Thursday: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - Online Competition + Pokémon Sleep - Good Sleep Day
25-01-2024 00:00 GMT / 19:00 EST by Serebii.
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Last Update: 18:00 GMT
Edit @ 06:00: Pokémon Masters | Edit @ 07:00: Pokémon UNITE | Edit @ 18:00: Pokémon GO
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO event. This event is the Lunar New Year: Dragons Unleashed event and is due to run from February 5th at 10:00 to February 11th at 20:00 local time and adds Drampa into the game
You will get increased chance of getting Lucky Pokémon in trades and of becoming Lucky Friends
Magikarp, Dratini, Shuckle, Fennekin, Skrelp, Noibat and Jangmo-o will spawn in the wild
Dratini, Deino and Goomy will be in 1 Star Raids
Druddigon, Turtonator and Drampa will be in 3 Star Raids
Dratini, Trapinch, Swablu, Gible, Darumaka, Druddigon, Deino, Skrelp, Tyrunt, Goomy, Turtonator and Drampa will be in Field Research
There will be a $2 paid Timed Research to get Stardust, Lucky Eggs and Event Pokémon
There will be a Global Challenge where if players complete 1 billion Nice Throws, some Pokémon with attacks will appear and more wild Pokémon will appear
In The Games Department
Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
Registration for the next Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Online Competition has begun. This competition is the Global Challenge 2024 I and features Double Battles in standard VGC rules
Registration is open from 00:00 UTC until February 1st at 23:59 UTC while battles run from 00:00 UTC on February 2nd - 4th.
This competition also gives 100,000 League Points, an Ability Patch and a Gold Bottle Cap to all players who complete 3 or more battles
Players enrolled in the Play! Pokémon Circuit will also receive Championship Points based on where they finish and players in Japan and Korea can earn a place in their national qualifiers
In The Games Department
Pokémon UNITE
Pokémon UNITE has received a small update which adds a variety of things to the game.
First, the Pokémon Gyarados is now available to purchase, and its New Year Holowear is now available to purchase in the shop for 1,050 Gems with animation for Movement. We're currently compiling full details for Gyarados in our Pokémon section for the game.
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sleep
The third Pokémon Sleep Good Sleep Day event is starting to roll out. This event runs from 04:00 local time today until 03:59 local time on January29th and features bonus Drowsy Power and Pokémon Experience for every Sleep Research that begins during this time period. This will give *1.5 Drowsy Power on January 25th and 27th and *2 Drowsy Power on January 26th
We have all details to our Good Sleep Day Event Page
In The Games Department
Pokémon Masters EX
A special event has begun. For one day only each month on the 25th, the Pokémon Masters Day event will be held. This event will give you a variety of rewards for completion. Alongside this, a special 25 Gem for 11 Sync Pair scout is now live. A sync Grid Expansion has happened for Cynthia & Kommo-o. Finally, the 6 Star EX for Acerola & Palossand has been unlocked
A special Master Fair Scout is also now live to give another chance to get the Sync Pair of Leon & charizard, unlocking its EX Role
We've updated our Pokémon Masters Day page with the details of this month's event.
