Tuesday: Pokémon GO - Pokémon Day 2020 Event + Pokémon Masters - New Chapters & Events + Pokémon the Movie Coco
25-02-2020 03:05 GMT / 22:05 EST by Serebii
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Edit @ 06:01: Pokémon Masters | Edit @ 09:36: Shining Star | Edit @ 12:24: Pokémon Trading Card Game Japanese Sets | Edit @ 21:00: Pokémon GO
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
The Pokémon Day 2020 event is now live in Pokémon GO. To celebrate Pokémon's 24th anniversary, from now until March 2nd at 21:00 UTC, Pikachu and Eevee in Party Hats will spawn in the wild. In 7km eggs and 1 Star raids, you'll find Party Hat Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle all of which can be shiny.
In addition to that, to celebrate the international release of the movie Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution on Netflix on Thursday, various Pokémon from the movie and their pre-evolutions will spawn in the wild in greater numbers, Clone Pikachu will appear in GO Snapshots as a photobomb while Clone Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise can be found in 4 Star Raids. Finally, Armored Mewtwo returns as a Level 5 Raid Boss with the new move of Psystrike.
Finally, you will also be able to do 2 Special Trades a day
Edit @ 22:07: The Raid Bosses have shifted with this event. It's also confirmed that the clones know the Community Day moves of Frenzy Plant, Blast Burn and Hydro Cannon
In The Games Department
Pokémon Masters
The new Chapters have been added to Pokémon Masters including the new Sync Pair of Valerie & Sylveon. In addition to this, many existing Sync Pairs now have full evolutions. Alongside this, a special 5☆ Select Special Scout is running until March 16th. We're currently cataloguing all elements of the new Chapters so be sure to keep checking back
In The Games Department
Pokémon Masters
The next Story Event has been announced for pokémon Masters. This Story Event features Sygna Suit Elsa & Rotom and will be coming soon to the game. It's currently unclear what will be included with the event but we'll provide full details as it comes
In The Anime Department
Pokémon Movie
It has been confirmed that the next trailer for the next movie, Pokémon the Movie Coco will air during Friday's episode of Japanese Variety Show Oha Suta. We'll provide full details on this new trailer as they come
In The TCG Department
Pokémon Card Sets
Various Japanese retailers have started listing details for upcoming sets of cards in Japan
The first set is called World Down and will release in Japan on June 5th 2020. This set has over 100 cards in and is focused around Eternatus' Eternamax form and provides a Dark-type Eternatus VMAX card.
The second set, the subset S3a, is called Legend's Heartbeats and will release in Japan on July 10th 2020, the same day as the movie Pokémon the Movie Coco and focuses on the Pokémon Celebi. It contains over 70 cards including a new card rarity called "Amazing Rare" which are powerful cards but you only take 1 Prize card when you defeat them
