru. This stage runs until March 8th 2016
Next, a High-Speed Challenge has begun to obtain the Pokémon Beedrill. This stage runs until March 1st 2016
Next, the Wobbuffet Items stage has begun on Pokémon Shuffle Mobile
Finally, a new Pokémon Safari has begun. This Safari runs until March 1st 2016 and contains the Pokémon Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam and Tauros
All of these require the version 1.2.32 to download. Our Pokémon listings have been updated with these Pokémon

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Pokémon Shuffle - Events

If you were one of the lucky players worldwide who ranked in the Mega Abomasnow competitive stage over the past week, then the Abomasite is now available to be received. The Attack Power and Mega Speedup for the higher ranked players will also be obtained. If you didn't qualify, then you can redeem an Attack Power. To get these items, simply Check In between now and February 23rd 2016 at 06:00 UTC and you will receive the item.

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Pokémon

Some new information has been released about the upcoming title, Pokkén Tournament. First, three new sets of Support Pokémon have been revealed. These are Cubone & Diglett, Magneton & Quagsire and Espeon & Umbreon. In addition to this, several new images have been added to our pre-release screenshot section
Edit @ 03:16: The Ferrum League is a feature exclusive to the Wii U version. Beating stages adds more support Pokemon and battle areas. There are four ranks to this league: Green League, Blue League, Red League & Chrome League. It takes place in the Ferrum region. In this region, Resonance Stones link people and their Pokémon. In this game, players can customise their player character's gender, skin colour, hair and so forth.
There are various trainers you will encounter. Nia helps players navigate the world, and she chose Weavile. There are also trainers who exist only in the Wii U version who are tough to beat. Travis with his Garchomp, Keith with his Suicune and Erin with her Braixen
Edit @ 03:25: New modes have been revealed. Practice Mode is where you get to test your skills with no time limit or health. Free Training allows you to train freely. Combo Dojo will teach you various combos for the Pokémon. There's also the My Town mode where you can alter your character's appearance and clothing by spending the in-game currency, PokéGold
For the Support Pokémon, Cubone uses Bonemerang which is a quick long range attack that hits multiple times and brings opponents to you. Diglett uses Dig which makes it easy to land combos when the opponent has been hit. Magneton uses Tri Attack which aims upward. It lowers opponents' Speed & Attack and is good against jumping opponents. Quagsire uses Mud Bomb. It is effective on players on the ground and damages even if guarded against. Espeon uses Morning Sun which removes status conditions as well as healing Hit Points. The less time on the clock, the more it raises. Finally, Umbreon uses Snarl which sucks up the opponent's Resonance Gauge and prevents them being able to land critical hits
Edit @ 08:33: It has also been stated that there are currently no plans to release additional Pokémon or stages through downloadable content.

Pokémon	Pokémon	Pokémon

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Pokémon - Volcanion & The Ingenious Magearna

Following the reveal of the Pokémon Magiana on Wednesday in CoroCoro, more details have been revealed for the upcoming movie, Volcanion & The Ingenious Magearna. With this information, the English name of the Pokémon has been confirmed to be Magearna. No further information has been revealed but will be revealed at a later point
Edit @ 05:20: A new summary for the movie has been released
As Ash and his friends journeyed onward, a huge Pokémon suddenly fell from the sky in front of them! Appearing from the cloud of dust whirled up from the impact of the fall was the mythical Pokémon Volcanion! It turns out that Volcanion, who lives in the secluded "Navel Plateau" together with Pokémon that have been injured by humans actually has an intense hate for all humans.

Volcanion completely ignores Ash and his friends, and attempts to hurry away, but for some reason Ash ends up getting pulled along with it. Volcanion makes a run for it, and Ash gets pulled along. Incredibly, without either of them noticing, the two ended up linked together by a strange chain! Even though they want to get loose from this chain, it proves impossible. With no other choice, Volcanion started running off towards "Azoth Kingdom" while pulling Ash along with it, constantly fighting with him on the way.

