Friday: New Pokémon + Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - Palafin Event + Item Event + Tera Raid Battle Event

14-04-2023 01:00 BST / 20:00 EDT by Serebii.

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Edit @ 06:03: Pokémon International Championships | Edit @ 06:45: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Codes | Edit @ 09:17: Palafin | Edit @ 12:01: New Pokémon | Edit @ 12:35: Episode Details | Edit @ 21:00: Pokémon GO

Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - New Pokémon

In The Games Department

Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - New Pokémon

During today's first episodes of the Pokémon Horizons anime in Japan, a new Pokémon was teased
At present we have no details on this Pokémon including name, artwork or more but we'll provide full details as they come so be sure to keep checking back

Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - Palafin Distribution

In The Games Department

Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - Gift Distribution

A new distribution has begun in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. This distribution is given in the Europe International Championships stream and gives all players a Palafin based upon the Palafin used by Gavin Michaels in the Oceania International Championships in February.
It is obtained with the code 0C1CV1CT0RGAV1N and runs until April 17th 2023 at 23:59 UTC so get it while you can
We have updated our Event Database with full details of this event

Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - Distribution

In The Games Department

Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - Gift Distribution

A new distribution has begun in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. This distribution comes with three shared codes through special emails from Nintendo Japan and give a variety of items. They all run until October 2nd at 14:59 UTC
LEVELUP - 10 Rare Candy
REV1VE - 5 Max Revive
CATCHBYBALL - 5 Nest, Dive, Dusk, Timer, Quick & Luxury Balls

Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - Typhlosion Raids

In The Games Department

Pokémon Scarlet & Violet

The latest Tera Raid Battle event is now live in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. This is the Mighty Typhlosion event. This event has Typhlosion appearing in 7 Star Raids with the Ghost Tera Type, and adds it to the game. Players can only catch one Typhlosion from raids per save file
This event runs until April 16th at 23:59 UTC and will repeat again next week
We're currently compiling all details of the event so be sure to keep checking back
Edit @ 01:11: We have updated our section with full details of this Tera Raid Battle Event

The Pendant Where It All Began!

In The Anime Department

Pokémon Horizons

The latest episode has aired in Japan today. This episode features Liko arrive at the Indigo Academy in Kanto. 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.

The Pendant Where It All Began!

In The Anime Department

Pokémon Horizons

The latest episode has aired in Japan today. This episode features Liko get rescued by the Rising Volt Tacklers. 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.

The Pendant Where It All Began!

In The Anime Department

Pokémon Horizons

With the latest episode that aired in Japan, we have added a few new character biographies for new character
Liko
Friede
Amethio

Pokémon GO

In The Games Department

Pokémon GO

Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO event. This event is the Sustainability Week event and is due to run from April 20th at 10:00 to April 26th at 20:00 local time and introduces Bounsweet, Steenee and Tsareena into the game
Squirtle, Shellder, Larvitar, Wailmer, Drilbur, Cottonee, Petilil, Dwebble, Foongus, Froakie, Binacle and Bounsweet will be spawning in the wild
Cherubi, Drilbur and Bounsweet will be in 2km Eggs
You will get half distance for buddy Pokémon distance for getting hearts
There will be Timed Research which gives items as well as encounters for Drilbur, Trubbish and Bounsweet
Drilbur will be available in Field Research
There will be outfits based on Bounsweet
Your buddy will bring you souvenirs and gifts more often

Pokémon Championships

In The Pokémon Championship Series Department

Pokémon Regional Championships

Today is Day 1 of the Pokémon Europe International Championships 2023. Today features battles for four of the games in the current Play! Pokémon Circuit: TCG, GO and Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, with this being the first Pokémon International Championships to run Scarlet & Violet cards. All three games will be streamed in individual streams
All streams will begin at 09:00 (BST) / 04:00 (EDT) / 01:00 (PDT) / 10:00 (CEST)
We have all the streams in our Play! Pokémon Stream Hub which allows for tabbing between all streams or loading all together

Until Next Time, See Ya