Friday: Pokémon Sword & Shield - Expansion Pass Reminder + Ball Distribution Reminder
10-01-2020 11:21 GMT / 06:21 EST by Serebii
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Last Update: 21:00 GMT
Edit @ 21:00: Pokémon GO
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
In case you missed it, yesterday the Pokémon Sword & Shield Expansion Pass was revealed. This Expansion Pass has two packs, The Isle of Armor & The Crown Tundra which each contain new areas, characters, story, features, New Pokémon, New Galarian Forms and New Gigatnamax variants. Each pack also coincides with a free content update which adds over 100 previously unavailable Pokémon each. The pack can be purchased now and a small free content update giving Galarian Slowpoke is now live
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have started to released some new changes to Pokémon GO. First, Pokémon with Trade Evolutions are now capable of being evolved by trading rather than just by Candy. These Pokémon are Kadabra, Machoke, Graveler, Haunter, Boldore, Gurdurr, Karrablast, and Shelmet
In addition to that, more Unova Pokémon are starting to appear:
Pokémon appearing in the wild: Roggenrola, Tympole, Dwebble, Trubbish, Karrablast, Joltik, Shelmet, and more.
Pokémon hatching from Eggs:
2 km Eggs: Venipede and Dwebble
5 km Eggs: Roggenrola, Tympole, Trubbish, Karrablast, Joltik, and Shelmet
10 km Eggs: Timburr, Tirtouga, Archen, and Axew
Pokémon appearing in raids: Timburr will also be available in one-star raids.
Pokémon appearing in the wild in certain parts of the world:
North America, South America, and Africa: Throh (also available in 10 km Eggs)
Europe, Asia, and Australia: Sawk (also available in 10 km Eggs)
Southern United States, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America: Maractus
Egypt and Greece: Sigilyph
Eastern hemisphere: Red-Striped Form Basculin
Western hemisphere: Blue-Striped Form Basculin
We have full details on each of these Pokémon in our Pokémon GO Pokédex. Click the image to go to the database.
Edit @ 21:19: We have updated our Pokémon GO Eggs Listing and Pokémon GO Regional Exclusive pages.
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
The currently running distribution for Pokémon Sword & Shield distribution various Poké Balls is due to end on Wednesday. This promotion tied in with a social media campaign featuring Ball Guy and provides 3 different balls per code. The codes are as follows:
K0UN1NMASC0T: Fast Ball, Moon Ball, Level Ball
1YAHAYA: Heavy Ball, Lure Ball, Beast Ball
0KUGAFUKA1B0RU: Love Ball, Friend Ball, Dream Ball
