Thursday: Pokémon Sun & Moon - Online Competition + Nintendo Badge Arcade
30-03-2017 07:06 BST / 02:06 EDT by Serebii
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Last Update: 20:41 GMT
Edit @ 20:10: Nintendo Badge Arcade
In The Games Department
Nintendo Badge Arcade
The free piece of Nintendo 3DS software, Nintendo Badge Arcade, had its weekly update in Japan. This week it has once again 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
20:41: All four panels and 24 badges added
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sun & Moon - Battle Competition
Registration of the next Battle Competition has begun for Japan. This is the special Japan Championships 2017 Battle Competition and runs standard VGC 2017 rules. This competition is used in order for players from Japan to qualify for this year's Pokémon World Championships in Anaheim and runs differently to past competitions.
Registration for Juniors & Seniors runs from March 30th 2017 to April 28th 2017 while registration for Masters runs from March 30th 2017 to April 15th 2017. Battles for the Juniors runs from April 28th through May 1st. The Masters however have access to 5 different schedules. These are
April 15th to April 17th, April 21st to April 23rd, April 26th to April 28th, April 30th to May 2nd and May 6th to May 8th, all starting and ending at 09:00 JST on the respective days. The rating from each of the participations in the 5 bands are then added up and the top 50 will be offered entry to a competition held in real life on June 18th 2017
All players that participate in three or more battles will get the Sceptilite, Blazikenite and Swampertite, just like the 2017 International Challenge April for the rest of the world
