Tuesday: Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Special Battle Season 11 + Pokémon GO - Challenge Rewards
03-07-2018 05:01 BST / 00:01 EDT by Serebii
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Edit @ 05:50: Pokémon GO Special Weekend | Edit @ 07:00: Pokémon Shuffle | Edit @ 19;23: Episode Title
In The Games Department
Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Special Battle Season 11
The Special Battle rules for Season 11 have been revealed. Season 11 will run from July 10th to September 3rd 2018 and runs on Sun & Moon and Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, with rankings separate to eachother. This ruleset is rather standard but allows use of Mythical Pokémon, as well as standard Necrozma and Zygarde
Battle type: Single Battle
Pokémon Restrictions: National Pokédex. No Mewtwo, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Arceus, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Xerneas, Yveltal, Solgaleo, Lunala, Dusk Mane Necrozma, and Dawn Wings Necrozma cannot be used..
The other standard rules apply, including all set to Level 100 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.
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the Pokémon GO Special Weekend in Japan. On the weekened of July 26th through 29th, there will be special events held at partner locations across Japan. These locations require purchasing a ticket at stores which then allow you to check in at participating sponsored PokéStops on the day. When at the event, from 10:00 to 20:00 JST on particular days, there will be increased spawns of various Pokémon and Double Experience for all participants with the spawns happening anywhere in Japan. The Pokémon are
July 26th - Softbank - Unown S, B & Charmander
July 27th - Toho Cinemas, Tully's Coffee & Joyfull - Unown T, J & Squirtle
July 28th - McDonalds - Unown M, D & Pikachu
July 29th - Aeon - Unown A, E & Bulbasaur
Tickets can be obtained by answering questionaires and shopping at various stores and exchanged for participation tickets on:
Softbank/Y Mobile - July 5
McDonalds - From July 11
Toho Cinemas - From July 13
Aeon - From July 13
Joyful - From July 15
Tully's Coffee - From July 24
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have confirmed details for the Articuno Day on Saturday. In the same times as Community Day, players will be able to receive 5 Raid Passes from the Gym, as well as participate in raid battles against Articuno, with a chance of them being shiny. In addition to this, until 23:59 UTC tomorrow, Corsola and Roselia will have higher spawns in Europe as an apology for the Safari Zone event having issues on Saturday
In The Games Department
Pokémon Shuffle - Events
Pokémon Shuffle has begun Week 21 of its event cycle. This cycle continues the Escalation Battle from last week as well as the following stages that will run for a week
The Ultra Challenge Stage is a stage for Guzzlord
The Great Challenge Stages are Hitmonchan, Gardevoir (Shiny), Landorus Therian Forme, Fennekin (Winking) & Araquanid
The Daily Pokémon are Oricorio Pom-Pom Style, Wishiwashi, Komala, Fomantis & Torracat
There's a One Chance Per Day stage for Jellicent (Female)
There's a Competitive stage for Mega Gardevoir
In addition to this, there's a Pokémon Safari containing Sewaddle, Cottonee (Winking), Cutiefly, Flabébé (Winking), Swadloon, Snubbull (Winking), Whimsicott (Winking), Floette (Winking), Chansey (Winking) & Leavanny which will last two weeks.
In The Anime Department
Pokémon Sun & Moon - Episode Title
Japanese TV Guides have revealed new episode titles for upcoming episodes of the anime. This episode is due to air on July 19th.
Episode 1025: Won't You Give us a Dance Dance Evolution?
