Monday: Pokémon Sword & Shield - Max Raid Battle + Pokémon Masters EX + Pokémon GO - Bidoof Day

28-06-2021 07:00 BST / 02:00 EDT by Serebii

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Edit @ 17:00: Pokémon GO Bidoof Day Event | Edit @ 19:27: Pokémon GO | Edit@ 21:00: GO Battle League

Pokémon Sword & Shield

In The Games Department

Pokémon Sword & Shield

Following this weekend's special event, the Max Raid Battle Event has reverted back to the prior event. From now until an unspecified date, various early game Pokémon such as Centiskorch, Corviknight and Orbeetle are in Max Raid Battles..

Pokémon GO

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Pokémon GO

Niantic have announced a Bidoof Day event as part of The Pokémon Company's Bidoof Day celebration on July 1st. This event concludes the Bidoof Breakout event and runs from 10:00 local time to 20:00 local time on July 1st
Bidoof will spawn at ain incredibly high rate in the wild
During the event, all 1 Star, 3 Star and 5 Star raids will be Bidoof. Mega Raids will not be available during the event
Any Bidoof caught during the event will know Superpower and you'll be able to use a Charged TM to each Bidoof Ice Beam, Shadow Ball or Thunderbolt. All 4 moves will be available via Elite Charged TM after
Team GO Rocket Grunts will have Bidoof in their teams more often
A Special Bidoof Cup will be available in GO Battle League. Only Bidoof will be eligible in this cup and only teams of Bidoof will be allowed
There will be a Special Research story for Special rewards including a Bidoof Hat. This is the first Special Research that lets you make choices that'll affect the story and experience.
There will be 4* Catch Experience during this event

Pokémon GO

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Pokémon GO

Niantic have started rolling out a new Pokédex feature in Pokémon GO. This allows for you to see various Pokémon you have caught in various categories including 4*, Shiny, Lucky, Shadow, Event and more. It's rolling out to players at random as part of a test and is unclear when it will hit for all players

Pokémon Masters - Jessie

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Pokémon Masters EX

DeNA have outlined some upcoming changes to Pokémon Masters EX
First, the Battle Subway masters Ingo and Excadrill & Emmet & Archeops will be added to the game as part of the story Event All Abord the Victory Train on June 30th
Main Story stages will not consume Stamina
You can now store 500 Pokémon from the Day Care
A Rock-Type Gear Event will run from July 8th which gives 3 Star Rock-type Gear. All battles of this event will be Co-Op
A Rock and Ground-type Egg Event will run on July 12th, alongside a Legendary Arena for Moltes
A new Seasonal Story event featuring Summer Sync Pairs of Gloria & Inteleon and Marnie & Grimmsnarl will run in Mid July
A Sync Pair- UUp Event will run in late July to give players a chance to add new Sync Pairs

Pokémon GO

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Pokémon GO

Pokémon GO Battle League has now shifted to the Master League format, alongside its Master League Classic format and the Element Cup, which only allows for Pokémon of Grass, Fire or Water-type. This will run until July 5th 2021 at 20:00 UTC

Until Next Time, See Ya