Wednesday: Pokémon Sword & Shield - Gigantamax Snorlax Event
04-12-2019 01:01 GMT / 20:01 EST by Serebii
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Last Update: 21:19 GMT
Edit @ 15:58: VGC Rules | Edit @ 21:04: Pokémon GO Event
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
Gigantamax Snorlax is now available in Raid Battles. If you connect online as standard or go to Mystery Gift -> Wild Area News you will download data for Gigantamax Snorlax raids which will allow for you to get the previously unobtainable form as well as various rewards for the battles. It will appear as random Max Raid Battles in any den throughout the Wild Area until January 5th 2020 so be sure to get it while you still can
Edit @ 02:24: We now have updated full details of all the Event Max Raid Battle Spawns
Edit @ 02:26: Updated the Itemdex with all locations for Technical Records from this event
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
The VGC 2020 ruleset has been announced. The rules are as follows:
Double Battles
Pokémon must be in Galar Pokédex and from Galar. Select Legendary Pokémon and Mythical Pokémon are not allowed
Battles have 90 second Team Preview
Your Time: 7 minutes | Move Time: 45 Seconds | 15 Minutes Game Time
Gigantamax Pokémon are allowed but will cycle through with more Pokémon being added every few months as they become more common through Wild Area Events. As of January 4th 2020, the following will be usable
Butterfree, Corviknight, Drednaw, Centiskorch, Meowth, Pikachu, Eevee, Snorlax, Sandaconda, Charizard (but only with Blaze)
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO event. This is the Evolution Event and features increased spawns of Pokémon that evolve in various ways. It runs from December 5th at 21:00 UTC to December 12th at 21:00 UTC. It also introduces Shiny Burmy and has unique Raids, Field Research and increased Egg Spawns. It also increases Lure duration to 1 hour, gives 2* Experience when evolving Pokémon and provides Evolution Items from Raid Battles
In addition to that, a special Raid Day will be held on Saturday December 7th from 11am to 2pm local times which features Kanto Starters in 1 Star, 2 Star and 4 Star raids. Players get 5 free Raid Passes during the event
Edit @ 21:19: We have created our usual page for the Evolution Event as well as the Evolution Event Raid Day
