Monday: Pokémon GO - Remote Raid Battles + Pokémon Masters - New Update & Ho-Oh Legendary Event Announcement
27-04-2020 07:04 BST / 02:04 EDT by Serebii
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Edit @ 11:02: Ho-Oh Legendary Event | Edit @ 16:00: TCG 2021 Format | Edit @ 19;04: Pokémon GO Remote Raids | Edit @ 23:21: Pokémon GO Raids
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
A special Remote Raid Pass box is now live in Pokémon GO for 1 Poké Coin giving 3 Remote Raid Passes. You can also buy 1 Remote Raid Pass for 100 Coins or 3 for 250 Coins. You can only hold 3 Remote Raid Passes at a time. With this, Remote Raids are now possible for Level 40 players. Players can raid any Raid on their nearby even if not by it, and they can raid at any gym for a distance that they have a Pokémon in. It'll be rolled out to lower level players as time passes
Edit @ 19:56: It is now available for all Level 5 and above players. In addition to this, it's now know that, outside of these times, you will only be able to have 5 Remote Raiders per lobby
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Pokémon GO
A new feature has been added to Pokémon GO. From now until May 7th 2020, you can do the Throwback Challenge 2020: Kanto which provides some Field Research with various rewards. There are 9 different pages of Research to complete
Edit @ 21:15: Niantic have since disabled this research. We'll post should it return
Edit @ 21:40: It is back up and we are starting to compile all elements of the Throwback Challenge: Kanto Research
Edit @ 23:59: Niantic have confirmed that this went live early. Players who started it will be able to finish it while others will have to wait until it is added
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Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO Level 5 Raid. After Landorus leaves Raid Battles later today, the Mythical Pokémon Darkrai will be available until 20:00 UTC on May 5th. Then, Altered Forme Giratina will run until May 12th at 20:00 UTC and finally from May 12th to May 19th, Virizion will run with Shiny Virizion then available.
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Pokémon GO
Following on from the addition of the box with various itemslast week, from now until May 4th at 20:00 UTC, you will be able to purchase 30 Ultra Balls, 15 Pinap Berries & 15 Razz Berries for 1 Poké Coin in Pokémon GO. This purchase can only be made once
Niantic have also updated it so you can spin a Poké Stop from twice the normal distance
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Pokémon Masters
DeNA have put out a new update for Pokémon Masters. This update, Version 1.9 has added a variety of features. First is Eggs. Eggs will hatch after completion from a number of areas and will form a Sync Pair when hatched. More eggs are planned. You can raise affinity of Pokémon hatched from eggs to make them more powerful. This is done through Berry Tart items which will be available in a future update. The current eggs give Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle and require 5 battles to hatch. We've begun updating the Main Character Sync Pair page
There is a new Daily Scout feature at no cost to obtain various items and Sync Pairs. This is reset every day at 07:00 UTC and the Sync Pairs available will be reset periodically
You can also now change the order in which opponents will target your team members
You can now use Move Candy to level up the Sync moves of your Sync Pairs without the need to get them again in a Sync Pair Scout. Each Star Rating requires a different candy, 3 Star Move Candy, 4 Star Move Candy and 5 Star Move Candy while Pokémon hatched from Egg require Egg Move Candy
Edit @ 08:28: We have created a Pokémon Eggs page
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Pokémon Masters
The next Legendary Event has been announced to be coming soon. This event is called Pure Hearts and Rainbow Wings and focuses on the Legendary Pokémon, Ho-Oh, and introduces the Sync Pair of Silver & Ho-Oh
Edit @ 12:01: Alongside this, they have confirmed that a Spotlight Scout for the new Sync Pair of Wallace & Milotic is also coming soon
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Pokémon TCG - Format Rotation
The Pokémon Company International have announced the format rotation for 2021 and will be live from August 28th 2020. This rotation includes all cards from Team Up and beyond, promos SM158 and higher as well as the promo sets Hidden Fates (except for Shiny Vault cards) and Detective Pikachu. With this, the regulation marks have now come into effect and all cards in Sword & Shield with the "D" regulation mark are usable. However, Expanded format has also been announced to be unchanged following the Black & White sets and beyond