Meanwhile, Cabinet Minister Jarvis from Azoth Kingdom, a city of super-machinery where gigantic cogwheels are constantly rotating, has obtained the ultimate invention he has been searching for for so many years. It was the artificial Pokémon Magearna, which was born in the kingdom 500 years ago but since went missing, as well as the unknown power called the "Soul Heart" said to reside inside Magearna.

As Jarvis plots to use this power to rule the kingdom, Volcanion was attempting to retrieve Magearna, who got abducted from the Navel Plateau! "Ain't no way I'll ever forgive the humans!"

Will Volcanion and Ash manage to work together and save Magearna while linked together? And what is the true power the "Soul Heart" hides? It's time for the hottest battle in Pokémon history to begin!

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Pokémon - 3DS Themes

A new theme has been confirmed to come to the Nintendo 3DS Theme Shop this week in Europe. The image of this theme is not currently known but we'll provide them as soon as possible. This theme is based on the Hoenn Champion Steven and is described as "A theme featuring Champion Steven and his team of Pokémon. Scroll the Touch Screen to explore a unique comic-style illustration." We don't currently know when these will come to Japan and the US but it'll be likely this week. Keep checking back and we'll provide images as soon as they come

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Who's That Pokémon

Today marks the one-hundred & twentieth entry into the Generation VI competitive field with a Kalos Pokémon. These entries are created by the visitors for the visitors and then compiled by our writers Miror, Archangel, Ragnarok, Psynergy, KillerDraco & UR2L8. To get involved, Click here for the discussion forum
Today, we are covering a Pokémon introduced in the sixth generation. It claims exquisite flower gardens as its territory, and it obtains power from basking in the energy emitted by flowering plants. In times long past, governors of castles would invite Florges to create flower gardens to embellish the castle domains. So, here it is, the one-hundred & twentieth entry, Florges.

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Pokémon - Super Mario Maker Costumes

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pokémon, three new costumes have been added to Super Mario Maker via event courses. These costumes are based on the Pokémon Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle. You can repeat the stage three times in order to get the three costumes. These costumes include special sound effects for the Pokémon.

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Pokémon - Splatoon

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pokémon, a new Splatfest has been announced for the video game Splatoon on Wii U. This Splatfest pits teams off against eachother based on whether they pick Pokémon Red & Green in Japan or Pokémon Red & Blue in North America and Europe. This Splatfest runs in Japan, Europe and the US from Feb 20th through 21st. All players will temporarily get an in-game T-Shirt which shows Charizard, Venusaur or Blastoise depending on their choice

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Pokémon

The next images from CoroCoro have come and have revealed some new details for Shadow Mewtwo in the Wii U version of Pokkén Tournament, due out next month globally. In it, it notes that its Psywave attacks can be used in multiple different ways. It can go on the offence with both Power and Technical moves that keep shifting in order to confuse the opponent. Psywave is primarily a close combat move used for setting up combos, but it can also be used as a vortex to suck in opponents and can also be used as a projectile.
It is also said that Shadow Mewtwo storms the 1 Player Mode, Ferrum League. It questions what Shadow Mewtwo's objective is and its relation to the mysterious girl. It can also use Thunder Punch, Fire Punch and Ice Punch in quick succession. If all three hit, a huge amount of damage is dealt.
Finally, it lists standard Mewtwo as being able to use moves such as Hyper Beam.

Pokémon

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Pokémon - Pikachu Distribution

To celebrate the opening of the Pokémon Center Online service in Japan, a special Pikachu is to be distributed via Serial Code to people making their first order on the site from February 16th through May 22nd. This Pikachu comes with the moves Surf, Fly, Agility and Celebrate.

