Friday: Pokémon Sword & Shield - More Alcremie Forms + Pokémon Sun & Moon - Shiny Necrozma Event + Pokkén Tournament DX Group Match
06-09-2019 10:22 BST / 05:22 EDT by Serebii
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Edit @ 12:55: Alcremie Forms
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield - More Alcremie Forms
Over the last day and a half, multiple Alcremie forms were revealed for the games with 16 on the official website and various others through other language social media accounts. With this, even more Alcremie variants have been uncovered with there now being 26. The official newsletter also states that these forms are called "Flavors" with the two main Flavors shown in the Nintendo Direct being Vanilla Flavor and Matcha Flavor. With this, we've updated the new Pokémon page and Alcremie's Pokédex page with both new Alcremie forms and will continue to add more as they come so be sure to check back
Edit @ 13:21: Added two more found on official sites bringing it up to 28
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Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Shiny Necrozma
The Shiny Necrozma event is now available for players in Japan. This event is open only to people who have joined the Pokémon Sword & Shield Secret Member's Club, accessed only by pre-ordering Pokémon Sword & Shield and is obtained by a Serial Code emailed to you after clicking redeem on the site. It is presently the only way to obtain Shiny Necrozma. This Shiny Necrozma comes with the moves Light Screen, Substitute and Moonlight. The code has to be obtained by November 14th but can be redeemed until February 3rd 2020 Our Event Database has been updated with the details of this event
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Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced that, from 20:00 UTC tomorrow, September 7th, through to 20:00 UTC on September 8th, you'll get an extra free Raid Pass bringing the total you can get in a day up to 2. This is compensation due to a problem that was stopping people getting certain Pokémon in raids
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Pokkén Tournament DX
The next special Group Match has begun on Pokkén Tournament DX. From September 6th to September 8th, you can participate in the "Fairy Tempest" Group Match. This cup is a Basic Battle competition, once again on a Fixed Battle Arena. Participating in this brings a special title reward based on Gardevoir, and if you place highly you'll get other titles based on your placement. If you already received the title from the last time it ran, you will not receive it again
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Pokkén Tournament DX
The next special Group Match has been announced on Pokkén Tournament DX. From September 20th through 22nd, you can participate in the "Dark Nova" Group Match. This cup is a Team Battle competition, once again on a Fixed Battle Arena. Participating in this brings a special title reward based on Shadow Mewtwo, and if you place highly you'll get other titles based on your placement. If you already received the title from the last time it ran, you will not receive it again
