Thursday: Pokémon Masters EX - Verdant Guardian Event + Pokémon World Championships 2022
17-03-2022 01:04 GMT / 21:04 EDT by Serebii
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Edit @ 13:01: World Championships Date | Edit @ 20:00: Pokémon GO
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO event. This event is the Lush Jungle themed event and is due to run from March 22nd at 10:00 to March 29th at 20:00 local time and introduces Fomantis, Lurantis & Tapu Lele into the game as well as Shiny Cottonee
Special Research themed around Akala Island will become available for all players.
Timed Research focused on Grass-type Pokémon will be available
Metapod, Paras, Exeggcute, Pinsir, Hoothoot, Sudowoodo, Cottonee, Ferroseed and Fomantis will be in the wild
Bellsprout, Tangela, Sewaddle & Cottonee will be in 1 Star Raids
Butterfree, Vileplume, Parasect & Exeggutor will be in 3 star Raids
Tapu Lele will be in 5 Star Raids
Caterpie, Paras, Parasect, Exeggcute, Sunkern, Wurmple, Seedot, Cottonee, Ferroseed and Fomantis will be in Field Research
On March 26th from 10:00 to 20:00 local time, you'll find Cottonee in parks and it will be able to be Shiny for the first time in the game
In The Games Department
Pokémon Masters EX
The Verdant Guardian Event has begun in Pokémon Masters EX. This event is a Story Event focused around the discovery of Zygarde Cells throughout Pasio. It runs alongside a Master Fair Scout adding the sync pair of Serena & Zygarde. It runs unil March 31st 2022.
We're currently compiling all details in our Verdant Guardian event section
In The Games Department
Pokémon World Championships
The dates for the Pokémon World Championships have been given. This event will be held from August 18th through August 21st 2022 in the ExCeL London, London, UK and will feature the tournaments for: Pokémon Sword & Shield, Pokémon Trading Card Game, Pokémon GO, Pokémon UNITE and Pokkén Tournament DX.
There will be a temporary Pokémon Center store on August 17th through 21st at the event venue. Invited players will not have to pay for entry but there will be spectator badges which require payment to get. Details on spectators will come soon
