Tuesday: Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Zygarde Reminder + Global Missions + Pokémon GO + Pokémon Shuffle

19-06-2018 05:00 BST / 04:00 EDT by Serebii

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Last Update: 20:57 BST | Edit @ 07:00: Pokémon Shuffle | Edit @ 09:53: Pokémon GO Update | Edit @ 12:32: Event Reminder | Edit @ 18;35: Celestial Storm | Edit @ 20:57: Community Day

Pokémon Sun & Moon

In The Games Department

Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Shiny Zygarde Event

For those of you in globally, the Shiny Zygarde event is due to end this week. In Europe & Oceania, this event is obtained on the Nintendo Network and will run until Friday. In North America, this event is through serial code obtained at Gamestop in the US or EB Games in Canada. This distribution differs between Sun & Moon and Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon with the Pokémon being Level 60 in Sun & Moon and Level 100 holding a Gold Bottle Cap in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon. Our Event Database has full details of this event.
This event is a Zygarde with Aura Break, but it can be made to have Power Construct by having 50 cells in your Zygarde Cube and taking it to Route 16 and assembling it.

Pokémon GO

In The Games Department

Pokémon GO

Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO Community Day on July 8th, This event will give out increased spawns of the Pokémon Squirtle, will give 1/4 Egg Distance during the event and has 3 Hour Lure Modules. However, it will also allow all Blastoise evolved or caught during the event to have an as of yet unannounced special move. We'll bring more details as they come. This runs at specific times:
The Asia-Pacific region: 12:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. JST (GMT +9)
Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India: 09:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. UTC (GMT +0)
The Americas and Greenland: 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. PDT (UTC -8)

Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Global Missions

In The Games Department

Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Global Missions

The eighth Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Global Mission has finished in success. This Global Mission's theme was to spend FC in the Festival Plaza and was a success at 47,661,005 FC spent. As it was a success, the gift of 2,000 FC, or 4,000 FC if the game is connected to the Global Link, is now available.

Pokémon GO

In The Games Department

Pokémon GO

Following the reveal of trading and friends yesterday, a new update is going live for Pokémon GO, gradually rolling out globally on Android and iOS. This update adds the functionality for the Friend System, Gift System and Trading as well as various fixes and changes. First, it's adding new badges for the Trade and Friend systems. In addition to this, it's now adding a tab for notifications for things happening in Gyms such as Pokémon returning or needing a berry. There's various UI fixes including how the EXP bar is shown and the location Pokémon are met and a few other bug fixes. We'll bring more details on its new features as it comes

Pokémon

Pokémon Shuffle

In The Games Department

Pokémon Shuffle - Events

Pokémon Shuffle has begun Week 19 of its event cycle. This cycle continues the Escalation Battle from last week as well as the following stages that will run for a week
The Ultra Challenge Stage is a stage for Tapu Bulu
The Great Challenge Stages are Alolan Ninetales, Delcatty (Winking), Tornadus Therian Forme, Ribombee & Golisopod
The Daily Pokémon are Lunatone, Tyrogue, Castform, Mantyke & Solrock
There's a One Chance Per Day stage for Frillish (Female)
There's a Competitive stage for Mega Houndoom
In addition to this, there's a Pokémon Safari containing Hoothoot, Pineco, Ledyba, Houndour, Noibat, Noctowl, Ledian, Forretress, Mantine & Vivillon Pokéball Pattern which will last two weeks.

Pokémon Shuffle

In The Games Department

Pokémon TCG - Celestial Storm

The Pokémon Company International have finally put out an official reveal for the upcoming set, Celestial Storm. This set is due out on August 3rd 2018 and contains over 160 cards including various Pokémon including Rayquaza GX, Stakataka GX, Jirachi Prism Star and more. This set is made of the Japanese SM7 and SM6b sets. We'll provide full details as they come

Until Next Time, See Ya