Wednesday: Pokémon Sword & Shield - New Reveals + Overview Trailer + Pokémon GO Week in Korea + Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
06-11-2019 08:32 GMT / 03:32 EST by Serebii
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Edit @ 10:35: Pokémon Sword & Shield Overview Trailer | Edit @ 14:05: Pokémon Sword & Shield | Edit @ 16:59: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
Some new Pokémon Sword & Shield information has been released. With this, from November 15th 2019 to January 2020, some Max Raid Battles for Gigantamx Pokémon will be more common. During this time, you'll find more Gigantamax Butterfree as well as Gigantamax Drednaw in Sword and Corviknight in Shield
They have also confirmed some new features: Mints are to be used to change the effects of the nature of a Pokémon. There is a mint for each nature which can be obtained within the game. There are also new EXP Candies which give a set amount of Experience for example EXP Candy XL gives 30,000 Experience points
You can now use vitamins to boost more of your Pokémon's stat than before. It is shown to use 23 of the same vitamin, beyond the 10 limit.
There's also an item that lets you change your Pokémon from your team into your boxes practically anywhere you go.
There is a new feature now where Pokémon of the same species can now pass Egg moves onto eachother in Day Care without breeding.
You can now nickname traded Pokémon that don't already have a nickname
Edit @ 14:19: We have updated our New Items page with details of all the revealed new items
Edit @ 14:35: We have multiple new Direct Feed Pre-Release Screenshots added for the game
Edit @ 15:20: We have begun an Online Competitions section which details all the online competitions, now with a unique page for each competition.
Edit @ 15:34: We have created a page to keep track of all Wild Area Events
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In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
After going live in Japan on Friday, the full English version of the Pokémon Sword & Shield Overview trailer has been released
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Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced a new feature coming to Pokémon GO: Buddy Adventure. This mode is to be a shared AR experience where players can interact with eachother's Buddy Pokémon including cross platform on iOS and Android. It's reported that you can play with the Pokémon in ways such as feeding berries. It's said it'll be given details in the coming months so be sure to keep checking back.
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
A new Pokémon GO Week in Korea event has been announced for South Korea. For four days from November 14th through 17th, around the G-Star event in Busan, South Korea, various Pokémon including Mudkip, Carvanha and Lotad will spawn in increased numbers, as will Unown and the Regional Pokémon, Illumise
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Super Smash Bros Ultimate
Today is the release of the next wave of DLC for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, adding the new character Terry from Fatal Fury as well as a new stage. With this, I have updated our secition to include all details on Terry as well as the new stage King of Fighters which also includes a list of all Poké Ball Pokémon and Assist Trophies that are incapable of spawning in the stage
