Monday: Pokémon Sword & Shield - New Move + Pokémon International Championships - Gastrodon Distribution & Stream
10-06-2019 15:17 BST / 10:17 EDT by Serebii
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Edit @ 16:39: Funko Figure | Edit @ 16:50: Gastrodon Event | Edit @ 22:02: Niantic Kids
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
Hidden away on the official Japanese site following the Pokémon Direct last week, a new move has been discovered. This move is one used by Grookey and is shown to do decent damage. At present no further information is available for this move but we'll provide more as it comes.
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon
The annual distribution for the 2019 North American International Championships in Columbus, Ohio next week from June 21st through 23rd has been announced. All players and visitors in attendance will be able to download an East Sea Gastrodon, based on the Gastrodon used by 2018 World Champion Paul Ruiz. This Gastrodon comes at Level 50 with the Modest Nature, Storm Drain Ability and the moves Earth Power, Ice Beam, Recover, Protect. You don't need a badge to receive the Gastrodon
In The Games Department
Pokémon International Championships
Stream details have been announced for the Pokémon North America International Championships in Columbus, Ohio in next weeks, from June 21st through 23rd. The streams all run for all three games with commentators across the weekend. The VGC commentators are
Adam Dorricott, Scott Glaza, Duy Ha, Gabby Snyder & Aaron Zheng, TCG commentators are
Cora Georgiou, Jeremy Jallen, Josue Rojano, Kyle Sabelhaus, Kyle Sucevich & Kenny Wisdom
and Pokkén
Michael “H2” Graf, Evan “WonderChef” Hashimoto, Brendan “Burnside” Hansen
Friday 21 June from 09:15 EDT: Pokémon TCG and Pokémon video game match coverage on their respective Twitch channels
Saturday 22 June from 08:45 EDT: Pokkén Tournament DX, Pokémon TCG, and Pokémon VG match coverage on their respective Twitch channels
Sunday 23 June from 10:00 EDT: Final matches for Pokkén Tournament DX on its own channe, Pokémon TCG, and Pokémon VG on the main channel
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced that accounts on Niantic Kids can now opt in to having social features including Friends, Gifts, Trades and Trainer Battles. This was previously unaccessible to Niantic Kids accounts but can now be available for these accounts and accessed through the Niantic Parent Portal
In The Movies Department
Mewtwo Strikes Back EVOLUTION
It has been confirmed that during Anime Expo, being held in Los Angeles, on July 4th, a special exclusive screening of the movie will be held. With this, there will be a Q&A and autograph session with Kunihiko Yuyama and Motonori Sakakibara, the movie's directors and Rica Matsumoto, the Japanese voice actor for Ash. This takes place in Hall B in the Los Angeles Convention Center
In The Pokémon Department
Funko Pokémon
Following their reveal earlier this year, the latest in the Funko A Day With Pikachu line has been revealed. This figure is Sparking Up a Celebration and features an Pikachu with a two sparklers and some shaved ice & lemonade and will be released later this month exclusively on the official Pokémon Center Website
