Friday: Pokémon Café Mix - Overhaul + Pokémon Sword & Shield - Sandaconda Distribution & Online Competition + Pokémon TCG - Chilling Reign + Pokémon Anime - Episode Details & Character Biography
18-06-2021 06:02 BST / 01:02 EDT by Serebii
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Last Update: 17:06 BST
Edit @ 06:26: Global Exhibition | Edit @ 07:03: Pokémon Masters EX | Edit @ 08:09: Gigantamax Sandaconda Event | Edit @ 11:21: Character Biography | Edit @ 11:40: Episode Details
In The Games Department
Pokémon Café Mix
Pokémon Café Mix has detailed the new update coming to the game later this year. A closed Beta is going to run for the new features at a later point for Japan with sign ups starting today and the beta running in July. All entrants get 6,000 Acorns in their standard account. There are only 10,000 slots for the beta and it runs on iOS and Android only. Sign up can be done via the official site from today until June 30th and the beta will run next month
With this, yoiu will be able to destroy some gimmicks by crushing them and power up megaphones by combining them
There will be new changes to the game to collect Staff Pokémon
The Pokémon can be customised in their outfit and their level up consists of more changes including the ability to destroy my gimmicks
We have added new images to the Pre-Release Screenshot Page
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
A special tournament has been announced for October. This is the Global Exhibition and will feature a variety of players from around the world who have achieved excellent results in tournaments across the world. In Japan, players who rank highly in the Pokémon Japan Championships 2021 will be invited and in South Korea, the winner of the Pokémon Trainer Club 2021 competition next month will be eligible. It's currently unclear who will be invited or the invitation requirements from the rest of the world but we'll provide full details as they come.
Edit @ 17:06: It has been confirmed that the top players from each region (Europe, North America, Latin America, Oceania) in Players Cup IV will be invited to the Pokémon Global Exhibition this October
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
The Gigantamax Sandaconda Dynamax Crystal event has begun. Starting today, you'll be able to get the Serial Code to get a Dynamax Crystal ☆Sgr7348 which gets you a Max Raid Battle against Gigantamax Sandaconda. This is to tie in with the release of the Chilling Reign TCG set. This event runs until July 18th. It is given in the following locations:
GAME - UK
Micomania - France
GameMania - Belgium/The Netherlands
Gamestop (Online) - Gemany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland
We'll add more locations as they come so be sure to keep checking back
We have full details of the event in our Dynamax Crystals event page
Edit @ 10:19: Another Dynamax Crystal event has also been announced for Australia. This event gives the Dynamax Crystal ☆Sgr6913, which offers a Max Raid Battle against Flapple in Shield or Appletun in Sword. This matches the distribution Europe had earlier this year. To get it, go to an EB Games store in Australia while stock lasts
In The Anime Department
Pokémon (2019)
The latest episode has aired in Japan today. This episode features Goh get recruited for his first mission for the mysterious Project Mew Group. The AniméDex has been updated with the contents of this episode. Click the picture to go to the section but be warned however as it contains spoilers.
In The Anime Department
Pokémon (2019) - Character Biography
With the episode that has aired in Japan today, we have been able to update Goh's biography with new Pokémon he obtained in this week's episode. Be warned as it contains spoilers.
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
The next online competition has been begun. This competition, the Fair and Square is a Single Battle competition that allows for you to run standard rules only allowing Pokémon in the Galar Pokédex, Crown Tundra Pokédex and Isle of Armor Pokédex as well as the other Pokémon available such as Incineroar, but goes further with the blocks, it blocks all Legendary Pokémon including SubLegendary Pokémon such as Articuno, Landorus, Tapu Koko, Naganadel etc.. All players who enter get 50 BP
Battles run from June 18 00:00 UTC to June 20th 23:59 UTC.
In The Games Department
Pokémon Masters EX
Details of the next update for Pokémon Masters EX have been released. It is confirmed that you will no longer have to use Stamina in order to play Main Story stages and when you get Gear, you'll get additional upgrades alongside coins
In The TCG Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield- TCG Set Release
Today marks the release of the new Pokémon Sword & Shield TCG Set, Chilling Reign. This set contains over 200 cards of various Pokémon including various Pokémon-V & Pokémon VMAX and is focused around Pokémon from the Crown Tundra. It is made up of the Matchless Fighter, Silver Lance and Jetblack Poltergeist sets from Japan. Our card listing and the associated Cardex have been updated with the details of this set
