Friday: Pokémon Sword & Shield - Gastrodon Event + Pokémon TCG Sword & Shield - Astonishing Volt Tackle
14-08-2020 07:35 BST / 02:35 EDT by Serebii
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Last Update: 22:06 BST
Edit @ 08:00: Gastrodon Event | Edit @ 08:03: Café Mix | Edit @ 09:03: Pokémon Masters | Edit @ 13:40: Pokémon Journeys | Edit @ 19:00: Copperajah Crystal event | Edit @ 21:00: Pokémon GO
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
It has been announced that during the livestream of the Pokémon 2020 Japan Championships on August 22nd 2020, a distribution of an East Sea Gastrodon will be given. This Gastrodon is based on the Gastrodon of the winner of the 2019 Japan Championships and comes with a competitive moveset. Full details on the distribution aren't known but we will post when we have them. Our Event Database has been updated with details of this event
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
The Unova Week event has begun in Pokémon GO. From now until 20:00 UTC on August 21st, various Unova Pokémon will be in the wild and more in raids, adding Sewaddle, Swadloon, Leavanny, Cottonee, Whimsicott, Emolga and Bouffalant to the game. With this, Shiny Roggenrola & Shiny Genesect are now available inthe game. We're currently collating details on all spawns and other features of this event
Edit @ 22:06: We are now adding all the new Raid Bosses added in this event
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
Following the appearance in Gamestop signage earlier this week, The Pokémon Company International are now informing people that the Gigantamax Copperajah Dynamax Crystal event for the US has been cancelled. We'll post full details if it gets rescheduled so be sure to keep checking back
In The Games Department
Pokémon Masters
The next Legendary Event, New World Dilemma, has been announced for Pokémon Masters. This event features a story about the head of Team Galactic, Cyrus and allows for you to form a Sync Pair of Cyrus & Palkia. It's expected to arrive in a few days
In The Games Department
Pokémon Café Mix
A new event is being held. This event is Leah's Cheer Rush which allows for you to get a bonus for completing multiple orders in a row. This event runs until August 17th 2020.
In The Trading Card Game Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield - TCG Set Release
The Pokémon Company have officially revealed the next set for the Pokémon Sword & Shield TCG in Japan. This set, Astonishing Volt Tackle, is being released on September 18th 2020 and features a variety of further Galar Pokémon including the first Gigantamax Pikachu card. As such, our card listing and the associated Cardex have been updated with the details of this set with thanks to ToineLay for the help translating.
In The TCG Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield- TCG Set Release
Today marks the release of the third Pokémon Sword & Shield TCG set. This set contains 201 cards of various Pokémon including various Pokémon-V & Pokémon VMAX like Charizard and Eternatus. It is made up of the Infinity Zone & Explosive Walker sets from Japan. Our card listing and the associated Cardex have been updated with the details of this set
In The Anime Department
Pokémon Journeys
The Netflix app in the US has confirmed that the next batch of episodes for Pokémon Journeys are to be released on September 11 2020. At present it's unclear on if it will be another 12 episodes but we'll provide full details on the episodes as and when they come so be sure to keep checking back.