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Nintendo Badge Arcade

For those of you in Europe, two new Pokémon panels are now available as part of the Valentine's Day special event. These panels are the Xerneas and Flabébé panels which have been previously released in North America and Japan. It's not known how long they'll be around for or if more will follow but we'll update the section as more come

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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon - Virtual Console

For those of you with a European Wii U, the classic games, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team are now available on the European Nintendo Wii U eShop. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team requires 161.9MB to download and costs Ł6.29 / €6.99 while Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team costs Ł8.99 / €9.99 and requires 87.9 MB to download. We'll provide more international details as they come

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Pokkén Tournament File Size

The North American eShop has updated today and added a page for the upcoming title, Pokkén Tournament. On this page, as well as detailing all the information we have so far, also revealed the download size for the game. This game will require 4234.4MB of space to download onto the Wii U. We'll bring more on this game as it comes

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Pokémon XY & Z - Episode Pictures

As usual, I have done pictures from the episode that aired in Japan today. This episode features Team Flare and Team Rocket fighting over Z2, the blue cored Zygarde Core. The AniméDex has been updated with the contents of this episode. Click the picture to go to the gallery but be warned however as they contain spoilers.

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Pokémon

The first image of the cover of CoroCoro has been released through a trailer. This cover includes the first silhouette of a brand new Mythical Pokémon. This Pokémon is called Magiana (マギアナ). We'll bring images of it as soon as humanly possible so keep checking back. We'll bring more as it comes
Edit @ 13:20: First image of Magiana. Its classification is Man-Made Pokémon. No type has been revealed. Possesses a metalic body, text confirms it was 'made by human hands'. It was made over 500 years ago. Volcanion is chasing Magiana, only it knows Magiana's secret.
Edit @ 13:27: The movie is to be called Volcanion and the Ingenious Magiana
Edit @ 18:05: Movie summary from the magazine:
As Ash and his friends continue their journey, Volcanion drops down from the sky in front of them. Volcanion's object is to recover Magiana, who has been abducted by the "Azoth Kingdom", a city of super-machinery. However, Volcanion and Ash have become linked together by a strange chain. Will the two of them manage to work together and save Magiana?
Edit @ 03:35: Added a new image for the magazine that showcases various Mega Evolutions with Magiana and Volcanion

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Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

For those of you in France, the Mew event has been announced. From February 26th through to March 31st, you'll be able to receive a code to get Mew at Micromania stores across the country. This Mew matches the one currently being given out around the world

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Pokémon Shuffle - Events

A few brand new challenges have begun on Pokémon Shuffle and Pokémon Shuffle Mobile.
First, is the Diancie Escalation Battle on Pokémon Shuffle and Shuffle Mobile. This Escalation Battle will get you various items including the Diancite at Level 50. It runs until February 23rd 2016.
Next, a competitive stage has begun on Pokémon Shuffle. This challenge has you face off against a Mega Abomasnow. The top 12,000 players in Europe, 19,000 in North America and 50,000 in Japan will get the Abomasite. The top 2,500 in Europe, 3,700 in North America and 5,000 in Japan will also get a Mega Speedup. If you don't qualify for the Abomasite but are in the top 17,000 in Europe, 26,000 in North America or 70,000 in Japan, you get 2 Attack Powers. All other players get 1 Attack Power.
Finally, a competitive stage has begun on Pokémon Shuffle Mobile. This challenge has you face off against a Mega Blastoise. The top 80,000 in the world get the Blastoisinite while the top 20,000 also get a Mega Speedup. If you don't get the Blastoisinite but are in the top 120,000, you get 2 Attack Powers. All other players get an Attack Power
All of these require the version 1.2.31 to download. Our Pokémon listings have been updated with these Pokémon

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Pokémon VGC - Regionals Stream

Some stream information has been released for the upcoming Winter Regionals in North America. On February 20th, the St Louis Regionals will be streamed once again for the weekend covering February 20th and 21st. For the first time, there will be two separate streams, one for Video Game Championships, the other for the Trading Card Game. The commentators are as follows
TCG: Joshua Wittenkeller, Kyle Sucevich, Josue Rojano, Kenny Wisdom, and Kyle Sabelhaus
VGC: Scott Glaza, Evan Latt, Duy Ha, Jonathan Indovino, and Ray Rizzo

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Pokémon XY & Z - Episode Titles

A TV guide has revealed another new episode title, this time for the eighteenth episode of Pokémon XY & Z. This episode is set to air on March 10th.
Episode 914: Left and Right! The Indecisive Binacle!!

