Weekly Wrap Up 8/7-8/13

Weekly Wrap Up is our end of the week digest of smaller news stories that are just as important, but didn’t get a dedicated post. Here’s what you missed from August 7th to August 13th!

‘Pokémon: I Choose You’ International Release

  • Fathom Events has released a preliminary list of theaters that will show the English dubbed version of the movie across the US. You can check it out here – Don’t worry if your city isn’t on the list, Fathom Events has confirmed this isn’t the final lineup.

Pokémon Sun & Moon

  • For those who participated in the Weakness Cup Battle Competition, you can now claim your Altarianite, Ampharosite, Latiasite, and Latiosite entry gift!  Make sure to log in into the Global Link and claim it before they expire on September 29th!
  • With a total of 30,256 lottery wins, the 9th Global Mission, Try Your Luck, has ended in success! If you participated, you can pick up your reward of 2,000 FC, or 4,000 FC (if your game is connected to the Global Link). Distribution for the Fast Ball and Rare Candy will be available via the Global Link through a Serial Code later this month
  • It’s also been confirmed that this Global Mission was the last for Sun & Moon
  • Remember that today is the final day to download the event Shiny Tapu Koko via Mystery Gift!

Pokémon World Championships

  • Along with the livestream times and live commentators being announced, this year’s distribution Pokémon has been revealed! If you’re lucky enough to attend Worlds you can pick up a special lvl. 50 Alolan Exeggutor, holding a Sitrus Berry, with the Harvest ability, and the moves Celebrate, Draco Meteor, Leaf Storm, and Power Swap.

Pokémon GO

  • Shiny Pikachu, and by proxy of evolution, Shiny Raichu, have officially been released at the Pokémon GO Park in Yokohama! No news yet on when or where these shinies will become available worldwide.
  • Remember, today is your last chance to head out and catch Zapdos via Legendary Raid!

Pokémon Duel

  • Pokémon Duel has been updated to version 4.0! Details on the major update including Mega Evolutions, New Figures, and a new figure class here!

Pokémon Shuffle

  • If you were one of the lucky players who ranked worldwide in the Charizard X competitive stage, you can now claim your prize! The Charizardite X (or Level Up if you already have the Charizardite X), Attack Power, Mega Speedup and Raise Max Level are available to collect for the qualifying players, and if you weren’t able to qualify you can still log in before August 15th to redeem an Attack Power!
  • New main stages have been added to both the 3DS and mobile versions of the game
  • A new Pokémon Safari is ongoing until August 15th and contains the following Pikachu variants: Angry, Enamored, Smiling, Winking, and the brand new Charizard Costume Pikachu.
  • The following stages have begun repeat runs from August 8th to August 18th: Dialga, Palkia.
  • The following stages have begun repeat runs from August 8th to August 25th Beedrill, Kabutops, Meloetta.

Check out this official Pokémon merchandise that was either revealed, leaked or is now available for purchase this week!

 

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626 thoughts on “Weekly Wrap Up 8/7-8/13”

  1. Geez….I didn’t realize so many toys were announce/released this week hahaha. Part of me wants that life sized Alolan Vulpix lol

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  2. The Dusk Lycanroc stuff is to die for, I really love its design and wish it was a better fusion of the two rather than just Midday but better.

    I know that we’ve gotten random merch before but I really hope that Johto starters get something because the starters immediately before and after them got something and the newest starters have got stuff. Also all the little figures are so cuuuute, and the Snowy/Shiron plush is so something I’d buy for my little sis if white colouring and children weren’t such a disaster

    Ngl, loving the weekly wrap up stuff! Means small stuff doesn’t create quickly derailed comment sections or just get ignored because it’s not enough to make an article! It was a great idea *0*

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  3. Team Vaccine are a mysterious team who operate under a goal to “better the world.” The leader of the team experienced a tragic accident as a child in which his Pokemon companion was slaughtered in a battle that had gone too far with a wild Pokemon. Through technology, the pokemon was brought back to life and giving enhancements making it stronger than it ever had been before. As time went on the leader experienced more and more struggles of loss that humanity and Pokemon began to deal with and created a team to help bring back the dead. After a while the goal began to shift from reviving the dead to flat out improving all living beings via enhancement, to make their lives easier. The plan was to have those who are able to tolerate the enhancement live freely forever while those who can’t would simply die out. The team has generated a rather large group of followers who have received some of these enhancements of their own. Despite the positives it is said that those enhanced lose a bit of who they are…. exactly what is not entirely known…
    Team Vaccine~ The cure for imperfection

    Neo-Horizon Cult- This team is made out of people who’ve experienced the darkness of the world first hand. They view humanity with jaded and hate-filled eyes due to the cruel actions people commit towards each other. Little to nothing is known about the team’s members and finding information on them is near impossible. At one point a supposed “boss” was identified but he turned out to only be an admin. After stitching together various things said by the teams grunts, their goal seem to be something along the line of “Breaking reality and warping the world into becoming a better place through it.”

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  4. I just realized something that could happen with USUM: the Totems could have Sitrus Berries. Considering how all the main Pokemon of Gym Leaders in a 3rd version or sequel usually have Sitrus Berries given to them, I wouldn’t be surprised if this would happen.

