Wednesday: Pokémon UNITE - Halloween Festival + Pokémon Masters EX - Fight or Fright + Pokémon GO Championship Series
20-10-2021 07:00 BST / 02:00 EDT by Serebii
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Last Update: 20:40 BST
Edit @ 08:00: Pokémon UNITE | Edit @ 10:38: Pokémon Sword & Shield | Edit @ 14:07: Pokémon GO Championship Series | Edit @ 20;40: Pokémon GO Timed Research
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
Following the reveal of the American distributions of Shiny Zacian & Shiny Zamazenta, we have further details for more countries. As reported before, in the US at Gamestop you can get a code for Shiny Zacian in Shield from October 22nd through November 11th then Shiny Zamazenta in Sword from November 12th through November 28th.
For Europe, however, you will get the code from October 22nd through November 18th at a variety of stores. You will be able to get a code to give you Shiny Zacian in Pokémon Shield and Shiny Zamazenta in Pokémon Sword. The stores are as follows:
UK - GAME
In The Games Department
Pokémon UNITE
The first Pokémon UNITE event, the Halloween Festival is now live. This event runs until November 7th and adds a variety of different features including a special mode, and event items that can be exchanged for rewards including the new Pokémon Greedent. This event also comes alongside a Balance Patch. We're currently collating all the details of this event in our Halloween Festival section, and will be adding full details for Greedent and all the additions shortly so be sure to keep checking back.
Edit @ 08:31: We have added full details for Greedent
Edit @ 08:41: We have updated the Patch Notes with numerical values
Edit @ 08:48: Updated the Holowear and Premium Holowear with today's added Holowear
Edit @ 09;27: Updated the Halloween Festival section wth details on missions, exchanges and clothing
Edit @ 13:18: Another small patch has gone live to fix another issue with Zeraora's Wild Charge+ attack
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
A new set of Timed Research is now live to make up for an error that caused Galarian Slowpoke to evolve into Slowbro instead of Slowking at the start of this event. This Timed Research will give a Slowpoke and various items and will be live until 20:00 local time on October 27th. We've added full details into our Timed Research section.
In The Games Department
Pokémon Masters
The Fight or Fright event has begun in Pokémon Masters EX. This event is a repeat of last year's Halloween Event and features collecting items in order to exchange for other items. Alongside this, a special Seasonal Scout is live providing the Sync Pairs of Acreola & Mimikyu & Hilbert & Mightyena. It runs until November 4th.
We're currently compiling all details in our Fight or Fright event section
In The Games Department
Play! Pokémon
The details for the Regional and International Championships have been announced
The International Championships will take place at:
April 22–24, 2022 - Messe Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
June 24–26, 2022 - Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH, USA
The Regional Championships will take place at:
Europe
March 26–27, 2022: Liverpool, UK (VGC, TCG, GO)
May 7–8, 2022: Bilbao, Spain (Special Event) (VGC, TCG)
June 4–5, 2022: Milan, Italy (Special Event) (VGC, TCG)
North America
March 18–20, 2022: Salt Lake City, UT, USA (VGC, TCG)
March 25–27, 2022: Orlando, FL, USA (VGC, TCG, GO)
May 6–8, 2022: Indianapolis, IN, USA (VGC, TCG)
May 20–22, 2022: Secaucus, NJ, USA (VGC, TCG)
May 27–29, 2022: Vancouver, BC, Canada (VGC, TCG, GO)
June 17–19, 2022: Milwaukee, WI, USA (VGC, TCG, GO)
Edit @ 15:02: We have created our 2022 Championship Series section with details on each of these events as well as what game they have to play and the rulesets for each event
Edit @ 17:28: There has also been confirmation that the Pokkén Tournament Championship Series is continuing and will have qualifiers at both the European and North American International Championships, as well as the return of a Last Chance Qualifier at the World Championships
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Some further details have been announced for the Pokémon GO Championships Series. First, the connection to the Pokémon Trainer Club and PlayPokémon ID system, due later this year, is different to the log in system. In addition to that, we have details on the non-money based rewards for winning certain tournaments. They are as follows:
Regional Championships
1st place: World Championships invite and travel award
2nd place: World Championships invite
International Championships
1st place: World Championships invite and travel award
2nd place: World Championships invite and travel award
3rd and 4th place: World Championships invite
