Friday: Pokémon GO Spring Event + Pokémon Championship Series + Pokémon Coco + Pokémon Shirts
03-04-2020 08:03 BST / 03:03 EDT by Serebii
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Edit @ 11:06: Pokémon the Movie Coco | Edit @ 16:23: Pokémon Shirts | Edit @ 18:18: Spring Event | Edit @ 21:01: Spotlight Hour
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO event. This is the Spring 2020 event and features floral hat Pikachu, Pichu, Buneary, Togepi as well as Togepi themed outfits. At present they haven't revealed the full details of this event but we'll post as and when they come. This event runs from Thursday 9th April at 08;00 Local to Thursday April 16th at 22:00 local. It adds shiny Exeggcute. All Eggs from gifts during the event will be 2km eggs. It includes Field Research tasks that give Alolan Exeggutor, Azumarill and Audino. Lucky Eggs last an hour and you have 2 * Hatch Candy
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced some changes to the Spotlight Hour, combining the Pokémon bonus and Mystery Bonus Hour. From 6pm to 7pm local time on each Tuesday a specific Pokémon will have increased spawns and a special bonus
April 7th: Purrloin - 2* Catch XP
April 14th: Magnemite - 2* Catch Candy
April 21st: Wobbuffet - 2* Transfer Candy
April 28th: Pidgey - 2* Evolution XP
In The Games Department
Pokémon Championship Series
The Pokémon Company have put out their Japanese and Korean notices about the cancellation of the Pokémon World Championships this year. With this, the Korean League competitions have also been cancelled. However, The Pokémon Company has stated that Japan is still set to run with the Japan Championships, set to run June 27th/28th but the final decision on if it will run will come by Mid-May
In The Anime Department
Pokémon the Movie Coco
It has been announced that the plans to allow for prebooking tickets for the movie, Pokémon the Movie Coco have been delayed beyond the planned April 17th date. At present there's no further dates for when it will be able to be prepurchased. However, it has been stated that the movie is still set for release on July 10th 2020 at this time
In The Pokémon Department
Pokémon Shirts
It has been confirmed that the Johto Pokémon Pokémon Shirts will be available in Mid-April. Previously, only around 20 Johto Pokémon shirts had been revealed for pre purchase but today it was confirmed that all 100 Johto patterns will be available. We'll bring more information when they're finally live