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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon - Virtual Console

It has been confirmed that the GBA and DS games, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team & Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Blue Rescue team are to be released on the Wii U Virtual Console in Europe on Thursday this week for €9.99/ Ł8.99 for Blue and €6.99/ Ł6.29 for Red. This is the first release of these games on the Virtual Console globally. We'll provide more international details as they come

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Pokkén Tournament - Chandelure Trailer

A new special event has begun in Pokkén Tournament in the arcades. This event is to celebrate Valentine's Day and runs from February 9th through February 28th, coming with the new update of Version N. As noted before, Chandelure is now available for Pokkén Tournament players. In addition to this, the support Pokémon of Rotom and Togekiss, previously only announced for the Wii U version, are also available to players with a BANA Passport. Also, if you get Chandelure up to a skill level of 15 during this event, you will receive special outfits for your player avatar, Finally, various bits of clothing and special titles for the player avatar are also to be available to spend the in-game currency on. Various balance updates have also been made to the playable characters

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Who's That Pokémon

Today marks the one-hundred & ninteenth entry into the Generation VI competitive field with a Unova Pokémon. These entries are created by the visitors for the visitors and then compiled by our writers Miror, Archangel, Ragnarok, Psynergy, KillerDraco & UR2L8. To get involved, Click here for the discussion forum
Today, we are covering a Pokémon introduced in the fifth generation. By swinging around its three spiky feelers and shooting spikes, it can obliterate an opponent. They attach themselves to cave ceilings, firing steel spikes at targets passing beneath them. It fights by swinging around its three spiky feelers. A hit from these steel spikes can reduce a boulder to rubble. So, here it is, the one-hundred & ninteenth entry, Ferrothorn.

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Pokkén Tournament - amiibo

Since November, we have known that Pokkén Tournament is to support the special Shadow Mewtwo amiibo card to unlock Shadow Mewtwo immediately. However, until now we were unaware on if any other amiibo worked in the game. The official North American Nintendo site has added details on amiibo compatibility for this game and lists that all amiibo that currently exist will be able to be used in the game in order to unlock in-game items. It is not currently known what items they unlock or if the items that are unlocked are unique to any other specific amiibo. We'll bring more as it comes

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Pokémon Virtual Console

Following the announcement of the Mew distribution for the Pokémon Red, Blue, Green & Pikachu 2DS owners in Japan who got the special 2DS and the special Mew exchange ticket for the Virtual Console games, we finally have some details for the distribution. The Mew distribution will run from March 19th through May 8th at Pokémon Center, Pokémon Store, Toys R Us, Tsutaya, and Aeon stores. In advance, they recommend that you save the game in front of the Cable Club and put a Pokémon at the head of your party to trade. They also recommend you change your console's username to match that of Pokémon. You need to take the special Mew exchange ticket with you in order to receive the Mew

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Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

Following the announcement of the Mythical Pokémon events last month, the US releases were put down for the entire year, but the European schedule has not been. Today, Celebi & Jirachi have had their distributions for Europe finally confirmed. Like the US ones, Celebi will be distributed over the Nintendo Network from March 1st through March 24th while Jirachi will run from April 1st through April 24th. We'll bring more European confirmations throughout the year as they come.