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    • Every Totem has a berry in SuMo (or another consumable item anyway) so it wouldn’t surprise me

      – Gumshoos and Ratticate have Pecha Berries, so Sitrus could replace it. That or Lum.

      – Wishiwashi already has a Sitrus Berry

      – Salazzle has a Petaya Berry, which is dumb because it’s too frail to get under 25% reliably to get the special attack boost. Should’ve gotten Passho, or had a battle in the Sun with a Shuca Berry.

      – Lurantis has a Power Herb, great for it getting off Solar Blade as a surprise or with Trumbeak as an ally rather than Castform.

      – Vikavolt got an Occa Berry but no one cares because Totem Vikavolt is dumb. Seriously. Huge Sp. Attack and an ally with the Battery ability. Doesn’t even have Thunderbolt, its evo move. Imagine how evil Thunderbolt and Energy Ball would be on this thing. But instead we got a terrible physical totem that usually only causes trouble when its ally paralyses you and lowers your speed.

      – Mimikyu has the Lum Berry, because fuck you only Haunter and Gengar get to spam status conditions.

      – Totem Kommo-o has a Mental Herb, meaning that it can use Clanging Scales once without lowering its stats. However Totem Kommo-o and its allies are kinda underlevelled and unlike Mimikyu’s underlevelled allies don’t offer nearly as much annoyance.

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    • Maybe. I am leaning towards Gyms coming back in USUM. In my opinion, Totem Pokémon could still be there but they probably won’t have as much revelance.

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  5. If you guys had to choose, would you get that Espeon figurette or the Umbreon one? They’re both pretty damn good tbh

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  6. Ngl seeing how much Eevee products there are I’m surprised they skipped out on an Eevee this Gen. Like seriously, Eevee sells like goooold

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  7. Yay merchandise. I like the Pokeball ones at the bottom, the Umbreon Model and Duskanroc plush the best. What is the Silvally thing, a card holder?

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  8. Are there any Pokemon characters you’d want a figure of like the ones of Ash’s female travelling companions above? (tempted to say Nenodroids but I’m not sure if they are)

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  9. I spit so much heat they call me a heatmor
    Look so fly they call me a Flygon
    Am so dead they call me 7th gen competitive

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  10. One of the signature Pokemon team Vaccine tends to use

    Pokedex Number: ???
    Monarcontro
    Classification: The Activator Pokemon
    Height: 1.00
    Weight: 3.2 Lbs
    Type: Electric/Psychic
    Ability: Priming Waves
    Stats:
    HP: 75
    Attack: 55
    Defense: 55
    Special Attack: 75
    Special Defense: 55
    Speed: 115
    Base Stat Total: 430
    Pokedex Entry: This Pokemon is entirely man-made and its existence is considered extremely controversial. It was given a butterfly like appearance to hide its true colors and can use this apperance to get in close to targets and deceive them through various different methods. It is said that even the strongest and undistracted minds can be taken over by this Pokemon in just a few seconds. Despite its possession of this deadly power, it is weak in literally every other way.

    Priming Wave: Upon entering the field for the first time, the user is able to mark any Pokemon that has been sent out at some point by the foe. The marked Pokemon will be forced to attack another revealed enemy Pokemon (or any Pokemon if teams were shown before the battle) with a move of your choosing. This ability can be activated regardless of the user’s state.

    This thing is literally a rainbow robot. Very Tippi-esque apperance to be honest

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  11. So Xurkitree is being UU suspected now…
    And I just planned something Xurikitree related for my fangame…..
    Huh.. convenient

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  12. When I woke up today I was randomly hyped for USUM. Not even sure why. I know the games come out in 3 months already, but can we please get some more substantial news soon? PLEASE?

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  13. One day during an attack from Team Vaccine a mysterious man popped up with a Xurkitree that seemed to have been altered in some way. The man proclaimed himself as “The Grandspark” and fought against the Vaccine members, defeating them with ease. Since that day he has popped up wherever he was needed to protect people. Although not much is known about him, there is a lot of speculation regarding who he really is

    So yeah, he’s an extra corny hero XD

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  14. Since I’m now in the mood to (start) and finish my Moon playthrough, let’s celebrate! It’s officially favorite Pokémon music posting time. To spice things up, let’s only try to post spinoff music.

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  15. Gold and Silver release on the Virtual Console in 5 weeks or so! That means we’ll have lots to do before USUM come out. I’ll personally be shiny hunting in those games, so that my finds can eventually be transferred to USUM. So what time is it, you may ask? Favorite Gen 2 music time.

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  16. A concept that somebody here could use:

    Team Gang:
    A spoiled brat that rebelled against his parents, after his parents died he decided to use his new money to recreate a wild west gang his grand-grand-grand-grandfather was the boss of (he doesn’t remember the name of the wild west gang so he named his team “gang”). The admin is a gym leader. He really uses his power in the team to try and catch the legendary mon so he can get a revenge on the pokemon leauge that didn’t want him in the e4.

