Tuesday: Pokémon Sun & Moon - Special Battle + Battle Point Gift
05-09-2017 05:03 BST / 00:03 EDT by Serebii
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Edit @ 07:05: Pokémon Shuffle Events | Edit @ 07:30: Special Battle Season 6 | Edit @ 16:20: Pokémon Duel
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sun & Moon - Special Battle Season 6
The Special Battle rules for Season 6 have been revealed. Season 6 will run from September 12th to November 14th 2017 and runs on Sun & Moon. This ruleset bans the Top 15 most used Pokémon from the last few seasons of Battle Spot
Battle type: Single Battle
Pokémon Restrictions: National Pokédex.
Banned Pokémon: Mewtwo, Mew, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Celebi, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Jirachi, Deoxys, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, Arceus, Victini, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Keldeo, Meloetta, Genesect, Xerneas, Yveltal, Zygarde, Diancie, Hoopa, Volcanion, Cosmog, Cosmoem, Solgaleo, Lunala, Necrozma, Magearna, Marshadow,Ash-Greninja, Charizard, Gengar, Gyarados, Porygon2, Blaziken, Salamence, Garchomp, Lucario, Hippowdon, Mamoswine, Ferrothorn, Landorus, Greninja, Aegislash, Mimikyu, Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele & Tapu Fini
The other standard rules apply, including all set to Level 50 if above that, and you choose 3 Pokémon out of your 6, and you cannot have two Pokémon holding the same hold item. Battles have a 10 minute duration, with turns having a 60 second timer. Pokémon need to be from X, Y, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire, Sun or Moon
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sun & Moon - 50 BP Gift
For those of you who participated in the recent No Holds Barred/Spectral Thief Battle Competition, the entry gift is now available to all qualifying players through this link after logging into the Global Link. This gift is 50 Battle Points, and needs to be redeemed by October 30th 2017 at 23:59 UTC.
In The Games Department
Pokémon Shuffle - Events
A few brand new challenges have begun on Pokémon Shuffle and Pokémon Shuffle Mobile.
First is a new stage featuring Tapu Bulu. This stage will run until September 19th 2017
Next, a special Type: Null stage has begun and will also run until September 19th 2017
Next is a repeat of the Pokémon Safari. This Safari includes Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam, Tauros, Oddish, Gloom & Vileplume
A Decidueye Escalation Battle stage has also begun which runs until September 12th 2017.
Next is a Mega Beedrill competitive stage. This is a competitive stage that runs until August 22nd 201
Finally, the Reshiram and Machamp stages have begun repeat runs until September 19th 2017
Finally, the special challenge that includes Pikachu (Celebration) is now having the gift distributed
All of these require the version 1.4.18 to download. Our Pokémon listings have been updated with these Pokémon
In The Games Department
Pokémon Duel
The Pokémon Company International have just put out a release about the recent Pokémon Duel update. In this release, they didn't reveal much more but have confirmed that figures of Shiny Pokémon are to come to the game at some point soon. We don't have any further details of these variants but will provide them as they come
