Thursday: Pokémon Masters - Electric-type Event
17-10-2019 07:00 BST / 02:00 EDT by Serebii
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Edit @ 09:15; Pokémon GO | Edit @ 21:00: Pokémon GO
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
The preview embargoes are up for Pokémon Sword & Shield and with this we are getting various bits of information including Pokémon newly confirmed in the Galar Pokédex. We're currently compiling all elements so keep checking back
In the previews, it also confirms that in the Wild Area you will sometimes see the strong looking Pokémon with a yellow aura. These have a few max IVs and may have some Egg Moves
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
The latest event has begun in Pokémon GO. This is the Halloween 2019 event, runs from 20:00 UTC on October 17th through 20:00 UTC November 1st and features Ghost & Dark-type Pokémon Gastly, Murkrow and Yamask appearing more in the wild and in raids wqith Shiny Yamask being available. Costumed Pikachu in the wild with Costumed Bulbasaur, Squirtle & Charmander (which can be shiny) in raids, Darkrai in 5 Star Raids, new costumes, new Field Research and new Special Research as well as
2× Catch Candy, 2× Hatch Candy, 2× Transfer Candy.
This event also contains new Special Research featuring Spiritomb that we are currently cataloguing
Edit @ 22:04: With this, new Raid Bosses have been added. We're currently compiling them all so be sure to check back
In The Pokémon Department
Pokémon Masters
The next Training Event for Pokémon Masters is now live. This event is the Electric-type Training Event event and features multiple Training Courses all weak to Water-type Pokémon, and a new Sync Pair Scout banner that increases the chance of getting the newly added Sync Pair, Elesa & Zebstrika. This event runs for two weeks until October 31st 2019. We're currently collating all elements of this event in our event section so click the image to go to the page
In addition to this, a new event is also being held, the Evolution Material Mining event.
Finally, a new EX Challenge has been added based on Pryce
In The Pokémon Department
Pokémon Masters
DeNA have put out another letter about Pokémon Masters detailing the changes they are implementing:
November - They will rework the rewards for stages
December: They will adjust game balance and Sync Pair events as well as more elements featuring Sync Pairs
January: They will alter the training system
February: They will add new content focused on single player gameplay
March: They will add more Episode events to show more of a bond of Sync Pairs
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO - Community Day
Following its postponement in Japan due to the recent Typhoon, the Trapinch Community Day has been rescehduled for October 26th 2019 for Japan. On this day, for three hours in each region, Trapinch will appear, enmass, in Pokémon GO with a chance of Shiny Trapinch appearing. During this event, when you evolve Vibrava into Flygon, it will know the move Earth Power, which is exclusive to this event. This can be done for a further 2 hours after the event. This coincides with 3* Capture Experience and 3 hour Lure Modules. This runs at these times:
It runs from 11am to 2pm in your local time
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Overnight, some changes have happened to the spawns in Pokémon GO. Previously unobtainable, evolved Hoenn Pokémon such as Salamence, Sceptile, Blaziken, Slaking and more are now spawning in the wild. We're currently collating all the species so be sure to keep checking back
