Friday: Pokémon Sword & Shield - Glimwood Tangle + Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Battle Competition
04-10-2019 06:16 BST / 01:16 EDT by Serebii
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Last Update: 03:44 BST
Edit @ 07:20: Pokémon Sword & Shield Demo | Edit @ 11:39: Shiny Krabby Event
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
Today is the start of the Pokémon Sword & Shield Live Camera 24 hour livestream. This livestream starts at 13:00 UTC / 14:00 BST / 09:00 EDT / 06:00 PDT / 22:00 JST and focuses on the Glimwood Tangle forest in Pokémon Sword & Shield, showing various Pokémon within. We'll be covering all elements of this livestream as they happen including all new reveals so be sure to keep checking back
Edit @ 14:05: A Pikachu just appeared. This camera is fixed point and features Pokémon just dart across the screen
Edit @ 14:11: Morelull has been confirmed for the games. Our Galar Pokédex page has been updated accordingly. Swirlix was also shown
Edit @ 14:15: A mysterious tail was shown, it's unable to determine what Pokémon this is
Edit @ 14:39: Phantump has been confirmed for the games. Our Galar Pokédex page has been updated accordingly
Edit @ 15:50: Phantump was now visibily seen in the stream
Edit @ 16:28: Impidimp has also been shown in the live stream
Edit @ 16:49: A presently unidentified Pokémon ran off on the right hand side of the stream. I've added it to the New Pokémon page
Edit @ 17:40: Cottonee was also shown.
Edit @ 19:13: So far, there have been the following ambient changes: In the bottom left corner, there is the occassional glowing. In the middle section, a light illuminates the middle bush for around a second. Sometimes, you can hear the galloping of a Pokémon
Edit @ 20:00: Ponyta's cry could be heard
Edit @ 20:52: Shiinotic has also been confirmed
Edit @ 22:00: The mystery new Pokémon showed up again before briefly being obscured by Impidimp
Edit @ 23:10: The Pokémon showed up again, but when it got startled before it got in full view, its mane lit up in a rainbow colour. It makes a similar sound to Ponyta in Pokémon Refresh in previous games
Edit @ 00;33: It has rushed up close to the camera showing in blurry view that it is a horse
Edit @ 03:44: After a while of no new footage, a new piece was shown with a close up look of the Pokémon as it sniffed around the camera
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In The Games Department
Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu & Let's Go, Eevee! Shiny Krabby
A new event has been announced for Japan. This event offers a Shiny Krabby. Players who have pre-ordered Sword & Shield and are part of the Japanese Secret Members Club will receive the code from today 2019 through November 14th 2019 due to membership reaching a certain level. It is Level 15 with the moves Crabhammer, Toxic, Facade and Bubble Beam. Our Event Database has been updated with the details of this event
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Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced that shirts based on the Original Stitch Pokémon Shirts collection are now available to purchase in Pokémon GO. These feature a Vileplume pattern, a Lickitung pattern, a Magikarp pattern, and a Snorlax pattern. They cost 200 Poké Coins a piece
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Pokémon Sword & Shield
It has been confirmed that the Pokémon Sword & Shield demo will be available to play at the PAX Australia event in Melbourne from October 11th 2019 to October 13th 2019. This demo will be the same demo that has been played across the world since June and features playthrough of Nessa's Gym.
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Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Battle Competition
Battles for the next Battle Competition have begun. This is the Ultra Final Online Competition competition. This is a Single Battle competition using special rules where every single Pokémon from Bulbasaur to Zeraora can be used with duplicate items and Pokémon being allowed.
Battles will run from October 4th 2019 to October 6th 2019.
All entrants will get a Shiny Tapu Koko