Wednesday: Pokémon Sword & Shield - Isle of Armor Coverage Day 8 + Pokémon Café Mix - Coverage Day 1
24-06-2020 02:01 BST / 21:01 EDT by Serebii
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Last Update: 21:27 BST
Edit @ 07:38: Pokémon Rumble Rush | Edit @ 08:20: Zeraora Event
In The Pokémon Department
Pokémon Presents
Following the announcement of it last week in the prior Pokémon Presents, The Pokémon Company is set to air today at 13:00 UTC / 14:00 BST / 09:00 EDT / 06:00 PDT and will be 11 minutes long. We have embedded the stream for it and will post the full details as and when they come so be sure to keep checking back
Edit @ 14:04: The game is Pokémon Unite, a Team Based game for Nintendo Switch and mobile. It's developed by TiMi Studios
Edit @ 14:06: Players team up in teams of 5 to battle another team
You catch wild Pokémon in the field to score points. The goal is to score the most points
Unite Moves are exclusive to this game and do a lot more damage than the standard moves. Tactics such as surrounding and snealing to get to a goal are known tactics in this
Pokémon Unite is free-to-start for Nintendo Switch and Android/iOS and features crossplay
Edit @ 14:10: If you reach a goal, your HP is recovered
Edit @ 14:28: We have added several Pre-Release Screenshots to our new Pokémon UNITE section
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In The Games Department
Pokémon Café Mix Coverage Day 1
Following its reveal last week, Pokémon Café Mix is now available on the Nintendo Switch eShop, iOS and Android. As such, our coverage is beginning. We'll be posting details over the coming days as we play through with pages being made periodicially so be sure to keep checking back
Edit @ 02:01: Every month you'll get 6 new Pokémon added for free. There are to be events periodically. You can use Golden Acorns in order to improve your café and recruit Pokémon. There are also Puzzle Powers that allow for you to easily solve puzzles. With each puzzle you can bring a lead Pokémon in which has a special power you can activate and each stage has up to 3 requirements for completion. The puzzles are turn based.
Edit @ 02:27: A special Pikachu Pack is available to purchase from the shop giving a Special Pikachu Sweets Partner.
Microtransactions are 1,200 Acorns: Ł0.99, 6,100 Acorns Ł4.99, 12,200 Acorns Ł9.99 and 4,400 Acorns Ł19.99 as well as various packs
Edit @ 04:20: Around Order 50 you get a special Party Invite. Once a day you can invite various Pokémon to a party. Here you can do multiple stages designed to boost friendship of Pokémon so you can level them up
Edit @ 05:07: Scorbunny will appear as a customer to befriend and recruit in Pokémon Café Mix from July 1st through July 15th 2020
Edit @ 06:29: There are 100 Regular Stages to complete. When you finish them you unlock Master Café Mode which lets you keep playing to accumulate stars until the next set of new stages is released
Edit @ 06:42: Created a page for All Available Pokémon
Edit @ 07:07: Created a page for the Offerings of food and drink on the menu
Edit @ 07:32: Created a page for the Regular Orders Stage Listings, listing all 100 current stages and the tasks you need to complete them
Edit @ 08:24: Created a page for Party Invites and the mechanics behind them
Edit @ 09:38: Created a page for The Shop
Edit @ 10:05: Created a page for The Challenges
Edit @ 10:39: Updated the Available Pokémon section to create an entire page for each individual Pokémon, acting as a Pokédex, providing stats, location and more
Edit @ 10:56: Created a page for Master Café Mode
Edit @ 11:17: Created a page for Items
Edit @ 11:49: Created a page for Special Customer Events
Edit @ 12:22: Created a page for Gimmicks in Stages
Edit @ 20:00: Created a page for Gameplay Mechanics
Edit @ 21:27: Updated the Available Pokémon section with more Pokémon stats
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield Coverage Day 8
The Pokémon Sword & Shield Isle of Armor patch is now live and our copy is downloading. As such, our usual discoveries shall begin. 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 Pokédex and Pokéarth section with full information for the DLC including locations, learnsets and more
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield Coverage Day 6
The Pokémon Company have put out a note regarding the progress for the current Zeraora raid event. It has been confirmed that the target of 1 million players defeating Zeraora has been completely passed well in advance of the end of the event. As such, a Shiny Zeraora is to be distributed from June 30th 2020 in Pokémon HOME. To get this, you need to put a Pokémon in HOME from Sword & Shield at any time between now and July 7th. Then, when the event starts, you'll get access to the Shiny Zeraora. We'll provide full details when the event begins
In The Games Department
Pokémon Rumble Rush
The new Battle Royale Cup has started. This cup is the Diancie Cup and, from today until June 24th, will run a special bonus powering up Rock and Fairy-type moves. This cup includes two new pieces of Poké Glam to earn