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  17. Oh fuck it, since everyone else is going off topic I’ll do it too for a tad before steering it back

    Evil Team for Pokémon Amethyst and Citrine: Prisma

    Leader is a woman called Aurora Glass. Like Lusamine, she’s the head of a successful scientific community. However, unlike Aether, it’s for arms development for human wars as well as a special project they’re working on.

    Aurora and her corporation have unsavoury rumours surrounding them, but there is not enough evidence to formally charge her and those who do know the truth are going to keep their mouths shut – or else.

    Prisma has seven divisions serving under the White Division (which consists of Aurora and her personal staff). The Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet divisions.

    She seeks to reign in the creative chaos of the region. Aurora craves order and balance, believing it to be the only way to a better world.

    Each division only uses Pokémon of their colour, and the admins of each division (Cereza, Sienna, Narcissa, Chloé, Skye, Lynn, and Salvia) are in possession of the products that came from some of Prisma’s extensive R&D.

    Red Division, serving under Cereza, handles security
    Orange Division, serving under Sienna, handles maintenance
    Yellow Division, serving under Narcissa, handles public relations
    Green Division, serving under Chloé, handles ecological concerns
    Blue Division, serving under Skye, handles research
    Indigo Division, serving under Lynn, handles development
    Violet Division, serving under Salvia, handles mysticism

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  18. Next Fakemon spam: the Gym Leaders

    Like Prisma, they’re based on colours. Rather than being based on a prism/the rainbow, they’re based on a combination of the RGB and CYMK systems. The K stands for Key, which is black, whereas combining the three primary colours in RGB causes white. They use Pokémon of many colours, as their colour is reflected by their type and their ace. Their names, the rest of their team, and the team of their gym trainers are related to their type instead.

    The way the region is ordered, you must defeat Katherine first and Raven (tentative name) last. Gyms 2-4 can be challenged in any order, and after you defeat all three Gyms, you can challenge Gyms 5-7 in any order, before battling with Nick

    White – Normal – Katherine (name relates to purity)
    Red – Fire – Aiden (means little fiery one)
    Green – Grass – Levi (sounds like leaves)
    Blue – Water – Marissa (relates to the sea)
    Cyan – Flying – Claude (sounds like cloud)
    Magenta – Psychic – Delphine (Oracle of Delphi)
    Yellow – Electric – Electra (lame name but it’s Greek and the region is based on Greece, but rn it’s also tentative)
    Black – Dark – Nick (from the Greek Goddess of night, Nyx)

    Sorry for spam but I’m bored and waiting for a good on topic comment to reply to

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  19. Last bit of Fakémon spam for tonight.

    A new Pokémon developed by Prisma! Metem!

    It’s a Normal-type feline/canine hybrid, and has nine evolved forms!

    Prisma would like to remind you that any similarities to existing Pokémon species is strictly due to designing the creature with the basis of mirroring one of nature’s most scientifically potent organisms and not due to any insidious procedures, and also that they will assist in uncovering the sudden disappearance of domestic and wild Eevee!

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  20. So you can apparently torrent Insurgence cause lol download speeds …I know how to torrent… so I guess I’ll try it

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  21. For those who are knowledgeable about Insurgence, Is it possible to do a playthrough with only Delta Pokémon in my team? My main concern is that I would not be able to see another Delta Pokémon for a while and I may be stuck with just one Pokemon for a large part of my journey. I think the earliest ones can be found in Route 4. Is that too far or is there an earlier area? Still waiting for it too finish downloading by the way.

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  22. I was wondering if someone could give me some insight on insurgence. im curious about it. i never really care for fake pokemon incorporated into fangames but insurgence only uses existing pokemon and added a new form for them and they look pretty cool. so if someone could tell me about it, that would be awesome thanks

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          • no i get that lol but i mean why should i play it, im asking about what exactly the game is. basically sell me on this game, why should i play it

          • It’s a little hard to describe
            To put it blunt, it’s a Pokémon game where you adventure as normal while dealing with evil teams who each have different goals
            It’s different but kinda familiar
            Also it feels polished af so

          • so there is a mac version correct? i saw it on the site but i want to make sure i dont make the same mistake with uranium

          • well its all i have to work with. i refuse to play another windows game on mac. i can wait the time if i choose to play it. but i also have to consider specs. do you know about the game regarding the required specs for it to run well? my computer isnt the best specs-wise

    • I can’t say much about it but I have to ask, do you have Windows or Mac? The Windows download Seraph put up is extremely quick. While the Mac download will take hours to download. Once it is downloaded you are going to get an error trying to open it (Error 2). At that point I was about to give up, but I decided to rely on Google and was able to find a way to fix it and open it. (I have no prior programming knowledge so it’s possible for anyone). I’m basically saying it will take a long time to download if you are a Mac user. I am personally excited for the Delta Pokemon but they seem quite rare and I am not sure what I will think of the leveling curve. I’ll try to use an all Delta Pokemon team and see how that goes.

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  23. wait seraph if you are still here, the link you posted below is that windows only? also i see comments that it is quick and smaller file, why is that?

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    • No, the normal link works for both but the quick link is windows only. Why? Because I literally copied the file from my own computer to get a link

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