Wednesday: Pokémon Masters EX - Anniversary + Pokémon Café Mix - New Orders

24-02-2021 03:02 GMT / 22:02 EST by Serebii

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Last Update: 21:01 GMT
Edit @ 06:00: Pokémon Café Mix | Edit @ 21:01: Pokémon GO

Pokémon GO

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Pokémon GO

Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO events for March 2021.
First, the Research Breakthrough Reward has been announced. From March 1st 2021 at 20:00 UTC to March 30th 2021 at 21:00 UTC you'll get a Gible

The 5 Star Raid Battles have been confirmed:
From March 1st 08:00 local time through March 6th 08:00 local time, Landorus Incarnate Forme will be in raids, with its Shiny being available
From March 6th 08:00 local time through March 11th 08:00 local time, Tornadus Incarnate Forme will be in raids, with its Shiny being available
From March 11th 08:00 local time through March 16th 10:00 local time, Thundurus Incarnate Forme will be in raids, with its Shiny being available
From March 16th 10:00 local time through March 30th 10:00 local time, Thundurus Therian Forme will be in raids
From March 30th 10:00 local time, Tornadus Therian Forme will be in raids until some time in April
Giovanni will return to Pokémon GO with new Special Research that will give Shadow Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres in March, April and May respectively starting February 28th at 00:00 local time
Mega Blastoise, Pidgeot and Ampharos will be in Mega Raids from March 1st through to March 16th at 10:00 local time. Then, Mega Houndoom, Mega Abomasnow and a Surprise Mega Evolution will be available from March 16th

The events in March have also been revealed
From March 9th through March 14th, the Searching for Legends event will run. This event focuses on searching for Legendary Pokémon and offers a chance to get Shiny Nosepass
From March 16th through March 22nd, the Charge Up event will run. This event features the introduction of some Electric-type Pokémon to Pokémon GO
From March 24th through March 29th, the Weather Week event will run to celebrate the Therian Formes being added to Pokémon GO. It features Weather-themed Pokémon spawns and new avatar items
An Incense Day focused on Psychic and Steel-type will run on March 14th, focusing on Psychic and Steel-type Pokémon including Beldum
A Raid Weekend event will run from March 27th through March 28th

Every Monday, a box containing 1 Remote Raid Pass, 10 Ultra Balls and 10 Razz Berries will be available
Niantic also are announcing some Quality of Life improvements to Candy XL:
Trading has a chance of rewarding Candy XL for Pokémon you have traded. The greater the distance, the better the chance
Walking with your buddy now offers a chance to get Candy XL
Catching Legendary, Mythical and Evolved Pokémon guarantees you a reward of Candy XL

Pokémon GO

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Pokémon GO

Niantic have announced the Spotlight Hours for the month of March. They happen at 6pm to 7pm local time are as follows:
March 2nd - Krabby - 2* Transfer Candy
March 9th - Drowzee - 2* Evolution Experience
March 16th - Voltorb - 2* Catch Stardust
March 23rd - Surskit - 2* Catch Experience
March 30th - Slugma - 2* Catch Candy

Niantic have also announced a new test of Bonus Hours running from 18:00 local time each Thursday
March 4th - GO Rocket Hour - Increased Rocket Balloon spawns
March 11th: Mega Bonus Hour: Candy - More Candy when catching Pokémon of the same type as your active Mega Evolution
March 18th: Mega Raid Hour - Mega Raids are more common

Pokémon Masters EX

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Pokémon Masters EX

DeNa have unveiled the first part of their special 1.5 anniversary and Pokémon anniversary celebrations within a new trailer showcasing upcoming elements to the game, this confirms the Sync Pairs of Leon & Charizard, Marnie & Morpeko, Diantha and Gardevoir and Iris & Hydreigon are to come soon
Leon & Charizard will run from February 26th as a Master Sync Pair
Marnie & Morpeko will also run from February 26th
Gloria will return on March 4th
A Story Event featuring Leon, Champion Time, starts on February 26th
A Solo Event based on Marnie, Yell and Dream, runs from March 4th
Another Story event, Shining Heart of Dragons featuring Iris (Champion) runs from March 18th
Various usability updates are coming to Sync Grids
Iris and Diantha will be made available from March 18th and March 31st respectively
Legendary Arena Latias will run from March 31st
We'll provide full details of these additions when the update featuring them, and the new events go live so be sure to keep checking back
Edit @ 07:54: The update has been released and we've updated our section accordingly

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Pokémon Café Mix

Pokémon Café Mix has received an update. This update has has added 30 new stages and various new Pokémon, gimmicks and offerings. We're currently collating all the details for the new stages so be sure to keep checking back
Edit @ 07:19: Updated the Gimmicks & Regular Orders pages with all the new details. It's confirmed the next batch of orders will be released on March 10th

Pokémon Café Mix

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Pokémon Café Mix

The next event has begun in Pokémon Café Mix. This event is the Celebi Event repeat and adds a Celebi to the game as a Special Customer. It runs until March 10th 2020

Until Next Time, See Ya