Friday: Pokémon Sword & Shield Coverage Day 2
15-11-2019 05:23 GMT / 00:23 EST by Serebii
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In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield Coverage Day 2
It's Pokémon Sword & Shield's launch day. As such, our usual discoveries are in progress. As usual, I'll be posting the main focal points here, while more in-depth details go on the discovery thread on the forums If you want to remain unspoiled, do not click the spoiler tag, nor visit the Sword & Shield section until you have your game. Don't worry as blatant spoilers will NOT be on the home page.
Our Sword & Shield page and our Pokédex are all continually being added to
Edit @ 05:23: The game is now live globally on the Nintendo Switch eShop
Edit @ 05:23: Created a page on Updated Moves
Edit @ 06:50: Updated the ItemDex and New Items page with new items. In-depth details and locations are to come
Edit @ 07:21: Created apage on Wild Pokémon Hold Items
Edit @ 08;47: Created a page on Move Tutors
Edit @ 09:37: Updated the Pokédex & New Pokémon as well as much of the Sword & Shield section with native imagery
Edit @ 10:32: Updated the Pokédex to include Catch Rates, Gender Ratios as well as sorting by EV yields and Egg Groups
Edit @ 11:39: We have created the Galar Region Pokéarth Database which lists each location as well as each Pokémon found within it and each trainer you can battle there. Item details and further details on each area will be added as time passes. We are also still compiling locations of the Strong Pokémon that spawn outside of the usual grass in the overworld as they are listed separately. They will be added soon
Edit @ 12:37: Altered the Pokédex to link to the locations in the Locations box
Edit @ 13:40: Added our Sword & Shield IV Calculator
Edit @ 14:43: Updated the Gym Page with details on the gyms and their leaders
Edit @ 15:36: Created a page on Dynamax Crystals
Edit @ 15:55: Altered the Pokédex to have a section dedicated to in-depth locations
Edit @ 17:12: Created a page on the Champion Cup
Edit @ 18:15: Created a page on the Digging Duo
Edit @ 19:20: Created a page on the Champion Cup Rematches
Edit @ 19:42: Updated the ItemDex and Galar - Pokéarth section with shop details. Note: Some shops have stock rotating daily that we're currently cataloguing
Edit @ 20:18: Created a page on Pokémon with a Brilliant Aura
Edit @ 20:54: Updated the Max Raid Battles section with more details. We're currrently working on associating each den with each encounter chart
Edit @ 21:27: Created a page on Legendary Pokémon
Edit @ 21:46: Updated the ItemDex and Galar - Pokéarth section with preliminary item details. At present we're still collating most items, including hidden items in the Wild Area, so these will be continually updated in the coming days
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO event. This event is to tie in with Pokémon Sword & Shield and introduces Galarian Zigzagoon, Galarian Linoone and Galarian Weezing into the game
In The Pokémon Department
Pokémon Masters
The Victory Point Rally event has begun. During this event, the entire userbase of Pokémon Masters works together by winning lots of battles between today and November 25th at 05:59 UTC. During this, if players accumulate a combined amount of points they will get special rewards
10,000,000 Points: 1000 Gems, 10 Gym Leader Notes, 20 3☆Level Up Manual, 100 Ultra Buff Blend, 100 Ultra Tech Tonic, 100 Ultra Aid Ade, 300 Great Buff Blend, 300 Great Tech Tonic, 300 Great Aid Ade, 500 Buff Blend, 500 Tech Tonic, 500 Aid Ade, 15 Super Training Machine, 30 Training Machine, 10 Skill Capsules
25,000,000 Points: The above plus 5 Evolution Shards
50,000,000 Points: The above plus 1,000 Gems
75,000,000 Points: The above plus 3 Evolution Crystals
100,000,000 Points: The above plus 1,000 Gems
Each Battle gets 1 point except for Courses that give 4 Points and Supercourses and Training Event battles that give 5 Points
In The Games Department
Pokémon International Championships
Today marks the first day of the third Pokémon Latin American International Championships in Sao Paolo, Brazil, and, like previous events, the event is going to be officially streamed by The Pokémon Company International across three different streams. Each game has got its own individual stream
The Stream will begin shortly before 12:00 BST / 07:00 EDT / 04:00 PDT / 22:00 AET
Click the following links to go to the respective streams
Pokémon International Championships -
Pokémon Trading Card Game International Championships
