Thursday: Pokémon GO Trainer Battles + Mewtwo Strikes Back EVOLUTION
13-12-2018 02:41 GMT / 21:41 EST by Serebii
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Edit @ 08:08: Pokémon Duel | Edit @ 08:26: Mewtwo Strikes Back | Edit @ 20:57: Pokémon GO
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Trainer Battles are now live in Pokémon GO. This feature allows for players to battle eachother locally, or over the Internet if Ultra or Best Friends, as well as battling the Team Leaders in a test match. This yields various rewards including the Sinnoh Stone. With this, getting a second attack on your Pokémon is now possible as well using Candy. This goes from 10,000 Stardust & 25 Species Candy up to 100,000 Stardust and 100 Species Candy depending on your Pokémon's species. We're currently testing the feature and will report all new elements so keep checking back
Edit @ 03:13: Now live for Trainers Level 30 or above
Edit @ 03:26: Updated our Trainer Battles section with lists of each of the NPC Trainer's teams
Edit @ 03:34: The cost for a second move is relative to a Pokémon's Buddy Candy distance. We have updated our In-Depth Pokémon GO Pokédex with listings for each Pokémon
1km (Plus Starters & Baby Pokémon) = 10,000 Stardust + 25 Candy
3km = 50,000 Stardust + 50 Candy
5km = 75,000 Stardust + 75 Candy
20km = 100,000 Stardust + 100 Candy
Edit @ 04:02: In addition to this, there have been some tweaks with the GO stat charts. Alolan Diglett has had its Attack and Defense lowered while Kantonian Dugtrio has had a Defense increase & Alolan Dugtrio has had a Defense decrease. In addition to this, Ninjask has had its Attack raised. Finally, Meltan & Melmetal have had their stats altered to be more in line with how they should be when calculating their stats from the base stats in the main series titles. We have updated all of our Pokémon GO section with these changes including changes to their CP
Edit @ 07:59: Updated the Pokémon Database and Moves List with all the Trainer Battle specific stats for moves
Edit @ 08:56: It has also been discovered that the type effectiveness has altered. Super Effective is now *1.6, Not Very Effective damage is now *0.625 and moves which would be immune in main series now do *0.39
In The Anime Department
Pokémon the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back
Today, as part of a Japanese reveal, the release day of the next movie has been revealed. Back in July, the movie was confirmed to be titled Mewtwo Strikes Back EVOLUTION, a callback to the first ever Pokémon movie. However, now we have confirmation that the movie will be released in its usual mid-July slot, opening in theaters across Japan on Friday July 12th 2019.
The movie is to be Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama & Motonori Sakakibara while the screenplay is by Takeshi Shudo, presumably based on the original screenplay
At present there's no further information about the movie, nor information on when we will get the first trailer. Be sure to check back for more news
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have confirmed that Lugia & Ho-Oh are to appear in Raid Battles in Pokémon GO for a special weekend from 21:00 UTC Friday December 14th through to 21:00 UTC Monday December 17th. As before, they are capable of appearing in their Shiny variants.
In The Games Department
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Coverage Day 6
Last week was the launch of the Nintendo title, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and like its predecessors, it contains a lot of Pokémon content including 10 different playable characters and over 50 Pokémon as summonable items. Over the coming days, we'll be covering this game in full, beginning with all Pokémon related content so be sure to keep checking for more information.
Edit @ 15:28: Created a page for all 59 Assist Trophies, and updated the Stages section to show each Assist Trophy which can't be summoned in each stage
In The Games Department
Pokémon Duel - Update
The special Gym Cup, the Fire Gym Cup has begun in Pokémon Duel. This Gym Cup increases the movement of Fire-type figures and increases the White & Gold Attacks of Water-type Pokémon by 20. Within this, you can get the special Groudon figure. It runs until December 17th 2018
