Thursday: Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Battle Competition + Hoopa Event
07-01-2016 07:08 GMT / 02:08 EST by Serebii
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Last Update: 18:12 GMT
Edit @ 07:58: Battle Competition | Edit @ 10:18: LINE Stickers
In The Games Department
Pokémon - Battle Competition
The next Battle Competition has been announced. This is the 2016 International Challenge January competition. This competition is a Double Battle competition and runs the current VGC rules. These rules allow for you to use two of the box Legendary Pokémon: Mewtwo, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Xerneas, Yveltal & Zygarde. Registration runs from January 21st to January 28th while battles run from January 29th through January 31st. All entrants get 2000 PokéMiles. It is not confirmed if people in the west get CP for this competition yet.
Edit @ 18:12: It has now been confirmed that Championship Points will be given to the top 256 players in each age division.
In The Games Department
Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
For those of you in Australia and New Zealand, the Hoopa event has been detailed. This event will be running at JB Hi-Fi stores for a week from January 18th 2016 to January 26th 2016, though is subject to change, and is done via a Serial Code card given to you in the store. This event can be redeemed in X, Y, Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire so be sure to get it while you still can
Edit: Confirmed for JB Hi-Fi, EB Games and Big W in Australia and JB Hi-Fi and EB Games in New Zealand
In The Pokémon Department
Pokémon - LINE Stickers
For those of you who have the social media app, LINE on your iOS, Android or Windows Mobile devices, The Pokémon Company has today put out a batch of 24 animated stickers that can be used in messages on that social media app. These can be purchased globally for 100 coins, 240¥, €1.99, Ł1.49, $1.99 within the app for the entire set of 24. This follows a theme released on LINE a few weeks ago
