Friday: Pokémon Puzzle League - Switch Release + Pokémon UNITE - 1st Anniversary + Pokémon Movie - Summer 2022 Release & Distributions + Pokémon (2019) - Episode Details & Character Biography + PokéToon

15-07-2022 02:00 BST / 21:00 EDT by Serebii.

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Last Update: 22:04 BST.
Edit @ 11:20: Character Biography | Edit @ 11:25: Movie News | Edit @ 11:41: Episode Details | Edit @ 14:01: Pokémon UNITE | Edit @ 14:18: PokéToon | Edit @ 22:04: Pokémon World Championships Pokémon Center

Pokémon Sword & Shield

In The Games Department

Pokémon UNITE.

Pokémon UNITE has announced its 1st Anniversary Campaign. With this, the next 3 characters have been revealed officially.
Glaceon will be available on July 21st and can be obtained by completing missions. It will also have two pieces of Holowear when it goes live.
Buzzwole will be available August 4th.
Tyranitar will be available on August 16th. 3 More Pokémon will follow in September.
A new Boss Rush mode will be available in the game. This mode has you defeat large bosses for rewards. The higher your score, the better the rewards.
There will be Pokémon Boost Emblems added to the game which give a variety of boosts and obtained by Energy rewards. There will also be a variety of special event missions to earn rewards and Holowear. .
From July 21st through October 12th there are 5 Login Bonuses:.
Day 1: Pikachu & Fashionable Style: Pikachu.
Day 2: Lucario & Concert Style: Lucario.
Day 3: Blastoise & Firefighter Style: Blastoise .
Day 4: Snorlax & Bedtime Style: Snorlax .
Day 5: Sylveon & Checkered Style: Sylveon.
From July 21st through August 11th, there is a Friend Invitation campaign. This event has you invite friends to play the game for a variety of rewards including Slowbro Holowear, Fashion Tickets, Item Enhancers and more.
From July 21st through August 5th there is an event that gives you special item rewards if you log in with players who haven't played for over 14 days.
From July 23rd to July 25th and August 20th through August 22nd, if you team up with friends and play in Ranked Matches, you will get more points.
There will be a special BP Special Ticket in rewards which lets you exchange for items and Holowear from the first two Battle Passes.
From July 21st through September 2nd there will be a special Anniversary Cake Challenge. Collect cream by completing missions and build the cake to receive items including new Holowear for Cramorant and Crustle.
Ranked Battle Season 5 begins July 21st which includes Tuxedo Style Decidueye Holowear.
Various Holowear will return in shops or with a 7 Day Login Pack you can buy with 60 Gems to earn more missions for Holowear Tickets and select a Holowear.

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Pokémon Puzzle League

In The Games Department

Pokémon Puzzle League.

Pokémon Puzzle League is now available on Nintendo Switch in the Nintendo 64 software for all people with a Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack subscription. This game is the Nintendo 64 game that released in 2000 and is an anime and Panel de Pon tie-in where you go through the Indigo League against the Gym Leaders to become the Pokémon Puzzle Master. We covered this game in full so be sure to check out our section.

Pokémon World Championshis

In The Games Department

Pokémon World Championships

Following its announcement that the Pokémon Center at the Pokémon World Championships would require reserving timeslots, the opening of reservations has been delayed beyond the planned July 18th opening due to unforseen issues. It's currently unclear when they'll open but we'll provide more details as they come

Movie 2022

In The Games & Anime Department

Pokémon.

Following a recent online poll, it has been decided that the movie, , will be aired in cinemas across Japan from August 11th through September 1st 2022 to celebrate the Pokémon movie's 25th anniversary.
Pokémon Heroes will run from August 11th through 18th.
Jirachi Wish Maker will run from August 18th through 25th.
The Rise of Darkrai will run from August 26th through September 1st.
In addition to this, Latias will be distributed to Sword & Shield during the run for Pokémon Heroes, Jirachi during the run for Jirachi Wish Maker, Palkia will be distributed to Sword and Dialga to Shield during the run of Rise of Darkrai. World Cap Pikachu will run through all of them. This done through Serial Code when you go to the cinemas in Japan to see the movie. Our Event Database has been updated with this event.

VS Cynthia! Iris' Road to Dragon Master

In The Anime Department

Pokémon 2019 .

The latest episode has aired in Japan today. This episode features the continuation of the Masters Tournament with a battle between Iris and Cynthia. 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.

Character Biography - Cynthia

In The Anime Department

Pokémon 2019 - Character Biography.

With the episode that has aired in Japan today, we have been able to update Cynthia's biography with new Pokémon she has in this week's episode. Be warned as it contains spoilers.

Scraggy & Mimikyu

In The Anime Department

PokéToon.

The fourth episode of PokéToon is now available on the Pokémon TV app. This episode, The Slugma-Powered Home, is a story about a young trainer who puvisit her grandparents Pokémon filled house but she wants to bond with the friendly Slugma in the home. New episodes will continue to air weekly.

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