Thursday: Pokémon Sword & Shield - Online Competition + Pokémon Masters EX - Curious Tea Party
31-03-2022 06:33 BST / 01:33 EDT by Serebii
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Edit @ 07:00: Pokémon Masters EX | Edit @ 11:11: Pokémon GO April Fools' Event | Edit @ 16:01: GO Fest | Edit @ 16:09: Café ReMix
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
The next online competition has been fully announced. This competition, the 2022 International Challenge March is a Double Battle competition with standard VGC rules. All players who enter and participate in at least 3 battles will receive a Shiny Galarian Moltres
Registration is open now to April 14th at 23:59 UTC. Battles will run from April 15th 00:00 UTC to April 17th 23:59 UTC.
We have full details of this competition, including an eligible Pokémon list, in our 2022 International Challenge April section
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO Fest
Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO Fest events for this coming summer.
These events will be a hybrid of play where you are and three live event locations in Berlin, Seattle and Sapporo.
The global events will run on June 4th and June 5th, with a bonus finale event on August 27th
July 1-3: Berlin
July 22-24: Seattle
August 5-7: Sapporo
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
The Pokémon GO April Fools' 2-Oh?-22 event is now rolling out in Asia Pacific Regions. This event runs from 00:00 local time April 1st until 23:59 local time April 1st and features a story of Ditto replacing Professor Willow
We have all details of the event, including the Special Research in our April Fools' 2-Oh?-22 section
In The Games Department
Pokémon Masters
The Curious Tea Party event has begun in Pokémon Masters EX. This event is a long running Costume Event where you use a Story Key to unlock other parts of the story. It focuses around various prep work for the Tea Party. A new stage will unlock each week to give you a Story Key to access
Alongside this, a special Scout is live introducing the Sync Pair of Lillie & Polteageist. It runs until May 4th.
We're currently compiling all details in our Curious Tea Party event section
In The Games Department
Pokémon Café ReMix
Pokémon Café ReMix has begun a Ditto focused invasion. Starting now, you will be able to enjoy Ditto's Café Visit by a special letter arriving
From April 1st, a Ditto Points Event will begin to recruit Ditto. If you get even more points, you can get the Pretend Eevee outfit for Ditto to transform into Eevee. There will also be a Challenge event during it
From April 11th, a special event featuring the new puzzle mode will be held and will allow for you to use four staff Pokémon to earn a high score. If you get a high enough score, you will get the Pretend Pikachu outfit for Ditto
