Pokémon Day 2020

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Announcements

Zarude

Date: February 27th 2020

During the special promotion of the winner of the Pokémon popularity Poll, the new Mythical Pokémon, Zarude was officially revealed for the first time globally. This was followed up by a trailer for the movie Secrets of the Jungle the following day in Japan

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Zarude

Pokémon Masters - 6 Month Anniversary

Date: February 27th 2020

Pokémon Masters revealed their six month anniversary details on Pokmon Day in 2020. This included the introduction of the Sync Pair of Red & Charizard as well as the introduction of the Battle Villa feature and the announcement of eggs coming to the game

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Pokémon Masters - 6 Month Anniversary

Pokémon Shirts - Johto

Date: February 27th 2020

On Pokémon Day, Pokémon Shirts announced their second wave of shirts, with 100 designs based around the Pokémon of the Johto region

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Pokémon Shirts - Johto

Game Events

Pokémon Sword & Shield - Pokémon Day Event

Date: February 27th 2020 - March 1st 2020

A special Pokémon Day Max Raid Event was held in Pokémon Sword & Shield. This event featured the first wild possibilities of getting Bulbasaur and Squirtle in the game and featured non-catchable Mewtwo battles that gave major reward

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Pokémon Sword & Shield - Pokémon Day Event

Pokémon GO - Pokémon Day Event

Date: February 25th 2020 - March 2nd 2020

To celebrate Pokémon Day, a special event was held that tied to both Pokémon Day with the addition of Kanto Starters in Party Hats, and the movie Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution with the return of Armored Mewtwo to the game and the introduction of Clone Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise and Pikachu.

A Raid Day featuring Party Hat Nidorino and Gengar was also held during this event.

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Pokémon GO - Pokémon Day Event

Product Releases

Mewtwo Strikes Back EVOLUTION

Date: February 27th 2020

The movie, Mewtwo Strikes Back EVOLUTION, was released on Netflix internationally. This was the first release of the movie outside of Japan

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Mewtwo Strikes Back EVOLUTION

Activities

Pokémon of the Year

Date: Online

In the run-up to Pokémon Day, Google ran special polls on who the most favourite Pokémon for each region were. This was dealt with on Google's Search Engine and the results were released on Pokémon Day with Greninja winning the poll