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Pokémon Virtual Console

In September 2006, the online version of the Pokémon Center in Japan closed down. Now, following the re-open of it in the US, the Japanese Pokémon Center website is to reopen. It will reopen on February 16th at its old address of PokemonCenter-Online.com. With this, several new merchandise campaigns have begun and it will offer free shipping on orders over 3000¥. It is currently accepting member registration in advance of launch day

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Pokémon Day

The Pokémon Company International has posted some new details onto the official site about various things to go on during Pokémon Day, which is to fall on February 27th to celebrate the 20th anniversary. Previously, details were scarce about events being held but now more have been revealed for North America.
Most notably, in the newly remodeled Nintendo NY store, previously Nintendo World, in Rockefeller Center in New York, a special Pokémon celebration will be held on February 27th 2016. This contains a lot of fun activities.
As previously revealed by Toys R Us, they'll give a free foil card of Pikachu from the Generations expansion in the US and Canada. A special Generations Binder will be exclusive to Toys R Us
Finally, Gamestop is to provide a free Mythical Pokémon poster when any Pokémon product is purchased.
We'll provide more on Pokémon Day as it comes

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Nintendo Badge Arcade

The free piece of Nintendo 3DS software, Nintendo Badge Arcade, had its weekly update in Japan. This week, continuing Pokémon Campaign Month to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pokémon, it introduced multiple panels of badges of Pokémon to earn. These panels include various more new Pokémon to the ones previously obtainable. We're currently cataloguing all of these badges and will update our Nintendo Badge Arcade section shortly.
Edit @ 19:30: All four panels & 21 badges have been added

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Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

The Mew event has begun today in various parts of the world, following the other areas on Monday. This event is being distributed via Serial Code and gives access to the first ever blue pentagon Mew and is the start of the monthly Mythical Pokémon distributions that will run each month until the end of the year. Distributions are as follows
Austria: Codes at Gamestop from today until February 24th
Germany: Codes at Gamestop from today until February 24th
Switzerland: Codes at Gamestop from today until February 24th

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Pokémon XY & Z - Episode Pictures

As usual, I have done pictures from the episode that aired in Japan today. This episode features Alain encounter Ash when looking for Mega Evolutions. The AniméDex has been updated with the contents of this episode. Click the picture to go to the gallery but be warned however as they contain spoilers.

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Pokémon XY - Character Biography

With the episode that just aired in Japan, I have been able to update a biography. This biography is for Sawyer and contains the inclusion of a Pokémon we knew he was going to get as well as another that wasn't known before this episode. Click the image to go to the biography, but be warned as it contains spoilers

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Detective Pikachu ~Birth of a New Duo~ - Coverage Day 1

It's that time again, as Detective Pikachu ~Birth of a New Duo~ is now available on the Japanese eShop for the Nintendo 3DS. Our copies have downloaded and we are making a start on coverage. As usual, I'll be posting the main focal points here as pages get created and progress continues through the game, while more in-depth details go on the discovery thread on the forums. Throughout the coming days, various sections will be updated including details on the cases and other sections will be created as time goes on so keep checking back. Be warned as the Discovery Thread and the site sections will contain spoilers for the story.
At the start of the game, you can switch between Kanji and Hiragana for the text. This can be changed at will in the start menu
01:07: You are able to look at a log of what the characters have said to you in order to help you
01:11; The game logs all the Pokémon, people and items you find
01:19: A puzzle then appears where I had to place on a map where the clues were found
02:24: Solving cases progresses the story. Requires talking to people in the areas over and over, following clues they give, until it's done
03:30: The character listings for both human characters and Pokémon reset when you shift to new cases
06:26: The game has about a 5 hour length narrative
10:25: Created a preliminary Characters Page. Be warned as it contains story spoilers.
10:58: Created a preliminary Pokémon Listings Page. Be warned as it contains story spoilers.
13:33: Created a preliminary Locations Listings Page. Be warned as it contains story spoilers.
15:54: Created various pages detailing all the Cases. These sections contain massive spoilers for the entire game so look at your own risk.
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06:26: The game ends with a "To Be Continued", indicating this can be a series with sequels soon to continue the story. We'll bring confirmation as soon as possible

