Wednesday: Pokémon Sword & Shield Information + Pokémon Rumble Rush - Jirachi and the Starry Sky Event + Pokémon GO - Community Day & Update
07-08-2019 05:45 BST / 00:45 EDT by Serebii
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Last Update: 18:00 BST
Edit @ 07:00: Pokémon Rumble Rush | Edit @ 12:31: Pokémon Sword & Shield Information | Edit @ 18:00: Community Day
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
The latest news for Pokémon Sword & Shield is to be released today at 14:00 GMT / 09:00 EDT / 06:00 PDT / 22:00 JST. We'll be updating this post the second any new element is revealed so be sure to keep checking back.
Edit @ 14:00: The trailer has been released
It shows Galarian Zigzagoon, Linoone and its evoltuion Obstagoon, which are Dark/Normal as well as Galarian Weezing which is Poison/Fairy
A new Pokémon called Morpeko has two forms Full Belly Mode and Hangry Mode which changes its Aura Wheel attack which changes from Electric-type to Dark-type on form change
It also reveals another rival trainer, Bede & Marnie, and the antagonists, Team Yell who are fans of Marnie
PokéJobs are jobs at the Rotomi PC in the Pokémon Center where you can send Pokémon to achieve tasks and gain experience
Edit @ 14:20: We have updated our New Pokémon Page
Edit @ 14:21: We have created our Galarian Forms page
Edit @ 14:27: We have added over a dozen new screenshots to our Pre-Release Screeenshot page
Edit @ 14:36: We have updated our Abilities page
Edit @ 15:02: We have updated our Galar Pokédex page
Edit @ 15:10: We have updated our New Attacks page
Edit @ 15:14: We have created our Poké Jobs page
Edit @ 15:22: We have created a preliminary page on Team Yell
Edit @ 15:39: We have updated our New Character page
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In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO Community Day on September 15th will focus on Turtwig. This event will 3* Capture Stardust and has 3 Hour Lure Modules. However, it will also give out an as of yet unannounced special move to Torterra. We'll bring more details as they come.
The Community Day runs at 11am - 2pm in each local time zone
In The Games Department
Pokémon Rumble Rush
The new event has started in Pokémon Rumble Rush. This event is focused on an island based around Jirachi and contains various new Pokémon, new Gears and more. It runs for two weeks, until August 21st. As such, we're currently compiling everything about this new event and so this update and our Rumble Rush section will be updated with details over the coming days
Updated Location Listings with further details of Jirachi Sea
Edit @ 08:20: Also updated the Available Pokémon list
Edit @ 11:20: Updated the Gears list
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the next real life Pokémon GO event. This is the Safari Zone in Montreal, Canada. It is a ticketed event that takes place from September 20th through 22nd and focuses on Pokémon that evolve into fast Pokémon. With this, Yanma will also spawn more globally.
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
A new patch is starting to rollout for Pokémon GO on Android with an iOS release expected later. This patch brings the game up to the internal version 0.151.0 and contains a variety of fixes. First is a new Egg Hatch animation. Second, the game now puts in suggested teams for battles against Team GO Rocket. We're still investigating further into what is contained in the update so be sure to keep checking back
