Thursday: Pokémon Sword & Shield Demo + Pokémon TCG & VGC 2020 Circuit Details + Pokémon Sun & Moon - Episode Title
01-08-2019 07:25 BST / 00:25 EDT by Serebii
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Edit @ 13:16: Sword & Shield Demo | Edit @ 15:51: Championship Series | Edit @ 19;48: Pokémon GO PokéStop Submissions | Edit @ 21:01: New Shadow Pokémon
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced more Pokémon can now be Shadow Pokémon: Poliwag, Grimer, Muk, Drowzee, Hypno, Cubone, Scyther, Magikarp, Houndour and Houndoom can now all be Shadow Pokémon with Ralts said to be coming soon. It is also confirmed that Shadow Pokémon can't learn Community Day moves but they can if they have been purified before evolution.
We have updated our Shadow Pokémon and Team GO Rocket pages with these new details
Edit @ 21:22: Four new boxes are now live
Special Box - 480 Coins - 2 Premium Raid Pass, 1 Super Incubator, 2 Star Piece, 1 Egg Incubator
Great Box - 780 Coins - 2 Premium Raid Pass, 4 Super Incubator, 3 Incense, 5 Star Piece
Ultra Box - 1480 Coins - 17 Premium Raid Pass, 5 Max Potion, 5 Super Incubator, 6 Star Piece
Adventure Box - 1480 Coins - 10 Super Incubator, 6 Star Piece, 3 Incense, 8 Egg Incubator
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
It has been confirmed that the Pokémon Sword & Shield demo, recently at E3 and the Pokémon International Championships, will be playable at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany from August 20th through August 24th. This demo will be of Nessa's Gym and feature the new Pokémon Yamper and Impidimp.
In The Games Department
Pokémon Championship Series
The CP details for thge Pokémon 2019/2020 Championship series has been announced. The CP requirements to get to Worlds are the same as last year for all divisions on both formats except Masters for TCG which is now down to 500 CP. With this, there has also been a change to the Best Finish Limits:
Regionals and Special Events now have a Best Finish Limit of 6, down from 8 the previous year
VGC Midseason Showdowns have a Best Finish Limit of 6 per year through any series
Premier Challenges have a Best Finish Limit of 6 per year through any series
League Cups have a Best Finish Limit of 8
League Challenges have a Best Finish Limit of 8
In addition to this, VGC has been confirmed to run through series again. VGC's first Autumn Series runs from September 1st 2019 through November 10th 2019 but later series have not been announced or confirmed
Edit @ 16:06: In addition to this, the International Championships have been revealed
Latin America - November 15th - 17th 2019 - PRO MAGNO Centro de Eventos, Săo Paulo, Brazil
Oceania - February 21st - 23rd 2020 - Melbourne, Australia
Europe - April 17th - 19th 2020 - Berlin, Germany
North America - June 26–28, 2020 - USA
| TCG Worlds Championship Point Bar | |||
| Rating Zone | Junior | Senior | Masters |
| US and Canada | 350 | 400 | 500 |
| Europe | 250 | 250 | 350 |
| Latin America | 250 | 250 | 250 |
| Oceania | 250 | 250 | 250 |
| South Africa | 150 | 150 | 250 |
| VGC Worlds Championship Point Bar | |||
| Rating Zone | Junior | Senior | Masters |
| US and Canada | 200 | 250 | 400 |
| Europe | 200 | 250 | 300 |
| Latin America | 200 | 250 | 400 |
| Oceania | 200 | 200 | 300 |
| South Africa | 100 | 150 | 200 |
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Pokémon GO has now opened PokéStop Submissions for Level 40 players within the country of Portugal. This follows on from being released in various countries including the majority of South America, as well as Taiwan over the past few months. Further countries in the rollout have yet to be announced
In The Anime Department
Pokémon Sun & Moon - Episode Title
A Japanese TV Guide has revealed the next episodes of the Pokémon Sun & Moon anime. These episodes are due to air on August 11th, August 18th and August 25th. The first episode features the conclusion of the Top 8. The second episode features the start of the Semi Finals and the third episode features the battle between Ash and Guzma.
Episode 1077: Everyone's Fully Powered! The Road to the Semifinals!!
Episode 1078: The Semifinals! Kiawe VS Gladion!
Episode 1079: Rising Fire! There's More Than One Rival!!
