Tuesday: Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Coverage Day 7 + Pokémon Café ReMix
24-11-2021 06:00 GMT / 01:00 EST by Serebii
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Edit @ 21:01: Pokémon GO Battle League
In The Games Department
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Coverage Day 6
It's Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl's launch week. As such, our usual discoveries are in progress. . As such, our usual discoveries shall begin. As usual, I'll be posting the main focal points here, while more in-depth details go on the discovery thread on the forums If you want to remain unspoiled, do not click the spoiler tag, nor visit the Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl section until you have your game. Don't worry as blatant spoilers will NOT be on the home page.
Our Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl page and our Pokédex are all continually being added to, and we have a Version Exclusives page, Sinnoh Pokédex page and our Location Database and more available so be sure to check our section out. This update will be amended repeatedly with more pages and details as we get through the game
Edit @ 08:04: Updated the sections with various bug fixes
Edit @ 10:24: Updated the Item Database to include Berry data on individual Berry pages
Edit @ 11:32: As per request, I've made a page on unique evolution methods
Edit @ 13:22: Added female clothing images to the Trainer Customisation page
Edit @ 16:19: Updated our Sinnoh Location Database, Item Database & Item Listings with more items found in the Pokémon Hideaways in the Underground
Edit @ 16:47: Added some details for the Underground Man's tasks in the Grand Underground page
Edit @ 17:47: Updated the Pokémon Hideaways page with spawn counts
Edit @ 18:23: As per requests, I've made a page on Common locations of NPCs in the Grand Underground
Edit @ 19:36: I have started adding Sticker Locations to the page. if you get any we don't have listed be sure to let us know
Edit @ 20;53: Added a Following Pokémon page which lists the Berries that you will get when you speak your Pokémon
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have unveiled the lineup for Pokémon GO Battle League Season 10:
Great League & Great League Remix will run from November 29th - December 13th
Ultra League & Ultra League Remix will run from December 13th - 27th with the Holiday Cup beginning December 16th. Holiday Cup only allows Normal-, Grass-, Electric-, Ice-, Flying-, and Ghost-type Pokémon below 1500 CP
Master League, Master League Classic will run from December 27th - January 10th. You will receive 3* Stardust from winning.
Great League & Sinnoh Cup will run January 10th - 24th. Only Pokémon from Turtwig to Arceus will be allowed
Ultra League & Ultra League Premier Classic will run from January 24th - February 7th
Master League & Master League Premier Classic will run from Feb 7th - 21st with Love Cup being added. Love Cup only allows Red or Pink Pokémon
All three Leagues and the Johto Cup will run from Feb 21st through 28th. Johto Cup only allows Pokémon from Chikorita to Celeb under 1500 CP
Rewards will be based around Lysandre with players reaching Rank Ace Rank, Veteran, Expert and Legend getting avatar items: Gloves, Shoes, Top, Shorts and a pose respectively inspired by his pose. The Pokémon rewards are also changed to match Pokémon he has
Rank 1 has a guaranteed encounter with Pyroar, and standard encounters with Bayleef, Quilava, Croconaw, Spinarak, Chinchou, Azumarill
Rank 6 adds encounters with Mienfoo
Rank 11 adds encounters with Noctowl, Forretress, Shieldon, Skuntank, Frillish
Rank 16 adds Larvitar, Scraggy, Rufflet
Rank 20 adds the current Legendary Pokémon
Veteran Rank adds Noibat encouters
Expert Rank adds Deino encounters
Legend Rank provides a guaranteed encounter with Pikachu Libre
Rock Tomb will now lower opposing Pokémon's Attack in Trainer Battles
Pound's damage is reduced from 5 to 4
Bug Buzz's damage is increased to 100
Donphan will learn Body Slam
Noctowl will learn Shadow Ball
Magcargo will learn Incinerate & Rock Tomb
Octillery will learn Lock-On
Sudowoodo will learn Rock Tomb
Lairon will learn Rock Tomb
Aggron will learn Rock Tomb
Claydol will learn Rock Tomb
In The Games Department
Pokémon Masters EX
DeNa have unveiled some of the next elements of Pokémon Masters EX for the next month
Hall Skip is being added that lets you skip various halls in the Battle Villa
You'll be able to play Legendary Events at any time starting with Lurking Shadow
Champion Stadium is getting boosted with Master Mode with limits being raised to 1000 Points
A new Eggstreme Incubator will be available. Eggs in these will have half the incubation time but last for 2 weeks
Paulo Interlude will be released on November 26th as part of the Story Mode
Seasonal Outfits will appear on December 16th
A new Legendary Gauntlet event is announced for January next year, which allows for you to take on multiple Legendary Arenas in a row to get a new kind of Lucky Cookie to get new Lucky Skills
Edit: We have begun updating the section for the new Sync Pairs of Sonia & Yamper, Lusamine & Necrozma, Leon & Calyrex, Nessa & Eiscue, Elesa & Emolga & Grimsley & Bisharp
Edit @ 11:24: We have added the Legendary Adventures to the Main Story section
In The Games Department
Pokémon Café ReMix
New orders have been added to Pokémon Café ReMix, alongside the new Pokémon Chimchar. This adds stages 401-425 to the game. We're currently cataloguing all these new stages and details so be sure to keep checking back
Edit @ 08:25: We have updated the Main Orders and Menu Section with the contents of today's update. The next batch of Orders will be released on December 1st 2021
