Thursday: Pokémon Sword & Shield - Max Raid Battle Event
06-08-2020 06:58 BST / 01:58 EDT by Serebii
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Edit @ 08:03: Sales Data | Edit @ 14:00: Pokémon Twilight Wings
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
The Wild Area Event has now shifted in Pokémon Sword & Shield. With this, a special event featuring the Pikachu family including Alolan Raichu has begun. It also has a slot featuring shiny Pikachu. This runs until August 9th at 23:59 UTC
Edit @ 07:18: We have updated our section with full details of this Max Raid Battle Event, as well as updated our ItemDex for TR locations.
In The Anime Department
Pokémon Twilight Wings
The seventh and final episode of the Pokémon Twilight Wings web anime series is now live. This series is a web based show separate from the main anime which focuses on the characters of the Galar Region. It is produced by Studio Colorido and airs monthly on the official youtube channel. The episode can be found below. We're currently updating all our databases with the content of this episode.
Edit @ 14:18: Our Anime Dex is now updated with the contents of Twilight Wings Episode 6 - Sky
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In The Games Department
Pokémon Café Mix
Pokémon Café Mix has received an update, with this the following have been altered:
Stages 51-150 have been adjusted
Munchlax is no longer as heavy and can move better
The hitbox after clearing combos is now larger in order to take out gimmicks
You now get a better view on if a Pokémon isn't ideal for an order
You will no longer use a move when you tap a Pokémon
In The Pokémon Department
Pokémon Sales Data
Today is Nintendo's quarterly financial release and with it comes various sales data for the Pokémon 3DS and Switch games. As of June 30th, the Pokémon game sales are as follows
Pokémon X & Y: 16.45 million
Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire: 14.27 million
Pokémon Sun & Moon: 16.18 million
Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon: 8.77 million
Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! & Let's Go, Eevee: 12.2 million
Pokémon Sword & Shield: 18.22 million
This puts Pokémon Sword & Shield as the third best selling Pokémon game of all time after just 7 and a half months on sale, behind Gold & Silver and Red & Blue
