Wednesday: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - New Information + Pokémon Sword & Shield - Ranked Battle + Pokémon Masters EX - Lyra & Celebi + Pokémon GO - Season of GO + Pokémon UNITE - Monthly Membership + Pokémon Café Mix - Slowpoke Points Event
01-06-2022 05:42 BST / 00:42 EDT by Serebii
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Edit @ 06:13: Pokémon GO Championships | Edit @ 07:00: Pokémon Masters EX & Café ReMix | Edit @ 14:00: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet | Edit @ 21:00: Pokémon GO
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Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
The latest news for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet has been released. We're currently compiling all details so keep checking back
The game will launch November 18th 2022
Pawmi is an Electric-type Pokémon
Smoliv is a Grass/Normal-type Pokémon
Lechonk is a Normal-type Pokémon
The Legendary Pokémon are Koraidon and Miraidon. Koraidon is exclusive to Scarlet and Miraidon is exclusive to Violet
It has 4 player play and allows for you to explore various locations with up to four people overall on the field
The rival is known as Nemona
There are two Professors, Professor Sada in Scarlet and Turo in Violet
The game is open world and can be explored in any order
Edit @ 14:08: We have added dozens of images to our Pre-Release Screenshot Page
Edit @ 14:17: We have updated our New Pokémon Page
Edit @ 14:30: We have updated our Available Pokémon Page
Edit @ 15:27: We have created a page on the New Characters
Edit @ 19:29: It has also been confirmed that Toby Fox has returned to create the field music for the games, which are rearranged throughout the game
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Pokémon Sword & Shield - VGC Ruleset
Ranked Battle Series 12/Season 31 is now live. This ruleset returns to the set of using 2 Restricted Pokémon and brings back Dynamax. This season will run from June 1st at 04:00 UTC to June 30th at 23:59 UTC. Be sure to check out our section for full details and Pokémon restrictions.
With this, the twenty-ninth season of Pokémon Sword & Shield's Ranked Battle has come to an end and with it, the rewards for participation in battles is now live. To get them, you need to check your ranking in the Ranked Battle mode and then go to Mystery Gift > Receive via Battle Stadium. These rewards include BP and items range from Armorite Ore up to Bottle Caps depending upon your placement.
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Pokémon Smile
It has been confirmed that the mobile game, Pokémon Smile, is to receive an update on Friday, June 3rd. This update will add 100 new Pokémon to the game for capture. At present no further details have been given for the update but we will provide them as they come
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Pokémon Masters EX - Villain Event
As part of the Team Rocket Attacks event in Pokémon Masters EX, a new Master Fair Scout is now available to get the Sync Pair of Lyra & Celebi. The scout runs until July 14th
Alongside this, two new stages have been added to the Epic Battle Event, Trio of Justice
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Pokémon GO
The Season of GO season is now rolling out in Pokémon GO. This runs from 10:00 local time today to 10:00 local time on September 1st 2022 and features differing spawns, as well as new Raid Bosses, Egg Pools, 2 Special Trades a day, and more. We're compiling all details in our section
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Pokémon GO
The Research Breakthrough Pokémon have shifted. From now until June 1st at 20:00 UTC, when you unlock a Research Breakthrough reward, the Pokémon will be Alolan Grimer and, with this, Field Research is shifting
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Pokémon GO
Pokémon GO Battle League Season 11 has begun. This season will run throughout the Season of GO and will change rulesets weekly. This week, the Great League and Great League Remix are currently running
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Pokémon UNITE
The Pokémon UNITE Club Membership rewards have shifted for the month of June. These rewards include the Hoopa Set for clothing, weekly rental Holowear, fortnightly rental Pokémon, 40 Gems each day and unique Holowear for Snorlax, the Sunshine Style.
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Pokémon Café ReMix
The Pokémon Café ReMix Slowpoke Points Event has begun. This event has players collect points by playing various stages in order to recruit Slowpoke. This runs until June 14th 2022
There is also a new Monthly Goal Pass which offers the Rainy Day Squirtle outfit
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Pokémon Café ReMix
New orders have been added to Pokémon Café ReMix. This adds stages 1101-1125 to the game including a new menu option to get Pancham. We're currently cataloguing all these new stages and details so be sure to keep checking back.
Edit @ 08:36: We have updated the Main Orders, Menu and Pokémon with the contents of today's update. The next batch of Orders will be released on June 8th 2022
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Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced another Pokémon GO Championship series qualifying event away from the Play! Pokémon circuit. This event will take place in Mexico City on June 18th - 19th and will offer 2 World Championship invitations
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The Pokémon Company
It has been announced that Managing Director of GAME FREAK, Junichi Masuda, is to leave his role in the company and join The Pokémon Company as a Chief Creative Fellow. Masuda has directed many Pokémon games including Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire, Pokémon X & Y and most recently, Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! & Let's Go, Eevee! while co-directing Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl
