Tuesday: Pokémon Sword & Shield Expansion Pass - News Announcement + Max Raid Battle Event
02-06-2020 12:06 BST / 07:06 EDT by Serebii
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Edit @ 21:35: Pokémon GO Update
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
Following the confirmation yesterday, today has the latest news for the Pokémon Sword & Shield Expansion Pass. This news will drop at 13:00 UTC/14:00 BST/15:00 CEST/09:00 EDT/06:00 PDT/22:00 JST. It is currently unclear what topics this presentation will include but we'll provide full coverage as it happens for be sure to keep checking back
Edit @ 14:00: The trailer has been released. We're currently compiling details
The DLC for Isle of Armor will be released on June 17th
The two Regi Pokémon are Regieleki, Electric-type with a new ability Transistor. It also has the new move Thunder Cage which deals damage and traps them in an electrified cage for four to five turns and Regidrago, Dragon-type with a new ability Dragon's Maw and the move Dragon Energy which does more damage the higher the HP
Galarian Articuno is Psychic/Flying with the Ability Competitive and the new move Freezing Glare which may leave the target frozen, Zapdos is Fighting/Flying with the ability Defiant and a new move, Thunderous Kick which does damage and lowers Defense and Moltres is Dark/Flying with the ability Berserk and the new move Fiery Wrath that does damage and can cause the opponent to flinch
Galarian Slowbro is Poison/Psychic-type. It has the new Ability Quick Draw and the new move Shell Side Arm, which only it can learn. It Poisons the opponent and does Physical or Special damage based on which does the more damage
Gigantamax Venusaur's G-Max Move is G-Max Vine Lash which does damage and continues to do damage for 4 turns to any non-Grass-type Pokémon
Gigantamax Blastoise's G-Max Move is G-Max Cannonade which does damage and continues to do damage for 4 turns to any non-Water-type Pokémon
Gigantamax Urshifu (Single-Strike)'s G-Max Move is G-Max One Blow and Rapid Strike is G-Max Rapid Flow. These can do damage even if the target defends itself
Edit @ 14:27: Hidden Ability Grookey, Scorbunny and Sobble are now available through Pokémon HOME if you deposit a Pokémon from Sword & Shield
There's an item, tentatively known as Cram-o-matic which lets you combine up to 4 items together to make new items. You get different items based on the items you put into it
There are Move Tutor moves given in exchange for Armorite Ore, a substance found through Max Raid Battles in the Isle of Armor. The first, a Fire-type move, Burning Jealousy damages both opponents and has a chance of Burning the opponent if they have had their stat boosted dfuring this turn. The Grass-type one, Grassy Glide, is boosted in priority in Grassy Terrain
In the Isle of Armor, you can make "Max Soup", which when a Pokémon with the potential to Dynamax drinks it, it can become Gigantamax
In the Crown Tundra, Dynamax Adventure is a game where four players together investigate the Dynamax Raid dens.
In The Crown Tundra, there's a new feature called the Galarian Star Tournament in Wyndon. In this, you play Multi Battles against various characters from the story
Urshifu's new ability, Unseen Fist, allows for you to damage Pokémon that have used Protect.
Edit @ 14:38: We have added dozens of new Pre-Release Screenshots to our pre-release screenshot page
Edit @ 14:46: We have updated our DLC Galarian Forms page with some new data
Edit @ 15:01: We have updated our DLC New Pokémon page with some new data
Edit @ 15:18: We have updated our DLC Gigantamax Forms page with some new data
Edit @ 15:24: We have updated our Isle of Armor & The Crown Tundra page with listings of more returning Pokémon found within them
Edit @ 15:31: We have created temporary Pokédex pages for Regieleki & Regidrago
Edit @ 15:51: We have updated our New Moves page with the new moves revealed today, including AttackDex pages for each.
Edit @ 16:25: We have updated our New Abilities page with some new data including Abilitydex pages for each
Edit @ 18:08: Created a preliminary page for Isle of Armor Move Tutors
Edit @ 18:22: Created a preliminary page for Dynamax Adventures in The Crown Tundra
Edit @ 18:29: We have updated our Returning Pokémon between both Expansion Passes
Edit @ 19:05: Created a preliminary page for Galarian Star Tournament in The Crown Tundra
Edit @ 21:28: We have updated our G-Max Moves page with the new moves revealed today, including AttackDex pages for each.
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In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
The Wild Area Event has now shifted in Pokémon Sword & Shield. With this, Gigantamax Meowth has left the boosted raids and with this, over 22 different Gigantamax Pokémon are starting to appear in Max Raid Battles across Pokémon Sword & Shield. This event runs until 23:59 UTC on June 29th 2020
Edit @ 01:15: We have updated our section with full details of this Max Raid Battle Event
In The Games Department
Pokémon HOME
A new gift has begun. This gift offers the Galar Starters with their Hidden Abilities: Grookey with Grassy Surge, Scorbunny with Libero and Sobble with Sniper, to all Pokémon HOME players. To get it, you need to deposit a Pokémon from Pokémon Sword & Shield into Pokémon HOME on the Switch and then check the Mystery Box in Pokémon HOME on mobile
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
A new update is starting to roll out on iOS/Android for Pokémon GO. This update brings a variety of bug fixes and the following improvements:
You can now see how many Charged Attacks are stored up by white rings surrounding the Charge Moves in Raid and Trainer Battles
You can no longer use a Mystery Box at the same time as Incense
You can now use Apple ID as a sign in method
GO Battle League ratings have temporarily been removed
Adds the Reality Blending AR feature for some Android devices pending activation
