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

Pokémon GO

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

Pokémon Sword & Shield

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.

Pokémon Championship Series

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 ZoneJuniorSeniorMasters
US and Canada350400500
Europe250250350
Latin America250250250
Oceania250250250
South Africa150150250
VGC Worlds Championship Point Bar
Rating ZoneJuniorSeniorMasters
US and Canada200250400
Europe200250300
Latin America200250400
Oceania200200300
South Africa100150200

Pokémon GO

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

Pokémon Sun & Moon

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!!

Until Next Time, See Ya