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Pokémon - LINE Stickers

For those of you who have the social media app, LINE on your iOS, Android or Windows Mobile devices, The Pokémon Company has today put out a new batch of animated stickers that can be used in messages on that social media app, based on the new game, Detective Pikachu. These can be purchased only in Japan right now for a limited time until April 26th 2016

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Pokémon GO

It has been confirmed that the first hands-on at the Game Developer Conference next month in San Francisco. It will be in a special session held by Niantic CEO John Hanke called Catch 'Em All: Pokemon GO and Real World Gaming and will allow for people who attend to see how the game works for the very first time as well as hear about how the company has developed the title. The specific timing of this session has yet to be revealed but we'll bring details from it as soon as we can

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Pokémon Shuffle - Events

A few brand new challenges have begun on Pokémon Shuffle and Pokémon Shuffle Mobile.
First, to celebrate the first anniversary of Pokémon Shuffle, Shaymin Sky Forme has a timed challenge. This is available until February 16th
Next, the Legendary Pokémon Reshiram has got a challenge arrive. This is available until February 16th
Next, Thundurus is having a repeat run on Pokémon Shuffle and Shuffle Mobile. This runs until February 9th and can only be played once per day
Finally, Carnivine is having a repeat run on Pokémon Shuffle & Shuffle Mobile. This stage lets you use items for free. It can be played on all weekdays until February 16th All of these require the version 1.2.31 to download. Our Pokémon listings have been updated with these Pokémon

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Pokémon Shuffle - Events

If you were one of the lucky players worldwide who ranked in the Mega Sharpedo competitive stage over the past week, then the Sharpedonite is now available to be received. The Disruption Delay, Attack Power and Mega Speedup for the higher ranked players will also be obtained. If you didn't qualify, then you can redeem a Jewel. To get these items, simply Check In between now and February 9th 2016 at 06:00 UTC and you will receive the item.

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Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

The Mew event has begun today in various parts of the world. This event is being distributed via Serial Code and gives access to the first ever blue pentagon Mew and is the start of the monthly Mythical Pokémon distributions that will run each month until the end of the year. Distributions are as follows
United States: Codes at Gamestop from today until February 24th
Canada: Codes at EBGames from today until February 24th
United Kingdom: Codes at GAME from today until February 28th
Australia: Codes at EBGames from today until February 24th
Belgium/Netherlands: Codes at GameMania from today until February 24th
Italy: Codes at Gamestop from today until February 24th
Spain: Codes at GAME from today until February 24th
Portugal: Nintendo Zone at FNAC from today
Edit: It has also been confirmed that Denmark, Sweden and Norway will get the Mew event from February 22nd through to April 30th at Toys 'R' Us and BR stores.

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Pokémon - Battle Competition

Following its reveal on Friday, it has now been confirmed that the Kanto Classic competition will be held in the west. This competition is a Single Battle competition and runs classic rules where you can only use the original 151 Pokémon aside from Mewtwo and Mew and you cannot use items on your Pokémon as well as only using 6 Pokémon. Registration runs from February 25th through March 5th while battles run from March 4th through March 6th. All entrants get a special Dragonite
This Dragonite is based on Lance's Dragonite in Red/Green/Blue. It is Level 62 with the ability Inner Focus and the moves Agility, Slam, Barrier & Hyper Beam. Before now, it couldn't learn the move Barrier, despite Lance's Dragonite having that move in Red, Green and Blue

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Pokémon XY & Z - Episode Titles

TV-kun Magaizne has revealed another pair of new episode titles, this time for the seventeenth episode of Pokémon XY & Z. This episode is set to air on March 3rd and features the Legendary Pokémon, Zapdos.
Episode 913: Zapdos and Noivern! A Furious Strike of Lightning!!