Monday: Pokémon Sword & Shield - Max Raid Battles
21-09-2020 07:13 BST / 02:13 EDT by Serebii
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Last Update: 22:47 BST
Edit @ 17:02: Pokémon GO | Edit @ 20:15: Mega Buddy Challenge Event | Edit @ 22:47: Serebii Forums
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
Following this weekend's special September Equinox event, the Max Raid Battle Event has reverted back to the Electric and Grass-type event. From now until September 30th at 23:59 UTC, certain Grass or Electric-type Pokémon including Gigantamax Flapple, Appletun and Toxtricity are in Max Raid Battles..
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the next few events in Pokémon GO as part of a collaboration between Pokémon & Longchamp, running from October 2nd at 08:00 PDT to October 8th at 22:00 PDT. In this, Kirlia and Shinx in Top Hats will appear in raids, Croagunk with a backwards cap in the wild and Photobombs and Smoochum Wearing a Bow will be iun Eggs. Shiny Kricketot will be available in the event and some special Field Research will appear. Mareep, Skitty, Roselia, Kricketot, Croagunk wearing a backward cap, Blitzle, Cottonee, Minccino, Gothita will also spawn in the wild.
Edit @ 17:12: We have created our usual in-depth Event Page for this Longchamp Collaboration Event
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
The Mega Buddy Challenge event in Pokémon GO is now starting to roll out in Asia Pacific Regions. This event runs until September 28th at 22:00 local time and features various spawns, the addition of Shiny Doduo & Dodrio in the game. If players complete the Timed Research on time, then they'll be able to get some research during Halloween to get Mega Gengar
Edit @ 21:08: The 3 Remote Raid Pass Box for 1 Poké Coin has now also gone live in the game
In The Games Department
Serebii Forums
Following many requests, after afair bit of downtime today, the Serebii Forums have undergone a massive upgrade over to the latest version. All old users and posts remain but the forums have become more streamlined with a more intuitive user interface. Be sure to join the forums for all discussions on Pokémon.
